Alumni news Michael Barrett ’69 of St. Louis, Mo., died Sept. 30, 2009.
Jean Leech of Fayette, Mo., died Sept. 11, 2009. She was the wife of Maurice Leech ’34; the sister of James Painter ’40, Monroe Painter ’55, Charles Painter ’59, and Louise (Painter) Smith ’58 (Ted ’57); mother of Shirley Leech ’61, Sandra (Leech) Ward ’64 (Carter ’67), Mark Leech ’68 (Sharon (Graves) ’68), and Larry Leech ’70 (Carol); grandmother of Susan (Ward) Emory ’97 (Matthew ’04), Joshua Ward ’98 (Bridget), and Andy Leech ’99 (Kim); and aunt of Terry Painter ’66. Funds in memory of Mrs. Leech are being designated for the Dr. and Mrs. Maurice Leech Hall of Sponsors Scholarship at CMU.
Stephen Davis ’69 of Kansas City, Mo., died Aug. 12, 2009.
1970 Bruce Northcutt ’70 of St. Louis, Mo., died Jan. 3, 2009. Cathie Lee (Locke) VanMatre ’72 of Columbia, Mo., died Sept. 4, 2009. Rick Berry ’73 of Farmington, Mo., died April 27, 2009. Steven Anderson ’76 of Glasgow, Mo., died May 14, 2009.
Sonia Sunoo of Los Angeles, Calif., died Aug. 12, 2009. She was dean of women at Central Methodist in the late 1960s. She leaves her husband, Dr. Harold Sunoo, CMU professor emeritus of history and political science, and two sons, Jan ’68 and Cooke ’67.
Debra (Gardner) Harris ’76 of Marshall, Mo., died July 14, 2009. Suzanne (Miles) Schneider ’76 of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died March 29, 2009.
1990 Curtis Satterlee ’93 of Brunswick, Mo., died July 5, 2009.
2000 Clarke “Cody” Stretz ’07 of Columbia, Mo., died Oct. 2, 2009. Georgette Tillett ’08 of St. Roberts, Mo., died June 17, 2009. Michael Crowley, Jr. ’12 of Fayette, Mo., died Sept. 13, 2009.
John Shackelford, friend of the University and husband of Lucy (Eason) ’42, of Jacksonville, Fla., died April 6, 2009. Mr. Shackelford was a devoted partner to his wife and together they funded the e-classroom in T. Berry Smith 308 as well as designated locations in the Student and Community Center and within our athletic facilities.
Friends of Central
Bishop Eugene Frank of Kansas City, Mo., trustee of Central Methodist University from 1958-1973, died Oct. 13, 2009. In 1956, he was the youngest bishop elected into the Methodist Church. Upon his death at 101 years of age, he was the oldest United Methodist bishop. Mr. Frank was also the first president of the Council of Bishops of the United Methodist Church. Throughout his years of service, he was a passionate advocate for social justice and racial equality.
Rev. Arthur Fulbright of Greenwood, Ark., died Aug. 15, 2009. Rev. Philip Niblack of Manchester, Mo., died Aug. 28, 2009. The Rev. Marvin E. Niblack Memorial Scholarship was established in 1977 in memory of his father.
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Robert Smith, husband of Jane Todd Smith ’39, of Valley Park, Mo., died June 26, 2009. Dr. Merle Welshans of Chesterfield, Mo., and long-time supporter of CMU, died Sept. 26, 2009.
Former Faculty and Staff Joe Howell, former president of Central Methodist University, of Franklin, Tenn., died Sept. 16, 2009. (See article on page 48.) Marvin Mueller, instructor at CMU at Union, and of Wildwood, Mo., died July 4, 2009.
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Mary Tausch of Fayette, Mo., died Oct. 3, 2009. Mary and her husband, Dr. Harry Tausch, were both faculty members at CMU. Their daughters, Jeannie Tausch and Betty (Tausch) Atchison Nickel, are both class of ’78.
Fall 2009
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