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Richard Snodgrass ’62, a Bradley Centurion known professionally as “Dick Kay,” died May 13, 2021, at 84. He worked at WMAQ-Channel 5 in Chicago for 38 years after being hired as a writer, eventually becoming political editor. He won a Peabody Award in 1984. After retiring, Snodgrass had a radio show on WCPT-AM. Surviving are his wife; three sons, including Steven Snodgrass ’83; and a granddaughter.
Dick Versace, who led Bradley Men’s Basketball from 1978-86, died Feb. 25, 2022. His teams won the Missouri Valley Conference three times, as well as the NIT Championship in 1982. Versace was named National College Coach of the Year by the U.S. Basketball Writers’ Association when he took the 1985-86 team to the second round of the NCAA Championships. After leaving Bradley, he spent most of his career in the NBA, coaching the Indianapolis Pacers from 1988-1990 and leading the Vancouver/ Memphis Grizzlies’ front office from 1999-2005. Versace was also the first American of Puerto Rican descent to be an NBA head coach. Surviving are his two children and extended family.
Karla Layne, who served as administrative support for the Foster College of Business for over 30 years, died Feb. 10, 2022. She was an inaugural winner of the Staff Excellence Award in 2018. Surviving are her mother, husband, son, brothers and extended family.
August C. Grebe ’41, Nov. 10, 2021, Upland, Calif.
Elizabeth M. Roecker Alt ’45, Dec. 16, 2021, Peoria
John D. Trefzger ’45, Feb. 15, 2022, Bloomington, Ill.
Madeline “Sally” Breining Ogolin ’47, Sept. 8, 2021, Peoria
William Blair ’48, Nov. 6, 2021, Sun City West, Ariz.
William R. Curry ’48, July 28, 2021, Washington, Ill.
H. Burdell Hall ’48, Sept. 15, 2021, Morton, Ill.
Patricia Graham Wuethrich ’48, Oct. 4, 2021, Eureka, Ill.
Victor H. Barber ’49, Dec. 19, 2021, Ocala, Fla.
Phyllis Wunsch McMath ’49, Nov. 1, 2021, Clinton, Ill.
Ava Cleary Ossenbeck ’49, Oct. 25, 2021, Gainesville, Fla.
Lavern “Tootie” Doering Schmidt ’49, Dec. 31, 2021, East Peoria, Ill.
Benjamin Sommer ’49, Aug. 30, 2021, Peoria
William T. Smith ’49, July 18, 2021, Farmington Hills, Mich.
Ronald Sumner ’49, Oct. 7, 2021, Peoria
John A. Carlson ’50, July 12, 2021, Batavia, Ill.
Shirley Howat Hardesty ’50, Oct. 19, 2021, Peoria
William Herbst ’50, Oct. 22, 2021, Morton, Ill.
Paul Johnson ’50, Nov. 25, 2020, Houston
Elmer L. Jolly ’50, April 20, 2021, San Antonio, Texas
Thomas Lauerman ’50, Aug. 16, 2021, Austin, Texas
James Leigh ’50, Aug. 20, 2021, Sparland, Ill.
Allan Lurie ’50, April 3, 2018, Peoria
L. Ferrel Lytle ’50, Aug. 23, 2021, Moline, Ill.
Carole Lizer Mallett ’50, Jan. 17, 2022, Zionville, Ind.
John W. Mosser ’50, Jan. 14, 2022, Champaign, Ill.
Kenneth Wilson ’50, Oct. 13, 2021, Bethesda, Md.
Janet Weisbruch Beetler ’51, Oct. 14, 2021, Peoria
Lois Blaschek ’51, Nov. 7, 2021, Peoria
Thomas Carter ’51, Aug. 25, 2021, Greeley, Colo.
Hildegarde Mugele Foster ’51, June 29, 2021, Peoria
Dorothy Wilkins McKenna ’51, Feb. 3, 2022, Green Valley, Ariz.
Arthur E. Phillips ’51, Jan. 7, 2022, Granby, Conn.
Donald M. Weber ’51 M.A. ’52, Dec. 22, 2021, Crown Point, Ind.
Bernard Zelsdorf ’51, July 22, 2021, Barrington, Ill.
Phyllis Hunt Fabry ’52, July 12, 2021, Wyoming, Ill.
Alice Palmer Groskie ’52, May 27, 2020, Tucson, Ariz.
Madelyn Love Kamins ’52, Oct. 3, 2021, Bellevue, Wash.
William Poad ’52, July 11, 2021, Springfield, Va.
Dale Wagoner ’52, Aug. 27, 2021, Peoria
Martha Thomas Casselberry ’53, May 20, 2021, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Ernest R. Cretaro M.S. ’53, Dec. 5, 2021, Pekin, Ill.
Hans Engel ’53, Oct. 23, 2021, Washington, Ill.
Doris “Dodi” Wilcoxon Larke ’53, Nov. 8, 2021, Peoria
Sylvia Churling Monroe ’53, Oct. 27, 2021, Shiloh, Ill.
Robert G. Schick ’53, Oct. 19, 2021, Geneva, Ill.
John H. Deininger ’54, July 21, 2021, Newport Beach, Calif.
William L. Falconer ’54, June 21, 2021, McGaheysville, Va.
Marilyn “Sis” L. Flynn ’55 M.A. ’63, July 16, 2021, Stockbridge, Ga.
Beverly Barkey Miller ’54, Jan. 27, 2022, Ottawa, Ill.
Nancy J. Lyon Moore ’54, Dec. 27, 2021, Woodstock, Ill.
Robert N. Nouryan ’54, Dec. 30, 2021, Garden City, N.Y.
James “Ed” True ’54, Dec. 21, 2021, O’Fallon, Ill.
Samuel Statler ’54, Oct. 15, 2021, Peoria
Thomas O. Kromphardt ’55, July 30, 2021, Peoria
Earl Kane ’55, Feb. 4, 2022, Greenwood, Ind.
Pam Cassiday Waughop ’55, Aug. 2, 2021, Austin, Texas
Lois Comstock Willis ’55, Jan. 13, 2021, New Lenox, Ill.
Leonard Apple ’56, Dec. 15, 2021, Lake Forest, Ill.
Frank Buchert ’56, Sept. 27, 2021, South Haven, Mich.
Claude “Denny” Gilbert ’56, April 24, 2021, Minneapolis
Edith P. Addison Gillett ’56, Jan. 10, 2022, Peoria
Lawrence H. Hahn ’56,, Oct. 19, 2021, Rockford, Ill.
Jerry Hansen ’56, April 20, 2020, Mason, Ohio
Delbert C. Holman ’56, Jan. 1, 2022, Lebanon, Ill.
Ramona Kidd Holmes ’56, Feb. 19, 2022, Peoria
Edward T. Linn ’56, Dec. 10, 2021, Greeley, Colo.
Michael T. Millett ’56, Dec. 17, 2021, Peoria
Ben Sherwood ’56, Oct. 27, 2021, Pleasant Prairie, Wis.
John E. Spring ’56, July 13, 2021, Empire, Mich.
Fred Szabados ’56, July 26, 2021, Jefferson City, Mo.
Roger A. Bovenkerk ’57, Dec. 7, 2021, Homewood, Ill.
William S. Brunner ’57 M.A. ’67, Feb. 19, 2022, Metamora, Ill.
Allan Edler ’57, March 23, 2021, Tarpon Springs, Fla.
George Paul Gerdes ’57, July 12, 2021, Peoria
John Gibson ’57, Oct. 18, 2021, Peoria
Raymond J. Krolak ’57, Dec. 8, 2021, Rochester, Minn.
Ruth Nagle McConigly ’57, Nov. 26, 2021, Atlanta
Edwin “Pete” M. Nelson ’57, Dec. 12, 2021, Lutz, Fla.
Lois Jean Ladley Powers ’57 M.A. ’78, Aug. 4, 2021, Charlotte, N.C.
James Roberts ’57, Sept. 23, 2021, Saint Charles, Mo.
Oscar Rohrer ’57, Aug. 18, 2021, Petersburg, Ill.
Jay Sharp ’57, Nov. 10, 2021, Washington, Ill.
Harlan Richard West ’57, Dec. 10, 2021, Peoria
John E. Bartos ’58, Feb. 1, 2022, Golden, Colo.
Marion “Bud” McGrew ’58, Sept. 25, 2021, Mackinaw, Ill.
Nancy Lahvic Borman ’59, July 18, 2021, Montrose, Colo.
William T. Elmendorf ’59, Nov. 26, 2021, Fort Pierce, Fla.
Larry D. Fash ’59, Feb. 15, 2021, Eureka, Ill.
Ingrid A. Gillis ’59, July 3, 2021, Chicago
Robert Harken ’59, May 14, 2021, James City, Fla.
Wallace Howarter ’59, Aug. 30, 2021, Santa Maria, Calif.
Harry E. Jacobs ’59, Dec. 17, 2021, Buffalo, N.Y.
Terrence D. Mancuso ’59, Jan. 23, 2022, Cary, N.C.
Dale E. McHenry ’59, Nov. 26, 2021, Greensboro, N.C.
Jerry Clark ’60, Aug. 7, 2021, Franklin, Ind.
Albert James Dooley ’60, Dec. 9, 2021, Grafton, Wis.
Stephen Drury ’60, Sept. 10, 2021, Payson, Ariz.
Darrell D. Fox ’60,, Nov. 18, 2020, Haines City, Fla.
Anton “Tony” Martin Jr. ’60, Aug. 30, 2021, East Peoria, Ill.
Janice Goldman Mather ’60, Feb. 25, 2021, Bay, Ark.
Raymond Sylvester ’60, Sept. 24, 2021, Washington, Ill.
Ralph Bradshaw ’61, Aug. 18, 2021, Peoria
Harold D. Clasing ’61, June 17, 2021, Colorado Springs, Colo.
Edward G. Farrell ’61, Nov. 13, 2021, Overland Park, Kan.
Ross Felten ’61, Oct. 22, 2021, Centerville, Ohio
Julius R. Hjulian ’61, Sept. 7, 2021, Live Oak, Fla.
Lynne Stefanek Kelly ’61, Jan. 16, 2022, Montgomery, Texas
Edward P. Kissel ’61, Oct. 24, 2021, Menifee, Calif.
Herbert B. McKahin ’61, Dec. 20, 2021, Dubuque, Iowa
Jean Ballantyne Miller ’61, Sept. 20, 2021, Severna Park, Md.
Margaret A. Eppy Ulrich ’61, Dec. 27, 2021, Peoria
Charles A. Williams M.A. ’61, July 18, 2021, Washington, Ill.
Florence E. Hoerr Barkley ’62, Jan. 9, 2022, Peoria
James M. Butler ’62, M.S. ’69, MEA ’75, Sept. 11, 2021, Washington, Ill.
James Clayberg ’62, Nov. 10, 2021, Pekin, Ill.
Judith Zitelman Combs M.A. ’62, Jan. 30, 2022, Aiken, S.C.
Daniel P. Donahue ’62, Jan. 21, 2022, Peoria
Richard R. Hawker ’62, July 20, 2021, Baileys Harbor, Wis.
Dennis Moore ’62, March 25, 2021, Livermore, Calif.
Terry Moore ’62, June 8, 2021, Brandon, Fla.
Peter J. Pasquel ’62, July 30, 2021, Peoria
Rita “Sue” Armitage Sachs ’62, Oct. 12, 2021, Laguna Niguel, Calif.
Terry Troughton ’62, Feb. 16, 2021, Sullivan, Mo.
Arthur E. Allinson M.A. ’63, Sept. 29, 2021, Owings Mills, Md.
Roberta Parks Hartman ’63, Aug. 28, 2021, Peoria
Donald Krull ’63, Nov. 12, 2021, Galesburg, Ill.
Russell C. Vroman, M.A. ’63, Nov. 14, 2021, East Peoria, Ill.
Gerald C. Allen ’64, Nov. 22, 2021, Las Vegas, Nev.
Dale R. Bonga ’64, Jan. 20, 2022, Wheaton, Ill.
Ronald Coons ’64, Aug. 10, 2021, Louisville, Ky.
David E. Isaacson ’64, Feb. 10, 2022, Bloomington, Ill.
Arlene Schweigerdt Kestner M.A. ’64, Aug. 15, 2021 Baton Rouge, La.
Don Kynaston ’64, March 3, 2021, Milwaukee
Kenneth W. Mettelmann M.S. ’64, Jan 8, 2022, East Peoria, Ill.
David L. Snider ’64, Jan. 16, 2022, Minier, Ill.
James Widdop ’64, Aug. 22, 2021, Milan, Ill.
Richard Williams ’64, June 14, 2021, Columbia, Ill.
Ernest W. Adam ’65, March 4, 2021, New Bern, N.C.
Kent G. Farley ’65, Feb. 5, 2022, Coal Valley, Ill.
James I. Johnson M.A. ’65, Feb. 11, 2022, Geneseo, Ill.
Roger G. Keefauver ’65, Jan. 13, 2022, Peoria
Donald Killian MBA ’65, Aug. 20, 2021, Barrington, Ill.
John B. Moelmann ’65, Dec. 30, 2021, O’Fallon, Ill.
Richard Renwick ’65, Oct. 30, 2021, Joliet, Ill.
Sherwin Siegel ’65, Feb. 4, 2022, Lake Forest, Ill.
Bruce A. Werbach ’65, Jan. 22, 2022, Mexico, Mo.
Merlin Birky ’66, MBA ’71, Sept. 21, Morton, Ill.
Ronald Dwyer ’66, Dec. 24, 2020, Edwards, Ill.
Philip A. Holmer ’66, Jan. 5, 2022, Wadsworth, Ohio
Sylvester “Bud” Louis ’66, Sept. 8, 2021, Indian Land, S.C.
Raymond Poling M.A.’66, Nov. 22, 2021, Streator, Ill.
Robert M. Tarnoff ’66, Feb. 21, 2022, Lincolnwood, Ill.
Harry J. Wilson M.S. ’66, Sept. 10, 2021, Peoria
Marsha “Lynn” Powell Brewer ’67, Feb. 16, 2020, Huntley, Ill.
Gary Wayne Huffman ’67, Jan. 5, 2022, Columbus, Ga.
Gary Paul Mauck ’67, Nov. 20, 2021, Laconia, N.H.
William W. McBride ’67, Dec. 25, 2021, Sturgis, Mich.
Helene Chaveriat Nickles ’67, Oct. 24, 2021, Chicago
Wylvan B. Parker ’67 M.A. ’70, July 4, 2021, Knoxville, Tenn.
Joyce Patterson ’67, Aug. 23, 2021, Monmouth, Ill.
Barbara Renfrew Armstrong ’68, July 28, 2021, Las Cruces, N.M.
Robert Bullock ’68, Oct. 2, 2021, Peoria
Patricia Brummer Lindberg ’68, M.A.’69, Nov. 1, 2021, Peoria
Dean L. DeVore ’68, Nov. 16, 2021, Metamora, Ill.
Bruce M. Johnson ’68, Dec. 21, 2021, Downers Grove, Ill.
Richard Neyens ’68, Aug. 1, 2021, Parker, Colo.
Robert Stejskal ’68, Sept. 17, 2021, Hanna City, Ill.
David J. Vitek M.S. ’68, Jan. 22, 2022, Normal, Ill.
Virginia Coonradt Colgan ’69, Dec. 2, 2021, Sandwich, Ill.
Martin E. Glassman ’69, Sept. 23, 2021, Long Grove, Ill.
Karl “Skip” Kasjens ’69, Sept. 23, 2021, East Peoria, Ill.
John T. Matarelli ’69, July 10, 2021, Peoria
Steven A. Peterson ’69, Dec. 10, 2021, Hummelstown, Pa.
Mary Golden Tatz ’69, Sept. 4, 2021, Glenview, Ill.
Douglas J. Brush ’70, March 6, 2021, Tulsa, Okla.
Daniel J. DeCremer ’70, October 5, 2020, Estero, Fla.
Lorraine Falck Depp ’70, Oct. 10, 2021, Florissant, Mo.
Roger Fry ’70, Jan. 23, 2021, Arlington, Texas
Anne Hardine Gengenbacher ’70, Aug. 12, 2021, Galesburg, Ill.
Larry D Jenkins M.A. ’70, Aug. 17, 2021, Peoria
Ralph E. Master MEA ’70, Dec. 21, 2021, Washington, Ill.
Kenneth J. Mayer ’70, June 15, 2021, Zephyrhills, Fla.
Robert E. Sorensen ’70, Aug. 8, 2021, Groveland, Ill.
Linda Lemm Stetzler ’70, Nov. 26, 2021, Ooltewah, Tenn.
David E. Beutel M.A. ’71, Aug. 7, 2021, Tremont, Ill.
Guy L. Bibbs ’71, July 7, 2021, Chicago
Bruce D. Fineman ’71, January 31, 2022, Denver, Colo.
Alphonso Lyons ’71, Sept. 21, 2021, Peoria
Dorothy L. McGill Roberts ’71, Jan. 1, 2022, Peoria
James E. Sparling ’71, Sept. 1, 2021, Tampa, Fla.
Ronald Sullivan ’71, Oct. 11, 2021, Peoria
James A. Thomas M.A. ’71, June 30, 2021, Peoria
Jacqueline High-Pagni ’72 M.A. ’73, Jan. 2, 2022, Rocheport, Mo.
Robert M. Rogers M.A. ’72, Nov. 24, 2021, St. Peters, Mo.
Morris Ziehm M.S. ’72, Jan. 16, 2021, Schenectady, N.Y.
William Cegles ’73, Oct. 9, 2021, Greensboro, N.C.
Robert F. DeGise M.A. ’73, Nov. 6, 2021, Peoria
Claudia B. Olech Murdoch ’73, Dec. 25, 2021, Downers Grove, Ill.
Barbara D. Leiter Wells ’73, Dec. 16, 2021, The Villages, Fla.
James F. Christensen MBA ’74, Sept. 6, 2021, Crystal Lake, Ill.
N Kenneth Furlong M.A. ’74, July 11, 2021, Arvada, Colo.
Joseph A. Hobbick ’74, Aug. 1, 2021, Peoria
Margaret Heick Kohlhase M.A. ’74, March 24, 2021, Peoria
Carla Weckel Robinson ’74, Oct. 19, 2021, Grasonville, Md.
Carolyn Criss Wertz M.A. ’74, Feb. 2, 2022, Brookfield, Wis.
Donna L. Monti Correll ’75, Jan. 7, 2022, Peoria
Leonard John Hunsader MEA ’75, Dec. 29, 2021, Metamora Ill.
David Jonas MEA ’75, Sept. 8, 2021, Morton, Ill.
Frederick Weinberg ’75, Sept. 23, 2021, River Vale, N.J.
Kathryn Fickenscher Eggert ’76, June 11, 2021, Naperville, Ill.
Terrell A. Jones ’76, July 10, 2021, Columbus, Ohio
David E. Lammert ’76, Nov. 25, 2021, Dunlap, Ill.
Priscilla E. McCarthy ’76, July 3, 2021, East Peoria, Ill.
Ann R. Steele M.A. ’76, Jan. 10, 2022, Tremont, Ill.
Daniel P. Daly ’77, Dec. 20, 2021, Peoria
Richard W. Gideon M.A. ’81, Sept. 7, 2021, Oroville, Wash.
Richard Musso ’81, Sept. 5, 2021, Holladay, Utah
Michael A. Ebler ’82, Nov. 26, 2021, Red Wing, Minn.
Timothy D. Green ’82, Jan. 22, 2022, Cleveland
Martin J. O’Brien ’82, Sept. 8, 2021, Peoria
Louise Seitz Pierce M.A. ’83, Nov. 11, 2021, Peoria
Ruth Blair Sharp ’83, Aug. 20, 2021, Peoria
Larry W. Epp ’84, August 10, 2021, Pasadena, Calif.
Daniel Evans ’84, Nov. 11, 2021, Metamora, Ill.
Todd Garrison M.A. ’84, Nov. 9, 2021, Joliet, Ill.
Susan A. Leonard ’85, June 4, 2021, Dixon, Ill.
Vickiren Wagner Bilsland ’86 MBA ’92, July 19, 2021, St. Augustine, Fla.
Lois Felthoven Fash M.A.’86, Nov. 3, 2021, Holland, Mich.
Dixie Willoughby Hilst ’86, Oct. 25, 2021, Havana, Ill.
Rebecca Kennel West Oltman M.A. ’87, Sept. 1, 2021, Minonk, Ill.
Ronald S. Reisner ’87, June 29, 2021, Charleston, S.C.
Stanton K. Cook ’88 M.S. ’94, Aug. 5, 2021, Washington, Ill.
Keith M. Skutt ’88, Jan. 11, 2022, Woodridge, Ill.
Louis “Rob” Sukle ’90, Nov. 14, 2021, Kokomo, Ind.
Mary Crabb Kerr M.A. ’91, Sept. 19, 2021, Washington, Ill.
Betty Anne Lee ’91, Dec. 12, 2021 Westcliffe, Colo.
Marvin L. Mayberry ’91, Jan. 22, 2022, East Peoria, Ill.
Lisa R. Kallio Krueger ’92, Oct. 6, 2021, Waukesha, Wis.
Dawn M. Leman ’93, Nov. 26, 2021, Normal, Ill.
Michael G. Gulatto ’96, Nov. 29, 2021, Peoria
Jeremy D. Ruck ’96, Dec. 11, 2021, Canton, Ill.
Hillary Hawker ’97, Sept. 2, 2021, Chicago
Christine M. Johnson ’97, July 4, 2021, Peoria
Kevin M. Graham ’00, July 15, 2021, Pekin, Ill.
Michele A. Teske ’00, July 15, 2021, Peoria
Shawn N. Wilson ’00, Aug. 16, 2021, Holden, Mo.
Lauren M. Ross ’03, July 13, 2021, Evanston, Ill.
Pamela Hesker ’05, Sept. 29, 2021, St. Louis
Jon A. Davis MLS ’06, Nov. 2, 2021, Kickapoo, Ill.
Dawn J. Johnson ’07, Dec. 31, 2021, Junction City, Ore.
Cody Graham ’18, M.S. ’21, Sept. 18, 2021, Streator, Ill.
Current graduate student Michael Bessette, Sept. 27, 2021
