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In Memoriam (continued) Harvey Gulden (attd.)
Richard Hunziger ’63
Franklin Perry ’65
Loray Skoglund ’67
of Houston, Texas, died. He worked in the real estate division of Exxon.
68, died Dec. 3. He was a farmer in the Oregon, Mo., area raising Polled Hereford cattle.
73, died April 6, 2009, in Omaha, Neb. He was a teacher, music store owner and piano tuner.
72, died Aug. 4 in St. Joseph. He was a farmer.
Hazel Callow Lark ’56
Charles “Chuck” Place ’72
96, died Aug. 18 in Oregon, Mo. She taught in rural schools in northwest Missouri, including Marietta, Monticello and Kimsey, and retired after teaching first grade at South Holt Elementary School for many years.
58, of Albany, died Nov. 27. After graduation, he worked for McGladrey, Hansen and Dunn in Iowa City, Iowa, as a CPA. He left in 1975 to become an assistant manager, buyer and eventually CEO of Place’s Discount Stores, retiring in 1999. He was a past president of the Northwest Foundation Board of Directors.
Susan Shew Hallock ’70
62, died Nov. 15 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. She was director of administration services at the Glenwood Resource Center. John Harris ’60 (master’s)
79, died Feb. 22, 2009, in Omaha, Neb. He was a teacher, coach and athletic director in the Corning (Iowa) School District for 55 years. He retired in 1991 and served as the athletic director liaison until the time of his death. Kenneth Hartwig (attd.)
died in 2008. He was an educator and, with his wife, operated a child learning center. Helen “Maxine” Gaddis Hayden ’64
82, of Clarinda, Iowa, died in September. She taught for 51 years, retiring in 1995. Lizanne Hein ’76
55, died in July in Prairie Village, Kan. Marilyn Spiking Hemry ’76 (master’s)
60, of Gallatin, died Nov. 20 in Kansas City. She retired from teaching in 2003. Rick Henkel ’92
40, of Gretna, Neb., died Nov. 26 in Omaha, Neb. He was a computer editor at CSG in Omaha. Margaret Houser Huelskamp ’67
78, died June 15 in Sun City West, Ariz. She taught home economics and later became a Realtor in West Burlington, Iowa, before moving to Arizona in 1991.
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35, of Storm Lake, Iowa, died May 16, 2009, in Sioux Falls, S.D. She was a transcript evaluator at Buena Vista University. Dennis Mead ’77
53, died July 17 in Omaha, Neb. He worked in the title and abstract business in Omaha. Ralph Mead ’57
78, died Aug. 16 in Corning, Iowa. He was a retired teacher. Mack Miller ’49
86, of Tarkio, died Jan. 13 in St. Joseph. He was president of the Exchange Bank of Fairfax from 1959 until his death. Fay Haught Murray ’57, ’70
90, died Aug. 13 in St. Joseph. After teaching for 30 years, she retired and became an apartment manager. Mona Alexander Overstreet ’45
died Oct. 17 in Tucson, Ariz. Joan Wiley Owens ’66
92, died Sept. 26 in Andover, Minn. She taught music and then remedial reading and math in the Clearfield (Iowa) School District from 1966 to 1989.
Mary Frances Sutton Richards ’39
91, died Oct. 25 in Palmer. She taught high school English in Oregon, Mo., retiring in 1979 after 31 years. Duane Richardson ’54
77, died June 13, 2009, in Redmond, Ore. He taught and coached in Iowa for many years as a high school principal and associate professor at the University of Iowa. He later served as a director with the North Regional Educational Research Center in Portland, Ore. Inez Madison Riddell ’60
96, of Cameron, died Aug. 13. She was a retired elementary school teacher. Frances Sample ’79 (master’s)
83, died Sept. 20 in St. Joseph. She retired from the St. Joseph School District after 40 years as a teacher. Mark Sanders ’74
64, died July 2 in North Pole, Alaska. He owned Alaska Electric Rebuilders.
N O RTH W E S T A L U M N I M A G A Z I N E
Wanda hollingsworth walker smith
Virgie Carol twombly Watson ’64
of Liberty, died in December 2008. Richard “Dick” Wiles ’43
91, died July 8 in Maryville. She was a psychology professor at Northwest from 1955 to 1985.
88, of Maryville, died July 4. He worked at Nodaway Valley Bank for 45 years until his retirement in 1986.
William Smithson ’68
William “Bill” Wilson ’70
72, died March 8, 2009, in Omaha, Neb.
68, died June 24 in Kansas City. He was a supervisor at General Motors in Fairfax for 30 years before retiring in 1993.
Rickey Steckelberg ’66
65, died Sept. 26 in Omaha, Neb. He taught instrumental music in Walnut and Essex, Iowa, and later worked for Shenandoah Nursery and Jaydon, Eatons and Pella corporations. Arlyne Williams Straight ’56
97, died April 28, 2009, in Moses Lake, Wash. She taught at Ridgeway School and then was the librarian at Chief Moses in Moses Lake, Wash., retiring in 1976. Gail Noftsger Trullinger ’91 (master’s)
54, of Mount Ayr, Iowa, died July 27 in Des Moines, Iowa. She was a teacher in the Mount Ayr Community School District. Katherine Morgan Walker ’77
52, died Aug. 12 in New Bloomfield. She was a teacher at Kingdom Christian School in Fulton and was the membership and community development specialist for the Missouri Heartland Girl Scout Council. Judith Morris Walter ’64
66, of Bethany, died Oct. 1 in North Kansas City. She co-owned Walter Brothers Inc. and taught home economics.
Betty Jane Andrews Yocum ’48
83, of Mound City, died Aug. 13 in Omaha, Neb. She was a teacher, retiring from the Mound City School District in 1991. Ronald Youngs ’57
76, died July 12 in Kansas City. He was a social studies teacher at West Platte High School in Weston, a guidance counselor at Raytown High School and a counselor at Longview Community College before becoming the director of guidance and placement at the Joe Herndon Area Vocational and Technical School, now known as the Herndon Career Center, retiring in 1992. Most recently, he was coordinator of the Tech Prep apprenticeship program offered by the Builders Association of Kansas City.