MARJORIE VON SANDE ENGELKING ’64 of Brookfield, Wis., died July 14, 2011. She studied French at Ripon. She was a member of Unity Center of Light church in Brookfield and was a volunteer there. She also was an instructor for the Red Cross. She was a avid Wisconsin Badger fan. Survivors include her husband, ROGER F. ENGELKING ’64, 2065 Derrin Lane, Brookfield, WI 53045; and two sons. DAVID HILLARD ’64 of Fairbanks, Alaska, died Sept. 14, 2011. At Ripon, he studied history and taught ROTC. His Army career included Ranger training and being stationed in Germany, Kentucky, Washington and Alaska. In Vietnam, he was commander of Company C and 3rd Battalion (Airborne), 506th Infantry (Currahees). His service medals include two Bronze Stars, a Silver Star and a Valorous Unit Award. After retiring from active duty, he was purchasing director for the North Star Borough School District in Fairbanks. He enjoyed outdoor activities and fly-fishing flies and Kentucky rifles. Survivors include his wife, DIANA DIETZ HILLARD ’67, 4633 Stanford Drive, Fairbanks, AK 99709; one son and two daughters, including ELIZABETH HILLARD ’93; a sister and brother-in-law, EDITH HILLARD SZUDY ’66 and LEONARD SZUDY ’64; and a cousin, JOHN KASTENDIEK ’95. PHILIP J. NANCARROW ’65 of Houghton, Mich., died Sept. 22, 2011. He studied history at Ripon and graduated from Seabury-Western Theological Seminary in Evanston, Ill. He served in ordained ministry from 1968 to 2002, including shared positions of missioner and assistant to the bishop for ministry development; work as a youth minister, chair of the Youth Commission of the Diocese of Northern Michigan and director of youth camps and conferences; service on numerous diocesan committees and commissions, including the Diocesan Council and Standing Committee; and two terms as deputy to the national General Convention of the Episcopal Church. Survivors include his life companion, Gary Evans, 115 W. Douglass Avenue, Houghton, MI 49931; and cousins, including A. PAUL NANCARROW ’52 and PAUL S. NANCARROW ’78. DAVID THOBABEN ’69 of Eau Claire, Wis., died July 9, 2011. He studied history at Ripon. He had a variety of occupations over the years, from wilderness guide to seller of retail sporting goods and work at Mount Scenario College. He retired as director of student life at Chippewa Valley Technical College. He was an active adviser for Wisconsin Student Government in the Technical College System. Survivors include his wife, Sharon, 3026 Old Orchard Road, Eau Claire, WI 54703; one daughter; two step-children; and a cousin, JOHN F. ROGERS ’62. CHRISTINE A. MISCHLER ’76 of Fountain Hills, Ariz., died July 11, 2011. At Ripon, she studied Spanish and politics and government. She spent one of her
undergraduate years studying at the University of Spain. She received a master’s degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Chris held various export positions in Milwaukee, Wis. She moved to Fountain Hills in 1988. She worked for CVS/Caremark in Scottsdale for 16 years as an account manager and analyst. MATTHEW D. CLEMENS ’78 of Ashburn, Va., died March 20, 2011. He was raised in Washington, D.C., and Bethesda, Md., but had lived in Tucson for many years before returning to the northern Virginia area in 1999. He had been a mental health counselor with Pathway Homes and a substance abuse clinician with Loudoun County Mental Health at the Loudoun County Adult Detention Center in Leesburg. He enjoyed folding origami, reading, film, jazz and cats. Survivors include his wife, Teresa Clemens, 44054 Laceyville Terrace, Ashburn, VA 20147. AMY MELIKA BARNES FREY ’84 of Louisville, Colo., died Dec. 12, 2011. She studied biology and anthropology at Ripon and played on the basketball team. She received a master’s degree in interdisciplinary telecommunications in 1986 from the University of Colorado. As a child, she swam competitively for the Boulder Aquanauts and the Commerce City Swim Club and won numerous awards. She became a certified Master Scuba Diver in 1988 and participated in dive trips all over the world. She also competed in ski racing and trained for the modern pentathlon in distance swimming, fencing, pistol shooting, horse jumping and running. She worked for Aetna Life Insurance for six years in Hartford, Conn.; and Hatfield Associates in Boulder, Colo. She served as president of Indian Peaks Communications and Alpine Communications; and CEO of Video Accessory Corp. Survivors include her husband, Richard Frey, 575 W. Hawthorne St., Louisville, CO 80027; and two stepdaughters. ABIGAIL “ABBY” HULTQUIST ’12 of Wausaukee, Wis., died May 27, 2011, of injuries sustained in a one-car accident. During high school, she participated in volleyball, softball, cheerleading and forensics. At Ripon, she was a biology major and planned to pursue nursing. Survivors include her parents, Ed and Sally Hultquist, N12214 Lubka Road, Wausaukee, WI 54177. MICHAEL PHILBIN ’13 of Green Bay, Wis., died Jan. 8, 2012, after a drowning accident. At Ripon, he was on the Dean’s List. He enjoyed the Packers, Red Sox, politics and academic life at Ripon. Survivors include his parents, Joseph and Diane Philbin, 3033 Sonoran Court, Green Bay, WI 54313.
GEORGE H. MILLER of Ripon, Wis., Ripon College Professor of History and Ralph Hale Ruppert Distinguished Professor of American History, Principles and Traditions Emeritus, died Aug. 15, 2011. He taught history at Ripon College for 27 years, from 1954 until his retirement in 1981. In 1988, he established the George H. Miller Scholarship. He also was a charter member of Ripon’s Benefactors and Partners in the Legacy. His book, “Railroads and the Granger Laws,” won widespread critical acclaim; he was coauthor of “Ripon College: A History” in 1990; and he collated and edited “A History of Ripon,” by Sam Pedrick, in 1964. He received the College’s Severy Award in 1961 and Uhrig Award in 1963, both for excellence in teaching. He received an honorary degree from Ripon in 1985 and the College’s Founders’ Day Award in 1996. He devoted countless hours to the Ripon Historical Society, researching, writing and organizing historical projects. He served on Ripon’s Historic Preservation Commission and was the commissioner’s Person of the Year for 2010; was a past president and board member of the Ripon and state historical societies and Wisconsin History Foundation; served on the Green Lake Festival of Music board of directors and Ripon Area Chamber of Commerce’s Little White Schoolhouse committee; and spearheaded the nomination process to have Ripon College and the southwest residential district designated a state historical district and placed on the National Register of Historical Places. EDMUND BURKE RONEY, professor of drama from 1965 to 1992, died June 8, 2011. He earned a master’s degree in theatre arts from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1956 and a doctorate in drama from Stanford University in 1969. In New York City, he worked as a stage manager and a professional actor in seven Broadway plays and many off-Broadway and stock productions. After retiring, he moved east to help raise his grandson. He had lived in Brookline, Mass., for the last 10 years. Author, photographer and renowned Adirondack guide ANNE LA BASTILLE, a Ripon honorary degree recipient in 1990, died July 1, 2011. She received a bachelor’s of science degree in conservation of natural resources from Cornell University, a master’s of science in wildlife management from Colorado State University in 1961 and a doctorate in wildlife ecology from Cornell. In the early 1970s, after building a small log cabin on a remote lake near Old Forge, she became a licensed guide and began offering backpacking and canoe trips throughout the Adirondacks. Her efforts as a guide and outdoor writer served to popularize and reinvigorate a nearly defunct occupation. She published several books, including “Woodswoman,” “Beyond Black Bear Lake,” “Mama Poc,” “The Wilderness World of Anne LaBastille” and “Jaguar Totem.”
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