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Clay, and nine grandchildren. Gifts in his memory may be made to the George Camp bell McDade ’60 and Jean Hernon McDade ’60 Memorial Scholarship, c/o the Oswego College Foundation, 215 Sheldon Hall, SUNY, Oswego, NY 13126. Valerie Schoff Nicholson ’60 of Pulaski, N.Y., died Sept. 1, 2016. She taught in the Pulaski Central School District for 27 years, and retired in 1995. Val is survived by her husband, Edward Nicholson ’59; sons, Thomas and Timothy; and three grandchildren. William Derousie ’63 of Orange Park, Fla., died May 22, 2016. He retired from the U.S. Navy after 22 years of service. Bill earned a master’s degree at Pepperdine University in 1976 and a bachelor’s degree at the University of North Florida in 1984. After retiring from the Navy, Bill worked at CSX in logistics and transportation, retiring in 1999. He also retired from the Clay County School Board, where he had been a teacher at Ridgeview High School in Orange Park. Surviving are his wife, Pamela, six children, seven grand children, three great-grandchildren and three sisters, Audrey Dearborn, Theresa Derousie Rookey ’67 and Denise Reynolds. Henry Rotella ’64 of Shoreham, N.Y., died on Aug. 29, 2016. He earned a master’s degree from Hofstra University. Hank taught in the South Huntington School District for five years and the Rocky Point School District for 29 years. He is survived by his wife, Sonia Johnson Rotella ’64; two sons, Tim and Jeff; a daughter, Amy Katz; and eight grandchildren. F. Gordon Turner ’64 of Palmetto, Fla., died Oct. 20, 2016. He earned a master’s degree at Syracuse University. Gordon is survived by his wife, Christine. James Marshall ’65 of Ticonderoga, N.Y., died Oct. 8, 2016. He taught at John Jay Senior High School and later at North Country Community College. Jim is survived by his wife, Melanie, three daughters and six grandchildren. Jeanne Hogan McCloskey ’65 of Oswego died Dec. 1, 2016. She was a teacher at Mexico (N.Y.) Middle School, retiring in 1990. Jeanne is survived by her husband, David, two chil dren and four grandchildren. Ronald Archambo ’66 of Melbourne, Fla., died Dec. 2, 2015. He was a teacher in the Central Square (N.Y.) School District for 20 years, retiring in 1986. Ron is survived by his wife, Alice, four daughters, eight grandchil dren and 10 great-grandchildren.
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Sandra Lezoli Michalski ’68 of Margate, Fla., died March 22, 2013. Robert Ocque ’68 of Webster, N.Y., died April 6, 2014. Bob taught industrial arts at the Brockport Middle School before retiring. He is survived by his wife, Nora. Jean Bertolero Pallas ’68 of Valatie, N.Y., died Sept. 24, 2013. Prior to retirement, Jean had been a librarian at the Valatie Free Library for many years. She is survived by her husband, Bruce, two sons and two grandchildren. Edwin Engborg ’70 of Ashland, N.H., died Jan. 1, 2016. He was an industrial arts teacher in several school districts, most recently at the Mount Prospect School in Plymouth. Edwin was a correspondent for the Record Enterprise. He is survived by his wife, Kathleen, a daughter and two granddaughters. Jef Billings ’71 of Los Angeles died Sept. 27, 2016. He earned a master’s of fine arts degree from New York University. Jef was a long-time Stars on Ice designer and director, and won multiple Emmy Awards for his work in television. He was also the recipient of Oswego’s Distinguished Alumnus Award in 1992. Donald Lackey ’71 of Geneseo, N.Y., died Sept. 11, 2016. Don served with the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War. He earned an associate’s degree from Corning Community College and a master’s degree from SUNY Brockport. He retired from SUNY Geneseo in 2003 as assistant vice president for human resources after 30 years at the college. Surviving are his wife, Nancy, two sons and four grandchildren. Robert Stapleton ’71 of Syracuse, N.Y., died June 3, 2014. He earned an MA from Chapman College, and was a 37-year employee of the NYS Office of Mental Health. Bob retired as a director of administration at Hutch ings Psychiatric Center in Syracuse in 2011. He is survived by his wife, Beth Wallbridge; two sons, Sean and Kyle; and three siblings, including Susan Stapleton Drapela ’74. Charles Swanson ’71 of Steamboat Springs, Colo., died Aug. 9, 2016. He taught industrial arts and driver and traffic safety education at Oswego High School until his retirement in 1998. Chuck is survived by his wife, Jean; daughters, Gayle Swanson ’86 and Pamela Swanson Palmquist ’90; and four grandchildren. Barrett Dorsey ’72 of Syracuse, N.Y., died July 27, 2016. He taught at St. Paul’s Elementary School in Troy for many years before taking a position with the NYS Office of Budgetary Management. In 1991, he
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returned to Syracuse, where he worked and volunteered with several social services orga nizations. Barrett is survived by his partner, Richard Giaccio; his sisters, Elizabeth Dorsey Foster ’66, Patricia Poppe, and Margaret Dorsey-Nocilly ’93 and her husband, Louis Nocilly ’65. Richard Henry ’72 of Oswego died Dec. 20, 2016. He worked at the SUNY Oswego Rice Creek Biological Field Station, the Oswego Health Department and the Metro politan Water Board. He is survived by his wife, Joanne Mayo Henry ’76, and two chil dren, Danny and Maggie. Diana Hantsch Cornell ’73 of Bing hamton, N.Y., died Jan. 5, 2017. She retired from the Binghamton City School District after teaching secondary math for 35 years. Diana was predeceased by her brothers, Charles and Raymond Hantsch ’73. She is survived by her husband, Stephen, and brothers, Robert and David Hantsch. Richard Trigony ’73 of Port Jefferson, N.Y., died Feb. 25, 2014. He earned an MBA from Dowling College. Richard worked for the law firm of Huber, Lawrence and Abel for 17 years and was an assistant vice president for Credit Suisse at the time of his death. He is survived by his wife, Jacquelyn, and his daughter and son-in-law, Michelle and Arthur Smallwood. Thomas Dorgan ’74 of The Villages, Fla., died Jan. 27, 2017. He had worked for Miller Brewing Company for more than 30 years before retiring in 2008. Tom is survived by his wife, Jo-Ann; sons, Thomas ’99 and Eric; granddaughters, Sophia and Hannah; and his siblings, Ellen Dorgan Harootunian, Susan Dorgan Whitehead ’65, Richard and John. Joan Halperin Rabin ’74 of Marietta, Ga. died Feb. 13, 2015. She began her career in education in the Boston Public School System and, after moving to Marietta, taught at The Epstein School, The Davis Academy and the Etz Chaim pre-school and religious school. Joan is survived by her husband, Dan, and three daughters. William MacFarlane ’75 of Williston, Vt., and Palm Coast, Fla., died Oct. 20, 2016. He served with the U.S. Coast Guard from 1977 until 1988. He earned master’s degrees from Pepperdine University and Loyola University. He owned Servpro of Burlington, Vt., and Servpro of Clinton/Essex, N.Y., from 1999 until his retirement in 2013. Bill is survived by his wife, Cathy, two children, two stepchildren and five grandchildren.