In Memoriam

Virginia (Crossett) Carter, ’42, of Chillicothe, Mo., Feb. 15, 2020
Beverly (Amery) Anderson, ’43, of Overland Park, Kan., Nov. 20, 2020
A. Marie (Summers) Loar, ’43, of Grapevine, Texas, Jan. 26, 2020
Dr. James Duncan, Jr., ’43, of Kenosha, Wis., Aug. 5, 2020
Dolores Gwen Turnage, ’46, of Jacksonville, Fla., Oct. 4, 2020
Marilyn (Ashley) Halferty, ’47, of Smithville, Mo., May 9, 2020
Catherine “Jean” (Reed) Payne, ’47, of Baton Rouge, La., July 10, 2020
Irene (Simon) Thomas, ’47, of Liberty, Mo., Aug. 26, 2020
Dorothy (Casebolt) Hall, ’48, of Bella Vista, Ark., Feb. 10, 2020
Mona (Harris) Luce, ’48, of Springfield, Mo., Nov. 6, 2020
Imogene (McCormick) McConkey, ’48, of Daytona Beach, Fla., July 4, 2020
Rev. Dr. J. Bruce Melton, ’48, of St. Charles, Mo., March 10, 2020
Mary (McKim) Ray, ’48, of Raymore, Mo., Dec. 13, 2020
Betty (Chamblin) Cross, ’49, of Odessa, Mo., Oct. 20, 2020
Raymond Ewing, ’49, of Wilmette, Ill., Dec. 9, 2020
Bettianne (McQuillen) Laughlin, ’49, of Overland Park, Kan., Oct. 4, 2020
Ella (Massey) Pascale, ’49, of Harrisonburg, Va., June 28, 2020
Norman Short, ’49, of Warrensburg, Mo., Dec. 4, 2020
Sue (Eames) Sinclair, ’49, of Oklahoma City, Okla., Feb. 16, 2020
Lewis Tapp, Jr., ’49, of Liberty, Mo., Sept. 30, 2020

A. William Coil, Jr., ’50, of Independence, Mo., July 9, 2020
Dr. James Helvey, Jr., ’50, of Winston-Salem, N.C., April 5, 2020
Dr. Richard Kirkendall, ’50, of Claremont, California, June 26, 2020
Francisco “Frank” Olvera, ’51, of Kansas City, Mo., May 31, 2020
Catherine (Davis) Casebolt, ’52, of Portland, Ore., Dec. 25, 2020
Warren Williams, ’52, of Prairie Village, Kan., Sept. 1, 2020
Betty (Fisher) Boulton, ’53, of Sebring, Ohio, July 15, 2020
Nancy (Dougherty) Denman, ’53, of Santa Fe, N.M., March 12, 2020
John “Jay” Pitts, ’53, of Chillicothe, Mo., March 14, 2020
Jean (Schuricht) Seaman, ’53, of Overland Park, Kan., July 23, 2020
Neil Seaman, ’53, of Overland Park, Kan., May 6, 2020
Rev. William Barbour, ’54, of Lenexa, Kan., Aug. 23, 2020
Dr. Donald Crain, ’54, of Bartlesville, Okla., Nov. 24, 2020
Frieda (Franklin) Lubkeman, ’54, of Janesville, Wis., May 12, 2020
James Ross, ’54, of Independence, Mo., Dec. 31, 2020
Robert Clem, ’55, of Danville, Ill., Dec. 18, 2020
Rev. Edward Gaul, Jr., ’55, of East Windsor, N.J., Sept. 13, 2020
Arvilla (Neef) Tripp, ’55, of Granada Hills, Calif., April 10, 2020
Richard Burns, ’56, of Overland Park, Kan., Aug. 14, 2020
Richard Foster, ’56, of Coffeyville, Kan., Oct. 23, 2020
Reba (Riggins) Hubbard, ’56, of Independence, Mo., Aug. 31, 2020
Rev. Daniel Martin, ’56, of Surry, Maine, Sept. 12, 2020
Dr. Richard Morrison, ’56, of Overland Park, Kan., March 4, 2020
Dixie (Sanders) Pollard, ’56, of Kansas City, Missouri, July 27, 2020
James R. Trimble, ’56, of Jamesport, Missouri, June 25, 2020
Bob Carson, ’57, of Overland Park, Kan., March 15, 2020
Leroy Nelson, ’57, of Osage Beach, Mo., Dec. 14, 2020
Jesse Baird, ’58, of Lawson, Mo., Jan. 4, 2020
Charles Blaylock, ’58, of Rock Hill, S.C., Jan. 6, 2020
Mary (Frith) Bruns, ’58, of Pensacola, Fla., Jan. 26, 2020
Donald Cline, ’59, of St. Charles, Mo., Dec. 2, 2020
James Hicks, ’59, of Shabbona, Ill., Nov. 30, 2020
Jerry Sheridan, ’59, of Leawood, Kan., May 18, 2020
Rev. Edward Snider, ’59, of Austin, Texas, Nov. 10, 2020

Charles Durbin, ’60, of Lee’s Summit, Mo., Dec. 18, 2020
Larry Edgar, ’60, of Middletown, Ohio, Sept. 15, 2020
Marcia (Brown) O’Connell, ’60, of St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 16, 2020
George Parker, ’60, of Cornwall on Hudson, N.Y., Nov. 16, 2020
Major Kermit Wilkins, ’60, of Holyoke, Colo., Aug. 8, 2020
Patricia (Russell) Birdsong, ’60, of Excelsior Springs, Mo., June 29, 2020
William Jewell Griffey, II, ’60, of Excelsior Springs, Mo., July 7, 2020
Margaret (Pugh) Carnahan, ’61, of Independence, Mo., Oct. 14, 2020
Janet (Herman) Henry ’61, of Topeka, Kan., Feb. 10, 2020
M. Ollie Parker, ’61, of Gladwin, Mich., June 30, 2020
Jerry Brown, ’62, of New Florence, Mo., Nov. 28, 2020
Cynthia (Tucker) Jamieson, ’62, of Frisco, Texas, May 31, 2020
Richard Knight, ’62, of Lee’s Summit, Mo., Oct. 29, 2020
Jack Jordan, ’62, of St. Louis, Mo., April 25, 2020
Xavier Moreno, ’62, of Kansas City, Mo., March 31, 2020
Raymond “Ray” Gordon, ’63, of Pineville, Mo., Oct. 16, 2020
William Binkley, ’64, of Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 8, 2020
Jasper Edmundson, ’64, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., Jan. 3, 2020
Sandra (Kilker) Buschmann, ’65, of St. Louis, Mo., March 11, 2020
Suzanne (Tiller) Dabner, ’65, of St. Peters, Mo., Aug. 1, 2020
Stephen Thomas, ’65, of Plano, Texas, Aug. 14, 2020
Alan Boyer, ’66, of Liberty, Mo., April 18, 2020
Diana (Webb) Unger Erbe, ’66, of Woodstock, Ga., Oct. 26, 2020
Donald Loehring, ’68, of Townsend, Del., July 22, 2020
Linda (Taylor) Dinning, ’68, of Harrisonville, Mo., Jan. 14, 2020
Elizabeth “Libby” (Jeffries) Unger, ’68, of Lee’s Summit, Mo., Sept. 21, 2020
John Davis, ’69, of Liberty, Mo., Jan. 11, 2020

Mary “Toby” Wyble, ’70, of Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 30, 2020
Bill “B.J.” Cantrell, ’71, of Muncie, Ind., Aug. 30, 2020
James Cheek, ’71, of Lawson, Mo., Sept. 10, 2020
Rev. Jack DeWees, Jr., ’72, of Liberty, Mo., Nov. 19, 2020
William Tharp, ’72, of Rome, Ga., March 1, 2020
Daryl Billings, ’73, of Joplin, Mo., Jan. 2, 2020
Joy (Emery) Johnson, ’73, of Joplin, Mo., Nov. 29, 2020
Linda (Cannady) Owen, ’73, of Florissant, Mo., May 18, 2020
John Bennett, ’74, of Fayetteville, Ark., Nov. 26, 2020
Daniel Cox, ’74, of Carrollton, Texas, April 9, 2020
Steve Raps, ’74, of St. Charles, Mo., Jan. 17, 2020
David Killam, ’76, of Midland, Texas, Nov. 17, 2020
Joanna (Whaley) Mooney, ’77, of Liberty, Mo., Oct. 26, 2020
Richard Mreen, ’77, of Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 5, 2020
Peggy (Hutchison) Smith, ’78, of Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 19, 2020
David Albright, ’79, of Liberty, Mo., March 7, 2020
Robert Hays, ’79, of McAllen, Texas, July 31, 2020
Thomas Jarboe, ’79, of Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 17, 2020
Julie (Probasco) Wier, ’79, of Olathe, Kan., Oct. 17, 2020

Vickie Earle, ’80, of Mexico, Mo., Nov. 12, 2020
Diana (Vincent) Storey, ’80, of Mt. Juliet, Tenn., June 22, 2020
Richard “Dick” Hanner, ’83, of North Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 6, 2020
Jamesetta Ash, ’84, of Liberty, Mo., Aug. 12, 2020
Paul Stonner, Jr., ’84, of Columbus, Ohio, June 29, 2020

Robin (Beckman) Bartholomew, ’91, of Drexel, Mo., Aug. 3, 2020
Donald Raby II, ’97, of Gladstone, Mo., Jan. 2, 2020

Heather (Carey) Palmer, ’07, of Odessa, Mo., Oct. 7, 2020

Nicholas Cashio, ’16, of Ash Grove, Mo., Sept. 22, 2020
Alexander Holden, ’17, of Sacramento, Calif., Jan. 27, 2020

Brielle Buntin, ’20, of Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 21, 2020

Billie Easley (former staff) of Holt, Mo., Sept. 12, 2020
D. Corrine Geabhart (former staff) of Cordova, Tenn., Dec. 20, 2020
Darrel Gourley (Associate Professor Emeritus of Physical Education) of Liberty, Mo., May 21, 2020
Virginia Merrigan (former staff), of Liberty, Mo., Nov. 10, 2020
Dr. Otis Miller (Professor Emeritus of Economics) of Liberty, Mo., Jan. 29, 2020
Judith Mynatt (former staff) of Liberty, Mo., Aug. 20, 2020  
Dean Trimble (former staff) of Unionville, Mo., Oct. 21, 2020

Dr. Harold Poynter, Jr., ’42, of Wichita, Kan., Aug. 17, 2019
Ann (Wherritt) Turpin, ’42, of Liberty, Mo., Sept. 7, 2019
Roma Cossairt, ’43, of Menifee, Calif., June 2, 2019
Athene (Crook) Brazelton, ’45, of Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 25, 2019
Frances (Halferty) Payne, ’47, of Prairie Village, Kan., Dec. 21, 2019
Bill Riggs, ’47, of Liberty, Mo., Jan. 5, 2019
Betty (Sherwood) Slote, ’47, of Gulf Breeze, Fla., July 18, 2019
Hollis Brazelton, ’48, of Smithville, Mo., May 30, 2019
Howard Dewell, ’48, of Quincy, Ill., Aug. 28, 2019
Myron Listrom, ’48, of Hot Springs, Ark., Aug. 14, 2019
Margaret “Betty” Shouse, ’48, of Kansas City, Mo., April 30, 2019
Paul Adams, ’49, of Kansas City, Mo., April 7, 2019
Bill Hahn, ’49, of Independence, Mo., Feb. 2, 2019
Margaret (Beasley) Thomson, ’49, of Liberty, Mo., Feb. 26, 2019

Ercell (Head) Binns, ’50, of Gaithersburg, Md., April 2, 2019
Henry Dice, ’50, of Liberty, Mo., Jan. 1, 2019
Thomas Evans, ’50, of Marshall, Mo., July 28, 2019
Keith Fenton, ’50, of West Des Moines, Iowa, March 5, 2019
Daniel Hacku, ’50, of Northford, Ct., March 21, 2019
Margaret Irminger, ’50, of Liberty, Mo., April 7, 2019
Helen Frances (Woodruff) Swartz, ’50, of Edmond, Okla., April 18, 2019
Mary (Skaggs) White, ’50, of Springfield, Mo., Aug. 10, 2019
John Jaeger, ’51, of Kirkwood, Mo., Feb. 26, 2019
Loren Powles, ’51, of Olathe, Kan., June 14, 2019
Janet Boone, ’52, of Darien, Ill., Nov. 17, 2019
William Bowman, ’52, of Farmington Hills, Mich., April 3, 2019
James Dollins, ’52, of Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 28, 2019
Rev. David Fison, ’52, of Auburn, Wash., Jan. 31, 2019
James Hunter, ’52, of Leawood, Kan., Dec. 8, 2019
Edward Lundgren, ’52, of Spring Hill, Kan., April 18, 2019
Alexander Boltniew, ’53, of White Stone, S.C., Feb. 13, 2019
Theodore Closson, ’53, of Riverside, Calif., April 21, 2019
Dallas Divelbiss, ’53, of Gaithersburg, Md., March 9, 2019
Ted Harris, ’53, of Nixa, Mo., Nov. 24, 2019
May Marie (Knapp) Irwin, ’53, of Loveland, Colo., Oct. 17, 2019
Ormand Leavel Jr., ’53, of La Jolla, Calif., March 7, 2019
Rosa (White) Pace, ’53, of Borger, Texas, April 14, 2019
Rev. Roy Werline, ’53, of Smithville, Mo., April 20, 2019
Joan (Pryor) Barth, ’54, of Chesterfield, Mo., May 3, 2019
Joyce (Ramsey) Blount, ’54, of Sioux Falls, S.D., March 1, 2019
Dr. James Joslin, ’54, of Ozark, Mo., June 14, 2019
Donald Kiernan, ’54, of Washington, D.C., Dec. 21, 2019
Joyce (Wheeler) Wollard, ’54, of Excelsior Springs, Mo., Jan. 10, 2019
Loretta (Lyerla) Benson, ’55, of Naples, Fla., May 26, 2019
Ruth (White) Budgett, ’55, of Uniontown, Ohio, March 1, 2019
Billy Kuykendall, ’55, of St. Louis, Mo., April 3, 2019
Sandra Mohre, ’55, of Columbus, Ohio, July 9, 2019
Patricia (Mattox) Welk, ’55, of Chillicothe, Ill., May 25, 2019
Norman Amos, ’56, of Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 21, 2019
Joseph Crouthers, ’56, of Montrose, Mo., Oct. 18, 2019
Jacqueline (Williamson) Hollis, ’56, of Midlothian, Va., Feb. 11, 2019
Dixie (Renner) Butler, ’57, of Kansas City, Mo., July 5, 2019
Dr. Edgar Chapman, ’57, of East Peoria, Ill., Oct. 11, 2019
Dr. Donald Darnell, ’57, of Erie, Colo., Feb. 20, 2019
Jo (Hartnett) DeShon, ’57, of Kalamazoo, Mich., Jan. 26, 2019
Benjamin Gardner, ’57, of Escondido, Calif., April 20, 2019
Alton Inman, ’57, of Rogers, Ark., Aug. 10, 2019
Dr. John Philpot Jr., ’57, of Liberty, Mo., Oct. 1, 2019
Shirley (Montgomery) Bloss, ’58, of Alexandria, La., Sept. 22, 2019
Donna (Maple) Cox, ’58, of Kansas City, Mo., March 9, 2019
John Duggins Jr., ’58, of Ovilla, Texas, March 7, 2019
Robert Honeyfield, ’58, of Lansing, Kan., Feb. 20, 2019
Victor Nelson, ’58, of Hamilton, Ill., May 24, 2019
Marion Rowin, ’58, of Houston, Texas, Sept. 8, 2019
Tom Sherwood, ’58, of Bellingham, Wash., Feb. 7, 2019
Marion Botts, ’59, of Independence, Mo., Jan. 19, 2019
Paul Casper, ’59, of Carbondale, Kan., Feb. 8, 2019
Judith Craig, ’59, of Worthington, Ohio, Jan. 18, 2019

Rev. Jim Abel, ’60, of Sullivan, Mo., Dec. 12, 2019
Richard “Rick” Bailey, ’60, of Lawrence, Kan., Jan. 11, 2019
Warren Bergman, ’60, of Florissant, Mo., April 11, 2019
Donald Blalock, ’60, of Overland Park, Kan., Nov. 15, 2019
Phyllis (Strawn) Kilver, ’60, of Jacksonville, Ill., Feb. 27, 2019
Cecil Lewis, ’60, of Independence, Mo., July 21, 2019
Kenneth “Ken” Ragsdale, ’60, of Ozark, Mo., March 7, 2019
Donald LaFontaine, ’61, of Arnold, Mo., Jan. 19, 2019
Robert McGee, ’61, of Lee’s Summit, Mo., April 28, 2019
Louise (Crum) Russell, ’61, of Longview, Texas, July 19, 2019
Michael Chu, ’62, of Kearney, Mo., Feb. 8, 2019
​Bill Rogers, ’62, of Little Rock, Ark., Aug. 15, 2019
Larry Seelinger, ’62, of Raymore, Mo., Jan. 12, 2019
Melvin Dixon, ’63, of Turney, Mo., Nov. 10, 2019
Selden “Brad” Hirni, ’63, of Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 9, 2019
Richard Stertz, ’63, of Santa Fe, N.M., Jan. 7, 2019
Virginia (Tanner) Bryan, ’64, of Richmond, Mo., Dec. 17, 2019
Theodore Newell, ’64, of La Quinta, Calif., June 12, 2019
Patricia (Stevens) Robertson, ’65, of Jonesboro, Ga., July 17, 2019
Dr. Cynthia Schuetz-Perkins, ’65, of Grass Valley, Calif., July 30, 2019
Dr. John Bean, ’66, of Liberty, Mo., June 22, 2019
Sharon (Schoenborn) Johnson, ’66, of Nauvoo, Ill., Sept. 10, 2019
Alfred Ludlow, III, ’66, of Las Vegas, Nev., Oct. 30, 2019
Richard Ritter, ’66, of Kearney, Mo., Aug. 12, 2019
Jerry Annunzio, ’67, of Kansas City, Mo., April 30, 2019
Rev. Robert Sherer, ’67, of High Point, N.C., July 15, 2019
Esther (Thornton) Glover, ’68, of Houston, Texas, April 7, 2019
Richard “Dick” Johnson, ’68, of Rogersville, Mo., March 28, 2019
John Stacer, ’68, of De Witt, Iowa, Aug. 25, 2019
Mary (Combs) Sturges, ’68, of Springfield, Mo., May 22, 2019
Clifford Tuttle, ’68, of Fargo, N.D., April 16, 2019
Helen (Hunt) Barkley, ’69, of Parsons, Kan., Oct. 7, 2019
Sidney (Simms) Baudouin, ’69, of Fort Worth, Texas, Jan. 4, 2019
Janice (Toloso) Harding, ’69, of Sandy, Utah, Oct. 22, 2019
Richard Orr, ’69, of Rogers, Ark., June 12, 2019
Robert Pence, Jr., ’69, of Kearney, Mo., July 23, 2019
Linda (Frank) Werner, ’69, of Kansas City, Mo., July 13, 2019

William Bliss, ’70, of Lee’s Summit, Mo., Oct. 29, 2019
Kenneth Clauder, ’70, of Kansas City, Kan., Aug. 20, 2019
John Gibbs, Jr., ’70, of Brighton, Mo., July 26, 2019
Glenn Manis, ’70, of Macomb, Ill., Oct. 26, 2019
James Myers, ’70, of Independence, Mo., Feb. 1, 2019
Jay Thomas, III, ’70, of Louisiana, Mo., May 18, 2019
Mary Bell, ’73, of Liberty, Mo., April 19, 2019
Melissa (Keen) Shafer, ’73, of Weston, Mo., Oct. 25, 2019
Donald Pipkin, Sr., ’74, of Auburndale, Fla., Aug. 17, 2019
Gerald Power, ’74, of Liberty, Mo., Sept. 18, 2019
Rick Smith, ’74, of Belton, Mo., June 28, 2019
Richard Gray, ’75, of Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 18, 2019
John Shank, Jr., ’75, of Springfield, Mo., Oct. 7, 2019
Ann Todoroff, ’75, of Gladstone, Mo., Jan. 24, 2019
Barbara (Buckley) Johnson, ’76, of San Diego, Calif., June 17, 2019
Stephen McGarvey, ’76, of Gladstone, Mo., March 19, 2019
Calvin Spence, Jr., ’76, of Leawood, Kan., Dec. 25, 2019
Martha (Seabough) Stewart, ’76, of Rogersville, Mo., July 19, 2019
Nancy (Sharp) Valentine, ’76, Bangor, Maine, June 29, 2019
Larry Hollowell, ’77, of Overland Park, Kan., Nov. 21, 2019
Collette King, ’77, of Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 14, 2019
Rev. Herbert Owens Jr., ’78, of California, Mo., June 8, 2019
David Albright, ’79, of Liberty, Mo., March 7, 2020
Laurie Anderson, ’79, of Leawood, Kan., March 3, 2019
Michelle Lahey, ’79, of Independence, Mo., Feb. 13, 2019

Mark Ball, ’81, of Prairie Village, Kan., Feb. 9, 2019
Ted Graves, ’84, of Liberty, Mo., June 24, 2019
Ann Gustafson, ’86, of Kearney, Mo., May 28, 2019
Steven Holeman, ’86, of Owasso, Okla., July 18, 2019
Billy Dudley, ’87, of Lebanon, Mo., June 28, 2019
Mertie Denney, ’88, of Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 31, 2019
Ann Ryan, ’88, of Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 28, 2019
Marti (Simon) Hamilton-Cowherd, ’89, of Higginsville, Mo., July 26, 2019

Thomas Goodman, ’90, of Altoona, Iowa, June 24, 2019
Laura (Pruitt) Marsh, ’90, of Kansas City, Mo., May 18, 2019

Tamara (Kohler) Wilson, ’02, of Pleasant Hill, Mo., Nov. 2, 2019
Clayton Nygaard, ’09, of Overland Park, Kan., June 17, 2019

Matthew Oliver, ’17, of Kansas City, Mo., April 1, 2019

Norman Amos, ’56, (former staff) of Gladstone, Mo., Nov. 21, 2019
Donnaretha David (former staff) of Liberty, Mo., Sept. 20, 2019
Ted Graves, ’84 (former coach), of Liberty, Mo., June 24, 2019
Dr. E. Bruce Heilman (former trustee) of Richmond, Va., Oct. 20, 2019
Dr. Bill Henning (former faculty) of Winona Lake, Ind., April 11, 2019
Carl Johnson (former staff) of Independence, Mo., Oct. 27, 2019
Ruth McCoy (former staff) of Kansas City, Mo., April 22, 2019
Dr. John Philpot Jr., ’57 (Professor Emeritus of Physics), of Liberty, Mo., Oct. 1, 2019
Donald Riddle (former faculty) of Leawood, Kan., Oct. 18, 2019
Carol Jean Smith (former staff) of St. Charles, Mo., Nov. 14, 2019
Lee Ann Zech (former staff) of Liberty, Mo., Oct. 5, 2019