Passages
We remember those who lost their lives.

05/17/2022 5:45 PM
Centurion
Staff
Richard Snodgrass ’62
Richard Snodgrass β62, a ΒιΆΉΚΣΖ΅ΉΩΝψ Centurion known professionally as βDick Kay,β died May 13, 2021, at 84. He worked at WMAQ-Channel 5 in Chicago for 38 years after being hired as a writer, eventually becoming political editor. He won a Peabody Award in 1984. After retiring, Snodgrass had a radio show on WCPT-AM. Surviving are his wife; three sons, including Steven Snodgrass β83; and a granddaughter.
Dick Versace
Dick Versace, who led ΒιΆΉΚΣΖ΅ΉΩΝψ Menβs Basketball from 1978-86, died Feb. 25, 2022. His teams won the Missouri Valley Conference three times, as well as the NIT Championship in 1982. Versace was named National College Coach of the Year by the U.S. Basketball Writersβ Association when he took the 1985-86 team to the second round of the NCAA Championships. After leaving ΒιΆΉΚΣΖ΅ΉΩΝψ, he spent most of his career in the NBA, coaching the Indianapolis Pacers from 1988-1990 and leading the Vancouver/ Memphis Grizzliesβ front office from 1999-2005. Versace was also the first American of Puerto Rican descent to be an NBA head coach. Surviving are his two children and extended family.
Karla Sue Layne
Karla Layne, who served as administrative support for the Foster College of Business for over 30 years, died Feb. 10, 2022. She was an inaugural winner of the Staff Excellence Award in 2018. Surviving are her mother, husband, son, brothers and extended family.
Alumni
August C. Grebe β41, Nov. 10, 2021, Upland, Calif.
Elizabeth M. Roecker Alt β45, Dec. 16, 2021, Peoria
John D. Trefzger β45, Feb. 15, 2022, Bloomington, Ill.
Madeline βSallyβ Breining Ogolin β47, Sept. 8, 2021, Peoria
William Blair β48, Nov. 6, 2021, Sun City West, Ariz.
William R. Curry β48, July 28, 2021, Washington, Ill.
H. Burdell Hall β48, Sept. 15, 2021, Morton, Ill.
Patricia Graham Wuethrich β48, Oct. 4, 2021, Eureka, Ill.
Victor H. Barber β49, Dec. 19, 2021, Ocala, Fla.
Phyllis Wunsch McMath β49, Nov. 1, 2021, Clinton, Ill.
Ava Cleary Ossenbeck β49, Oct. 25, 2021, Gainesville, Fla.
Lavern βTootieβ Doering Schmidt β49, Dec. 31, 2021, East Peoria, Ill.
Benjamin Sommer β49, Aug. 30, 2021, Peoria
William T. Smith β49, July 18, 2021, Farmington Hills, Mich.
Ronald Sumner β49, Oct. 7, 2021, Peoria
John A. Carlson β50, July 12, 2021, Batavia, Ill.
Shirley Howat Hardesty β50, Oct. 19, 2021, Peoria
William Herbst β50, Oct. 22, 2021, Morton, Ill.
Paul Johnson β50, Nov. 25, 2020, Houston
Elmer L. Jolly β50, April 20, 2021, San Antonio, Texas
Thomas Lauerman β50, Aug. 16, 2021, Austin, Texas
James Leigh β50, Aug. 20, 2021, Sparland, Ill.
Allan Lurie β50, April 3, 2018, Peoria
L. Ferrel Lytle β50, Aug. 23, 2021, Moline, Ill.
Carole Lizer Mallett β50, Jan. 17, 2022, Zionville, Ind.
John W. Mosser β50, Jan. 14, 2022, Champaign, Ill.
Kenneth Wilson β50, Oct. 13, 2021, Bethesda, Md.
Janet Weisbruch Beetler β51, Oct. 14, 2021, Peoria
Lois Blaschek β51, Nov. 7, 2021, Peoria
Thomas Carter β51, Aug. 25, 2021, Greeley, Colo.
Hildegarde Mugele Foster β51, June 29, 2021, Peoria
Dorothy Wilkins McKenna β51, Feb. 3, 2022, Green Valley, Ariz.
Arthur E. Phillips β51, Jan. 7, 2022, Granby, Conn.
Donald M. Weber β51 M.A. β52, Dec. 22, 2021, Crown Point, Ind.
Bernard Zelsdorf β51, July 22, 2021, Barrington, Ill.
Phyllis Hunt Fabry β52, July 12, 2021, Wyoming, Ill.
Alice Palmer Groskie β52, May 27, 2020, Tucson, Ariz.
Madelyn Love Kamins β52, Oct. 3, 2021, Bellevue, Wash.
William Poad β52, July 11, 2021, Springfield, Va.
Dale Wagoner β52, Aug. 27, 2021, Peoria
Martha Thomas Casselberry β53, May 20, 2021, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Ernest R. Cretaro M.S. β53, Dec. 5, 2021, Pekin, Ill.
Hans Engel β53, Oct. 23, 2021, Washington, Ill.
Doris βDodiβ Wilcoxon Larke β53, Nov. 8, 2021, Peoria
Sylvia Churling Monroe β53, Oct. 27, 2021, Shiloh, Ill.
Robert G. Schick β53, Oct. 19, 2021, Geneva, Ill.
John H. Deininger β54, July 21, 2021, Newport Beach, Calif.
William L. Falconer β54, June 21, 2021, McGaheysville, Va.
Marilyn βSisβ L. Flynn β55 M.A. β63, July 16, 2021, Stockbridge, Ga.
Beverly Barkey Miller β54, Jan. 27, 2022, Ottawa, Ill.
Nancy J. Lyon Moore β54, Dec. 27, 2021, Woodstock, Ill.
Robert N. Nouryan β54, Dec. 30, 2021, Garden City, N.Y.
James βEdβ True β54, Dec. 21, 2021, OβFallon, Ill.
Samuel Statler β54, Oct. 15, 2021, Peoria
Thomas O. Kromphardt β55, July 30, 2021, Peoria
Earl Kane β55, Feb. 4, 2022, Greenwood, Ind.
Pam Cassiday Waughop β55, Aug. 2, 2021, Austin, Texas
Lois Comstock Willis β55, Jan. 13, 2021, New Lenox, Ill.
Leonard Apple β56, Dec. 15, 2021, Lake Forest, Ill.
Frank Buchert β56, Sept. 27, 2021, South Haven, Mich.
Claude βDennyβ Gilbert β56, April 24, 2021, Minneapolis
Edith P. Addison Gillett β56, Jan. 10, 2022, Peoria
Lawrence H. Hahn β56,, Oct. 19, 2021, Rockford, Ill.
Jerry Hansen β56, April 20, 2020, Mason, Ohio
Delbert C. Holman β56, Jan. 1, 2022, Lebanon, Ill.
Ramona Kidd Holmes β56, Feb. 19, 2022, Peoria
Edward T. Linn β56, Dec. 10, 2021, Greeley, Colo.
Michael T. Millett β56, Dec. 17, 2021, Peoria
Ben Sherwood β56, Oct. 27, 2021, Pleasant Prairie, Wis.
John E. Spring β56, July 13, 2021, Empire, Mich.
Fred Szabados β56, July 26, 2021, Jefferson City, Mo.
Roger A. Bovenkerk β57, Dec. 7, 2021, Homewood, Ill.
William S. Brunner β57 M.A. β67, Feb. 19, 2022, Metamora, Ill.
Allan Edler β57, March 23, 2021, Tarpon Springs, Fla.
George Paul Gerdes β57, July 12, 2021, Peoria
John Gibson β57, Oct. 18, 2021, Peoria
Raymond J. Krolak β57, Dec. 8, 2021, Rochester, Minn.
Ruth Nagle McConigly β57, Nov. 26, 2021, Atlanta
Edwin βPeteβ M. Nelson β57, Dec. 12, 2021, Lutz, Fla.
Lois Jean Ladley Powers β57 M.A. β78, Aug. 4, 2021, Charlotte, N.C.
James Roberts β57, Sept. 23, 2021, Saint Charles, Mo.
Oscar Rohrer β57, Aug. 18, 2021, Petersburg, Ill.
Jay Sharp β57, Nov. 10, 2021, Washington, Ill.
Harlan Richard West β57, Dec. 10, 2021, Peoria
John E. Bartos β58, Feb. 1, 2022, Golden, Colo.
Marion βBudβ McGrew β58, Sept. 25, 2021, Mackinaw, Ill.
Nancy Lahvic Borman β59, July 18, 2021, Montrose, Colo.
William T. Elmendorf β59, Nov. 26, 2021, Fort Pierce, Fla.
Larry D. Fash β59, Feb. 15, 2021, Eureka, Ill.
Ingrid A. Gillis β59, July 3, 2021, Chicago
Robert Harken β59, May 14, 2021, James City, Fla.
Wallace Howarter β59, Aug. 30, 2021, Santa Maria, Calif.
Harry E. Jacobs β59, Dec. 17, 2021, Buffalo, N.Y.
Terrence D. Mancuso β59, Jan. 23, 2022, Cary, N.C.
Dale E. McHenry β59, Nov. 26, 2021, Greensboro, N.C.
Jerry Clark β60, Aug. 7, 2021, Franklin, Ind.
Albert James Dooley β60, Dec. 9, 2021, Grafton, Wis.
Stephen Drury β60, Sept. 10, 2021, Payson, Ariz.
Darrell D. Fox β60,, Nov. 18, 2020, Haines City, Fla.
Anton βTonyβ Martin Jr. β60, Aug. 30, 2021, East Peoria, Ill.
Janice Goldman Mather β60, Feb. 25, 2021, Bay, Ark.
Raymond Sylvester β60, Sept. 24, 2021, Washington, Ill.
Ralph Bradshaw β61, Aug. 18, 2021, Peoria
Harold D. Clasing β61, June 17, 2021, Colorado Springs, Colo.
Edward G. Farrell β61, Nov. 13, 2021, Overland Park, Kan.
Ross Felten β61, Oct. 22, 2021, Centerville, Ohio
Julius R. Hjulian β61, Sept. 7, 2021, Live Oak, Fla.
Lynne Stefanek Kelly β61, Jan. 16, 2022, Montgomery, Texas
Edward P. Kissel β61, Oct. 24, 2021, Menifee, Calif.
Herbert B. McKahin β61, Dec. 20, 2021, Dubuque, Iowa
Jean Ballantyne Miller β61, Sept. 20, 2021, Severna Park, Md.
Margaret A. Eppy Ulrich β61, Dec. 27, 2021, Peoria
Charles A. Williams M.A. β61, July 18, 2021, Washington, Ill.
Florence E. Hoerr Barkley β62, Jan. 9, 2022, Peoria
James M. Butler β62, M.S. β69, MEA β75, Sept. 11, 2021, Washington, Ill.
James Clayberg β62, Nov. 10, 2021, Pekin, Ill.
Judith Zitelman Combs M.A. β62, Jan. 30, 2022, Aiken, S.C.
Daniel P. Donahue β62, Jan. 21, 2022, Peoria
Richard R. Hawker β62, July 20, 2021, Baileys Harbor, Wis.
Dennis Moore β62, March 25, 2021, Livermore, Calif.
Terry Moore β62, June 8, 2021, Brandon, Fla.
Peter J. Pasquel β62, July 30, 2021, Peoria
Rita βSueβ Armitage Sachs β62, Oct. 12, 2021, Laguna Niguel, Calif.
Terry Troughton β62, Feb. 16, 2021, Sullivan, Mo.
Arthur E. Allinson M.A. β63, Sept. 29, 2021, Owings Mills, Md.
Roberta Parks Hartman β63, Aug. 28, 2021, Peoria
Donald Krull β63, Nov. 12, 2021, Galesburg, Ill.
Russell C. Vroman, M.A. β63, Nov. 14, 2021, East Peoria, Ill.
Gerald C. Allen β64, Nov. 22, 2021, Las Vegas, Nev.
Dale R. Bonga β64, Jan. 20, 2022, Wheaton, Ill.
Ronald Coons β64, Aug. 10, 2021, Louisville, Ky.
David E. Isaacson β64, Feb. 10, 2022, Bloomington, Ill.
Arlene Schweigerdt Kestner M.A. β64, Aug. 15, 2021 Baton Rouge, La.
Don Kynaston β64, March 3, 2021, Milwaukee
Kenneth W. Mettelmann M.S. β64, Jan 8, 2022, East Peoria, Ill.
David L. Snider β64, Jan. 16, 2022, Minier, Ill.
James Widdop β64, Aug. 22, 2021, Milan, Ill.
Richard Williams β64, June 14, 2021, Columbia, Ill.
Ernest W. Adam β65, March 4, 2021, New Bern, N.C.
Kent G. Farley β65, Feb. 5, 2022, Coal Valley, Ill.
James I. Johnson M.A. β65, Feb. 11, 2022, Geneseo, Ill.
Roger G. Keefauver β65, Jan. 13, 2022, Peoria
Donald Killian MBA β65, Aug. 20, 2021, Barrington, Ill.
John B. Moelmann β65, Dec. 30, 2021, OβFallon, Ill.
Richard Renwick β65, Oct. 30, 2021, Joliet, Ill.
Sherwin Siegel β65, Feb. 4, 2022, Lake Forest, Ill.
Bruce A. Werbach β65, Jan. 22, 2022, Mexico, Mo.
Merlin Birky β66, MBA β71, Sept. 21, Morton, Ill.
Ronald Dwyer β66, Dec. 24, 2020, Edwards, Ill.
Philip A. Holmer β66, Jan. 5, 2022, Wadsworth, Ohio
Sylvester βBudβ Louis β66, Sept. 8, 2021, Indian Land, S.C.
Raymond Poling M.A.β66, Nov. 22, 2021, Streator, Ill.
Robert M. Tarnoff β66, Feb. 21, 2022, Lincolnwood, Ill.
Harry J. Wilson M.S. β66, Sept. 10, 2021, Peoria
Marsha βLynnβ Powell Brewer β67, Feb. 16, 2020, Huntley, Ill.
Gary Wayne Huffman β67, Jan. 5, 2022, Columbus, Ga.
Gary Paul Mauck β67, Nov. 20, 2021, Laconia, N.H.
William W. McBride β67, Dec. 25, 2021, Sturgis, Mich.
Helene Chaveriat Nickles β67, Oct. 24, 2021, Chicago
Wylvan B. Parker β67 M.A. β70, July 4, 2021, Knoxville, Tenn.
Joyce Patterson β67, Aug. 23, 2021, Monmouth, Ill.
Barbara Renfrew Armstrong β68, July 28, 2021, Las Cruces, N.M.
Robert Bullock β68, Oct. 2, 2021, Peoria
Patricia Brummer Lindberg β68, M.A.β69, Nov. 1, 2021, Peoria
Dean L. DeVore β68, Nov. 16, 2021, Metamora, Ill.
Bruce M. Johnson β68, Dec. 21, 2021, Downers Grove, Ill.
Richard Neyens β68, Aug. 1, 2021, Parker, Colo.
Robert Stejskal β68, Sept. 17, 2021, Hanna City, Ill.
David J. Vitek M.S. β68, Jan. 22, 2022, Normal, Ill.
Virginia Coonradt Colgan β69, Dec. 2, 2021, Sandwich, Ill.
Martin E. Glassman β69, Sept. 23, 2021, Long Grove, Ill.
Karl βSkipβ Kasjens β69, Sept. 23, 2021, East Peoria, Ill.
John T. Matarelli β69, July 10, 2021, Peoria
Steven A. Peterson β69, Dec. 10, 2021, Hummelstown, Pa.
Mary Golden Tatz β69, Sept. 4, 2021, Glenview, Ill.
Douglas J. Brush β70, March 6, 2021, Tulsa, Okla.
Daniel J. DeCremer β70, October 5, 2020, Estero, Fla.
Lorraine Falck Depp β70, Oct. 10, 2021, Florissant, Mo.
Roger Fry β70, Jan. 23, 2021, Arlington, Texas
Anne Hardine Gengenbacher β70, Aug. 12, 2021, Galesburg, Ill.
Larry D Jenkins M.A. β70, Aug. 17, 2021, Peoria
Ralph E. Master MEA β70, Dec. 21, 2021, Washington, Ill.
Kenneth J. Mayer β70, June 15, 2021, Zephyrhills, Fla.
Robert E. Sorensen β70, Aug. 8, 2021, Groveland, Ill.
Linda Lemm Stetzler β70, Nov. 26, 2021, Ooltewah, Tenn.
David E. Beutel M.A. β71, Aug. 7, 2021, Tremont, Ill.
Guy L. Bibbs β71, July 7, 2021, Chicago
Bruce D. Fineman β71, January 31, 2022, Denver, Colo.
Alphonso Lyons β71, Sept. 21, 2021, Peoria
Dorothy L. McGill Roberts β71, Jan. 1, 2022, Peoria
James E. Sparling β71, Sept. 1, 2021, Tampa, Fla.
Ronald Sullivan β71, Oct. 11, 2021, Peoria
James A. Thomas M.A. β71, June 30, 2021, Peoria
Jacqueline High-Pagni β72 M.A. β73, Jan. 2, 2022, Rocheport, Mo.
Robert M. Rogers M.A. β72, Nov. 24, 2021, St. Peters, Mo.
Morris Ziehm M.S. β72, Jan. 16, 2021, Schenectady, N.Y.
William Cegles β73, Oct. 9, 2021, Greensboro, N.C.
Robert F. DeGise M.A. β73, Nov. 6, 2021, Peoria
Claudia B. Olech Murdoch β73, Dec. 25, 2021, Downers Grove, Ill.
Barbara D. Leiter Wells β73, Dec. 16, 2021, The Villages, Fla.
James F. Christensen MBA β74, Sept. 6, 2021, Crystal Lake, Ill.
N Kenneth Furlong M.A. β74, July 11, 2021, Arvada, Colo.
Joseph A. Hobbick β74, Aug. 1, 2021, Peoria
Margaret Heick Kohlhase M.A. β74, March 24, 2021, Peoria
Carla Weckel Robinson β74, Oct. 19, 2021, Grasonville, Md.
Carolyn Criss Wertz M.A. β74, Feb. 2, 2022, Brookfield, Wis.
Donna L. Monti Correll β75, Jan. 7, 2022, Peoria
Leonard John Hunsader MEA β75, Dec. 29, 2021, Metamora Ill.
David Jonas MEA β75, Sept. 8, 2021, Morton, Ill.
Frederick Weinberg β75, Sept. 23, 2021, River Vale, N.J.
Kathryn Fickenscher Eggert β76, June 11, 2021, Naperville, Ill.
Terrell A. Jones β76, July 10, 2021, Columbus, Ohio
David E. Lammert β76, Nov. 25, 2021, Dunlap, Ill.
Priscilla E. McCarthy β76, July 3, 2021, East Peoria, Ill.
Ann R. Steele M.A. β76, Jan. 10, 2022, Tremont, Ill.
Daniel P. Daly β77, Dec. 20, 2021, Peoria
Richard W. Gideon M.A. β81, Sept. 7, 2021, Oroville, Wash.
Richard Musso β81, Sept. 5, 2021, Holladay, Utah
Michael A. Ebler β82, Nov. 26, 2021, Red Wing, Minn.
Timothy D. Green β82, Jan. 22, 2022, Cleveland
Martin J. OβBrien β82, Sept. 8, 2021, Peoria
Louise Seitz Pierce M.A. β83, Nov. 11, 2021, Peoria
Ruth Blair Sharp β83, Aug. 20, 2021, Peoria
Larry W. Epp β84, August 10, 2021, Pasadena, Calif.
Daniel Evans β84, Nov. 11, 2021, Metamora, Ill.
Todd Garrison M.A. β84, Nov. 9, 2021, Joliet, Ill.
Susan A. Leonard β85, June 4, 2021, Dixon, Ill.
Vickiren Wagner Bilsland β86 MBA β92, July 19, 2021, St. Augustine, Fla.
Lois Felthoven Fash M.A.β86, Nov. 3, 2021, Holland, Mich.
Dixie Willoughby Hilst β86, Oct. 25, 2021, Havana, Ill.
Rebecca Kennel West Oltman M.A. β87, Sept. 1, 2021, Minonk, Ill.
Ronald S. Reisner β87, June 29, 2021, Charleston, S.C.
Stanton K. Cook β88 M.S. β94, Aug. 5, 2021, Washington, Ill.
Keith M. Skutt β88, Jan. 11, 2022, Woodridge, Ill.
Louis βRobβ Sukle β90, Nov. 14, 2021, Kokomo, Ind.
Mary Crabb Kerr M.A. β91, Sept. 19, 2021, Washington, Ill.
Betty Anne Lee β91, Dec. 12, 2021 Westcliffe, Colo.
Marvin L. Mayberry β91, Jan. 22, 2022, East Peoria, Ill.
Lisa R. Kallio Krueger β92, Oct. 6, 2021, Waukesha, Wis.
Dawn M. Leman β93, Nov. 26, 2021, Normal, Ill.
Michael G. Gulatto β96, Nov. 29, 2021, Peoria
Jeremy D. Ruck β96, Dec. 11, 2021, Canton, Ill.
Hillary Hawker β97, Sept. 2, 2021, Chicago
Christine M. Johnson β97, July 4, 2021, Peoria
Kevin M. Graham β00, July 15, 2021, Pekin, Ill.
Michele A. Teske β00, July 15, 2021, Peoria
Shawn N. Wilson β00, Aug. 16, 2021, Holden, Mo.
Lauren M. Ross β03, July 13, 2021, Evanston, Ill.
Pamela Hesker β05, Sept. 29, 2021, St. Louis
Jon A. Davis MLS β06, Nov. 2, 2021, Kickapoo, Ill.
Dawn J. Johnson β07, Dec. 31, 2021, Junction City, Ore.
Cody Graham β18, M.S. β21, Sept. 18, 2021, Streator, Ill.
Current graduate student Michael Bessette, Sept. 27, 2021