in memoriam The Gonzaga University School of Law extends its deepest condolences to the families and friends of the following alumni and friends. Jaime Perez Hidalgo, J.D. 1980 LaVinia Besola, J.D. 1964 Lou Conyard, J.D. 1949 John David Walsh, J.D. 1951 Sheila Vonderharr, J.D. 2006 James Nordale, J.D. 1959 Mary Kelly McCue, J.D. 1980 Richard C. “Augie” Agman, J.D. 1975 Michael N. Gendelman, J.D. 1978 James “Jim” Whitaker, J.D. 1975 Michael Tonning, J.D. 1978 Michael Carson, J.D. 1980 Rembert Ryals, J.D. 1958 David Harvery Couch, J.D. 1986
Kenneth Mark COX Kenneth Mark Cox was born in Pullman, Wash. on December 16, 1976, to Kenneth and Carol Cox. He graduated from The Dalles High School in 1995. He attended Ricks College in Rexburg, Idaho, prior to serving a two-year mission to Argentina. After returning, he married Brooke Leah Christison in the Salt Lake Temple. He completed his associate at Ricks College, attended Southern Utah University where he received his bachelor’s degree in Political Science with a minor in Criminal Justice, graduating with honors. He attended Gonzaga University School of Law, earning his Juris Doctorate Degree Cum Laude in 2004. He moved to Yakima, Wash. where he had a solo practice. He was an active member in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, a member of the Washington State Bar, served on the Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital foundation board, and taught at Yakima Valley Community College. Mark is survived by his wife Brooke Cox (34), and their five children, Kaleb (11), Colin (9), Chase (7), Abigail (5), and Eli (1). Mark passed away June 30, 2011, in his home from a cerebral hemorrhage. He is and always will be loved and missed by everyone who knew him.
Kenneth M. Cox, J.D. 2004 Zane Johnson, J.D. 1951 Norman Lau J.D. ‘76 Gregory Timm, J.D. 1979 William H. Grady, J.D. 1960 Daniel D. Zender, J.D. 1976 Larry Nickell, J.D. 1979 Harry Levitch, J.D. 1959 Michael J. Chappell Lawrence Monbleau, J.D. 1962 Fred Staples, J.D. 1960 Jeffrey Thimsen, J.D. 1979 Charles E. Siljeg, J.D. 1960 Charles R. “Ray” Eberle, J.D. 1966 Bonnie Martin, J.D. 1992
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Mary Kelly McCue Mary Kelly McCue, 60, died on Easter Sunday, April 24, 2011, in Helena, after a valiant battle with pancreatic cancer. Mary attended Gonzaga University School of Law, where she was an editor of the Law Review, and earned her law degree there in 1980. From 1980 to 1984, she worked for the state of Washington as an administrative law judge for the Office of Administrative Hearings. While a law student, she met her future husband, Stephen R. McCue, a fellow student, and they were married on Aug. 15, 1981, in Havre Mont. They moved to Sunnyside, Wash., where their first child, Kevin, was born in 1983. The family moved to Helena in 1984, where Mary was employed by the Legislative Council as a staff attorney. Mary and Steve were blessed with two more children, Caroline and Patrick. In 1990, she entered private practice, practicing primarily in the areas of administrative law and governmental relations. She became executive director of the Montana Dental Association in 2000, where she worked at the time of her death. She was inducted as an honorary member of the American Dental Association in 2010.