class notes • Cara (Gigliotti) Ditzler ’01, ’03M and husband Kevin, a son, Elliot Ross, on 5/21/12. • Frances (Harmon) Garner ’01 and husband Scott, a daughter, Madeline Elizabeth, on 3/1/12. • Sarah (McNutt) Fichtner ’03 and husband Ben, a son, John Isaac, on 12/9/11. • Katie (Cassarly) Knaub ’03 and husband Jesse, a daughter, Elinor Mae, on 11/2/12. • Katie (Mininger) Schantz ’03, ’07M and husband Timothy ’04, a daughter, Quinn Addison, on 5/8/12. • Sean Campbell ’04, ’09M and wife Nicole, a daughter, Emmelee Grace, on 7/22/12. • Kristen (Olszewski) Hassel ’04 and husband Brian ’04, a daughter, Hannah Grace, on 9/14/12. • Jill (Honea) Childress ’05 and husband Jeremy ’05, a daughter, Charis Danae, on 7/17/12. • Trisha (Romanishan) Loch ’05, ’08M and husband Christian, a daughter, Avalon Mackenzie, on 8/17/12. • Natalie (Funck) Snyder ’05 and husband Paul, a son, Colton James, on 10/26/12. • Melissa (Leiter) Weibley ’05 and husband Shane, a son, Bentley Shane, on 9/18/12. • Susan (Beverly) Swainson ’07 and husband Kevin, a daughter, Maggie Joy, on 10/26/12.
Deaths • Helen (Shenk) Ambler ’28, Bloomington, Ind., died on 4/26/12, at the age of 102. She was an elementary school teacher. • Doris (Jamison) Brown ’30, Quarryville, died on 10/20/12, at the age of 101. She was a teacher,
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primarily in special education, until her retirement in 1976. • Florence (Huber) Ruof ’34, Millersville, died on 9/14/11, at the age of 98. She spent 44 years in elementary, special education and guidance counseling with local districts and was a recipient of numerous awards for her contributions to mental health. • Robert S. Metzger ’39, Columbia, died on 11/7/12, at the age of 99. He owned and operated the Art Crafters Printing and Stationery Co. for 23 years and retired in 1973. • William H. Duncan ’40, Lancaster, died on 1/3/13, at the age of 94. He was president of Millersville State College (now Millersville University) from 1968 to 1981. In addition to president, he held positions at Millersville as a faculty member, supervisor of student teachers, registrar, director of admissions and dean of students. (See page 24 for more information.) • Nancy (Erb) Herr ’46, Lancaster, died on 9/9/12, at the age of 87. She was active with Junior League and the Red Cross. She was an avid golfer, bridge player and accomplished pianist. • Kenneth L. Dambach ’49, Wilmington, Del., died on 11/2/12, at the age of 85. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He retired in 1986 as an investment accountant with DuPont Company. • Lloyd G. Grander ’51, Melbourne, Fla., died on 11/5/12, at the age of 82. A retired educator and principal from CornwallLebanon Schools, his educational career spanned 40 years. • Donald W. Mowrer ’51, Quarryville, died on 11/2/12, at the age of 87. He served in
Quadruplets! The Review is making an exception to its editorial policy of not publishing baby photos because how often do our alumni give birth to quadruplets? Congratulations (times four) to Mary (Dietrich) Hill ’05 and her husband, Eric Hill ’05, on the birth of Cooper, Cameron, Mia and Hannah, on 10/2/12. Mia and Hannah are identical twins. the U.S. Army and worked at Aberdeen Proving Grounds as a ballstics research analyst/ aerospace engineer. He also was a consultant for Survice Engineering. • Esther (Everitt) Dombrowski ’52, Bel Air, Md., died on 10/8/12, at the age of 81. She was a retired Bel Air High School librarian who also wrote feature stories for The Aegis newspaper. • Robert R. Frailey ’53, Lancaster, died on 9/7/12, at the age of 81. He served with the Army Security Service in the Pentagon and American Embassy in Bonn, West Germany. He retired after 36 years as purchasing manager for Warner Lambert. • Carol (Read) Goodyear ’53, Lancaster, died on 10/30/12, at the age of 81. She was employed by the Children’s Bureau of Family Services and later taught English and history at Manheim Twp. Middle School for 24 years. • J. Victor Dallin Jr. ’59, Wilmington, N.C., died on 9/18/12, at the age of 75. He was a teacher at Henderson High School for 20 years. He and his wife later operated a retail store, the Shoe Cottage. • William Hackulich ’59, Alcoa, Tenn., died on 10/5/12, at the age of 91. He was a veteran of the U.S. Marines and was awarded the Purple Heart. He taught general science and physics for 35 years. • John B. Moyer ’60, Cornwall, died on 7/24/12, at the age of 81.
He served as a radio operator in the Army during the Korean War and retired as a colonel from the Army Reserve. Most recently, he retired as a regional director from the Pa. Dept. of Environmental Resources, and as the executive director of the Greater Lebanon Refuse Authority. • David J. Holt ’61, ’70M, Lebanon, died on 9/10/11, at the age of 70. He was a retired teacher with more than 32 years of service with the Cornwall-Lebanon School District. • Margaret (Schroeder) Cathers ’62, Lansdale, died on 7/6/12, at the age of 71. For 36 years she was a German and ESL teacher with the North Penn School District. • William D. Shertz ’62, Bellevue, Wash., died on 9/25/12, at the age of 75. He retired from PACCAR, Inc., as director of industrial relations. • Nancy (Boligitz) Riddle ’63, Lititz, died on 9/18/12, at the age of 70. A first-grade teacher for 27 years at Nathan Schaeffer Elementary School, she used teddy bears in her lessons. During the Christmas season, she and her students would visit local nursing homes to distribute teddy bears to the residents. • Gail (Keely) Trautwein ’63, Pitman, died on 8/3/12, at the age of 70. She was a teacher with the Tri-Valley School District for 31 years and a Girl Scout leader for more than 20 years.