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Vern A. Freeman, '14, M.A.'38, of Grand Haven, formerly of East Lansing, Nov. 25, age 102.

Robert B. Huxtable, '19, of Alma, formerly of Lansing, Dec. 16, age 94.

Effie Marie (Cook) Dennington, '22, of Lynden, WA, formerly of Lansing, Dec. 11, age 91.

Arthur W. Flucke, '22, of Saginaw, Jan. 9, age 91.

Nannie (Bunker) Weckler, '22, of Laguna Hills, CA, Dec. 26, age 92.

Katherine (Langley) Marling, '23, of East Lansing, Nov. 7, age 90.

Paul M. Barrett, '23, of Brevard, NC, formerly of Lansing, Jan. 5, age 91.

Ione (Barker) Cash, '25, of Kansas City, KS, Jan. 4, age 88.

Lelia (Coleman) Peterson, '25, of Haslett, Jan. 16, age 88.

Martha (Griswold) Hiscock, '26 of Flint, Nov. 18.

Marguerite (Sprague) Becker, '28, of Gaylord, formerly of Monroe, Jan. 2, age 85.

Wendall C. Cross, W'29, Saginaw, Dec. 3, age 87.

Pierre M. Kenyon, W'29, Woodland, CA, Dec. 22, age 85.

Helen (Payette) McKnight, '29, of East Lansing, Oct. 21, age 85.

Lois (Williamson) Bradway, '30, of Hesperia, Dec. 28, age 83.

Augusta Christiansen, '30, of Detroit, Nov. 9, age 86.

Lottie (Small) Horacek, '30, of Boonton, NJ, Oct. 20, age 89.

Walter F. Russow, '30, M.A.'32, of Monroe, Dec. 21, age 83.

Stanley DePree, 'W 31, of Zeeland, Oct. 31, age 82.

Ralf W. Babcock, '32, of Coldwater, Oct. 9, age 83.

Clayton F. Bensinger, '32, of Ubly, Nov. 3, age 77.

Marian (Allerton) Tollette, '32, Appleton, WI, Dec. 21, age 82.

Richard W. Huffman, 'W 33, of Grand Ledge, Dec. 29, age 83.

Ray E. Mix, 'W 33, of Wyandotte, Jan. 8, age 81.

Dean J. Willis, '33, of Grass Lake, Jan. 5, age 81.

Jane (Schreur) Butcher, 'W 34, of Gaylord, Nov. 25, age 79.

Wilbur S. Claus, M.A.'34, of Van Nuys, CA, Oct. 10, age 80.

Florence M. Findlay, '34, of Oxford, OH, Jan. 24, age 80.

Helen (Henrickson) Horton, '34, of Columbus, OH, Dec. 12, age 79.

Alfred M. Hyatt, '34, of Manitou Beach, Jan. 24, age 79.

Katherine (Outwater) Reddeman, '34, of Chelsea, Jan. 16, age 78.

Mary (Hebblewhite) Rosebrough, 'W 34, of Lansing, Jan. 30, age 78.

Marguerite (Steensma) Prescott, '35, of Jackson, Jan. 18, age 79.

Elbert H. Rock, '35, of Morrison, April 19, 1991, age 83.

Frank K. Savage, '35, of Bristol, IN and Cedarville, Dec. 12, age 82.

Alyce (Waterman) Peters, '36, of Santa Paula, CA, Jan. 14 as a result of an auto accident, age 76.

Arthur D. Peters, Jr., '36, of Santa Paula, CA, Jan. 14 as a result of an auto accident, age 78.

James E. Sargent, '36, of Big Sandy, TX, Dec. 8, age 77.

John A. Day, '37, of Covina, CA, Dec. 1, age 76.

George A. Dow, '37, of Kalamazoo, formerly of Ann Arbor, Oct. 12, age 81.

Durwell O. Knapp, '37, of Haines City, FL, formerly of East Lansing, Dec. 11, age 77.

Margaret (Woodman) Andersen, '38, of Ludington, Nov. 1, age 75.

James M. Damitz, '38, of Gladstone, Nov. 22, age 75.

Edward J. Flowers, '38, of Farmington, Nov. 22, age 77.

Leo V. Frizzo, '38, of Niles, Oct. 21, age 78.

William E. Malpass, 'W 38, of East Jordan, Jan. 12, age 76.

Lawrence Sherman, '38, of Elyria, OH, formerly of Blissfield, Jan. 26, age 79.

Luke R. Sinclair,D.V.M.'38, Prescott, AZ, Jan. 8, age 77.

William R. Clow,'39, of Ellsworth, Dec. 5, age 73.

Howard B. Dickie, '40, of Westland, formerly of Plymouth, Nov. 14, age 72.

Woodrow W. Matthews, D.V.M.'40, of Arcadia, FL, Nov. 10.

Janet (Hotchin) Lindsley, 'W 41, of Acme, Oct. 19, age 72.

Allan D. Begg, D.V.M.'42, of Marshall, Feb. 2, age 73.

Thomas Connelly, '42, of Cassopolis, in 1990, age 71.

Cecilia (Potter) Linn, '42, of Venice, FL, formerly of East Lansing, Oct. 28, age 72.

Cornelius J. Van Halteren, '42, of Bloomfield Hills, Jan. 23, age 72.

Robert G. Sherman, '43, of Frederick, MD, Dec. 24, age 71.

Barbara (Stoeffler) Appleford,'45, of Hemet, CA, Feb. 3, age 67.

Rosemary (Crane) Moose, 'W 45, Owosso, Oct. 14, age 68.

F. Marion Piggott, M.A.'45, Fowler, Oct. 5, age 89.

Samuel H. Schram, 'W 45, of Clawson, formerly of Escanaba, Oct. 20, age 69.

Julius J. Fishler, D.V.M.'46, Goshen, IN, formerly of Benton Harbor, Nov. 12, age 82.

Barbara (Martens) Brownell,'W 47, of Grosse Pointe Woods, Nov. 3, age 65.

Wayne W. Edwards,'47, of Traverse City, formerly of Okemos, Jan. 14, age 68.

Walter D. Gerstacker,'48, of Hoover, AL, Jan. 25, age 66.

Robert W. Smith, '48, of Grosse Pointe Shores, Jan. 14, age 69.

Walter Zurakowski, '48, of Marion, IN, Dec. 12, age 70.

Vernon L. Beers, '49, M.A.'51, of Traverse City, Nov. 3, age 69.

Lois (Amsbury) Croll, '49, of Southfield, June, 1991, age 64.

Richard L. Johnston, D.V.M.'49, Frankfort, formerly of Kalamazoo, Nov. 5, age 72.

George E. Petschulat,'49, Gull Lake, Nov. 24, age 67.

Arthur E. Slaughter, '49, M.A.'50, of Lansing, Dec. 18, age 71.

Virgil St. Peter,'49, of Stanton, Dec. 14, age 69.

Frank A. Bagdon, '50, of Farmington Hills, Nov. 25, age 66.

Lester O. Begick,'50, of Bay City, Dec. 7, age 65.

Roman 'Ray' Dubas,'50, of East Jordan, Jan. 7, age 73.

Earl J. Ellis, Jr.,'50, '60, of Bradenton FL, formerly of Lansing, Dec. 25, age 73.

Harriet Roberts Griffith,'50, of Birmingham, March 8, age 74.

Patricia (Stevens) Gustafson,'50, of Rochester Hills, Nov. 24, age 63.

Walter Parker,'50, of Lansing, March 2, age 69.

Raymond Pantak,'51, of Lake Orion, Jan. 14, age 68.

Mel Stout, '51, of Glenmoore, PA, May, 1991. He was MSU's first NCAA gymnastics champion, winning parallel bars in 1949 and the rings competition in 1951, age 63.

Peter T. Greig,'52,of Bloomfield Township, Jan. 5 in a plane crash, age 62.

G. Paul Groner, '53, of Whidbey Island, WA, Oct. 25, age 66.

Russell E. Humphrey,'53, of Grayling, formerly of Saginaw, Oct. 9, age 61.

Diane (Wyn) Tibbitts,'53, of St. Louis, MO, formerly of Grand Rapids, Dec. 25, age 60.

Joseph N. Kulhanek,'54, of Battle Creek, Nov. 28, age 60.

Emma (Mueller) Chaffee, M.A.'55, Farmington Hills, Oct. 24, age 72.

Ann(Hilliard) Fosket, '56, of Eaton Rapids, Dec. 30, age 77.

Jeannine (Henry) Sanchez,'57, of Louisville, TX, formerly of Pittsburgh, PA, Dec. 28, age 56.

Robert L. Stephenson,'57, of Kalamazoo, Jan. 11, age 60.

Jack T. Crosby, Jr.,'58, of Grand Ledge, Dec. 26, age 59.

David G. Howell,''58, D.V.M.'60, Greensburg, IN, formerly of Dimondale, Dec. 31, age 56.

Louis J. Lafayette,'58, of Grosse Ile, Dec. 22, age 65.

Barbara(McKinnon) McCoy, Sp.'59, of Columbia, SC, Jan. 7, age 52.

Otho Jennings, Ph.D.'60, of High Point, NC, Jan. 9, age 80.

Edith (DeRose) Filice, M.A.'61, of East Lansing, Dec. 27, age 65.

Dora(Stacey) Pooley, M.A.'61, of Mount Clemens, Oct. 16, age 74.

Michael P. Nordstrom,'62, of Fair Oaks, CA, formerly of East Lansing, Dec. 7, age 52.

Robert F. Szwast,'62, of Frankfort, Oct. 3, age 51.

Melvin E. Berghuis,'Ph.D.'64, of Grand Rapids, Feb. 7, age 76.

Gerald L. Cooper, '64, of Hubbardston, Jan. 24, age 51.

Lillian (Hendrickson) McDaniels,'64, of Lansing, Jan. 28, age 84.

Helen (Calkins) Allen,M.A.'65, of Fowlerville, Jan. 30, age 77.

Leon C. Bleshenski,'65, of Pinconning, Nov. 4, age 68.

George D. Eastman,'65, of Tucson, AZ, formerly of Kent, OH, Oct. 30, age 79.

Michael D. McIntosh,'65, M.A.'67, of Howell, Nov. 9, age 49.

LaNelle (Buggs) Roman,M.A.'65, of Grand Rapids, Nov. 14, age 65.

Roderick J. Morrison, Ph.D.'66, of Olivet, Oct. 9 of acute leukemia, age 39.

Roger D. Murray,'66, M.A.'74, of Davenport, IA, formerly of Lansing, Dec. 30, age 54.

Anna (Foster) Shock, M.A.'66, of Ithaca, Oct. 2, age 82.

Ruth (Bowlby) Carleton,'67, M.A.'69, of Lansing, formerly of East Lansing, Feb. 17, age 71.

Philip C. Cooper, M.A.'67, of Brooklyn, NY, formerly of Stambaugh, Nov. 6, age 45.

Gertrude (Hoppe) Grenkowica,'67, of Alpena, Jan. 5, age 54.

Robert L. Ryden,'67, of Lansing, Jan. 27, age 49. 

Author: Robert Bao

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