ALUMNI NEWS
DEATHS William J. Arnold, husband of Anna Dennis Arnold ’62, 1494 Lumley Stand Road, Manchester, TN 37355, died Oct. 5, 2012. Willis G. Fields ’64, LaGrange, Ind., died Sept. 2, 2012. Raymond A. Hoover ’64, husband of Lura Sherman Hoover ’64, 1574 Redbud Court, Goshen, IN 46526, died Aug. 17, 2012. Dennis H. Johnson ’64, husband of Betty Ricks Johnson, 18727 County Road O, Alvordton, OH 43501, died Oct. 13, 2011. Dennis D. Kauffman ’68, husband of Judith Georges, 470 S. 16th St., San Jose, CA 95112, died July 14, 2012. Loretta Epp Kaufman ’68, wife of S. Roy Kaufman ’66, P.O. Box 58, Freeman, SD 57029, died Oct. 13, 2012. Yvonne Ritenour Klotz, wife of Wayne D. Klotz ’68, 28733 C.R. 52, Nappanee, IN 46550, died Sept. 15, 2012. Ronald G. Koppenhaver ’66, husband of Rachel Osborne Koppenhaver, 907 McCollum Road, El Dorado, KS 67042, died Jan. 30, 2012. Betty Defrees Lorenz ’68 (faculty ’74-78, ’8084), wife of Charles Lorenz, 303 E. Lawrence St., Middlebury, IN 46540, died June 12, 2012. Virgil L. Miller ’63, husband of Mary Ann Zook Miller, 22494 County Road B, Archbold, OH 43502, died July 19, 2012. Ruth Springer Rogers ’60, wife of Richard Rodgers, 3283 S. Niagara St., Denver, CO 80224, died June 13, 2012. Peter G. Sawatzky ’65, Vineland, Ontario, Canada, died July 4, 2012. Frank Scotti, husband of Marilyn Zuercher Scotti ’62, 7911 Wainstead Drive, Parma, OH 441294838, died March 20, 2012. J. Harlan Sizemore ’63, husband of Joan Weybright Sizemore, P.O. Box 434, New Paris, IN 46553-0434, died Sept. 30, 2011. Allan B. Speigel, husband of Frances J. Hassencahl ’64, 3925 North Road, Chesapeake, VA 23321, died April 27, 2012.
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Carl D. Unzicker ’65, husband of Arleta Miller Unzicker ’54, 1213 Camden Court, Goshen, IN 46526, died May 25, 2012. Theodore R. Walter ’60, husband of Arlene Peifer Walter ’62, N207-103 Duncan Ave. W., Penticton, BC V2A 2Y3, died June 15, 2012.
1970-74 NOTES Ana Soto Bishop ’71, New York City, N.Y., serves on the board of directors of the NYC financial district Lions Club and continues working part time as a consultant in the field of educational technology for language learning. Her husband is also semiretired and they split their time between New York City and Miami Beach, Fla. Stephen M. Glick ’74, Goshen, is a regulatory affairs specialist in medical research at Indiana University Health Goshen Center for Cancer Care. Scott R. Graybill ’74, Bremen, Ind., retired after 22 years as president and CEO of the Community Hospital of Bremen. Carol Canal King ’74, Warsaw, Ind., teaches French and English at Lakeland Christian Academy in Winona Lake. She also teaches Life Calling for Indiana Wesleyan University and Effective Writing for Grace College.
year, K-STEMM identifies minority kindergarten students with academically gifted-talented potential and provides them with accelerated classes integrating science, technology, engineering, math and music. The 30-year-old dissertation (University of Chicago) of Sem Sutter ’70, Washington, D.C., on religious toleration in Friedrichstadt, Germany, in the 17th century has been translated into German and published by the local historical society. He and his translator spoke at a book event in October in the former synagogue, now a memorial and cultural site. David Weldy ’72, Monclova, Ohio, was promoted to associate professor of family medicine/sports medicine and kinesiology at the University of Toledo on July 1, 2012. DEATH Robert L. Hurst ’70, husband of Susan Hess Hurst ’68, 598 W. Broad St., New Holland, PA 17557, died July 6, 2012.
1975-79 NOTES Marcia Green Brothers ’78, Elkhart, Ind., continues as director of residential educational services at Bashor Children’s Home, Goshen.
Larry G. Nafziger ’70, Nappanee, Ind., retired in June 2012 after serving WaNee Community Schools for 42 years. He was an elementary principal for 33 years, serving as principal of Wakarusa Elementary School since 1992.
Polly Burkholder Fravel ’76, Harrisonburg, Va., retired in 2008 after 32 years of teaching elementary music in Harrisonburg City Schools. She was elected to a four-year term on the Harrisonburg School Board in 2010.
Loretta Yoder Ostojic ’73, Lacine, Quebec, Canada, teaches English to French-speaking people for companies in Montreal.
Douglas E. Gaff ’75 and Rebecca Peterson Gaff ’75, Rolling Prairie, Ind., retired in May 2012 after teaching 37 years at New Prairie Middle School, New Carlisle, Ind.
Myra Nafziger Oswald ’70, Goshen, received an award for excellence from the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. She is a certified diabetic educator and has practiced with Dr. E. Larry Knight at the Elkhart Clinic since 1995, specializing in endocrinology. Roy (Rocko) Smucker ’73, Asheville, N.C., after 37 years of teaching, retired in 2010. For the last two years he has provided classroom programs integrating music with reading and math literacy. He received a grant from the Asheville City Schools Foundation to expand K-STEMM in the kindergarten grades at Hall Fletcher Elementary. Piloted last
Carl Haarer ’79, Swampscott, Mass., continues to work at WBZ radio in Boston, where he’s been a reporter for 20 years. Rick Kremer ’75 and his wife Jane Carroll, West Lebanon, N.H., returned to Cambridge, Mass., in April to join with the Mennonite Congregation of Boston as they celebrated their 50th anniversary. Alice Weber Lapp ’76 and John A. Lapp (faculty ’72-86) live at Waterford Crossing in Goshen.