DEATHS continued from page 41 serve in World War II, he graduated with a degree in mathematics and was a member of the swim team and Alpha Tau Omega. He was preceded in death by three sisters— Leone Fidler Smith ’33, Merle Fidler Nicols ’36 and Marjorie Fidler Quick ’44.
Marjorie Stormont Work Lunan, 91, of Portland, Ore., died Jan. 31, 2013. She majored in speech/communications/theater arts and was a member of Crimson Masque and Kappa Kappa Gamma. She worked at McGraw-Hill for a number of years and was a professional singer, performing on television, in Carnegie Hall and on a Mister Rogers album as Mother Giraffe. She later returned to Monmouth and was assistant dean of students in the 1970s. In her later years, she was a strong voice of support for the lesbian and gay community in Portland. Ethel Selig Wolf, 92, of Lake Forest, Ill., died Jan. 7, 2013. She was a member of Kappa Delta.
1943 Polly Martin Johnson, 91, of Monmouth
died March 22, 2013. She attended MC for two years, studying English and joining Kappa Kappa Gamma. She was preceded in death by her husband of 66 years.
Everett McCleary of Palm Harbor, Fla., died Jan. 19, 2013. He majored in physics and was a member of the Octopus Club. After graduation, he entered the U.S. Navy as an electronics/radar technician and served in the China theater until 1946. He then went to work for General Electric, retiring in 1981. He was preceded in death by a brother, Harold McCleary ’37. Theodore Person, 93, of Lititz, Penn., died June 14, 2013. He majored in biology and earned his M.D. from Indiana University School of Medicine. During World War II, he served in the chemical warfare division of the Army/Air Force in China, Burma and India. The majority of his 40-year medical career was spent in private practice in Veedersburg, Ind. Survivors include his wife of 65 years, Claribel Gerhart Person ’45. Doris Greene Winship, 91, or Morton, Ill., died June 3, 2013. A member of Alpha Xi Delta, she graduated with an English degree and was a grade school teacher in Peoria, Ill., for 30 years.
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Doris Pierson Palmer, 90, of Bozeman, Mont., died Feb. 4, 2013. She majored in history and became a teacher, later receiving a master’s degree. She taught in Germany for one year, and also in Media, Ill., where she met her husband of 61 years,
James Palmer ’50, who also recently passed away. The couple started a veterinary practice in Roseville, Ill., and also lived in three foreign countries, Hawaii, and Washington, D.C., in addition to Bozeman. Other survivors include sisters Marie Pierson Anderson ’40 and Eloise Pierson Hamilton ’54. James Pollock, 91, of Washington, Iowa, died April 14, 2013. He graduated with a degree in philosophy and was a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon, the track team and the Octopus Club. He received four postgraduate degrees, including a master’s of divinity degree from the Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. One of Pollock’s other postgraduate degrees was in Arabic and Islamic studies, and he spent the bulk of his career at the University of Indiana, serving as their Near East librarian for 26 years. He also served as a missionary in Egypt for 10 years and lived and worked in Lebanon. Survivors include his wife of 67 years.
1945 Phyllis Feddersen of Hayward, Calif.,
died Oct. 15, 2012. She majored in chemistry and was a member of Kappa Delta.
Ben Greenwell, 88, of Marietta, Ga., died Dec. 16, 2012. A chemistry major, he was a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon. He served in the U.S. Navy for two years during World War II, then received his master’s degree and Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University of Illinois. Greenwell spent most of his career in research and development, and the R&D team he led at Rowell Laboratories produced Chenix, the first U.S.-approved drug for dissolution of gallstones. Greenwell retired in 1989. Velma Anderson Lambert of West Liberty, Iowa, died March 31, 2013. She attended Monmouth for one year and completed her studies at Western Illinois State Technical College. She taught for more than 30 years in the Westmer school district northwest of Monmouth. James Wasson, 89, of Naperville, Ill., died June 11, 2013. A World War II veteran, he was a captain in the U.S. Army Reserves until 1962. A business major at Monmouth, he eventually completed his degree at Northwestern University in 1953. A real estate and finance specialist, he also headed a consulting group. He retired in 1991 as vice president at the U.S. League of Savings Institutions. Survivors include his wife of 67 years and a grandson, Matthew Wasson ’02.
1946 Florence Danielson Dunning of Madi-
son, Wis., died Sept. 26, 2012. She studied history and was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma before completing her degree at the
University of Minnesota. She was a teacher, then followed her husband’s career in education, including 40 years in Ann Arbor, Mich., where she was an active member of the university community and civic organizations.
Ruth Franco of Winnetka, Ill., died Jan. 22, 2013. She graduated with a degree in English and was a member of Kappa Delta. Hugh Nesbitt, 94, of Aledo, Ill., died June 10, 2013. After serving in World War II, he completed his Monmouth degree in physics while serving as a member of the swim team, Tau Kappa Epsilon and the Octopus Club. A career farmer, he was preceded in death by his wife of 62 years. Survivors include a brother, Stuart Nesbit ’43, a daughter, Barbara Nesbitt ’67, and a granddaughter, Kristan Sedam Creek ’97.
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Mary “Sandy” Rawlings, 88, of Pueblo, Colo., died May 9, 2013. She completed her degree at Colorado College.
Blake Turner, 91, of Palm Coast, Fla., died Feb. 14, 2013. He majored in history and participated in four varsity sports. Turner served in the Army Air Corps during World War II, and later received a master’s degree from George Washington University. He was an agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and, later in his career, was hired by the Veterans Administration Headquarters to be its national director of investigation. Survivors include his wife of 70 years.
1948 Leon Moburg of Redlands, Calif., died
April 14, 2013. The internationally-known ceramicist got his start at MC, where he studied art and was a member of Crimson Masque. He had previously served during World War II in the U.S. Navy. He completed his undergraduate degree at Wesleyan College of Fine Arts and his MFA at Southern Illinois University. Moburg taught at the University of Redlands from 1959 to 1992.
Grace Quon Tong, 90, of El Cerrito, Calif., died Sept. 8, 2012. She graduated with a degree in music and was an elementary school teacher. Survivors include her husband of 55 years.
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Robert “Buck” Buchanan, 85, of Lahaina, Hawaii, died Dec. 26. 2012. Born in Ethiopia, he graduated with a philosophy degree, after serving in the Navy during World War II. Buchanan received a law degree from the University of Colorado and was a gas and oil attorney. His affiliation with the consortium THUMS (Texaco, Humble, Union and Mobil) as one of its founders earned him maverick status. He retired to Hawaii in the late 1980s and, at 6-foot-4, was
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