In Memoriam

Margaret (Lynn) Miller, ’38, of Lenexa, Kan., Dec. 29, 2021

Juanita (Carpenter) Bedard, ’43, of Middletown, R.I., Aug. 1, 2021
Dr. Paul Kincaid, ’43, of Lawrence, Kan., Jan. 13, 2021
Mary Catherine (Green) Handly, ’45, of Warrensburg, Mo., June 2, 2021
Rev. Lee Soxman, Jr., ’45, of Lee’s Summit, Mo., Feb. 4, 2021
David Tucker, ’45, of Lexington, Mo., July 13, 2021
Bernita (Talbot) Stockton, ’46, of Menifee, Calif., Feb. 2, 2021
Joanne (Hamacher) Jackson, ’47, of Richmond, Mo., May 11, 2021
Martha (Thorning) New, ’47, of Leavenworth, Kan., May 19, 2021
Betty (Mallett) Smith, ’47, of Malibu, Calif., Nov. 23, 2021
Katherine (Hall) Kramer, ’48, of Wichita Falls, Texas, Jan. 28, 2021
Frances Itokazu Head, ’49, of Leawood, Kansas, Sept. 7, 2021
Alice (Leavitt) Hurst, ’49, of Richmond, Va., Dec. 7, 2021
Rev. Dean Lewis, ’49, of Santa Fe, N.M., June 14, 2021
Dr. Wesley Moore, ’49, of Lexington, Ky., May 16, 2021

Robert Barto Jr., ’50, of Jupiter, Fla., Aug. 26, 2021
Sue (Husman) Donnell, ’50, of Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 29, 2021
Charles Owens, ’50 of Shawnee, Kan., Dec. 27, 2021
Jeannine (Tussey) Preston, ’50, of Greer, S.C., Nov. 26, 2021
Patricia (Robinson) Reese, ’50, of Kansas City, Mo., March 16, 2021
Mary Joe (Douglass) Rixey, ’50, of Alexandria, Va., July 7, 2021
Karl Shade, ’50, of Raymore, Mo., Nov. 11, 2021
James G. Trimble, ’50, of Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 13, 2021
William Peters, ’51, of Los Angeles, Calif., Jan. 7, 2021
Lloyd Searcy, ’51, of Liberty, Mo., April 6, 2021
Eric Jeschke, ’52, of Nokomis, Saskatchewan, Feb. 13, 2021
Dr. Doran McCarty, ’52, of St. Augustine, Fla., Jan. 7, 2021
Mildred “Mike” (Gash) Bercik, ’53, of Stuart, Fla., July 25, 2021
Dr. Mary Ann (Moore) Bracegirdle, ’53, of Jasper, Ga., June 2, 2021
George Dooley, ’53, of Kansas City, Missouri, Dec. 23, 2021
Marion (Dawson) Hightower, ’53, of Longmont, Colo., Jan. 8, 2021
Dr. William Hooper, ’53, of Bolivar, Mo., March 23, 2021
George Horrell, ’54, of Greendale, Wis., Jan. 19, 2021
Preston “Roy” Lucas, ’54, of Wellsville, N.Y., Jan. 18, 2021
Byron Myers, '54, of St. Joseph, Mo., July 12, 2021
Lt. Col. Craig Royston, ’54, of Clinton, Miss., Nov. 27, 2021
Dr. James Deuel, ’55, of Frisco, Texas, Feb. 2, 2021
Dr. Harlie Gallatin, ’55, of Bolivar, Mo., Aug. 16, 2021
Marianna (Tate) Maudlin, ’55, of Liberty, Mo., June 27, 2021
Rev. Robert Pattison, ’55, of Loveland, Colo., Aug. 12, 2021
Rev. Tom Raisner, ’55, of Pittsford, N.Y., Oct. 17, 2021
Kathryn DeYoung Axelsen, ’56, of Greensboro, Ga., March 29, 2021
Mary Ann (Nance) Byrne, ’56, of Jacksonville, Ore., Aug. 31, 2021
Raymond Cowan, ’57, of Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 10, 2021
Dr. Mary Jo (Smith) Evans, ’57, of East Amherst, N.Y., Sept. 26, 2021
Alice (Bishop) Hopwood Christopher, '57, of Franklin, Ind., May 16, 2021
Evelyn (Brown) Jenkins, ’57, of Brownwood, Texas, March 22, 2021
Nill “Nip” Mohler, ’57, of Creve Couer, Mo., Dec. 29, 2021
Pat (Cadwallader) Rosenblatt, ’57, of Wildwood, Mo., June 27, 2021
Rev. Raymond Shelton, ’57, of Lee’s Summit, Mo., Dec. 15, 2021
Harold Tapp, ’57, of Carlsbad, N.M., March 18, 2021
Rev. William Bell, ’59, of Pittsburg, Kan., Sept. 4, 2021
Richard Frohock, '59, of Grand Junction, Colorado, Sept. 13, 2021
Charles Lee, ’59, of Farmington, Mo., March 6, 2021
Robert Tinsley, ’59, of Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 8, 2021

Jesse Funkhouser, Jr., ’60, of Salem, Oregon, March 23, 2021
Cara (Rodenbach) Jamieson, ’60, of Fremont, Nebraska, March 29, 2021
Michael Morrow, ’60, of Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 13, 2021
Norman Barfoot, ’61, of Riverside, Calif., April 3, 2021
Mike Cartwright, ’61, of Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 28, 2021
Linda (Hill) Dreyer, '61, of San Antonio, Texas, June 10, 2021
Tom Lovejoy, ’61, of Palacios, Texas, Feb. 15, 2021
Patricia (Hufstedler) Risenhoover, '61, of Cave Creek, Ariz., Jan. 4, 2021
Dr. Lynn Schmitt, ’61, of Holt, Mo., Dec. 9, 2021
Rebecca (Lowman) Wohlford, ’61, of Trimble, Mo., April 13, 2021
Melba (Sharp) Crouse, ’62, of Lawson, Mo., Jan. 28, 2021
John Laughrey, ’62, of Fort Myers, Fla., July 27, 2021
Martha Jane (O'Daniel) Mohler, '62, of Kirkwood, Mo., July 12, 2021
Dr. Don Rogers, ’62, of Sierra Vista, Ariz., Dec. 5, 2021
Paul Spicer, ’62, of Jefferson City, Mo., May 20, 2021
Rev. Richard White, ’62, of St. Petersburg, Fla., March 29, 2021
Sue Ann (Hutcheson) Cansler, ’63, of Marshfield, Mo., Feb. 6, 2021
Richard Edward, ’63, of Savannah, Mo., Jan. 19, 2021
Harold Hawkins, ’63, of Corcoran, Minn., March 13, 2021
David F. Jones, ’63, of St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 1, 2021
Rev. Clay Noah, Jr., ’63, of Jerseyville, Ill., July 25, 2001
Sandy Wonders, ’63, of Wellfleet, Mass., March 11, 2021
Charlie Cash, Jr., ’64, of North Kansas City, Mo., June 14, 2021
Dixie (Longenecker) Early, ’65, of Nixa, Mo., Jan. 21, 2021
Dr. Terry Pratt, ’65, of Alameda, Calif., May 17, 2021
Carl “Ray” Ritchey, ’65, of Shell Knob, Mo., Feb. 16, 2021
Mary Jane (Campbell) Houston, ’68, of Liberty, Mo, Dec. 22, 2021

Rev. Dennis Higgins, ’70, of Centerville, Iowa, Jan. 6, 2021
David Klugel Sr., ’70, of Orange, N.J., Jan. 11, 2021
Mary McLallen, ’70, of Chillicothe, Mo., Jan. 12, 2021
Dr. Marion Roberts, ’70, of Lawrence, Kan., July 17, 2021
Norma (Simcosky) Rafferty, ’71, of Las Cruces, N.M., Feb. 6, 2021
Jean (Rogers) Shepherd, ’71, of Lawson, Mo., June 5, 2021
Nancy (Shull) Wells, ’71, of Kansas City, Mo., May 29, 2021
Danny Brown, ’72, of Weston, Mo., Dec. 1, 2021
Christopher Brooks, ’73, of Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 1, 2021
Kay (Shelton) Kapp, ’73, of Grand Rapids, Mich., April 24, 2021
Cynthia Maness, ’73, of Overland, Mo., Jan. 11, 2021
Dr. Delores (Stockwell) Doll (former staff), ’74, of Blue Springs, Mo., April 26, 2021
Deborah (Keefer) Freyman, ’75, of Cave Spring, Va., July 13, 2021
Cheryl (Threadgill) Mathews, ’76, of Broken Arrow, Okla., Jan. 16, 2021
Tom Leip, '77, of Beaverton, Ore., June 10, 2021
Daniel Armstrong, ’78, of Doniphan, Mo., March 4, 2021
Rev. Dale Fuller, ’78, of Holt, Mo., March 13, 2021
Charles Bryant, ’79, of Topeka, Kan., Jan. 27, 2021

Michael Mast, ’83, of Briarcliff, Texas, June 24, 2021
John Myers, ’83, of Liberty, Mo., July 6, 2021
Dr. Carol (Crenshaw) Williams, ’85, of St. Louis, Mo., June 19, 2021
Alan Johnson, ’88, of Independence, Mo., Dec. 19, 2021

Linda Thomas, '90, of Liberty, Mo., Aug. 25, 2021
Jerrolyn (Allen) Parker, ’95, of Raytown, Mo., March 15, 2021

Christina Eddington-Hadley, ’00, of Kansas City, Mo., June 19, 2021
Dana (Youngs) McEachen, ’01, of Overland Park, Kan., Nov. 16, 2021

Aerial Smith, ’15, of Fairway, Kan., Jan. 20, 2021
Zachary Whittaker, ’15, of Liberty, Mo., Feb. 6, 2021

Nancy Dillingham (Friend) of Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 8, 2021
Shirley Harnish (Former Staff), of Liberty, Mo., June 19, 2021
John “Eric” Helsing (Former Faculty) of Blacksburg, Va., June 25, 2021
Dr. Elizabeth Kingsley (Friend) of Alpharetta, Ga., Jan. 7, 2021
Joan Lawrence (Former Staff) of North Potomac, Md., March 27, 2021
Dr. Doyle Sager (Trustee Emeritus) of Jefferson City, Mo., Jan. 22, 2021
Ruth Turnage (Former Staff) of Kearney, Mo., June 7, 2021
Francis Warner (friend; University of Oxford Emeritus Fellow), Dec. 8, 2021
Dr. Tom Willett (Former Faculty) of Liberty, Mo., May 24, 2021

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

Norma (Moss) Barto, ’50, of Jupiter, Fla., Aug. 24, 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
Gil Breipohl, Jr., ’52, of San Jose, Calif., Feb. 11, 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
Darrel Roth, '72, of Independence, Missouri, March 21, 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