IN MEMORIAM
IN MEMORIAM
Northwest extends its condolences to the families and friends of these individuals. Donald Anderson ’60, age 80, of Lincoln, Nebraska, died Aug. 5, 2018. He enjoyed a successful business career that included service as president of Chief Construction and later as president of the buildings division of Chief Industries Inc. From 1996 to 2004, he was president and chief executive officer of MFS/York/ Stormor in Grand Island, Nebraska.
Charles Booth ’60, age 82, of Gladstone, Missouri, died Jan. 8. He taught industrial arts and was a football coach at Eddyville High School in Iowa, Westport High School, North Kansas City High School, Winnetonka High School and Park Hill High School in Kansas City, Missouri. He also was a contractor and later owned his own company. He was a member of the Air National Guard.
Byron Bailey ’55, age 88, of Superior, Montana, died Sept. 2, 2018. He served in the U.S. Air Force for seven years, including three in active duty during the Korean War. He taught high school mathematics in Coin, Iowa, for three years and later spent 25 years as an IBM account executive for the U.S. Army worldwide. After retiring from IBM, he was employed by Boeing and later Kairos and Associates Inc.
Charlotte Meyer Carrico ’42, age 98, of Sun City, Arizona, died April 20. She was a teacher. John Cauveren ’71, age 69, of Independence, Missouri, died May 13. He spent most of his career as a history and social studies teacher at Winnetonka High School in the North Kansas City School District. He retired from teaching in 1997. Ruth Siegrist Collins ’45, age 97, of Columbia, Missouri, died June 1. She started her 28-year teaching career in a one-room schoolhouse in rural
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Missouri and continued teaching in Linn County for several years. She later moved to Chicago and taught business education at Proviso East High School in Maywood, Illinois. Ronnie Cornett ’70, age 71, of Pattonsburg, Missouri, died June 16. He was a farmer and banker, retiring from BTC Bank as president in 2013. David Cox ’75, age 65, of Hamilton, Missouri, died April 11. He was employed by Missouri Ruralist, FHA in Daviess and Ray counties, and at American National Bank as vice president of agri correspondent business. He retired in 2016 as vice president branch manager at Farm Credit Services in St. Joseph, Missouri. Paul Cummings ’62, age 79, of Smithville, Missouri, died May 14. He taught and coached in the Kearney, Smithville and Raymore-Peculiar school districts before farming full time. During his coaching career, he won more than 300 games, including a girls basketball state championship. Shirley Mathes Deatsch ’69, age 72, of Spring Valley, Minnesota, died Dec. 20, 2018. She taught middle school English for one year in King City, Missouri. She and her husband also lived in Anchorage, Alaska; Fairfield, Iowa; Owatonna and Dodge Center, Minnesota.