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Nita Sunderland, professor of art, emerita, and a noted sculptor, died July 17 in East Peoria, Ill. One of the first women to teach sculpture at the college level, she taught at Bradley from 1956–88. Sunderland’s large-scale works are in private collections and displayed publicly, including at the Peoria Civic Center, Peoria Riverfront Museum and on campus.
In addition to creating art, she formed a sculpture restoration company that worked on public monuments in Illinois and Indiana. Sunderland worked as a volunteer to restore grave markers at historic Springdale Cemetery. Surviving are her dearest friend and longtime colleague, Beth Linn, two nephews and extended family.
Betty Church, instructor of family and consumer sciences, emerita, who taught at Bradley from 1965–2004, died July 6 in Colorado Springs, Colo. After earning her master’s degree at the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign, Church led study abroad programs in fashion merchandising and was active in professional and civic groups. Surviving are a daughter, a son and three grandchildren.
Barb Dreher, bookstore director, emerita, who worked at Bradley from 1950–89, died July 11 in Peoria. She was a basketball season ticket holder from the early days of the Robertson Memorial Field House. Dreher also enjoyed travel and spoke several languages fluently. She was active in professional groups and her church. Surviving are three nephews and extended family.
Ronald Wasden, professor of psychology, emeritus, who taught at Bradley from 1967–2000, died June 7 in Peoria. He was well known for his rat lab course. Wasden earned his master’s degree and doctorate at the University of Utah.
John DePinto, professor of biology, emeritus, who taught at Bradley from 1966–2000, died Oct. 20 in Ohio. He served as the biology department chair, dean of College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and taught part time for 10 years after retiring. DePinto earned his doctorate at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Surviving are his wife; sons Todd ’86, Jeff ’88 and Bruce ’92; and four grandchildren.
Roger Peterson, associate professor of mechanical engineering, emeritus, who taught at Bradley from 1960–96, died Nov. 16 in Peoria. After graduation, he attended Purdue University and earned his MSME. In addition to his teaching duties, Peterson performed independent engineering contract work, collaborated with colleagues on several patents and, with his late wife, Betty, endowed a scholarship. Surviving are a daughter, brother and nephew.
Reclining Figure, Nita Sunderland. Photo by Duane Zehr.
James Heiple, a former chief justice of the Illinois Supreme Court and a Centurion, died Jan. 18 in Peoria. A graduate of the University of Louisville’s Brandeis Law School, he practiced law and served as a circuit and appellate judge before joining the Supreme Court in 1990. Bradley honored him as a Centurion in 1995. Surviving are a brother, Rae ’51, two sons, five grandchildren and a great-grandson.
Ann Dovey Jones ’40, Dec. 2, Peoria
Louise Ogden Behnke ’42, Nov. 6, Springfield, Ore.
Calvin Stone ’42, Nov. 5, Venice, Fla.
Carolyn Arnold Martens ’44, Oct. 14, Plainfield, Ill.
Phyllis Webb Pryde ’44, Jan. 13, Peoria
Marieva Galbreath Maxwell ’45, M.A. ’73, Jan. 17, Peoria
Barbara Dwyer Shurtleff ’47, Dec. 20, Evansville, Ind.
Dean Coleman ’48, Jan. 16, Greencastle, Pa.
Louise Lauder Roos ’48, Dec. 20, Monmouth, Ill.
Pete Vallosio ’48, M.A. ’54, Dec. 13, Morton, Ill.
Cass Cherner ’49, Dec. 14, Westchester, Ill.
James Chianakas ’49, Jan. 4, Pekin, Ill.
Thomas Draper ’49, Nov. 21, Boardman, Ohio
Will Martin ’49, Jan. 13, Chicago
Ramona Bogue McCaslin ’49, July 22, Dallas
Demetra Polites ’49, Dec. 8, Peoria
Dick Riehl ’49, Feb. 1, Washington, Ill.
Bill Roger ’49, June 5, Chillicothe, Ill.
Raymond Swehla ’49, April 29, Oak Brook, Ill.
John Addler ’50, Nov. 18, Tenstrike, Minn.
Claude Brown ’50, Nov. 5, Encinitas, Calif.
George Chianakas ’50, Sept. 29, Crystal Lake, Ill.
Terry Day DeBoeuf ’50, June 8, Peoria
Ed Dwyer ’50, Oct. 28, Peoria
Charles Esch Jr. ’50, Jan. 8, Indianapolis
Tadashi Fukomoto ’50, April 14, Honolulu
James Ho ’50, Sept. 6, Nuuvanu, Hawaii
Willis Jolliff ’50, MBA ’67, Jan. 14, Peoria
Jerry Kassel ’50, Nov. 1, Dedham, Mass.
Glen McCullough ’50 M.A. ’56, June 3, Peoria
James Neese ’50, Oct. 29, South Jacksonville, Ill.
Shirley Puckett Olsen ’50, Dec. 7, Grand Junction, Colo.
Charles Rager ’50, Jan. 23, Peoria
Marjorie Rockenbach Rasmussen ’50, Jan. 19, Colorado Springs, Colo.
Gerald Riechmann ’50, Sept. 28, Mount Vernon, Ill.
Nellie Snyder Templin ’50, Jan. 6, Colorado Springs, Colo.
Margaret Woodrow Watkins ’50, July 1, Green Valley, Ill.
Frances Hall Woodruff ’50, June 1, 2019, Munster, Ind.
Bradford Craig ’51 M.A. ’60, June 9, Peoria
Joseph “Lee” Chismark ’51, Dec. 16, Morton, Ill.
Lois Zimmerman Getz ’51, July 5, Morton, Ill.
Gilbert Hall ’51, June 29, St. Louis
Leonard Hild ’51, July 30, Aurora, Colo.
Harold “Jim” James ’51, June 1, Zionsville, Ind.
Janet Richert Krupnik ’51, Aug. 3, Ballwin, Mo.
Ken Moline ’51, Nov. 16, Peoria
Everett Pettis ’5, July 17, North Las Vegas, Nev.
Von Pruitt ’51, Nov. 13, Bedford, Texas
Robert Reinken ’51, Sept. 11, Morton, Ill.
Lewis Robinson ’51, Nov. 29, Janesville, Wis.
Adolph “Junior” Roecker ’51 MBA ’52, Sept. 3, Peoria
Helen Kiker Sheets ’51, May 16, Lake in the Hills, Ill.
Marilyn “Jolly” Hansen Turnbull ’51, Dec. 9, Tucson, Ariz.
Joan Hybiske Barnes ’52, Dec. 19, Washington, Ill.
Lorraine Smith Burton ’52, Dec. 26, Rock Hill, S.C.
George Fialco ’52, Oct. 5, Boynton Beach, Fla.
Milton Hallett ’52, Sept. 22, Scottsdale, Ariz.
Maxine Morrison Horwath ’52, Nov. 25, Arlington Heights, Ill.
Nan Bierdemann Martin ’52, Feb. 8, Darien, Ill.
John Ordean ’52, Nov. 9, Sterling, Ill.
Gregory Sowyrda ’52, Aug. 28, Peabody, Mass.
Donna Weiss Spietz ’52, Aug. 19, Indianapolis
Kenneth Steiner ’52, Feb. 23, Ludington, Mich.
Hilda Wilson Bourgeois-Daly ’53, Sept. 16, Elmhurst, Ill.
Tom Fricano ’53, Dec. 2, Northridge, Calif.
Maurice Griesbaum ’53, Nov. 2, Alton, Ill.
John W. Johnson ’53, Oct. 13, Peoria
Orville Pelletier ’53, Sept. 12, Elgin, Ill.
Langhorne “Mary” Meeker Radeke ’53, March 25, Maquon, Ill.
Paul Richards ’53, Dec. 12, Peoria
Richard Rook ’53, June 21, Alton, Ill
Jack Ehresman ’54, Dec. 30, Metamora, Ill.
Joseph Frank ’54, July 22, Asheville, N.C.
Robert Hertenstein ’54, Oct. 20, Morton, Ill.
Ron Johnson ’54, Feb. 23, Elburn, Ill.
Connie Bollinger Mayfield ’54, Nov. 22, Marble Hill, Mo.
Richard “Dick” Pagels ’54, Nov. 9, Glen Ellyn, Ill.
Ron Roberts ’54,, Sept. 28, Metamora, Ill.
Gerald R. Smith ’54,, Jan. 20, Orland Park, Ill.
Ronald Trimble ’54, Oct. 3, Pekin, Ill.
Lloyd “Bud” Zobrist ’54, Aug. 30, Morton, Ill.
Patricia Richmond Frank ’55, Oct. 13, Maggie Valley, N.C.
Jackie Baumflek Leonhardt ’55, July 19, Chesterfield, Mo.
Tom Michael ’55, Jan. 4, Pleasanton, Calif.
Larry Miller ’55, Dec. 14, Ottawa, Ill.
Richard Naretty ’55, Aug. 30, Marseilles, Ill.
Lee O’Connell ’55, Dec. 24, Scottsdale, Ariz.
Edward O’Connor Jr. ’55, July 4, Peoria
Thomas Schlehuber ’55, Feb. 5, Peoria
Paul Shinseki ’55, Aug. 3, Lihue, Hawaii
Donald Bussell ’56, June 10, Streator, Ill.
Wayne Callister ’56, June 6, Elmwood, Ill.
David Ekstrand ’56, July 5, Peoria
Bill Etzenbach ’56, Nov. 25, Ottawa, Ill.
John Longden ’56, July 10, Tremont, Ill.
Jasper Maggio ’56, Jan. 31, Hinsdale, Ill.
Everett Sims ’56, July 31, New Windsor, Ill.
Thomas Spangler ’56, Jan. 6, Peoria
Herman Thompson ’56, Dec. 23, Metamora, Ill.
Richard Westhoff ’56,, Aug. 1, Peoria
Robert Bagby ’57, Oct. 15, Cornucopia, Wis.
Rhea Appenzeller Cornwell ’57, Jan. 29, Mackinaw, Ill.
Connie Adams Gibson ’57, Dec. 27, 2018, Austin, Texas
Frederick Benson M.A. ’57, Aug. 18, Palatine, Ill.
Donald Haas ’57 M.S. ’60, May 29, Peru, Ill.
Allen Kelch ’57, July 24, Peoria
Jack Putters ’57, Nov. 22, Norfolk, Neb.
Marilyn Opseth Tenner ’57, Oct. 11, Germantown, Tenn.
Jeanette Moravek Crumbaugh ’58, Sept. 16, Joliet, Ill.
Jack Gillespie ’58, May 15, Naples, Fla.
Kenneth Helms ’58, Dec. 12, Salinas, Calif.
Norman Kelly ’58, Aug. 4, Peoria
Joe Larson ’58, Nov. 3, Ottumwa, Iowa
Ernest “Frank” Moore ’58, Sept. 25, Fairborn, Ohio
John Rasmussen ’58, Dec. 13, Springfield, Ill.
Charles Towne ’58, Aug. 9, Houston
William White ’58, Nov. 22, Evans, Ga.
Henry “Paul” Volkman ’58, Aug. 12, Live Oak, Texas
Mary Biederbeck Vosberg ’58, Nov. 11, Peoria
Charles Wickhorst ’58, June 24, Rockford, Ill.
Judy Caress Bendle ’59, Jan. 31, 2019, Crete, Ill.
Mary McHenry Gottschalk ’59, Sept. 1, Peoria
Jerry Hayden ’59, Dec. 8, Barrington, Ill.
Jerry Lyons ’59, Aug. 19, Pekin, Ill.
Joan Braunagel McShane ’59, Nov. 5, Bettendorf, Iowa
Leroy Mingus ’59, Nov. 23, Lakewood, Ill.
Jerry O’Keefe ’59, July 15, Newark, Ohio
Dick Reeser ’59, Dec. 18, Morton, Ill.
Romano Rubinelli ’59, June 15, Malvern, Pa.
Arlyn Wiersema ’59, Oct. 4, 2019, Circle Pines, Minn.
Alan Wilkinson ’59, Feb. 11, 2020, Kingman, Ariz.
Phyllis Haley Gingher ’60, Nov. 30, Naples, Fla.
Michael Grote ’60, July 9, Naples, Fla.
Frederick Haddad ’60, Sept. 17, Hendersonville, N.C.
John Jorgensen ’60 M.A. ’66, Aug. 1, Peoria
James Kendall ’60, July 23, Wheaton, Ill.
Marilyn Crilly Lee ’60, Aug. 17, Houston
Robert Prater M.S. ’60, Jan. 2, Houston
David Moran ’60, Jan. 25, Brentwood, Tenn.
Donald Rawlings ’60, Sept. 14, Savoy, Ill.
Thomas Rohman ’60, June 21, Chillicothe, Ill.
Tibbets “Ed” Rolls ’60, July 17, Gilroy, Calif.
Roger Samuelson ’60, July 9, Boulder Junction, Wis.
Janet Schooley Sarsha ’60, July 24, Grayslake, Ill.
Edward Schneider ’60, Jan. 20, Colorado Springs, Colo.
Richard Wiberg ’60, July 16, Palatine, Ill.
William Gibson ’61, Oct. 3, Waverly, Ill.
William Kennedy ’61, Aug. 25, Zion, Ill.
Kenneth Oswald M.S. ’61, June 7, Hopedale, Ill.
Bill Sharpe ’61, Jan. 2, Peoria
Charles Steilen ’61, June 30, Sarasota, Fla.
T. Roger Sullivan ’61, Nov. 20, Powell, Ohio
Ray Bergevin ’62, Nov. 5, Washington, N.C.
Jim Brennan M.A. ’62, Nov. 17, Rockford, Ill.
Kenneth Carrigan ’62, Dec. 2, Peoria
James Fagan ’62, Dec. 7, Okemos, Mich.
Helene Cicciarelli Flanigon ’62, Oct. 20, Peoria
Jack Gillen ’62, Dec. 13, Springfield, Ill.
Tony Hladik ’62, July 12, Hot Springs Village, Ark.
Karl Maierhofer ’62, MBA ’63, Jan. 2, Carmel, Ind.
Kaywin Martin ’62, Jan. 11, Delray Beach, Fla.
Jane Sample Myers ’62, Feb. 6, Saint Augustine, Fla.
Mark Blakeney ’63, July 1, Danville, Ill.
Robert Janosov MSME ’63, July 16, Peoria
Joseph Kozlevcar ’63 MSEE ’66, Oct. 19, Peoria
Syed Majid MSIE ’63, Feb. 2, Skokie, Ill.
T. June Baughman Martinie-Phegley ’63, Dec. 17, East Peoria, Ill.
Joan Whelan Milani ’63, June 24, South Bend, Ind.
Glen Stancliff ’63, Aug. 26, Andover, Ill.
Jack P. Witty M.S. ’63, Aug. 2, 2019, Elgin, S.C.
John Woerner ’63, Sept. 22, Peoria
William Borchelt ’64, March 17, Evergreen, Colo.
Larry Clasing ’64, July 12, Bartonville, Ill.
Jack Heiniger ’64, Dec. 13, Germantown Hills, Ill.
Roy Meyer ’64, June 1, Rock Falls, Ill.
Alexander Sleiman ’64, Dec. 7, Woodbury, Minn.
George Vlach ’64, Jan. 31, Port Charlotte, Fla.
Jacqueline Speyer Buster ’65, Dec. 10, Peoria
Ralph Hardwick ’65, Nov. 23, Crawfordsville, Ind.
Mary Allison Helfman ’65, June 27, Sturgeon Lake, Minn.
Kathleen Bourne Holder ’65, Sept. 21, Vestal, N.Y.
Steven Parsons ’65, Sept. 15, Washington, Ill.
Nancie Zorn Shellenbaum ’65, June 13, Venice, Fla.
Kent Wellbrock ’65, M.A. ’67, Jan. 27, Monarch Beach, Calif.
Jerry Zuspann M.A. ’65, June 25, Springfield, Ill.
Michel Barbezat M.A.’66, March 29, Elgin, Ill.
Pete Blasko ’66, Nov. 23, Decatur, Ill.
Terry Celba ’66, May 25, Vernon Hills, Ill.
Richard DeKleine ’66, May 7, Coatesville, Pa.
Dale Miller ’65, Dec. 19, Glen Ellyn, Ill.
Robert Foglesong ’66 M.A. ’71, April 4, Greenback, Tenn.
Richard Gollnitz ’66, Feb. 3, Chillicothe, Ill.
Michael Hayes ’66, May 16, 2019, Apple Valley, Minn.
John Hinck M.A. ’66, Dec. 18, Park Ridge, Ill.
David Kylen ’66, Oct. 19, Fuengirola, Malaga, Spain
John McCornack M.S. ’66, May 23, Yukon, Okla.
Neil Campbell ’67, June 3, Palm Beach Shores, Fla.
Dianne Iid Effner ’67, Oct. 14, Jamestown, Mo.
A.J. Gatzemeyer M.S. ’67, Dec. 25, Morton, Ill.
Michael Henrikson ’67, Dec. 31, Sacramento, Calif.
Ronald Sineni ’67, Dec. 15, Wylie, Texas
Jerry Waltz MSME ’67, Feb. 4, Peoria
Tom Wojtas ’67 M.A. ’73, Nov. 25, Pekin
Frank Mavetz ’68, Aug. 14, Canton, Ill.
Barbara Macemon Quickstad ’67, Dec. 23, Peoria
Derrell Jones ’68, Jan. 13, Washington, Ill.
Jerry Loacker ’68, Dec. 12, Sheboygan Falls, Wis.
Pamela Heins Raymond M.S. ’68, Jan. 21, Hudson, Ill.
John Weese M.A. ’68, Nov. 25, Galesburg, Ill.
George Cackley M.S. ’69, Dec. 3, Hanna City, Ill.
Joan Faulhaber Fleming ’69 M.A. ’72, Oct. 14, Chillicothe, Ill.
Duane Haag M.S. ’69, Aug. 22, St. Simon Island, Ga.
J. Russell McDavid M.A. ’69, Aug. 26, Fort Collins, Colo.
Vivian Moehle Todden M.A. ’69, Jan. 13, Peoria
Judd Van Sickle ’69, June 4, Wilmington, N.C.
Susan Orten Adams ’70, Sept. 22, Bartonville, Ill.
Ralph Forsberg ’70, May 9, Midland, Mich.
Martin Freund ’70, Dec. 29, 2019, Port Hueneme, Calif.
Jeanne Koehler Hoffer ’70, Oct. 4, Cleveland, Tenn.
Thomas Hubbard ’70, Oct. 21, 2019, Vancouver, Wash.
Ted LaBedz ’70, Dec. 25, Boone, N.C.
Oiva Karna ’70, June 14, 2019, Katy, Texas
Carol McDaniels ’70, Jan. 7, Bartonville, Ill.
Jack Thompson ’70, Jan. 28, Sunrise, Fla.
Dennis Winkler M.A. ’70, June 1, Morton, Ill.
Sharon Hopkins Altman M.A. ’71, Sept. 9, Pekin, Ill.
Gary Creamer ’71, Dec. 14, Arrington, Tenn.
Cheri Nordenberg Greenlee ’71, Oct. 6, Rockford, Ill.
Thomas Kelly M.A. ’71, June 30, Peoria
Herb Rodier MEA ’71, Feb. 6, Chillicothe, Ill.
Bill Ryan ’71, June 30, Staten Island, N.Y.
Jack Bensing M.S. ’72, Oct. 9, East Peoria, Ill.
Miriam Freddolino Scoggins ’72, Jan. 29, 2019, Okemos, Mich.
Richard Stahl ’72, Jan.7, Littleton, Colo.
James Kreiser ’73, Dec. 17, Richmond, Va.
Bob Linnemann M.A. ’73, Nov. 5, Mesa, Ariz.
Virginia Pack Sandner ’73, Jan. 23, Houston
Roman Wegrzyn ’73, Nov. 11, Peoria
Michael Wesner ’73, Dec. 23, Morton, Ill.
Mary Campbell Hooks ’74 M.A. ’80, May 26, Peoria
Craig Curry ’74, Dec. 10, Peoria
George Klasek ’74, Feb. 7, Madison, Wis.
Richard Kleven ’74, Feb. 20, Tomball, Texas
James Obert Jr. ’74, June 21, Dixon, Calif.
Barbara McMillan Pope M.A. ’74, Dec. 5, Morton, Ill.
Mardona Thornton Shay ’74, Sept. 15, Peoria
Donald Williams ’74, Oct. 18, Poinciana, FL
Leslie Haas Bouris ’75, Oct. 26, Peoria
Naomi Peskind Fishman M.A. ’75, Jan. 8, Peoria
Mary “Fran” Bernabei McShane ’75, Nov. 13, Peoria
Thetus “Woody” Siltman ’75, Oct. 11, East Peoria, Ill.
Terrence Dobberstein ’76, March 8, Berea, Ohio
Mary May Law ’76, Feb. 5, Downers Grove, Ill.
Michael R. Leonard ’76, Jan. 22, Brighton, Mich.
Garry Lock ’76, Aug. 9, Edwards, Ill.
Donald Wilson ’76, Dec. 18, Chillicothe, Ill.
Maxine Acuff Blane ’78, M.A. ’81, Dec. 4, Peoria
K. Tate Chambers ’79, June 6, Morton, Ill.
John Harty ’79, Nov. 20, Lakeland, Fla.
Richard “Neal” Pearson ’79, Sept. 27, Peoria
James Theine ’79, Aug. 5, Washington, Ill.
Kristine Karstens Bell ’80, Jan. 7, Dunlap, Ill.
Peter Wessler ’80, Nov. 25, West Peoria, Ill.
Jon Austin ’81, Nov. 24, Jacksonville, Ill.
Dane Borho ’81, July 20, Peoria Heights, Ill.
Christie Epp Eyler ’81, Jan. 20, Rushville, Ill.
Robert Gilmore HON ’82, Sept. 22, Peoria
Gregory Johnson ’82, Dec. 20, Newburgh, Ind.
Galyn Clark ’83, Sept. 2, Germantown Hills, Ill.
James Hayes ’83, Dec. 3, 2019, Oak Brook, Ill.
Sikha Bhattacharyya Bhatacharya MBA ’84, Feb. 1, 2020, Peoria
Michael Hynds ’84, Feb. 14, Champaign, Ill.
Kenneth Kaminski ’84, Aug. 8, Scottsdale, Ariz.
Lawrence DeCapp ’85 M.S. ’95, Jan. 13, East Peoria, Ill.
Eric Hinshaw ’85, Oct. 31, Geneseo, Ill.
Bruce Andrews MLS ’88, June 1, Peoria
Dennis Hamon ’90, July 23, Peoria
Scott Hargrave ’88, Dec. 26, Edmonds, Wash.
Charlene “Kay” Hazelman Osborn ’90 M.A. ’97, Nov. 2, Savannah, Ga.
Paula Urban Renken ’90, June 28, Washington, Ill.
Eric Suender ’91 M.A. ’94, May 26, Portage, Mich.
Randal Peterson MBA ’93, Oct. 3, Windsor, Colo
Gail Peterson-Forbes ’93, Dec. 10, Dunlap, Ill
Brian Gilboy ’94, Aug. 31, Lake Zurich, Ill.
Jeff Bassnuener ’95, Nov. 19, Plymouth, Wis.
James Carlberg MBA ’96, Dec. 11, Peoria
Elmer “Al” Dahms MBA ’96, June 6, Fergus Falls, Minn
Harold McCampbell ’97, Oct. 1, Groveland, Ill.
Brian Woertz ’97, Oct. 4, Mapleton, Ill.
Henry “Hank” Aaron HON ’02, Jan. 22, Atlanta, Ga.
Richard Milburn ’02, Dec. 15, Fort Atkinson, Wis.
Josh Bair ’07, Nov. 10, Des Plaines, Ill.
Larry King HON ’09, Jan. 23, Los Angeles
Sarah McCafferty ’11, Aug. 8, Peoria
Adam Linnenburger ’12, Dec. 13, Colorado Springs, Colo
Daniel Altman ’14, July 9, Plymouth, Mich.
Dolores Studnicki, Dec. 15, Streator, Ill.
Nancy “Sis” Carmody Schwartz ’10, Oct. 9, East Peoria, Ill.
