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adjunct professor at Edison Community College in Fort Myers and in Naples, Florida, and he published books about Civil War soldiers from Iowa and World War II Army patches. Doyle Nauman ’81, age 59, of Union, Missouri, died Dec. 1, 2018. He worked for Darling Ingredients for 24 years in international marketing and sales management. Mark Peters ’77, age 62, of Overland Park, Kansas, died Sept. 4, 2017. He worked in marketing and sales in the electronics industry for more than 30 years. Wilbur Powell ’56, age 83, of St. Joseph, Missouri, died Oct. 7, 2018. He was a teacher and coach from 1956 to 1994 at DeKalb High School, where he started the football program and coached boys and girls basketball and track. He was inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame in 2016 and the DeKalb High School gym is named in his family’s honor. John Redden Jr., 72, of Maryville, died Nov. 12, 2018. He retired in 2014 after 45 years at Northwest as associate director of facilities. He played key roles in the construction and upgrades of several facilities on the Northwest campus as well as the launch of the University’s alternative fuels program. He also volunteered for decades with Maryville’s fire department. Dr. Jon Rickman, age 77, of Maryville, died Feb. 14. He joined the Northwest staff in 1976 and served for 36 years as assistant professor and vice president of information systems. He helped Northwest become the first “electronic campus” at a public university in 1987 and was a co-founder of MOREnet, a computer network serving public schools in Missouri. Gladys Cook Ritterbusch ’39, age 99, of Maryville, died Sept. 30, 2018. She worked for the Strong, Strong & Prokes law firm in Maryville from 1959 until 1990.
Vicki Forret Russell ’70, age 71, of Osceola, Iowa, died Feb. 13. She was a teacher in the Murray, Central Decatur and Osceola school systems. Dr. James Saucerman, age 87, of Gainesville, Florida, died Dec. 17, 2018. He was a professor of English at Northwest from 1962 until retiring in 1997 and served the last 13 years as chair of the English department. His 39 years of teaching also included four years at Scottsbluff High School in Nebraska. Donald Schenkel '56, age 84, died Nov. 17, 2018, in Henderson, Nevada. He was a business owner in Los Angeles before retiring to Lubbock, Texas, and Henderson. Marcia Krumm Steinbach ’60, age 84, died Oct. 27, 2018, in Bullhead City, Arizona. She taught in the Maple Valley (Iowa) Community School District until retiring in 1981 and lived in Mapleton, Iowa. She retired to Arizona with her husband in 1986. Kenneth Stites ’64, ’70, age 76, of Osage Beach, Missouri, died Feb. 13. He was a teacher, coach, and vice principal before retiring with the United States Postal Service. David Stouffer ’63, ’79, age 78, of St. Joseph, Missouri, died Jan. 16. He was a mathematics teacher at Central High School in St. Joseph for 36 years and later taught at Missouri Western State University for 15 years. Warren Stucki, 96, of Savannah, Missouri, died Oct. 26, 2018. He served as a sergeant in the U.S. Army during World War II as a radio operator and assistant tank driver in the European Theater. He retired as broadcast engineer with KXCV radio at Northwest after previous work with American Airlines and KFEQ radio in St. Joseph, Missouri. The Warren Stucki Museum of Broadcasting at Northwest is named in his honor. Rhoda Walker Thompson ’66, age 73, of Maryville, Missouri, died June 29, 2018. Rhoda and her family operated a registered Hereford cattle operation and row crop farm in Truro, Iowa. She spent more than 30 years in education in numerous schools in Missouri and Iowa.
Diane Carroll Roos ’75, age 65, of Polk City, Iowa, died Sept. 29, 2018. She had a decades-long career in elementary-level teaching at schools in Cherokee, Waterloo and Des Moines, Iowa, retiring in 2010.
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Barbara Travis, age 69, of St. Joseph, Missouri, died Dec. 20, 2018. She worked as a secretary at Northwest and later at the Clay County Health Department. Herbert Treese, age 89, of Maryville, died July 21, 2018. He was a 1946 graduate of Horace Mann High School at Northwest. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War and received a Purple Heart. He retired from Northwest as a stationary engineer with the power plant. Melvin Tyler ’80, ’85, age 62, of St. Joseph, Missouri, died Sept. 15, 2018. Melvin had retired from UMKC as vice chancellor of student affairs and enrollment management after earning numerous professional recognitions that included the Dr. Joseph Seabrooks, Jr. Leadership Award from The African American Student Union, the ACE Award from the Diversity Business Connection Advisory Board of the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce and the Northwest Alumni Association’s Distinguished Alumni Award. He also was an assistant director of admissions, residential housing director and assistant basketball coach at Missouri Western State University for 11 years. Charlene Steiner Walker ’58, age 82, of Severna Park, Maryland, died July 23, 2018. She was a home economics teacher at the junior high and college levels, and she owned and operated a Shaklee business with her husband for 40 years. Betty Barrett Walkup ’50, age 88, of Omaha, Nebraska, died June 10, 2018. She retired as an accountant. Dorothy Acklin Weston ’72, age 93, of Skidmore, Missouri, died Feb. 15. She worked at Parkdale Manor, Nodaway Nursing Home and St. Francis Hospital in Maryville. Phyllis Murphy Wiederholt ’86, age 83, of St. Joseph, Missouri, died Jan. 9. She worked as a speech pathologist at Heartland Health. Charles Wray ’92, age 64, of Maryville, died Feb. 18. He was employed by HRM Services as a property manager. He had been human resources manager for Laclede Chain for 15 years and previously worked at Pope and Talbot, all in Maryville. Lonnae Young, age 21, of Lee’s Summit, Missouri, died Feb. 16. She was a junior psychology major, a resident assistant in Dieterich Hall and a member of Sigma Society.
If you learn of the death of a Northwest graduate, please submit in writing or via news clipping the name of the deceased (and maiden name, if appropriate), year(s) of graduation from Northwest, date of death, age, city of residence and a brief listing of career accomplishments. In addition, submit your relationship to the deceased and your daytime telephone number to the Office of University Advancement, 800 University Dr., Maryville, MO 64468-6001, and fax to 660.562.1990 or email alumni@nwmissouri.edu. Submissions may be edited for length and clarity.