Notice of Passing – Fall 2025

1940s

Elois J. Folkes, BSN ’40, May 21, of Dallas.

Martha I. Goodman, BA ’47, Feb. 7, of Beeville, TX.

Patty J. Gage, BA ’48, April 18, of Katy, TX.

Eleanor L. Hoffman, BM ’48, April 4, of China Spring, TX.

D. Smilie Watkins, BBA ’48, JD ’50, May 10, of Dallas.

Jacqueline M. Crawford, BS ’49, Feb. 18, of Waco.

Mary D. Farmer, BA ’49, MSEd ’72, April 15, of Waco.

Gretchen B. London, BSN ’49, June 2, of Thornton, TX.

Jimmie L. Nelson, BA ’49, May 14, of Lubbock, TX.

Lawrence T. Smith, BBA ’49, Feb. 12, of Houston.

E. E. (Duke) Wheeless, BA ’49, March 29, in Ashburn, VA.

1950s

Laura C. Dykeman, BA ’50, May 23, of Beaumont, TX.

Uriel E. Dutton, JD ’51, June 10, of Tomball, TX.

Anne A. Johnson, BA ’51, Feb. 17, of Dallas.

Mary L. Murrell, BA ’51, March 24, of Georgetown, TX.

James S. Sledge, BS ’51, DD ’51, April 27, of Monticello, FL.

Betty J. Wegenhoft, BA ’51, April 5, of Garwood, TX.

Marjorie D. Allen, BA ’52, Feb. 25, of Georgetown, TX.

Donald G. Barker, BA ’52, MA ’54, March 23, of College Station, TX.

V. Charlene Christian, BA ’52, Feb. 21, of Vicksburg, MS.

Sarilee M. Ferguson, BA ’52, Feb. 25, of Waco.

Edward C. Goodwin, BA ’52, Feb. 13, of Ironton, MO.

Carroll R. Simcik, BBA ’52, May 6, of Lorena, TX.

Ronald E. Utecht, BBA ’52, April 17, of Universal City, TX.

Virginia E. Walz, BA ’52, April 6, of Iowa City, IA.

Jack R. Weir, BBA ’52, Feb. 23, of Denton, TX.

Billy J. Dickerson, BA ’53, May 7, of Champions Gate, FL.

John R. Killinger, BA ’53, June 5, of Warrenton, VA.

Louis S. Muldrow, BA ’53, JD ’58, Feb. 17, of Waco.

Carole J. Patton, BBA ’53, April 20, of San Marcos, TX.

Jesse G. Smith, BA ’53, Feb. 5, of Austin.

Elizabeth D. Worthington, BA ’53, April 12, of Austin.

William S. Barnard, BBA ’54, June 15, of Peachtree Corners, GA.

Barbara W. Bell, BA ’54, June 20, of Longview, TX.

David F. Davidson, BBA ’54, May 30, of Addison, TX.

John Morris Hawes, Jr, BA ’54, Jan. 31, in Waco.

Sherman A. Hope, BS ’54, May 12, of Lubbock, TX.

Marilyn A. Parker, BS ’54, April 24, of Austin.

Dorothy A. Phillips, BM ’54, May 20, of Westminster, CO.

Mary Ann D. Rauch, BM ’54, Feb. 5, of Lubbock, TX.

Joe C. Tillman, BBA ’54, May 24, of Corpus Christi, TX.

Virginia Rae Truesdale Baker, BS ’55, March 22, 2024, in Fort Collins, CO.

Joyce D. Burlison, BS ’55, Feb. 22, of Allen, TX.

Vivian R. Cochran, BBA ’55, March 5, of San Antonio,.

Forrest Edwin Coleman, BBA ’56, March 4, in Kerrville, TX.

Dan C. English, MD ’55, Feb. 6, of Orleans, MA.

Emily Fox, BA ’57, Feb. 2, in San Antonio.

E. Letitia George, BS ’55, MSEd ’59, March 6, of Bradenton, FL.

Wayne C. King, BA ’55, Feb. 6, of Fayetteville, GA.

Luanne E. Klaras, BA ’55, Feb. 14, of Waco.

Harvey T. Strasburger, BBA ’55, April 25, of Temple, TX.

Benjamin R. Strickland, BA ’55, April 18, of Hattiesburg, MS.

James R. Wieland, BS ’55, Feb. 28, of Lexington, KY.

Joe C. Bean, BA ’56, March 10, of Alvarado, TX.

Forrest E. Coleman, BBA ’56, March 4, of Kerrville, TX.

Louis M. Estes, BBA ’56, Feb. 21, of Lake Charles, LA.

David Nash W. Love, BA ’56, MA ’57, March 20, of Greenville, NC.

Neil R. Morrow, BA ’56, Feb. 2, in Dallas.

Bobby G. Roberts, BA ’56, June 13, in Tyler, TX.

Ted L. Edwards, BS ’57, April 11, of Austin.

James M. Hansen, BA ’57, April 28, of Watkinsville, GA.

Martha B. Lanham, BA ’57, April 11, of Salado, TX.

Skippy C. Malone, BA ’57, April 5, of Midland, TX.

Suzanne J. Parker, BSN ’57, March 5, of Austin.

Elsa C. Sanders, BBA ’57, May 7, of Waco.

O. C. Sharman, BBA ’57, April 20, of Amherst, VA.

Donald R. White, BBA ’57, March 29, of Sparkman, AR.

Diane C. Williams, BA ’57, Feb. 23, of Houston.

Eugene A. Williams, BBA ’57, May 10, in Fort Worth,.

Cynthia A. Baine-De Maagd, BA ’58, Feb. 8, of Holland, MI.

C. W. Beard, BBA ’58, Feb. 7, of Dallas.

Helen Z. Cain, MMEd ’58, March 9, of Alba, TX.

Emery W. Ingalls, BA ’58, Feb. 6, of Portland, ME.

Sid R. Morris, BA ’58, April 12, of Garland, TX.

Jerry L. Nickens, BBA ’58, April 3, of Austin.

Cassandra C. Northcutt, BA ’58, April 7, of Longview, TX.

Carolyn S. Pinckard, BA ’58, MS ’61, April 9, of Fort Worth.

Ronnie C. Simpson, BA ’58, March 16, of Carl Junction, MO.

Michael C. Thomas, BA ’58, April 10, of Raleigh, NC.

Norman E. Ward, BM ’58, MMed ’58, April 18, of Huntsville, TX.

Bob C. Bustin, BS ’59, May 24, of Kilgore, TX.

Tommie G. Davis, JD ’59, May 15, of Carthage, TX.

Sally A. Griffith, BA ’59, March 4, in Flower Mound, TX.

Sadako M. Orraca, MA ’59, Feb. 25, of Belmont, NC.

Robert L. Shirley, BS ’59, DD ’62, March 3, of Oklahoma City.

Marilyn J. Simpson, BBA ’59, April 12, of Carl Junction, MO.

Wesley H. Whitman, BS ’59, MS ’61, March 15, of College Station, TX.

Ronald L. Willis, BBA ’59, June 21, of Garland, TX.

1960s

Gary B. Colburn, BA ’60, June 20, of Corsicana, TX.

Joyce D. Ellis, BA ’60, March 23, of Frisco, TX.

Douglas W. Hatfield, BA ’60, Feb. 21, of Memphis, TN.

Rodney D. Johnston, BA ’60, April 6, of Fort Worth.

Travis F. Patterson, BA ’60, Feb. 16, of Aledo, TX.

Donald G. Stephens, BA ’60, Feb. 9, of Jacksonville, FL.

James A. Williams, BA ’60, April 30, of Houston.

Sarah L. Williamson, BBA ’60, June 10, of Texarkana, TX.

James S. Wong, BS ’60, Feb. 16, of Hong Kong, China

Bill T. Adams, BS ’61, MS ’62, May 6, of Waco.

N. Carlton Baker, BBA ’61, April 26, of Vestavia, AL.

Richard H. Elwood, BA ’61, March 2, of Houston.

Carolyn A. Kelly, BA ’61, June 9, of Tyler, TX.

Shaaron A. Rowland, BA ’61, May 10, of Vidor, TX.

Larry L. Stanley, BM ’61, April 27, of Galveston, TX.

Jerry D. Brentham, BS ’62, MS ’63, May 22, of Belton, TX.

S. Cary Heard, BA ’62, Feb. 26, of North Little Rock, AR.

Robert J. Pettigrew, BBA ’62, June 8, of McGregor, TX.

Judith Reagan, BA ’62, Feb. 27, of Richardson, TX.

Joan L. Rectenwald, BS ’62, March 5, of Waco.

John C. Trafton, BA ’62, May 14.

Warren C. Fields, MM ’63, Feb. 8, of Watkinsville, GA.

Maxwell M. Hart, BA ’63, MA ’66, April 5, of Temple, TX.

Kenneth M. Howle, BA ’63, Feb. 16, of San Diego.

Willa Dale H. Johnson, BMEd ’63, April 29, of Levelland, TX.

Mary Nell M. Brown, BA ’64, Feb. 10, of Dallas.

Robert M. Campbell, JD ’64, Feb. 2, of Moody, TX.

Teddy Louis Coe, BBA ’64, MS ’66, Oct. 5, 2024, of Denton, TX.

Jerry L. Goodson, BS ’64, March 3, of Winston Salem, NC.

Betsy S. Rogers, BA ’64, March 28, of Dallas.

Wm. David Solomon, BA ’64, Feb. 26, of Granger, IN.

Robert E. Wolf, BA ’64, April 14, of Shreveport, LA.

Richard V. Goelzer, BBA ’65, June 20, of Amarillo, TX.

Jon S. Johnson, BM ’65, MM ’71, Feb. 23, of Levelland, TX.

Ruthanne J. Kerr, BSPhyEd ’65, April 7, of Lansing, KS.

Ronald C. Leslie, BA ’65, Jan. 18, 2024, of Shoreline, WA.

Leslie H. Lewis, BBA ’65, Feb. 11, of Pflugerville, TX.

Sara S. Sims, BA ’65, April 2, of Hubbard, TX.

LuAnna M. Stephens, BA ’65, May 18, of Midland, TX.

Merrilyn A. Barton, BBA ’66, April 11, of Thrall, TX.

James C. Bennett, MBA ’66, April 5, of Grapevine, TX.

John S. Brown, BBA ’66, May 6, of Orinda, CA.

Tony M. Cleaver, BA ’66, MSEd ’88, Feb. 25, of Killeen, TX.

Kathryn E. Dubicki, BA ’66, Feb. 13, of Vanderbilt, TX.

Ronnie M. Fenton, BA ’66, April 22, of San Angelo, TX.

Jeannie C. Huie, BA ’66, March 5, of Tyler, TX.

Lanell H. Schilling, BS ’66, Feb. 21, of Anchorage, AK.

S. Carla Crutsinger, MSEd ’67, May 15, of Carrollton, TX.

Gary C. Dobbs, JD ’67, April 1, of Nocona, TX.

Bill K. Ford, EdD ’67, April 20, of Woodway, TX.

Bruce L. Kimmel, BS ’67, MS ’69, May 5, of Kingston, TN.

Kin K. Lum, PhD ’67, May 13, of Webster, NY.

F. Edward Patrick, BA ’67, March 29, of Topeka, KS.

Barbara F. Rountree, BS ’67, Feb. 19, of Waco.

Monte L. Sherrod, JD ’67, March 1, of Abilene, TX.

Darrell L. Barger, BA ’68, April 2, of Houston.

Richard P. Griffin, BS ’68, May 20, of Lumberton, TX.

Alan L. Huddleston, BS ’68, May 21, of Addison, TX.

Travis W. Lawson, BBA ’68, Feb. 20, of Burnet, TX.

C. Andrew Riess, BA ’68, April 20, of Falls Church, VA.

Wayne L. Smith, BBA ’68, March 27, of Hewitt, TX.

Allen T. Snyder, BS ’68, March 18, of San Antonio.

Rollin A. Van Broekhoven, JD ’68, May 18, of Manassas, VA.

Jack L. Whitis, BA ’68, May 26, of Salado, TX.

Ann P. Batchelor, BA ’69, Feb. 16, of Paris, TX.

Ryntha A. Dorough, BS ’69, May 30, of Waco.

Tommy W. Gage, PhD ’69, May 23, of Rockwall, TX.

Irma E. Herrera, BA ’69, March 3, of Dallas.

Charles W. Masters, BBA ’69, May 8, of Webb City, MO.

Tommie L. McCollum, BA ’69, April 1, of Longview, TX.

Sandra K. Snowden, BA ’69, April 23, of Waco.

Donna J. Whitworth, BSN ’69, May 25, of Austin.

1970s

Martha Jean (Melton) Bradshaw, BSN ’70, April 30, in Dallas.

Randolph T. Borden, BA ’70, March 15, of Hawley, PA.

Sandy Garrett-Wagner, MSEd ’70, April 24, of East Dubuque, IL.

Mary E. Johnson, BA ’70, March 24, of Wellington, TX.

Marilyn L. Kochel, BA ’70, May 18, of Katy, TX.

Stacy R. Lester, BA ’70, April 16, of Springfield, MO.

Larry D. Pursche, BBA ’70, March 28, of Waco.

W. Michael Smith, BS ’70, April 11, of Livingston, TX.

Henry T. Stovall, BA ’70, June 11, of Bryan, TX.

Timothy L. Wright, JD ’70, May 18, of Georgetown, TX.

John F. Anderson, BS ’71, MD ’73, March 8, of Woodway, TX.

Betty A. Brink, BA ’71, March 9, of The Woodlands, TX.

Don G. Hancock, BA ’71, MSEd ’74, Feb. 4, of Waco.

Estelle V. Shelton, BA ’71, May 27, of Waco.

Donald C. Spitzer, BBA ’71, March 9, of Fort Worth.

David R. Trussell, BA ’71, April 15, of Fort Worth.

Phillip Carl Breunle, MHA ’72, Jan. 14, of Aurora, CO.

William S. Martin, BBA ’72, June 9, of Waco.

James H. Parker, MM ’72, March 2, of Thomasville, GA.

Blake H. Bailey, JD ’73, Feb. 24, of Tyler, TX.

David L. Hodges, BBA ’73, JD ’73, Feb. 21, of Crawford, TX.

Ana Yolanda Perez, BS ’73, Feb. 2, of San Antonio.

Jackie D. Williams, BBA ’73, April 28, of Yantis, TX.

Wayne Brewer, BBA ’74, March 24, of Longview, TX.

Terri L. Carnes, BA ’74, April 8, of Salisbury, NC.

Jo E. Fulbright, BSEd ’74, Feb. 27, of Long Beach, MS.

Billy N. Goss, BBA ’74, Feb. 12, of Waco.

Roland E. Ross, BA ’74, Feb. 26, of Glenwood Springs, CO.

Jack L. Selby, MHA ’74, April 19, of Fishers, IN.

Steven S. Swinney, BA ’74, March 24, of Carrollton, TX.

Constance G. Davis, BA ’75, May 8, of Abilene, TX.

Sandra L. Taylor, BMEd ’75, Feb. 10, of Topeka, KS.

Timothy B. Brown, BA ’76, May 6, of Crawford, TX.

Suzan K. Cardwell, JD ’76, March 28, of Hempstead, TX.

Harry L. Dulick, JD ’76, May 21, of Cleburne, TX.

Timothy Jackman, MHA ’76, March 30, of Madison, WI.

Debra G. Johnson, BSEd ’76, Feb. 27, of Waco.

Gary M. Morrison, MA ’76, March 17, of Hallsville, TX.

Janet M. Powell, BS ’76, May 31, of Lorena, TX.

Lore C. Ramsey, BS ’76, May 24, of Glen Rose, TX.

Kim F. Richardson, BA ’76, JD ’77, Feb. 2, of Lake Jackson, TX.

Sally E. Smoot, BSEd ’76, March 3, of Dallas.

James W. Cosper, BBA ’77, Feb. 8, of Canyon, TX.

Melba J. Gores, BBA ’78, June 19, of Diboll, TX.

Paula K. Wade, BSEd ’78, March 9, of Fairfield, TX.

A. Steve Baker, BS ’79, May 31, of Longview, TX.

Catherine M. Dolen, BA ’79, BSFCS ’96, March 15, of Richardson, TX.

Jack E. Eaker, BA ’79, April 13, of Erie, PA.

K. Lynn Reiman, BSEd ’79, March 4, of Lorena, TX.

Jennifer Mann Stover, BBA ’79, March 4, of Plano, TX.

1980s

Christi D. Tekell, BS ’80, Feb. 9, of Corsicana, TX.

T. Craig Sangster, BS ’81, April 12, of Ocala, FL.

David G. Sherwood, BA ’81, Feb. 16, of Delafield, WI.

Patrick J. Keane, BS ’82, May 21, of Wylie, TX.

Douglas P. Hobson, MA ’83, May 24, of Louisville, KY.

Patricia L. Smith, BSEd ’83, Feb. 16, of Georgetown, TX.

J. Jeffrey Springer, BA ’83, JD ’85, June 11, of Sanger, TX.

Robert F. Erwin, BBA ’85, Feb. 7, of Flower Mound, TX.

Anne M. Neyland, BA ’85, May 19, of Spring, TX.

Laurie L. Guest, BSEd ’86, March 25, of Waco.

Odis W. Nichols, MBA ’86, April 29, of Boerne, TX.

William D. Raymond, BBA ’86, April 22, of Plano, TX.

David G. Sherwood, MA ’86, Feb. 16, of Delafield, WI.

Lee Anne D. Barnes, MM ’88, June 15, of Tupelo, MS.

Sheryl A. Bragg, BSEd ’88, Feb. 6, of Dawson, TX.

Verona G. Parker, BS ’88, April 5, of Waco.

Michael W. Shryock, BBA ’89, MBA ’91, May 13, of Houston.

1990s

Lu Ann Campbell, BA ’90, June 11, of Waco.

Kamile S. Geist, BMEd ’90, Feb. 12, of Baton Rouge, LA.

Dennis J. Kowalik, JD ’90, April 14, of Victoria, TX.

Julie J. Passman, BBA ’90, Feb. 6, of New Braunfels, TX.

Carl L. Boren, MA ’91, June 18, of Holly Lake Ranch, TX.

W. Lance Blackburn, BBA ’92, June 12, of Seguin, TX.

Byron H. Lipper, BA ’94, Feb. 16, of Dallas.

Ben B. Boothe, JD ’96, May 30, of Fort Worth.

Mandi J. Smith, BSN ’96, May 30, of Tulsa, OK.

Bobby J. Gideon, BSEd ’97, March 29, of Robinson, TX.

Dina G. Hoffman, MSEd ’98, March 29, of China Spring, TX.

Linda F. Scarpa, EdD ’98, March 12, of Humble, TX.

Andre W. Zalud, BS ’99, MS ’02, PhD ’09, March 15, in Charlottesville, VA.

2000s

Jer-Ren Yang, BSFCS ’00, April 11, of Aliso Viejo, CA.

C. Cole Barnett, BA ’02, May 3, of Houston.

B. Chase Griffith, JD ’03, Feb. 27, of Dallas.

Lydia M. Koceja, BA ’07, June 18, of Southlake, TX.

John Christopher (Chris) Mitchell, BBA ’08, Feb. 18, of Houston.

2010s

Adina T. Kelley, MA ’13, PhD ’19, Feb. 7, of Minneapolis.

Dwight A. Krzywonski, BS ’13, May 16, of Waco.

Arianna B. Miller, BBA ’14, MPH ’17, May 29, of Houston.

Emily G. Meyer, BA ’15, April 24, of Temple, TX.

2020s

Derrick T. Jones, MA ’21, April 1, of Humble, TX.

Paul E. Yannarelli, BS ’25, April 22, of Totowa, NJ.

Friends and Family

Carolyn M. Anderson, March 3, of Waco.

Martha A. Baker, April 20, of Richardson, TX.

Julie G. Blanton, April 12, of Troy, TX.

Ruben H. Bravo, June 4, of Waco.

Alfred A. Byrnes, ABC ’12, March 4, of Kingwood, TX.

Tommy C. Derrick, June 4, of Waco.

R. Elizabeth Dutschmann, ABC ’23, March 14, of McGregor, TX.

Curtis N. Floyd, ABC ’53, Feb. 3, of Dallas.

Robert A. Hand, May 19, of Tyler, TX.

Grant R. Herridge, June 10, of Waco.

Bernice C. Lay, ABC ’98, June 9, of Little Rock, AR.

David K. Nichols, March 17, of Waco.

Marvin W. Paar, May 23, of Waco.

Robert Piziak, ABC ’95, April 23, of Troy, TX.

George J. Reul, March 27, of Houston.

Earl D. Riley, ABC ’97, April 23, of Waco.

Janis N. Roberson, April 2, of Waco.

Mary-Margaret Shoaf, April 5, of Mountainside, NJ.

Calvin E. Slonaker, June 4, of Waco.

Jon W. Spelman, ABC ’98, May 13, of Waco.

George K. Wang, ABC ’97, May 9, of Waco.

Barbara J. Willard, May 24, of Tomball, TX.

Bertie B. Williford, ABC ’24, April 27, of Lufkin, TX.

Robert W. Vargas, May 16, of Norman, OK.