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Dan Dalke ’51, gen bus, and his wife, Lufern, recently moved into the Tamarack Retirement Center in Altus, Okla.
Orth Lee Costley ’38, bus admin, died Sept. 6 in Stillwater. Orth graduated from Seiling High School in 1934. After graduation from Oklahoma A&M College, he remained in Stillwater, working as a field administrator for the Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Service of the USDA. He retired in 1976, after 38 years of employment. Orth married Nina Wainwright Ross of Muskogee, Okla., in 1954 and lived with her in Stillwater until her death in January 1999. Orth and Nina have two children, Carolyn and Mark. Orth was a lifelong farmer and cattleman as well as a member of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity, the Golden Kiwanians and an elder in the Presbyterian Church. He enjoyed traveling and laughing, and he made friends easily.
Karen Rose ’69, elem ed, ’73, M.S., ’87, Ed.D., recently was named director of local education foundation outreach for the Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence. She will head the organization’s local outreach program, which provides help and training to local education foundations and to groups seeking to establish foundations in their communities. Karen retired in June 2005 as assistant superintendent of Sand Springs Public Schools and is an active volunteer at state and local levels. Arnold Wilson ’73, Ph.D., civ eng, is professor emeritus of civil engineering at Brigham Young University, where he taught structural engineering courses for 40 years before retiring in 1997. He still works as a structural engineer and has engineered more than 1,400 concrete thin shell structures in 48 states and 45 countries. He is the author of the book, Practical Design of Concrete Shells.
Robert W. Vincent ’41, died Dec. 9, 2005. He was an ROTC faculty member at OSU from 1960 to 1962. His wife, Pattie, ’42, bus ed, is retired from OSU. Patrick Grant Vincent ’42, gen bus, died Feb. 20. He was 85. He graduated from Marine Corps Officer Candidate School in Quantico, Va., in August 1942, shortly after his graduation from the OSU School of Commerce. He married his wife, Phyllis, ’41, gen bus, in 1946. Patrick has six children, 13 grandchildren and eight greatgrandchildren. Peggy Anne Lutz Brenneman died Aug. 30. She was 79. Peggy Anne attended OSU from 1946 to 1947 in the College of Business Administration. She was a longtime resident of Ponca City, Okla., except for a period of about eight years when she and her family lived in Houston. She and her husband, John, relocated to Georgetown, Texas, in 2000. Peggy was active in the Ponca City Board of Education and in the Daughters of the American Revolution. She played bridge and golf and traveled extensively. Peggy and John have two sons and a granddaughter. Richard Gerald Ingham ’70, econ, died Dec. 22, 2005, after sudden cardiac arrest. He was 57. An attorney with Oklahoma’s Aging Services program, he was a devoted husband, father, friend and colleague. Richard grew up in Stillwater and was a
member of the ROTC and Beta Theta Pi fraternity while at OSU. He and his wife, Susan, married in 1971, and he served in the U.S. Army from 1972 to 1974. Richard and Susan have two daughters and a son. Bryce D. Stallard ’71, Ed.D., died March 1 at Midland Hospice House in Topeka, Kan. He was 79. Bryce served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He taught math and coached basketball at various high schools and also served in principal and superintendent positions. Bryce retired in 1991 but continued to substitute teach in Topeka until February. He married his wife, Lois M. Jones, in 1949. Together they have a son, three daughters and seven grandchildren. James “Jamie” W. Nease ’73, RTVF, died Aug. 16, 2005. His wife, Maria, attended OSU in 1971. Richard A. Dotson ’82, D.O., died May 20 in Alma, Ark. He was 57 and had many patients and friends. Thad Kenneth Scott ’90, theater, died Dec. 13, 2005, in Las Vegas. He was 38. Thad grew up in Stillwater and graduated from Stillwater High School. While at OSU, he was awarded the Vivia Locke Outstanding Theatre Student Scholarship. After college, Thad worked in numerous positions at several theaters across the country, including as an automation technician for EFX at the MGM Grand Hotel. Most recently, he was the automation technician for Cirque Du Soleil’s production, “O,” at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas. (See related story, page 82.) Frances June Boger, wife of the late Dr. Lawrence L. Boger, OSU president emeritus, died Sept. 28 in Oklahoma City after complications following a brief illness. She was active with hospital volunteer organizations, coordinating gift shops and related patient services at Stillwater Medical Center and other hospitals. A cancer survivor since 1986, Frances also counseled many breast cancer victims and their families. In her leisure time, she enjoyed following OSU athletics, playing golf and practicing needlepoint. After the death of her husband, Frances moved to a retirement facility in Oklahoma City. 107