Class Notes: In Memory

30s

Cyrena (Carman) Boggs (AA 38), age 102, died Sept. 26, 2020, in Odessa, Texas. Between earning her ENMU degree and getting her bachelor’s degree at N.M. Highlands, Cyrena taught at one- and two-room schools in Roswell and Dexter, New Mexico. She and her husband, Harry, were married for 72 years, and both taught in the Hagerman school system. 40s

Madie Evelyn (Yeates) Krizan (BS 49) died Sept. 3, 2020. Born in Plains, New Mexico, Madie was the youngest of several children and taught school in multiple locations throughout the state.

50s

Earl Robinson (BA 50) died Sept. 10, 2020, one month short of his 95th birthday. Earl grew up on a ranch outside of Melrose, New Mexico, and was inducted into the U.S. Army upon graduating high school in 1944. He was injured in the "Battle of the Bulge" during World War II but remained in active fighting until the war's end. After being discharged, Earl attended ENMU, where he met his future wife, Mona (Ribble) Robinson (BS 51). Earl eventually had his own certified accountant business and retired after 41 years.

Ray Ann Wright (MA 65 BME 53) died July 24, 2020, after a short illness. Ray Ann was born in Gainesville, Texas, July 8, 1932, and moved with her family to Portales, New Mexico, as a young girl. Ray Ann worked as an adjunct professor at the College of the Southwest in Hobbs, New Mexico. During her career, she also taught elementary school music for 25 years in Lovington, New Mexico, and was the principal of Jefferson and Lea elementary schools for 11 years.

Dr. Jacob Moberly (BS 55) died Oct. 22, 2020, after a brief illness. Jacob and his wife Janie (Elliot) Moberly (AA 55) were devoted to promoting and fundraising as members of the ENMU Alumni Association and Friends of Eastern (now ENMU Foundation) for many years. Dr. Moberly served as a member of the board of directors, president and secretary of the ENMU Alumni Association, earned the Oustanding Alumni Award in 1970 and the Distinguished Service Award in 1987. He and Janie were named Volunteers of the Year by the ENMU Foundation in 2019.

Duane Shook (BA 56) of South Hutchinson, Kansas, died Sept. 5, 2020. Duane served in the U.S. Army, later working as a high school shop teacher and antique firearms trader. He was a major benefactor of the Fort Hays University Foundation for the Benefit of the Kansas Wetlands Education Center, Cheyenne Bottoms and ENMU.

Joseph Rose (BA 57) died Oct. 13, 2020, in Abilene, Texas. Before attending ENMU, Joe enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1951 and served in Korea in support of the 1st Marine Division. After marrying Anne Howard in 1954, Joe created a career as an entrepreneur, serving as a leader for the Republican party, Boy Scouts of America, the National Park Historical Association and various community and professional organizations.

John Lathrop (MA 58 BA 56) died Aug. 5, 2020. John enjoyed a 50-year teaching career at Roswell Community College and New Mexico Junior College in Hobbs, New Mexico, teaching courses in economics, accounting, finance and other business subjects. John was also an accomplished leatherworker and silversmith. Don Tate (BA 57) died Sept. 17, 2020, in League City, Texas. Don played basketball at ENMU and earned a degree in industrial arts. He later worked as an area supervisor for Marathon Petroleum in Texas City, Texas.

Floy “Woody” Wood, Jr. (BA 56) died at his Portales home on March 20, 2020. He worked from an early age at his father’s grocery, Wood’s Grocery, and attended ENMU for a semester before joining the U.S. Army, and was stationed at Fort Ord, California, in 1947. He later graduated from ENMU and worked as a salesman, teacher, manager of Turner’s Department Store, and owner of Woody’s Department Store, both in Clovis, New Mexico.

Charles Phillip “Phil” Gore (MA 62 BA 58) died Sept. 5, 2020, in Kansas City, Kansas. Phil was born in Elida, New Mexico, where he was a member of the 1951 State Championship basketball team. After graduating from ENMU, he taught and coached in Farmington, New Mexico and Durango, Colorado, later employed by the Colorado State Department of Education. Before his retirement, he served as the extended studies director at Adams State College.

60s

Donald (Donn) Stringer (BA 61) died Sept. 9, 2020, in Meadowlakes, Texas. Donn had a lifelong career in education as a teacher, coach and superintendent in schools throughout Texas.

G.C. Ross (EDSP 70, MED 64, BA 60) died Aug. 21, 2020, at his home in Clovis, New Mexico. G.C. taught in Lovington, Portales and Clovis elementary schools before serving as principal at schools in Albuquerque and Clovis. He was also the assistant superintendent and interim superintendent for Clovis Schools.

Ronald Griffith (MME 63) died April 1, 2020, at his home surrounded by family. After earning his master’s degree at ENMU, Ron served on the music faculty at Abilene Christian College before returning to ENMU as an associate professor of music and opera director.

Byron Crego (MBA 64) died Aug. 21, 2020, at his home. After serving in the U.S. Air Force in Japan and Korea, Byron returned home to New Mexico to earn an education. He later went to work as an accountant and was recruited by ENMU to teach in the College of Business. While there, he also dedicated much of his time to volunteering at the Baptist Children’s Home. He later taught accounting at Albuquerque Technical Vocational Institute before retiring.

Patricia (Woods) Bass (MED 68, BA 64) died Sept. 21, 2020, in Lubbock, Texas. Born in El Paso, Texas on April 9, 1940, she moved to Portales, New Mexico, with her family and graduated from Portales High School in 1957. She later earned degrees in home economics and education from ENMU, and had a 36-year career teaching for the Clovis Municipal schools.

Joyce (Mullins) Cone (BS 64) died Aug. 31, 2020, at her home, surrounded by family. Born in Clovis, New Mexico, and raised in Forrest, New Mexico, Joyce married Terry Cone (MA 65 BA 65) and the two enjoyed 57 years of marriage together. When her son, Mike, was old enough to join 4-H, Joyce jumped in and gave her time, serving on the Roosevelt County Fair Board in Portales, New Mexico. She created a statewide stock show newspaper and founded the Jingle Bell Classic, the largest steer/heifer jackpot in New Mexico.

appeared in the Hobbs News-Sun, Portales News-Tribune, and the Mach Meter on Cannon Air Force Base. She was also the recipient of several Associated Press awards for her work.

Norma Baird (attended) died Feb. 20, 2020, in San Antonio, Texas. While at ENMU, she was a twirler with the Greyhound Marching Band and loved that she formed several lifelong friendships at Eastern. After a whirlwind courtship, she and Raymond Baird (BA 65) were married in 1964. They endowed a program supporting undergraduate student research excellence at ENMU, and helped the University start a second semester learning community program designed to increase retention of freshman students.

Lonnie Jarrett (MA 66) died March 8, 2020. Lonnie taught at Tulia High School in Tulia, Texas, and Clovis High School in Clovis, New Mexico, before moving to Alamogordo, New Mexico, to teach at New Mexico State University-Alamogordo. He retired from fulltime teaching in 1990 and taught part-time until 1998.

Don Wickard (MED 68 BME 67) died July 24, 2020, after a brief illness in Lubbock, Texas. After one year teaching band at Crosbyton High School in Texas, Don began working for Texas Tech University, eventually retiring as registrar in 2008 after a 39-year career.

Gertrude Schwartz (AA 69) died at her home, July 28, 2020. Getrude owned a successful bookkeeping business in Santa Fe, New Mexico, for several years and was involved in numerous charitable organizations and committees.

70s

Allen “Wess” Wells (BS 72) died July 1, 2020, at his home near Gran Quivara, New Mexico. Born in Mountainair, New Mexico, he was raised in Gran Quivara and returned there after graduating from ENMU, where he was an entrepreneur. He worked multiple jobs and ran many successful businesses, including Hail Equipment Gas, Oil and Feed, and his own Wells Insurance Agency.

Pete Villalba (MED 72) died Aug. 31, 2020, at his home. Born in Fort Stockton, Texas, Pete enrolled at Sul Ross State College to play football, but later enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1958. He served two tours before being honorably discharged in 1962 after which he returned home to continue his education. He dedicated 44 years as a teacher, coach, referee and administrator for schools in Texas, New Mexico and California.

Marilyn Maness Mehaffy (BA 84 BA 73), of El Cajon, California, died Aug. 1, 2020. After graduating with a Ph.D. in English from the University of California at Riverside, Marilyn served as an assistant professor of English at ENMU.

Michael King (BS 74) died at his home in Carlsbad, New Mexico, June 17, 2020, after a long career of self-employment as a contractor. After earning his degree at ENMU, he was employed for a short time with Intrepid Potash and Penzoil.

Donita (Culpepper) Woolfolk (BS 73) died Aug. 6, 2020, at her home in Farmington, New Mexico, where she had lived for 32 years. While earning her degree at ENMU, she met the man who would be her husband for 50 years, Carl Woolfolk (MS 74 BS 72). Donita was a dedicated kindergarten teacher in Farmington for 25 years before retiring in 2011.

Lecil Richards (MS 75) died April 14, 2020. Lecil was a standout football, basketball and baseball player at New Mexico’s Roswell High School. After earning his master’s, he taught and coached at Dora and Lovington high schools in New Mexico. Lecil was also a principal, assistant principal, and assistant superintendent of schools in Lovington, and was superintendent of schools in Fort Sumner and House, New Mexico.

Peter Hahn (BBA 79) died May 11, 2020. Born March 17, 1950, in Brooklyn, New York, Peter served in the U.S. Air Force. When stationed at Cannon Air Force Base in 1973, he met his future wife, Becky (Smith) Hahn (BA 79). Peter continued working for the Air Force before being honorably discharged in 1978 with the rank of staff sergeant. He was also a teacher and banker in Los Lunas and Clovis, New Mexico.

80s Robert Windenweder (BBA 85) died Aug. 6, 2020, in Aurora, Colorado. A veteran of the U.S. Air Force, Robert served 24 years before retiring in 1984. He was a founding member of Crime Stoppers of Curry County.

Colonel Hubert Carron (MBA 89) died April 26, 2020. He served two tours in Vietnam as a pilot, then was assigned to Cannon Air Force Base in Clovis, New Mexico. After marrying Mona Rae (Campbell) Carron, Hubert was assigned to numerous air bases and deployments before retiring with more than 30 years of military service.

90s

David Danforth (BS 97) died May 16, 2020, in Mesquite, Texas. He worked as a photojournalist for many years, eventually taking an education job at Collin County Community College in Dallas, Texas. He was later named program coordinator at Eastfield College in Mesquite, Texas, where he taught digital media for two decades.

2000s

Jeremy Taylor (BBA 2005) died May 31, 2020. Jeremy was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on June 2, 1978. After graduating from ENMU, Jeremy worked as an assistant housing director at Adams State College in Alamosa, Colorado. While there, he created the E-Sports Student Program, designing their logo and gear.

Lynda Marsinkavage Chandler (BAAS 18) died October 18, 2020. Lynda had a passion for skiing, spending winter days in Taos, Santa Fe and at Sandia ski areas with family and friends. Her hobbies included running, biking, hiking and RV trips. She was known for her special holiday meals and had a warm and kind spirit with compassion for all she met.

Marvin McCutchen (staff) died August 6, 2020, at his daughter's home in Broken Arrow, Arizona. He served with the U.S. Army, stationed in Yuma, Arizona, where he met his future wife, Mary. Marvin worked as a computer manager for 25 years at ENMU.

Vivian Ray Archuleta (Staff), died July 23, 2020. Vivian was a police officer for the City of Santa Fe, New Mexico, counselor for New Mexico Boys State, and teacher and coach at the Institute of American Arts/BIA, before commencing an 18-year career as an Admissions Counselor for ENMU in Santa Fe.

Elizabeth Ann Galligan (faculty) died August 29, 2020, in Los Angeles. Dr. Galligan was born in Oklahoma, but raised in New Mexico and considered that state her home. She spent many years teaching writing and English to the underpriviledged across the world and taught at New Mexico Highlands and the University of New Mexico before finding her way to ENMU. While at Eastern, Elizabeth taught English as a Second Language, Bilingual Education and Multicultural Education before retiring in 2007. Green & Silver | December 2020

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Thank You, Duane!

You Have Forever Impacted ENMU!

This December, we would like to thank ENMU alumnus and dear friend Duane Shook (BS 56) for his visionary estate plans. Duane enjoyed his career as an industrial arts educator. Over the years, he never lost his love for ENMU or his interest in geology. In 2008, Duane reached out to ENMU Foundation Executive Director Noelle Bartl to learn about and establish his first Charitable Gift Annuity (CGA). He continued to work with Noelle over the years founding three more CGAs. After receiving fixed income for life, the remaining CGA balances totaling $497,000 will now benefit causes Duane most loved. His support established the new Duane Q. Shook Environmental Science Endowed Scholarship, provided funding for the Miles Mineral Museum, located in ENMU’s Roosevelt Science Center, and contributed a significant gift to the University Fund.

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Duane Q. Shook (1933–2020)