To notify us of the passing of a Jewell alumnus, please email alumni@william.jewell.edu or mail the obituary to the Office of Alumni Relations. Following are the alumni and friends we've lost in 2025.
1940s
Jim Pierce ’54, Madison, Mississippi, Jan. 3, 2025
1960s
Helen (Lochridge) Tryon ’65, hazelwood, Missouri, Jan. 4, 2025
1980s
Terri (Schneider) Modlin ’88, Faucett, Missouri, Jan. 4, 2025
Patty (Davis) Ellis ’47, Sept. 4, 2024, Wheatland, Wyoming
Mary (Moon) Heaton ’47, Champaign, Illinois, July 25, 2024
Elise (Dougherty) Cooper ’48, Liberty, Missouri, Jan. 16, 2024
Lela Mirgon ’49, San Mateo, California, April 16, 2024
Charlotte (Burns) Bird ’50, Johnston, Iowa, April 3, 2024
Carl Dimoush ’50, College Station, Texas, Jan. 12, 2024
Russ Jones ’50, Kansas City, Missouri, March 29, 2024
Betty (Winston) Smith ’50, Warsaw, Virginia, May 22, 2024
Glenn Petty ’51, Liberty, Missouri, March 28, 2024
Dona (Lunn) Barski ’52, Springfield, Missouri, Feb. 14, 2024
Helene (Defabaugh) Corbett ’52, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 13, 2024
Dr. William Spencer ’52, San Francisco, California, April 7, 2024*
Allan Carroll ’53, Centertown, Missouri, April 25, 2024
Frances (Hopwood) Day ’53, Overland Park, Kansas, April 7, 2024
Dr. Bert Adams ’54, Madison, Wisconsin, Jan. 6, 2024*
Dr. Jerry Hampton ’54, Lamoni, Iowa, June 2, 2024
Gen. William Harrison ’54, University Place, Washington, Feb. 18, 2024*
Linnea (Kenney) Brock ’55, Liberty, Missouri, March 8, 2024
William H. Curry ’55, Mission Woods, Kansas, Oct. 28, 2024
Dr. Bill Miller ’55, Muncie, Indiana, Jan. 8, 2024
Dick Pryor ’55, Scottsdale, Arizona, Sept. 1, 2024
Bill Wright ’55, Grand Island, Nebraska, May 29, 2024
Geri (Baker) Crouch ’56, Independence, Missouri, Jan. 5, 2024
Shirley (McCaig) Merrell ’56, Blue Springs, Missouri, March 16, 2024
Barbara (Merritt) Neth, ’56, Lee’s Summit, Missouri, Nov. 26, 2024
Dr. Donald Willhoit ’56, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, March 7, 2024
Donna (Bailey) Root ’57, Liberty, Missouri, July 4, 2024
Robert Dye ’58, Liberty, Missouri, Oct. 25, 2024
Rev. Dr. John Hendrix ’58, Louisville, Kentucky, Aug. 17, 2024
Rev. James Nail ’58, Kansas City, Missouri, May 16, 2024
Helmar Nielsen ’58, Saint Petersburg, Florida, Nov. 20, 2024*
Louis Striegel ’58, Tulsa, Oklahoma, April 15, 2024
Dr. T. Edward Damer ’59, Emory, Virginia, March 21, 2024
Robert Richardson ’59, of Sarasota, Florida, July 24, 2024
Carol (Preston) Schenck ’59, Boonville, Missouri, June 22, 2024
Janet (Owen) Davisson ’60, Glen Mills, Pennsylvania, Aug. 1, 2024
Nancy (Casterline) Downey ’60, Lee’s Summit, Missouri, March 29, 2024
Dr. T. Rodney Swearingen ’60, Worthington, Ohio, Dec. 8, 2024
Melva (Eaton) Wilson ’60, Gainesville, Georgia, Dec. 6, 2024
Larry Daniels ’61, Liberty, Missouri, May 25, 2024
Michael Fligg, ’61, Cumming, Georgia, Dec. 19, 2024
Don Gundy ’61, Colorado Springs, Colorado, April 15, 2024
Harvey Hecht ’61, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, Sept. 9, 2024
Rich Moore ’61, Conyngham, Pennsylvania, Jan. 10, 2024
Nancy (Smith) Wilson ’61, Lexington, Tennessee, May 30, 2024
Ruby (Collins) Burns ’62, Lathrop, Missouri, April 23, 2024
Merrick Mohler ’62, Glendale, Missouri, July 14, 2024
George Endicott ’63, Lee’s Summit, Missouri, May 12, 2024
Carolyn Sue (White) Lobough ’63, Branson, Missouri, Feb. 19, 2024
Tom Brown ’64, Chicago, Illinois, March 24, 2024
Nada (Sauer) DeSalvo ’64, Marianna, Arkansas, Feb. 20, 2024
Joe Dyke, ’64 Stover, Missouri, Feb. 28, 2024
Jane (Biswell) Golub ’64, Stilwell, Kansas, Aug. 9, 2024
Ken Selby ’64, Rantoul, Illinois, June 24, 2024
Rev. Darrell Hartley ’65, Russellville, Kentucky, March 15, 2024
Diana (Isley) Hill, ’65 Fort Worth, Texas, June 29, 2024
Sherry (Berg) Johnston ’65, Estero, Florida, Sept. 8, 2024
Elaine (Dean) McIntire ’65, Kearney, Missouri, Feb. 7, 2024
Hanna (Lockwood) Dobberstine ’66, Liberty, Missouri, March 29, 2024
Richard D. Brown ’67, Liberty, Missouri, Sept. 17, 2024
Sue (Stuber) Lively ’67, of Garland, Texas, July 8, 2024
Bob Patterson ’67, Kansas City, Missouri, March 29, 2024
Susan (Hibbard) Jones ’68, Liberty, Missouri, June 9, 2024
Marva (Kapp) Murawski ’69, Gower, Missouri, June 2, 2024
Stephen Gerke ’70, Saint Charles, Missouri, Sept. 17, 2024
Jesse Neely ’71, South Bend, Indiana, May 25, 2024
Elizabeth “Betsey” (Jung) Owens ’71, Raymore, Missouri, April 21, 2024
Edwin “Greg” Erskine, ’72, Friendship, Wisconsin, Dec. 13, 2024
Carol (Anderson) Tower ’72, Kansas City, Missouri, Oct. 27, 2024
Neva (Robbins) Keith ’73, Cainsville, Missouri, Feb. 16, 2024
Mike Vance ’74, Richmond, Missouri, July 5, 2024
Roy Cozad, Jr. ’76, Green Valley, Arizona, Jan. 6, 2024
Karen (Anderson) Gibby ’76, Liberty, Missouri, Oct. 10, 2024
Carol Sparks Orr ’76, Kansas City, Missouri, Jan. 16, 2024
Steve Taylor ’76, Gladstone, Missouri, March 6, 2024
Bonnie (Griffith) Higgins ’78, Liberty Missouri, Jan. 10, 2024
Sandra (Craven) Pendleton ’79, Orrick, Missouri, March 10, 2024
Sharon (Richardson) Walker ’79, Powder Springs, Georgia, May 8, 2024
JoAnn Bowman ’80, Kansas City, Missouri, Nov. 11, 2024
Bill Barrick ’81, Cole Camp, Missouri, Sept. 8, 2024
Cynthia (McConnell) Schultz ’81, Kansas City, Missouri, Feb. 5, 2024
Vicki Bolin ’84, Excelsior Springs, Missouri, Feb. 3, 2024
Jimmy Crabtree ’84, Duncanville, Texas, Aug. 3, 2024
Janet (Coffey) Hall ’85, Kansas City, Missouri, March 11, 2024
Kelly Briggs ’86, Clinton, Missouri, Feb. 21, 2024
Rev. Joe Crosby, Jr. ’86, West Chester, Pennsylvania, Jan. 24, 2024
Sue Plattner ’86, Scottsdale, Arizona, July 25, 2024
Kevin Roepe ’88, Lake Waukomis, Missouri, Nov. 12, 2024
Jay Jackson ’89, Nixa, Missouri, Dec. 12, 2024
Jim Booth ’91, Liberty, Missouri, April 27, 2024
Sharon (Silvius) Thompson ’91, Olathe, Kansas, July 1, 2024
Lance Venable ’91, North Richland Hills, Texas, April 1, 2024
Danny Knapp ’92, Blue Springs, Missouri, April 23, 2024
Robin Riat ’92, Belton, Missouri, April 8, 2024
Don Evans ’93, Barnett, Missouri, Sept. 5, 2024
Matt Snook ’95, Camden Point, Missouri, August 15, 2024
Jennifer (Marlow) Classen ’96, Lenexa, Kansas, March 24, 2024
Quintin Conway ’00, Kearney, Missouri, April 9, 2024
John Ewing ’01, Wildwood, Missouri, July 4, 2024
Vickie (Thurman) Watson ’06, Kansas City, Missouri, Jan. 25, 2024
Dr. Courtney Wilson ’06, Kansas City, Missouri, Sept. 21, 2024
Ciara (Rucker) Nero ’16, Dallas, Texas, Sept. 8, 2024
Ethan Carmack (student), Liberty, Missouri, Sept. 10, 2024
Barbara Carney (former staff), Liberty, Missouri, Oct. 11, 2024
Paula Daub (former faculty), Kansas City, Missouri, Jan. 17, 2024
Don Duncan (former trustee), Springfield, Missouri, May 31, 2024
Joyce Hon (former staff), Liberty, Missouri, Sept. 1, 2024
Dr. Jeanne Johnson (professor emerita), Liberty, Missouri, July 2, 2024
Anabel Olivarez (student), Kansas City, Missouri, Dec. 2, 2024
Nancy Sherrick (former staff and honorary alumna), Liberty, Missouri, May 4, 2024
Dr. Jim Tanner (former dean and provost), Kansas City, Missouri, November 30, 2024
Steven Thomson (former head baseball and assistant football coach), Fairfield, Pennsylvania, Aug. 19, 2024
Dr. Robert Webb (former trustee), Independence, Missouri, June 23, 2024
*Jewell Citation for Achievement recipient
