In Memoriam

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Remembering our beloved Poets and friends who have left us.

Names of Poet alumni, donors, faculty, and staff who passed before June 2022 were previously listed in the Whittier College alumni magazine, The Rock.

To notify the College of a death, please submit this form.

Alumni

Margaret E. Fischer '40
Anita J. Graves '40
Alfred G. Shaheen '43
Jere M. Craggs '44
Esther E. Dye '44
Lola L. Padan '44
John R. Cauffman '45
Leula J. Simpson '45
Martha E. Weaver '45
Rena M. Brownell '46
Frances A. Eggen '46
Barbara J. Neighbours '46
Patricia A. Pascal '46
Kathryn D. Tholl '46
Audrey J. Cartwright '47
Anna G. Hunt '47
William E. Mitchell '47
Marie F. Pike '48
Joyanne Elkinton-Walker '48
Ralph C. Nichols '48
Charles Y. Rhodes '48
Richard H. Deihl '49
Jacqueline A. Gordon '49
Barbara F. Hagler '49
Watt G. Hill, Jr. USAF '49
Richard K. Mastain '49
Jeanne A. Morris '49
Edward F. Simonin '49
Alfred W. Stoll '49
Marygene Marshburn Wright '49

Esther Brady '50
Jack E. Carlisle '50
Marjorie E. Carroll  '50
Kenton L. Chambers '50
Bille Deihl '50
Marilyn A. Eldridge '50
Robert B. Elliott '50
Marilyn J. Gardner '50
Hugh F. Hodgens '50
Jack L. Krause '50
Ted Mooschekian '50
Gordon K Pederson '50
Betty A. Rauth '50
Gwenn E. Truax '50
Jay H. Williams '50
Vina M. Woodland '50
Dorothy A. Yates '50
Peggy J. Bishop '51
Robert H Causey, Jr. '51
Raymond S. Cole '51
John F. Crippen '51
Cleo M. Davidson '51
John M. Fugitt '51
Jean E. Griffin '51
Lois A. Gordon '51
Joan A. Hillyard '51
Barbara J. Hiltscher '51
Jeannette M. Hughes '51
Jean C. Nelson '51
Jack J. Jones '51
John E. Kelly '51
Luella C. Kemp '51
Doris R. McNeil '51
William W. Mountcastle, Jr. '51
Helen M. Payne '51
Marilyn L. Princic '51
L. C. Loring '51
Frances C. Whitmore '51
Josh L. Wilson '51
Lois M. Brock '52
Theodora L. Calaway '52
Carol J. Cruzen '52
Virginia A. Grande '52
Gordon R. Guillaume '52
Robert G. Hambelton '52
Gordon C. Jones '52
Kenneth C. Kim '52
Robert G. O'Connor '52
Patricia L. Rains '52
John R. Rollofson '52
Gladys E. Satterfield '52
Robert Signer '52
Mario S. Weide '52
Marcella J. Woehrmann '52
William W. Bonney, Sr. '53
Leone K. Brockman '53
Frank L. Chiros '53
Al Gobar  '53, M.A. '55, L.H.D '05
Marjorie A. Gray '53
Martha C. Meacham '53
Mary J. Norman '53
Darlene W. Patrick '53
Ralph and Mabel Pray '53
Shirley M. Stayton, GRI '53
Helen Swindt '53
Arthur D. Turman '53
Rosalie C. Abacherli '54
Phyllis D. Evans '54
Phyllis M. Hutchinson '54
William F. Kleese '54
Warren W. Kalk '54
Boone B. Owens, Ph.D. '54
J. Joseph Pia '54
Laurie M. Primeau '54
Mildred P. Scharpenberg '54
Shirley A. Shuff '54
Cecile Weed '54
Carole L. Buckles '55
Thomas M. Chester '55
Ben B. Hartunian '55
Sarah E. King '55
Takeji Kobayashi '55
Marjory J. Hopper '55
John Leslie '55
Donna J. Longman '55
Richard H. Pickup '55
Velna L. Reinwald '55
Karin R. Stanton '55
Bruce K. Weed '55
Robert N. Broyles '56
Marcia A. Brubaker '56
James Carlisle '56
Allene J. Circle-Rader '56
Joan L Dezember '56
Renee C. Evans '56
Prof. Ann D. Farmer '56
Joyce C. Harris '56
William B. Kountz, Jr. '56
James P. Michaelson '56
Kathleen M. Miller '56
Robert L. Muller '56
Robert W. Peters '56
F. Lynn Blystone '57
Julianne T. Causey '57
James A. Chappelle '57
John R. Cole '57
Joan B. Lambie '57
Robert A. Lawe '57
Nancy L. Lurvey '57
Bruce G. Martin '57
Joyce T. Nishimura '57
Barbara S. Peck '57
Mary M. Shackford '57
Jon W. Scharer '57
Marjorie R. Swanson '57
Ronald L. Thom '57
Neal A. Woolston '57
Bernard W. Berger '58
Harvey Charnofsky '58
William A. Dark, Jr. '58
Lawrence E. Jenkins '58
Louise R. Kempf '58
William W. Lescher '58
Bob C. Lies '58
Carleen J. Lindberg, BA, MA '58
Robert C. Osborn '58
Mary A. Samarin '58
Joseph H. Sarthou '58
Gerald M. Stanfield '58
Clark H. Staples '58
Robert A. Van Oosting '58
Benjamin K. Bryant '59
Robert C. Burns '59
Natalie J. Farrell '59
Lois M. Fopiano '59
J. Marilyn Herr '59
Jean Kachaturian '59
Wade E. Lamming '59
Daniel M. Marble '59
Jane L. Steward '59

Loretta J. Armer '60
Edward H. Bloomfield '60
Marilyn E. Campbell '60
Corinne K. Chapman '60
Deion M. Chetkovich '60
Jerry A. Corbett '60
J. Randall Cultra '60
William T. Dickson '60
William R. Donner '60
Donna M. Ferguson '60
Lyle C. Jamison '60
D. Martin Klure '60
Jean A. Morgan '60
William C. Notthoff '60
Pat A. Terlip-Martinez '60
Lloyd A. Schneider, Jr. '60
Theodore R. Thatcher '60
Gwen J. Woirhaye '60
Kenneth A. Baker '61
Judy S. Cooper '61
Janice M. Crevola '61
Cathy E. Deets '61
George H. Ennis '61
Donald A. Ferguson, Jr. '61
Stan D. Huddleston '61
Marilyn A. Kendricks '61
Joyce M. Kracker '61
Virgil W. McDonald '61
Judy E. McIntosh '61
Elaine C. Paulus '61
Robert L. Rice '61
David L. Rhone '61
G. Thomas Triggs '61
Dale B. Trowbridge '61
John W. Chisler '62
Marialice Hayes '62
Margaret Hennigar '62
Gretjen E. Fenwick '62
Nancy Jenkins '62
Terry M. McCarty ’62
Seitaro Miyano '62
Victor B. Moon '62
Elden L. Smith '62
George F. Terlip '62
Alice J. Triggs '62
Sally L. Yeager '62
Alice E. Ausman '63
J. David Bigelow '63
Ian W. Desborough '63
Donna L. Goff '63
Robert A. Haines '63
Sheila F. Hartfield '63
Sandy C. Krogh '63
George W. Marich '63
Kenneth W. Carpenter '64
Kathleen J. Duncan '64
Susan P. Elliott '64
Henry F. Hills '64
Lela R. Jeffrey '64
Walter J. Laskey '64
Lee K Phillips '64
William W. Workman '64
Thomas H. Bateman '65
Robert P Brainerd, Jr. '65
Martin C. Coren '65
Lee M. Doran '65
Carol A. Grimes '65
Joseph M. Hafey '65
Mary E. Hjalmarson '65
Gloria C. Jackson '65
Melody J. Schubert '65
Christopher J. Simons '65
Glenn T. Sneddon '65
Charles W. Starbuck '65
Gordon M. Wilkins, Jr. '65
Thomas G. Wilson '65
Sandra A. Bruesch '66
Vonda L. Cheverton '66
Bonnie J. Grace '66
Sherrill A. Dillingham '66
Jeffrey L. Greenacre '66
Joseph E. Jennum, Jr. '66
Carol E. Lieberman '66
James K. Looney '66
E. V. Marshall '66
Arthur E. McLean, Jr. '66
Patricia Harvey '66
Mrs. Vicky Pion '66
Jon F. Straatemeier '66
Heather A. Zartl '66
Thyra L. Gibson '67
Richard H. Hodson '67
L. Roger Ipswitch '67
Delbert McGue, III '67
Betty L. Rudstrom '67
Janet E. Yocam '67
Paul E. Deats '68
Terry L. Hensley '68
Alan S. Howard '68
Ronald M. Lindblom '68
Vaunceil A. Matson '68
Roy T. Scaffidi '68
Michael S. Strawn '68
Judith A. Dane '69
Diane H. Harper '69
Kenneth A. Jones '69
Gary G. Jorgenson '69
Linda K. Mitrovich '69
S. Michael Majowicz '69
Thomas W. Miesse '69
James M. Mistysyn '69
Catherine B. Partridge '69
Phillip L. Robinson '69
Ann K. Vanosdol '69

Suzanne F. Emrey '70
Dennis L. Coville '70
Keith A. Hunter '70
William H. Jones '70
Raymond Mellado '70
Michael D. Moorhead '70
Thomas W. Paegel '70
Penelope L. Stirling '70
Kathleen J. Sternshein '70
Suzanne L. Dedrick '71
Carol Ann Glassco '71
Robert A. Moody '71
Christopher D. Wall '71
Karin L. Young '71
Stephen W. Bosetti '72
Dorothy B. Carrass '72
Kathryn D. Ekberg '72
Thomas G. Hoffmann '72
John E. Min '72
Meredith A. Oppenlander '72
Kenneth W. Phillipson '72
Scott B. Springer '72
Dennis Trzeciak '72
Sylvia M. Tsui, Pharm.D. '73
James K. Walton '73
Richard T. Deihl '74
Carol L. Stanley '74
Ronald A. Van Vliet '74
Steven E. Chang '75
Anthony P. Criscione '75
Cheryl M. Frazier '75
Michael T. Preston '75
John L. Mellotti '76
Barbara M. Reeves '76
Priscilla C. Azcueta '77
Robert J. Kazragis, Jr. '77
Bonnie Rae Long Hicky '77
Bonnie R. Hicky '77
Jeffrey C. Lynn '77
Brian I. Muraoka '77
Virginia L. Peelle '77
Mark Y. Cho '78
Sharon Lott-Person '78
David W. Newsom '78
John M. Pilkington '78
Karen D. Butterton '79
David C. Dantes '79
B. Kirk Raymond '79
Timothy T. Sato '79
Theresa A. Shimer '79
Gary M. Thompson '79

Susan M. Perez-May '80
Elizabeth N. Fortini '81
Lisa M. Keller '81
Sally A. Schacht '81
John B. Flaherty '82
Carla F. Grabert-Lowenstein, Esq. '84
Rita M. Hollingsworth '84
Ila M. Mahan '84
David C. Slama '84
Ryan E. Greenup '85
Nina R. Santo '88
Samanda K. Guyan '89
Elizabeth Y. Kay-Im '89
Janet L Wheeler '89

Hans C. Gustafsson, '93
Jennifer Dorrance-Brown '94
Lisa J. Hoggan '94
Elizabeth S. Presogna ’95
Deborah A. Magdosku '96
Edward C. Copenhaver-Reidhead '99
Sora A. Farfan '99
Scott E. Sauter '99
Brandon G. Valeriano '99

Shawn N. Guy '01
Rodrick T. Buckner '07
Raphael D. Farlough '08
Kelli R. Mastin '09
Ava C. Vigliotti-Dewitt '24

Jonathan W. Bluett '12
Christopher E. Montelli '18

Poet Friends

Gilbert Amestoy
Arnold W. Bramlett
Gerald F. Brock
Glenda T. Carroll
James Carroll
Daniel Casanova
Donald B. Carty
Janet Charnofsky
Manuel Chavez
Eliza Ching
Hung Wo Ching
Dorothy L. Chiros
Norma R. Cole
Irene Cornman
William J. Crevola
Claudia L. Day
James R. Day
Stephen Deck
Mariam Diyab
Jennifer Dorrance
Gordon Elliott
Martin Evans
Prof. Joseph H. Fairbanks, Jr.
Joan C. Farber
Ellen Ferguson
James J. Forster
Sandy Fox
Anthony E. Galvin
Carlos Gomez
Roger J Grace
Betsy E. Greenbaum
Dorothy R. Gregory
Gary D. Grimes
Verner D. Hawk
Gregorio M. Hernandez
Louise B. Holden
John W. Hole, Jr
Jeffery Ianiri
Edward D. Jervey
Ronald B. Kendricks
Sharon M. Kilrain
Mabel Kim
Richard Lee
Walter Maholick
Julie S. McCloskey
Darline McCracken
Thomas N. Meacham
Brad Miller
M. Yvonne Mitchell
Dennis Moberg
Prof. John H. Neu
William O. Nighswonger
Anne Nowicki
Mary L. Nunez
Umberto Nunez
Lois T. O'Connor
Bill Oppenlander
Janet Osborn
Eunice Peterson
Raymond H. Patrick
Frank Paulsen
Arthur E. Pigott, Sr.
Nevin Ponce-Edgington, III
Karl E. Princic
Clifford A. Ranney
John S. Reedy
Nancy Reeve
John L. Richardson
Klane E. Robison
Howard Samarin
Gene Satterfield
Edward C. Saunders
Susan F. Settlage
Merilyn Simonin
Birdean B. Smith
Ellson F. Smith
Ivannia Soto-Hinman
Joseph Swindt
John Tholl
Phillips O. Thomas, Sr.
Gerald Timbol
Linda M. Uhler
Jeff Wheeler
Bonnie J. Wilson
Donald E. Wood, L.H.D. ’98
Professor Natale Zappia