Passages
We remember those who lost their lives.
03/26/2021 1:01 AM
Emeriti Faculty
Nita Sunderland β52 M.A. β55
Nita Sunderland, professor of art, emerita, and a noted sculptor, died July 17 in East Peoria, Ill. One of the first women to teach sculpture at the college level, she taught at ΒιΆΉΚΣΖ΅ΉΩΝψ from 1956β88. Sunderlandβs large-scale works are in private collections and displayed publicly, including at the Peoria Civic Center, Peoria Riverfront Museum and on campus.
In addition to creating art, she formed a sculpture restoration company that worked on public monuments in Illinois and Indiana. Sunderland worked as a volunteer to restore grave markers at historic Springdale Cemetery. Surviving are her dearest friend and longtime colleague, Beth Linn, two nephews and extended family.
Betty Church
Betty Church, instructor of family and consumer sciences, emerita, who taught at ΒιΆΉΚΣΖ΅ΉΩΝψ from 1965β2004, died July 6 in Colorado Springs, Colo. After earning her masterβs degree at the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign, Church led study abroad programs in fashion merchandising and was active in professional and civic groups. Surviving are a daughter, a son and three grandchildren.
Barb Dreher β48
Barb Dreher, bookstore director, emerita, who worked at ΒιΆΉΚΣΖ΅ΉΩΝψ from 1950β89, died July 11 in Peoria. She was a basketball season ticket holder from the early days of the Robertson Memorial Field House. Dreher also enjoyed travel and spoke several languages fluently. She was active in professional groups and her church. Surviving are three nephews and extended family.
Ronald Wasden
Ronald Wasden, professor of psychology, emeritus, who taught at ΒιΆΉΚΣΖ΅ΉΩΝψ from 1967β2000, died June 7 in Peoria. He was well known for his rat lab course. Wasden earned his masterβs degree and doctorate at the University of Utah.
John DePinto
John DePinto, professor of biology, emeritus, who taught at ΒιΆΉΚΣΖ΅ΉΩΝψ from 1966β2000, died Oct. 20 in Ohio. He served as the biology department chair, dean of College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and taught part time for 10 years after retiring. DePinto earned his doctorate at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Surviving are his wife; sons Todd β86, Jeff β88 and Bruce β92; and four grandchildren.
Roger Peterson β58
Roger Peterson, associate professor of mechanical engineering, emeritus, who taught at ΒιΆΉΚΣΖ΅ΉΩΝψ from 1960β96, died Nov. 16 in Peoria. After graduation, he attended Purdue University and earned his MSME. In addition to his teaching duties, Peterson performed independent engineering contract work, collaborated with colleagues on several patents and, with his late wife, Betty, endowed a scholarship. Surviving are a daughter, brother and nephew.
Reclining Figure, Nita Sunderland. Photo by Duane Zehr.
Centurion
James Heiple β55
James Heiple, a former chief justice of the Illinois Supreme Court and a Centurion, died Jan. 18 in Peoria. A graduate of the University of Louisvilleβs Brandeis Law School, he practiced law and served as a circuit and appellate judge before joining the Supreme Court in 1990. ΒιΆΉΚΣΖ΅ΉΩΝψ honored him as a Centurion in 1995. Surviving are a brother, Rae β51, two sons, five grandchildren and a great-grandson.
Alumni
Ann Dovey Jones β40, Dec. 2, Peoria
Louise Ogden Behnke β42, Nov. 6, Springfield, Ore.
Calvin Stone β42, Nov. 5, Venice, Fla.
Carolyn Arnold Martens β44, Oct. 14, Plainfield, Ill.
Phyllis Webb Pryde β44, Jan. 13, Peoria
Marieva Galbreath Maxwell β45, M.A. β73, Jan. 17, Peoria
Barbara Dwyer Shurtleff β47, Dec. 20, Evansville, Ind.
Dean Coleman β48, Jan. 16, Greencastle, Pa.
Louise Lauder Roos β48, Dec. 20, Monmouth, Ill.
Pete Vallosio β48, M.A. β54, Dec. 13, Morton, Ill.
Cass Cherner β49, Dec. 14, Westchester, Ill.
James Chianakas β49, Jan. 4, Pekin, Ill.
Thomas Draper β49, Nov. 21, Boardman, Ohio
Will Martin β49, Jan. 13, Chicago
Ramona Bogue McCaslin β49, July 22, Dallas
Demetra Polites β49, Dec. 8, Peoria
Dick Riehl β49, Feb. 1, Washington, Ill.
Bill Roger β49, June 5, Chillicothe, Ill.
Raymond Swehla β49, April 29, Oak Brook, Ill.
John Addler β50, Nov. 18, Tenstrike, Minn.
Claude Brown β50, Nov. 5, Encinitas, Calif.
George Chianakas β50, Sept. 29, Crystal Lake, Ill.
Terry Day DeBoeuf β50, June 8, Peoria
Ed Dwyer β50, Oct. 28, Peoria
Charles Esch Jr. β50, Jan. 8, Indianapolis
Tadashi Fukomoto β50, April 14, Honolulu
James Ho β50, Sept. 6, Nuuvanu, Hawaii
Willis Jolliff β50, MBA β67, Jan. 14, Peoria
Jerry Kassel β50, Nov. 1, Dedham, Mass.
Glen McCullough β50 M.A. β56, June 3, Peoria
James Neese β50, Oct. 29, South Jacksonville, Ill.
Shirley Puckett Olsen β50, Dec. 7, Grand Junction, Colo.
Charles Rager β50, Jan. 23, Peoria
Marjorie Rockenbach Rasmussen β50, Jan. 19, Colorado Springs, Colo.
Gerald Riechmann β50, Sept. 28, Mount Vernon, Ill.
Nellie Snyder Templin β50, Jan. 6, Colorado Springs, Colo.
Margaret Woodrow Watkins β50, July 1, Green Valley, Ill.
Frances Hall Woodruff β50, June 1, 2019, Munster, Ind.
Bradford Craig β51 M.A. β60, June 9, Peoria
Joseph βLeeβ Chismark β51, Dec. 16, Morton, Ill.
Lois Zimmerman Getz β51, July 5, Morton, Ill.
Gilbert Hall β51, June 29, St. Louis
Leonard Hild β51, July 30, Aurora, Colo.
Harold βJimβ James β51, June 1, Zionsville, Ind.
Janet Richert Krupnik β51, Aug. 3, Ballwin, Mo.
Ken Moline β51, Nov. 16, Peoria
Everett Pettis β5, July 17, North Las Vegas, Nev.
Von Pruitt β51, Nov. 13, Bedford, Texas
Robert Reinken β51, Sept. 11, Morton, Ill.
Lewis Robinson β51, Nov. 29, Janesville, Wis.
Adolph βJuniorβ Roecker β51 MBA β52, Sept. 3, Peoria
Helen Kiker Sheets β51, May 16, Lake in the Hills, Ill.
Marilyn βJollyβ Hansen Turnbull β51, Dec. 9, Tucson, Ariz.
Joan Hybiske Barnes β52, Dec. 19, Washington, Ill.
Lorraine Smith Burton β52, Dec. 26, Rock Hill, S.C.
George Fialco β52, Oct. 5, Boynton Beach, Fla.
Milton Hallett β52, Sept. 22, Scottsdale, Ariz.
Maxine Morrison Horwath β52, Nov. 25, Arlington Heights, Ill.
Nan Bierdemann Martin β52, Feb. 8, Darien, Ill.
John Ordean β52, Nov. 9, Sterling, Ill.
Gregory Sowyrda β52, Aug. 28, Peabody, Mass.
Donna Weiss Spietz β52, Aug. 19, Indianapolis
Kenneth Steiner β52, Feb. 23, Ludington, Mich.
Hilda Wilson Bourgeois-Daly β53, Sept. 16, Elmhurst, Ill.
Tom Fricano β53, Dec. 2, Northridge, Calif.
Maurice Griesbaum β53, Nov. 2, Alton, Ill.
John W. Johnson β53, Oct. 13, Peoria
Orville Pelletier β53, Sept. 12, Elgin, Ill.
Langhorne βMaryβ Meeker Radeke β53, March 25, Maquon, Ill.
Paul Richards β53, Dec. 12, Peoria
Richard Rook β53, June 21, Alton, Ill
Jack Ehresman β54, Dec. 30, Metamora, Ill.
Joseph Frank β54, July 22, Asheville, N.C.
Robert Hertenstein β54, Oct. 20, Morton, Ill.
Ron Johnson β54, Feb. 23, Elburn, Ill.
Connie Bollinger Mayfield β54, Nov. 22, Marble Hill, Mo.
Richard βDickβ Pagels β54, Nov. 9, Glen Ellyn, Ill.
Ron Roberts β54,, Sept. 28, Metamora, Ill.
Gerald R. Smith β54,, Jan. 20, Orland Park, Ill.
Ronald Trimble β54, Oct. 3, Pekin, Ill.
Lloyd βBudβ Zobrist β54, Aug. 30, Morton, Ill.
Patricia Richmond Frank β55, Oct. 13, Maggie Valley, N.C.
Jackie Baumflek Leonhardt β55, July 19, Chesterfield, Mo.
Tom Michael β55, Jan. 4, Pleasanton, Calif.
Larry Miller β55, Dec. 14, Ottawa, Ill.
Richard Naretty β55, Aug. 30, Marseilles, Ill.
Lee OβConnell β55, Dec. 24, Scottsdale, Ariz.
Edward OβConnor Jr. β55, July 4, Peoria
Thomas Schlehuber β55, Feb. 5, Peoria
Paul Shinseki β55, Aug. 3, Lihue, Hawaii
Donald Bussell β56, June 10, Streator, Ill.
Wayne Callister β56, June 6, Elmwood, Ill.
David Ekstrand β56, July 5, Peoria
Bill Etzenbach β56, Nov. 25, Ottawa, Ill.
John Longden β56, July 10, Tremont, Ill.
Jasper Maggio β56, Jan. 31, Hinsdale, Ill.
Everett Sims β56, July 31, New Windsor, Ill.
Thomas Spangler β56, Jan. 6, Peoria
Herman Thompson β56, Dec. 23, Metamora, Ill.
Richard Westhoff β56,, Aug. 1, Peoria
Robert Bagby β57, Oct. 15, Cornucopia, Wis.
Rhea Appenzeller Cornwell β57, Jan. 29, Mackinaw, Ill.
Connie Adams Gibson β57, Dec. 27, 2018, Austin, Texas
Frederick Benson M.A. β57, Aug. 18, Palatine, Ill.
Donald Haas β57 M.S. β60, May 29, Peru, Ill.
Allen Kelch β57, July 24, Peoria
Jack Putters β57, Nov. 22, Norfolk, Neb.
Marilyn Opseth Tenner β57, Oct. 11, Germantown, Tenn.
Jeanette Moravek Crumbaugh β58, Sept. 16, Joliet, Ill.
Jack Gillespie β58, May 15, Naples, Fla.
Kenneth Helms β58, Dec. 12, Salinas, Calif.
Norman Kelly β58, Aug. 4, Peoria
Joe Larson β58, Nov. 3, Ottumwa, Iowa
Ernest βFrankβ Moore β58, Sept. 25, Fairborn, Ohio
John Rasmussen β58, Dec. 13, Springfield, Ill.
Charles Towne β58, Aug. 9, Houston
William White β58, Nov. 22, Evans, Ga.
Henry βPaulβ Volkman β58, Aug. 12, Live Oak, Texas
Mary Biederbeck Vosberg β58, Nov. 11, Peoria
Charles Wickhorst β58, June 24, Rockford, Ill.
Judy Caress Bendle β59, Jan. 31, 2019, Crete, Ill.
Mary McHenry Gottschalk β59, Sept. 1, Peoria
Jerry Hayden β59, Dec. 8, Barrington, Ill.
Jerry Lyons β59, Aug. 19, Pekin, Ill.
Joan Braunagel McShane β59, Nov. 5, Bettendorf, Iowa
Leroy Mingus β59, Nov. 23, Lakewood, Ill.
Jerry OβKeefe β59, July 15, Newark, Ohio
Dick Reeser β59, Dec. 18, Morton, Ill.
Romano Rubinelli β59, June 15, Malvern, Pa.
Arlyn Wiersema β59, Oct. 4, 2019, Circle Pines, Minn.
Alan Wilkinson β59, Feb. 11, 2020, Kingman, Ariz.
Phyllis Haley Gingher β60, Nov. 30, Naples, Fla.
Michael Grote β60, July 9, Naples, Fla.
Frederick Haddad β60, Sept. 17, Hendersonville, N.C.
John Jorgensen β60 M.A. β66, Aug. 1, Peoria
James Kendall β60, July 23, Wheaton, Ill.
Marilyn Crilly Lee β60, Aug. 17, Houston
Robert Prater M.S. β60, Jan. 2, Houston
David Moran β60, Jan. 25, Brentwood, Tenn.
Donald Rawlings β60, Sept. 14, Savoy, Ill.
Thomas Rohman β60, June 21, Chillicothe, Ill.
Tibbets βEdβ Rolls β60, July 17, Gilroy, Calif.
Roger Samuelson β60, July 9, Boulder Junction, Wis.
Janet Schooley Sarsha β60, July 24, Grayslake, Ill.
Edward Schneider β60, Jan. 20, Colorado Springs, Colo.
Richard Wiberg β60, July 16, Palatine, Ill.
William Gibson β61, Oct. 3, Waverly, Ill.
William Kennedy β61, Aug. 25, Zion, Ill.
Kenneth Oswald M.S. β61, June 7, Hopedale, Ill.
Bill Sharpe β61, Jan. 2, Peoria
Charles Steilen β61, June 30, Sarasota, Fla.
T. Roger Sullivan β61, Nov. 20, Powell, Ohio
Ray Bergevin β62, Nov. 5, Washington, N.C.
Jim Brennan M.A. β62, Nov. 17, Rockford, Ill.
Kenneth Carrigan β62, Dec. 2, Peoria
James Fagan β62, Dec. 7, Okemos, Mich.
Helene Cicciarelli Flanigon β62, Oct. 20, Peoria
Jack Gillen β62, Dec. 13, Springfield, Ill.
Tony Hladik β62, July 12, Hot Springs Village, Ark.
Karl Maierhofer β62, MBA β63, Jan. 2, Carmel, Ind.
Kaywin Martin β62, Jan. 11, Delray Beach, Fla.
Jane Sample Myers β62, Feb. 6, Saint Augustine, Fla.
Mark Blakeney β63, July 1, Danville, Ill.
Robert Janosov MSME β63, July 16, Peoria
Joseph Kozlevcar β63 MSEE β66, Oct. 19, Peoria
Syed Majid MSIE β63, Feb. 2, Skokie, Ill.
T. June Baughman Martinie-Phegley β63, Dec. 17, East Peoria, Ill.
Joan Whelan Milani β63, June 24, South Bend, Ind.
Glen Stancliff β63, Aug. 26, Andover, Ill.
Jack P. Witty M.S. β63, Aug. 2, 2019, Elgin, S.C.
John Woerner β63, Sept. 22, Peoria
William Borchelt β64, March 17, Evergreen, Colo.
Larry Clasing β64, July 12, Bartonville, Ill.
Jack Heiniger β64, Dec. 13, Germantown Hills, Ill.
Roy Meyer β64, June 1, Rock Falls, Ill.
Alexander Sleiman β64, Dec. 7, Woodbury, Minn.
George Vlach β64, Jan. 31, Port Charlotte, Fla.
Jacqueline Speyer Buster β65, Dec. 10, Peoria
Ralph Hardwick β65, Nov. 23, Crawfordsville, Ind.
Mary Allison Helfman β65, June 27, Sturgeon Lake, Minn.
Kathleen Bourne Holder β65, Sept. 21, Vestal, N.Y.
Steven Parsons β65, Sept. 15, Washington, Ill.
Nancie Zorn Shellenbaum β65, June 13, Venice, Fla.
Kent Wellbrock β65, M.A. β67, Jan. 27, Monarch Beach, Calif.
Jerry Zuspann M.A. β65, June 25, Springfield, Ill.
Michel Barbezat M.A.β66, March 29, Elgin, Ill.
Pete Blasko β66, Nov. 23, Decatur, Ill.
Terry Celba β66, May 25, Vernon Hills, Ill.
Richard DeKleine β66, May 7, Coatesville, Pa.
Dale Miller β65, Dec. 19, Glen Ellyn, Ill.
Robert Foglesong β66 M.A. β71, April 4, Greenback, Tenn.
Richard Gollnitz β66, Feb. 3, Chillicothe, Ill.
Michael Hayes β66, May 16, 2019, Apple Valley, Minn.
John Hinck M.A. β66, Dec. 18, Park Ridge, Ill.
David Kylen β66, Oct. 19, Fuengirola, Malaga, Spain
John McCornack M.S. β66, May 23, Yukon, Okla.
Neil Campbell β67, June 3, Palm Beach Shores, Fla.
Dianne Iid Effner β67, Oct. 14, Jamestown, Mo.
A.J. Gatzemeyer M.S. β67, Dec. 25, Morton, Ill.
Michael Henrikson β67, Dec. 31, Sacramento, Calif.
Ronald Sineni β67, Dec. 15, Wylie, Texas
Jerry Waltz MSME β67, Feb. 4, Peoria
Tom Wojtas β67 M.A. β73, Nov. 25, Pekin
Frank Mavetz β68, Aug. 14, Canton, Ill.
Barbara Macemon Quickstad β67, Dec. 23, Peoria
Derrell Jones β68, Jan. 13, Washington, Ill.
Jerry Loacker β68, Dec. 12, Sheboygan Falls, Wis.
Pamela Heins Raymond M.S. β68, Jan. 21, Hudson, Ill.
John Weese M.A. β68, Nov. 25, Galesburg, Ill.
George Cackley M.S. β69, Dec. 3, Hanna City, Ill.
Joan Faulhaber Fleming β69 M.A. β72, Oct. 14, Chillicothe, Ill.
Duane Haag M.S. β69, Aug. 22, St. Simon Island, Ga.
J. Russell McDavid M.A. β69, Aug. 26, Fort Collins, Colo.
Vivian Moehle Todden M.A. β69, Jan. 13, Peoria
Judd Van Sickle β69, June 4, Wilmington, N.C.
Susan Orten Adams β70, Sept. 22, Bartonville, Ill.
Ralph Forsberg β70, May 9, Midland, Mich.
Martin Freund β70, Dec. 29, 2019, Port Hueneme, Calif.
Jeanne Koehler Hoffer β70, Oct. 4, Cleveland, Tenn.
Thomas Hubbard β70, Oct. 21, 2019, Vancouver, Wash.
Ted LaBedz β70, Dec. 25, Boone, N.C.
Oiva Karna β70, June 14, 2019, Katy, Texas
Carol McDaniels β70, Jan. 7, Bartonville, Ill.
Jack Thompson β70, Jan. 28, Sunrise, Fla.
Dennis Winkler M.A. β70, June 1, Morton, Ill.
Sharon Hopkins Altman M.A. β71, Sept. 9, Pekin, Ill.
Gary Creamer β71, Dec. 14, Arrington, Tenn.
Cheri Nordenberg Greenlee β71, Oct. 6, Rockford, Ill.
Thomas Kelly M.A. β71, June 30, Peoria
Herb Rodier MEA β71, Feb. 6, Chillicothe, Ill.
Bill Ryan β71, June 30, Staten Island, N.Y.
Jack Bensing M.S. β72, Oct. 9, East Peoria, Ill.
Miriam Freddolino Scoggins β72, Jan. 29, 2019, Okemos, Mich.
Richard Stahl β72, Jan.7, Littleton, Colo.
James Kreiser β73, Dec. 17, Richmond, Va.
Bob Linnemann M.A. β73, Nov. 5, Mesa, Ariz.
Virginia Pack Sandner β73, Jan. 23, Houston
Roman Wegrzyn β73, Nov. 11, Peoria
Michael Wesner β73, Dec. 23, Morton, Ill.
Mary Campbell Hooks β74 M.A. β80, May 26, Peoria
Craig Curry β74, Dec. 10, Peoria
George Klasek β74, Feb. 7, Madison, Wis.
Richard Kleven β74, Feb. 20, Tomball, Texas
James Obert Jr. β74, June 21, Dixon, Calif.
Barbara McMillan Pope M.A. β74, Dec. 5, Morton, Ill.
Mardona Thornton Shay β74, Sept. 15, Peoria
Donald Williams β74, Oct. 18, Poinciana, FL
Leslie Haas Bouris β75, Oct. 26, Peoria
Naomi Peskind Fishman M.A. β75, Jan. 8, Peoria
Mary βFranβ Bernabei McShane β75, Nov. 13, Peoria
Thetus βWoodyβ Siltman β75, Oct. 11, East Peoria, Ill.
Terrence Dobberstein β76, March 8, Berea, Ohio
Mary May Law β76, Feb. 5, Downers Grove, Ill.
Michael R. Leonard β76, Jan. 22, Brighton, Mich.
Garry Lock β76, Aug. 9, Edwards, Ill.
Donald Wilson β76, Dec. 18, Chillicothe, Ill.
Maxine Acuff Blane β78, M.A. β81, Dec. 4, Peoria
K. Tate Chambers β79, June 6, Morton, Ill.
John Harty β79, Nov. 20, Lakeland, Fla.
Richard βNealβ Pearson β79, Sept. 27, Peoria
James Theine β79, Aug. 5, Washington, Ill.
Kristine Karstens Bell β80, Jan. 7, Dunlap, Ill.
Peter Wessler β80, Nov. 25, West Peoria, Ill.
Jon Austin β81, Nov. 24, Jacksonville, Ill.
Dane Borho β81, July 20, Peoria Heights, Ill.
Christie Epp Eyler β81, Jan. 20, Rushville, Ill.
Robert Gilmore HON β82, Sept. 22, Peoria
Gregory Johnson β82, Dec. 20, Newburgh, Ind.
Galyn Clark β83, Sept. 2, Germantown Hills, Ill.
James Hayes β83, Dec. 3, 2019, Oak Brook, Ill.
Sikha Bhattacharyya Bhatacharya MBA β84, Feb. 1, 2020, Peoria
Michael Hynds β84, Feb. 14, Champaign, Ill.
Kenneth Kaminski β84, Aug. 8, Scottsdale, Ariz.
Lawrence DeCapp β85 M.S. β95, Jan. 13, East Peoria, Ill.
Eric Hinshaw β85, Oct. 31, Geneseo, Ill.
Bruce Andrews MLS β88, June 1, Peoria
Dennis Hamon β90, July 23, Peoria
Scott Hargrave β88, Dec. 26, Edmonds, Wash.
Charlene βKayβ Hazelman Osborn β90 M.A. β97, Nov. 2, Savannah, Ga.
Paula Urban Renken β90, June 28, Washington, Ill.
Eric Suender β91 M.A. β94, May 26, Portage, Mich.
Randal Peterson MBA β93, Oct. 3, Windsor, Colo
Gail Peterson-Forbes β93, Dec. 10, Dunlap, Ill
Brian Gilboy β94, Aug. 31, Lake Zurich, Ill.
Jeff Bassnuener β95, Nov. 19, Plymouth, Wis.
James Carlberg MBA β96, Dec. 11, Peoria
Elmer βAlβ Dahms MBA β96, June 6, Fergus Falls, Minn
Harold McCampbell β97, Oct. 1, Groveland, Ill.
Brian Woertz β97, Oct. 4, Mapleton, Ill.
Henry βHankβ Aaron HON β02, Jan. 22, Atlanta, Ga.
Richard Milburn β02, Dec. 15, Fort Atkinson, Wis.
Josh Bair β07, Nov. 10, Des Plaines, Ill.
Larry King HON β09, Jan. 23, Los Angeles
Sarah McCafferty β11, Aug. 8, Peoria
Adam Linnenburger β12, Dec. 13, Colorado Springs, Colo
Daniel Altman β14, July 9, Plymouth, Mich.
Former Faculty and Staff
Dolores Studnicki, Dec. 15, Streator, Ill.
Nancy βSisβ Carmody Schwartz β10, Oct. 9, East Peoria, Ill.