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In Memoriam: November 2024

Richard Allen Deck (IAC/NMC 46-47) of Forest Grove, Oregon, passed away on Aug. 16, 2024.

Joann (Loos) Sewell (IAC/NMC 46, UNIV 47) of Natick, Massachusetts, passed away on Aug. 30, 2024.

Franklin Williams (UNIV 46, 48, IAC St 54-55) of Milton, Florida, passed away on Oct. 10, 2023.

Thomas Olkkonen (IAC/NMC 47-51, 53; IAC St 54-56, 68-70) of Louisville, Colorado, passed away on Sept. 17, 2024.

John Shroyer (IAC/NMC 50-51, IAC St 52) of Naples, Florida, passed away on Sept. 26, 2024.

Sarajane Lecklider (AS 52-56, UNIV 57, 60) of Niles, Michigan, passed away on Oct. 12, 2024.

Linda Mathison Duiven (IAC/NMC 57-58, UNIV 59) of Seattle, Washington, passed away on July 27, 2024.

Carol Wicks (IAC/NMC 58, UNIV 65) of Northfield, Minnesota, passed away on Aug. 19, 2023.

Rita Austrins (AS 60) of Kalamazoo, Michigan, passed away on March 15, 2024.

Wendy White (IAC/NMC 60-63, UNIV 66) of McCormick, South Carolina, passed away on April 20, 2024.

Sue Ann Schiff (IAC/NMC 61-62) of Piedmont, California, passed away on June 22, 2024.

Marvin Preston (IAC St 62-63) of Princeton, New Jersey, passed away on Sept. 30, 2024.

Sharon (Stock) Johnson (IAC/NMC 65, IAA 65-66) of Naples, Florida, passed away on Oct. 6, 2024.

Brian Wolfe (IAA 65-66) of Edina, Minnesota, passed away on Oct. 21, 2024.

John W. Hopkins (IAC St 65-68) of Telluride, Colorado, passed away on Aug. 20, 2024.

Martha “Marty” Hill Baker (IAA 66-68) of Albuquerque, New Mexico, passed away on Feb. 28, 2024.

Larry Boeing (IAC St 66-68) of Oxnard, California, passed away on Jan. 6, 2022.

Jo Anne McManus (IAC/NMC 67) of Waterford, Michigan, passed away on Oct. 24, 2024.

A. James Liska (IAA 67-69) of Livingston, Montana, passed away on Sept. 20, 2024.

Daniel Stenberg (IAA Fac 68-71) of Buchanan, Michigan, passed away on Aug. 30, 2024.

Linda Dodge (IAA 70-71) of Montrose, Colorado, passed away on Aug. 9, 2024.

Kathryn Lambert (IAC/NMC 77-80, IAA 80-84) of Peoria, Illinois, passed away on Sept. 22, 2024.

Nancy Jo Zerban (IAC St 79) of Traverse City, Michigan, passed away on Sept. 30, 2024.

Russell Morgan (IAA 85-86) of Denver, Colorado, passed away on Oct. 11, 2024.

Mary Cooper Nelson (IAC Fac 85-04) of Oberlin, Ohio, passed away on Sept. 27, 2024. A music educator by training, Nelson taught flute at National Music Camp/Interlochen Arts Camp for 20 consecutive summers.

Brandon Hampton (AS 94-95) of Ann Arbor, Michigan, passed away on Nov. 9, 2023.

Jon Gagnon (IAC St 12, ICA St 12-13) of Grawn, Michigan, passed away on Sept. 21, 2024.