Notice of Passing – Summer 2025

June 10, 2025

1940s

Catherine C. Russell, BA ’40, Jan. 10, of San Antonio.

Alzie C. Dunlap, BA ’41, Jan. 10, of Austin.

Morris A. Porter, BBA ’41, Oct. 23, 2024, of Alto, NM.

Anne J. Basile, BA ’44, Nov. 24, 2024, of Sylvania, OH.

Mary L. Pond, BA ’44, Dec. 17, 2024, of Grapevine, TX.

Samuel H. Kreitzer, BBA ’45, Jan. 10, of Carrollton, TX.

Marietta M. Heard, BA ’47, Oct. 11, 2024, of Fulshear, TX.

Bobbie L. Williams, BS ’47, Dec. 16, 2024, of Greenville, NC.

M. F. Fowler, BA ’48, Dec. 31, 2024, of Pearland, TX.                 

L. J. Wornat, BA ’48, Nov. 24, 2024, of Huntsville, AL.

Laura B. Beers, BA ’49, Oct. 13, 2024, of Littleton, CO.

Grace M. Smyth, BA ’49, Sept. 28, 2024, of Battle Creek, MI.

1950s

Todd Condell Hamilton Sr., BA ’50, Dec. 17, 2024, in Houston.

Billy G. Loggins, BS ’50, MEd ’52, Dec. 28, 2024, of Gatesville, TX.

George J. Jennings, JD ’51, Oct. 14, 2024, of Richardson, TX.

William R. Malone, BA ’51, JD ’64, Jan. 8, of Madisonville, TX.

Marjorie L. Tallant, BA ’51, Oct. 3, 2024, of Atlanta.

E. B. Self, BA ’51, MA ’52, Oct. 18, 2024, of Hopkinsville, KY.

Bobbie Jo Alexander, BA ’52, Nov. 8, 2024, of Brenham, TX.

Tillman M. Daniel, BS ’52, MD ’55, Dec. 8, 2024, of Bay City, TX.

James W. Hendrix, BBA ’52, Dec. 4, 2024, of Dallas.

Frances S. Saxe, BSN ’52, Oct. 19, 2024, of Cedar Park, TX.

Newton A. Graves, BA ’53, Nov. 22, 2024, of Lenexa, KS.

George B. Wall, BBA ’53, Dec. 23, 2024, of Devine, TX.

Ann Pearl Richards Oliver, BA ’53, Sept. 26, 2024, in Waco.

Yreva S. Allen, BA ’54, Nov. 28, 2024, of Clute, TX.

Darrell S. Buchanan, BS ’54, Nov. 26, 2024, of Sanford, FL.

Mary A. Eastland, BA ’54, MEd ’63, Jan. 4, of Waco.

Beryl G. Henry, BM ’54, Dec. 28, 2024, of Woodway, TX.

Nancy L. Hercher, BM ’54, Oct. 19, 2024, of Wichita, Kansas.

Hazel Joann Laney, BA ’54, Oct. 4, 2024, in Flower Mound, TX.

Josephine B. Diclemente, BSN ’55, Dec. 27, 2024, of Bangor, ME.

Edward B. Homsey, BA ’55, Dec. 6, 2024, of Rochester, NY.

Maurine M. Jones, BSPhyEd ’55, Dec. 19, 2024, of Union Grove, AL.

Bobbie J. Oldham, BA ’55, Jan. 5, of Tomball, TX.

Marilyn E. Taylor, BA ’55, Jan. 21, of Plano, TX.

Raymond D. Cantwell, BBA ’56, Nov. 11, 2024, of Graham, TX.

James C. Coffey Sr., BA ’56, Oct. 5, 2024, of Baytown, TX.

Elizabeth A. Hebert, BA ’56, Jan. 5, of Georgetown, TX.

Kenneth L. Howe, BA ’56, Nov. 27, 2024, of Newberg, OR.

James E. Huddleston, BM ’56, Jan. 26, of Midland, TX.

Paul B. Hudman, BA ’56, Sept. 29, 2024, of San Angelo, TX.

E. J. Lindsey, BA ’56, Dec. 19, 2024, of Shreveport, LA

M. E. Murray, BA ’56, Jan. 23, of Midland, TX.

Royce V. Pennington, BA ’56, Oct. 28, 2024, of Katy, TX.

Marilyn Smith Taylor, BA ’56, Oct. 24, 2024, of San Angelo, TX.

Betty B. Clark, BA ’57, Oct. 12, 2024, of Richmond, TX.

Carroll D. Daily, BSPhyEd ’57, Dec. 22, 2024, of Center Point, TX.

Dewitt W. Honeycutt, BA ’57, Jan. 17, of Dennison, TX.

Carol A. McGowan, BM ’57, MS ’61, Nov. 17, 2024, of Parker, CO.

Harrell G. Miller, BA ’57, Dec. 25, 2024, of Napa, CA.

Margie D. Mines, BA ’57, Dec. 29, 2024, of Cedar Park, TX.

Lloyd Wayne Mitchell Jr., BSPhyEd ’57, MS ’63, Aug. 30, 2024, in Big Spring, TX.

J. M. Sibley, BA ’57, MA ’58, Dec. 16, 2024, of Grapevine, TX.

Patrick H. Woods, PhD ’57, Oct. 22, 2024, of Glen Allen, VA.

J. W. Hicks, BSPhyEd ’58, Dec. 13, 2024, of Sugar Land, TX.

Bobby G. Peters, BSPhyEd ’58, Jan. 12, of Hideaway, TX.

Joe L. Powell, BBA ’58, Nov. 1, 2024, of Pittsburgh, PA.

Forrest E. Wood, BA ’58, Dec. 28, 2024, of Redmond, WA.

Fred L. Adams, BA ’59, Dec. 1, 2024, of Ballwin, MO.

Anna Banks Auvenshine, BA ’59, MA ’68, EdD ’78, Sept. 15, 2024, of Tulsa, OK.

Glen E. Belew, BA ’59, Oct. 20, 2024, of Tempe, AZ.

Jerry A. Benson, BBA ’59, Oct. 27, 2024, of Georgetown, TX.

Barbara R. Childers, BBA ’59, Jan. 16, of Bryan, TX.

Andrew J. Davis, BBA ’59, Nov. 6, 2024, of Houston.

Merton T. Fuquay, BSPhyEd ’59, Nov. 22, 2024, of Boerne, TX.

Stanley McMurry, BBA ’59, JD ’62, Dec. 2, 2024, of Little Elm, TX.

Robert W. Richter, BBA ’59, Dec. 30, 2024, of Corinth, TX.

William “Bill” Schell, BA ’59, Nov. 8, 2024, of Rancho Palos Verdes, CA.

A. J. Wise, BA ’59, PhD ’67, Oct. 29, 2024, of Waco.

1960s

Carol A. Barclay, BS ’60, Nov. 30, 2024, of Portland, TX.

Barbara Kilpatrick Burkins, BMEd ’60, Jan. 9, of Spring, TX.

Joe T. Gibson, BA ’60, Oct. 11, 2024, of Waco.

John C. West, BA ’60, Jan. 20, of Vero Beach, FL.

Diane Wood, BSN ’60, Dec. 21, 2024, of Fort Worth.

Elizabeth G. Cain, BMEd ’61, Dec. 20, 2024, of Charleston, SC.

William “Bill” Entzminger, BA ’61, Dec. 28, 2024, of Allen, TX.

Betty J. Garrett, BA ’61, Jan. 3, of Tulsa, OK.

Jimmy T. Gottwald, BS ’61, MS ’62, Dec. 4, 2024, of Murrells Inlet, SC.

Shirley P. Grube, BA ’61, Nov. 21, 2024, of Hewitt, TX.

Derry D. Harding, JD ’61, Oct. 15, 2024, of Lubbock, TX.

Peggy O. Herbert, BS ’61, Nov. 5, 2024, of North Richland Hills, TX.

Gwen E. Patton, BBA ’61, Nov. 1, 2024, of Dallas.

John O. Sutton, BBA ’61, JD ’67, Dec. 14, 2024, of Nacogdoches, TX.

Paul B. Higgins, JD ’62, Jan. 14, of Lufkin, TX.

O. C. Luna, JD ’62, Oct. 23, 2024, of Dallas.

Jane F. Mauldin, BA ’62, Dec. 30, 2024, of New Braunfels, TX.

Robert O. Rachuig, BA ’62, Dec. 19, 2024, of Rowlett, TX.

Sharon Loomis Rogers, BA ’62, Aug. 20, 2024, of San Diego.

Douglas M. Wendt, BBA ’62, Nov. 6, 2024, of Joshua, TX.

Sidney P. Alexander, BBA ’63, Dec. 7, 2024, of Conroe, TX.

Hugh R. Burch, BA ’63, Jan. 17, of Oklahoma City.

Jack R. Dies, JD ’63, Oct. 31, 2024, of Austin.

C. R. Gaines, JD ’63, Jan. 14, of Garland, TX.

Robert L. Grete, MA ’63, Dec. 24, 2024, of Niceville, FL.

Jerry A. Reed, BBA ’63, Dec. 18, 2024, of Granbury, TX.

F. B. Rudolph, BA ’63, Oct. 7, 2024, of Austin.

Gayle Colburn Copeland, BA ’64, Jan. 1, of Dallas.

Frederick T. Sauer, BA ’64, Nov. 30, 2024, of Round Rock, TX.

Jane Stotts, MS ’64, Dec. 19, 2024, of Salt Lake City.

Kathryn R. Dodson-Baulos, BS ’64, Dec. 13, 2024, of Woodway, TX.

Sybil A. Estess, BA ’64, Jan. 8, of Houston.

Charles W. Fredrick, BA ’64, Oct. 4, 2024, of Ozark, MO

J. C. Freeman, BA ’64, DDS ’68, Dec. 4, 2024, of Tyler, TX.

Arthur C. Hawkins, MSD ’64, Oct. 14, 2024, of Albuquerque, NM.

Travis P. Lockhart, BA ’64, Nov. 21, 2024, of Morehead, KY.

Linda J. Peveto, BA ’64, Oct. 29, 2024, of Houston.

John A. Porter, BSPhyEd ’64, MSPhyEd ’66, Dec. 29, 2024, of Arlington, TX.

Patricia A. Porter, BBA ’64, Nov. 1, 2024, of Arlington, TX.

Frederick T. Sauer, BA ’64, Nov. 30, 2024, of Round Rock, TX.

Norma K. Smith, BA ’64, Jan. 16, of Hewitt, TX.

Jane Stotts, MS ’64, Dec. 19, 2024, of Salt Lake City.

James T. Carter, BBA ’65, Nov. 23, 2024, of Waco.

Kenneth R. Davis, BBA ’65, Jan. 3, of Itasca, TX.

Rebecca J. Flickinger, BA ’65, Oct. 20, 2024, of Orange, TX.

William G. Koch, BS ’65, Oct. 16, 2024, of Houston.

Sue A. Mansker, BA ’65, Nov. 27, 2024, of Portland, TX.

Sally A. Meeks, BSN ’65, Oct. 24, 2024, of Plainview, TX.

Durward D. Moore, JD ’65, Jan. 14, of Flower Mound, TX.

Mack B. Payne, BS ’65, Nov. 15, 2024, of Waco.

Gary F. Chatham, BBA ’66, JD ’67, Jan. 1, of Tennessee Colony, TX.

William N. Griffin, BBA ’66, Dec. 18, 2024, of Germantown, TN.

Douglas A. Hill, BA ’66, Dec. 10, 2024, of Woodway, TX.

Albert “Scott” Lowry, BBA ’66, Jan. 3, of Waco, TX.

Dietra D. Matthews, BSPhyEd ’66, Sept. 27, 2024, of Bryan, TX.

David B. Campbell, BS ’67, MS ’69, Dec. 14, 2024, of Dallas.

Cheryl E. Crain, BA ’67, Jan. 1, of Round Rock, TX.

L. K. Gilbreath, BA ’67, MA ’68, Dec. 7, 2024, of Valley Mills, TX.

Laura L. Wilson, ’67, Jan. 15, of Waxahachie, TX.

Rodney M. Phelps, BA ’68, Nov. 14, 2024, of Plano, TX.

Joan M. Schleicher, BMED ’68, Oct. 17, 2024, of Nashville, TN.

Mary Sue Lollar Tiffin, BM ’68, October 2022, of Garland, TX.

Larry D. Harder, BBA ’69, Aug. 21, 2024, of St. Louis.

Douglas W. Howell, JD ’69, Jan. 14, of Bryan, TX.

Sandra P. Lane, BA ’69, Oct. 9, 2024, of Comanche, TX.

Mary F. Mabry, BA ’69, MSEd ’72, Dec. 17, 2024, of San Diego.

Stephen W. McDaniel, JD’69, Dec. 2, 2024, of Longview, TX.

Nancy L. Yancey, BA ’69, Nov. 5, 2024, of Springfield, MO.

1970s

Edgar Ball, BA ’70, July 17, 2024, in Surprise, AZ.

Paul Bradbury, BA ’70, PhD ’75, Feb. 25, 2025 of Bryan, TX.

John A. Munneke, BS ’70, DDS ’72, Oct. 5, 2024, of Oklahoma City.

Deborah G. Ross, BA ’70, Nov. 20, 2024, of Eugene, OR.

Ronald R. Rushing, MS ’71, Oct. 10, 2024, of Galveston, TX.

Richard Stevens, BBA ’71, Aug. 17, 2024, of Granbury, TX.

Thomas H. Curtis, BBA ’72, Nov. 22, 2024, of Tyler, TX.

Doris J. Dickerson, BS ’72, MGRT ’88, Oct. 22, 2024, of Robinson, TX.

George W. Ford, MHA ’72, Oct. 6, 2024, of Roanoke, VA.

John B. Lee, BMED ’72, MM ’77, Jan. 6, of Woodway, TX.

Paula Weeks Lemmon, BA ’72, Sept. 20, 2024, of Athens, TX.

Stephen W. Pierson, BA ’72, Oct. 18, 2024, of Montgomery, TX.

Thomas J. Burton, JD ’73, Sept. 29, 2024, of Quitman, TX.

D. T. Edwards, JD ’73, Jan. 18, of San Angelo, TX.

Steven P. Gardner, MA ’73, Oct. 12, 2024, of Austin.

Judy A. Johnson, BA ’73, Nov. 7, 2024, of Austin.

B. J. VonRosenberg, MSEd ’73, EdD ’79, Dec. 12, 2024, of Waco.

Hugh H. Wallace, JD ’73, BBA ’74, Oct. 13, 2024, of Manvel, TX.

Dennis D. Watson, JD ’73, Oct. 8, 2024, of Willis, TX.

Martha A. Anderson, BA ’74, MSEd ’80, Dec. 23, 2024, of Birmingham, AL.

Daryl L. Lusk, BBA ’74, Dec. 11, 2024, of Valley Mills, TX.

Terry D. Key, JD ’75, Nov. 19, 2024, of San Antonio.

Darwin W. Miller, BBA ’75, Oct. 28, 2024, of Waco.

Stephen A. Atnip, BA ’76, Dec. 25, 2024, of Houston.

Jane M. Collins, BSEd ’76, Oct. 20, 2024, of Alpharetta, GA.

William E. Etheredge, BMED ’77, Jan. 5, of San Antonio.

David J. Fedro, BS ’77, Oct. 27, 2024, of Mart, TX.

Barbara D. Fulmer, BSEd ’77, Dec. 12, 2024, of Spring, TX.

Karen C. McBee, BS ’77, Oct. 10, 2024, of Tucson, AZ.

John E. Anderson, MHA ’78, Oct. 8, 2024, of Erie, PA.

David H. Bromley, BA ’78, Dec. 10, 2024, of Moody, AL.

Elizabeth M. Darling, BSEd ’78, Nov. 13, 2024, of San Antonio.

Theodore F. Gawloski, BS ’79, MS ’81, Dec. 11, 2024, of Midland, TX.

K. N. Harvey, BSEd ’79, Oct. 22, 2024, of Houston.

Barbara J. Stensland, BA ’79, Dec. 4, 2024, of Pocatello, ID.

1980s

William T. Aufman, MSEd ’80, Oct. 20, 2024, of Robinson, TX.

John Thomas Berley, MBA ’81, Dec. 13, 2024, of West Palm Beach, FL.

Timothy J. Harvard, BBA ’81, JD ’83, Oct. 11, 2024, of Aledo, TX.

Betty J. Lewis, BS ’81, Oct. 5, 2024, of Cordova, TN.

Grant W. Gibbons, BBA ’82, Dec. 20, 2024, of Stone Mountain, GA.

A. J. Green, BSEd ’82, Oct. 23, 2024, of Axtell, TX.

Leslie A. Harris, BSEd ’82, Oct. 13, 2024, of Punta Gorda, FL.

Keith R. Kolakowski, MPT ’82, Oct. 29, 2024, of Plant City, FL.

Steven L. Moody, JD ’82, Jan. 3, of Lorena, TX.

Donna L. Stump, JD ’83, Dec. 23, 2024, of Round Rock, TX.

Virginia K. Tuley, BA ’83, Jan. 21, of Fountain Hills, AZ.

John L. Ussery, BBA ’83, Dec. 5, 2024, of Gladewater, TX.

Walter Wilkins, BA ’83, MA ’87, Aug. 19, 2024, in Lubbock, TX.

Jason A. Orwin, BS ’84, Nov. 15, 2024, of Houston.

Paul H. Sanderford, BBA ’85, JD ’88, Oct. 12, 2024, of Belton, TX.

Sandra A. Spoonemore, BBA ’87, Jan. 18, of Plano, TX.

J. S. Williams, PhD ’87, Nov. 26, 2024, of Florence, AL.

Virginia W. Keyes, JD ’89, Oct. 28, 2024, of Flower Mound, TX.

Larry C. Vasbinder, BBA ’89, MBA ’90, Oct. 5, 2024, of Austin.

1990s

Karen D. Altaras, JD ’90, Oct. 28, 2024, of Fort Worth.

Thomas M. Echols, BBA ’90, Oct. 15, 2024, of Dallas.

Donna L. Kennedy, MBA ’90, Oct. 16, 2024, of Waco.

Mary K. Maltbie, BA ’90, Oct. 14, 2024, of Austin.

Joyce E. Koziol, PsyD ’91, Nov. 1, of Charlotte, NC.

Lundy L. Carpenter, BA ’93, Nov. 17, 2024, of Piperton, TN.

G. C. Bonner, BA ’95, Nov. 24, 2024, of Hot Springs Village, AR.

Theresa K. Milligan, BSN ’96, Nov. 1, 2024, of Kaufman, TX.

Patrick S. Sullivan, BA ’96, Nov. 29, 2024, of Waxahachie, TX.

Charese R. Windes, BA ’97, Oct. 26, 2024, of Houston.

Eric W. Case, MFA ’98, Jan. 9, of Holmdel, NJ.

Lois Ann Rogers, JD ’98, Dec. 6, 2024, of Jefferson, TX.

Jean E. Stewart, EdD ’99, Dec. 12, 2024, of Conroe, TX.

2000s

Misty Lynch, BFA, ’02, Nov. 17, 2024, of Colfax, NC.

Mitesh M. Natha, BBA ’09, Dec. 26, 2024, of Waco.

2010s

William F. Kempf, BBA ’10, Dec. 3, 2024, of Castroville, TX.

Jeffrey A. Watterworth, BBA ’11, Nov. 24, 2024, of Pearland, TX.

W. E. Nicholson, BA ’12, Sept. 30, 2024, of Charlotte, NC.

David E. Anfenson, MDiv ’13, Sept. 27, 2024, of Lorena, TX.

Matthew A. O’Neill, MA ’13, Dec. 16, 2024, of Bangor, ME

Brenna R. Cole-Pickrel, BS ’15, Oct. 2, 2024, of San Antonio.

2020s

Sara M. Caiazza, DNP ’24, Nov. 7, 2024, of Glendora, CA.

Friends and Family

 Katharina E. Ahern, former staff, Jan. 5, of Waco.

Barbara B. Barksdale, ABC ’96, Dec. 5, 2024, of Arlington, TX.

Jan L. Bartee, former staff, Jan. 6, of Woodway, TX.

Richard L. Blount, ABC ’96, Nov. 21, 2024, of Madison, MS.

Milford L. Cagle, former staff, Oct. 8, 2024, of Elberton, GA.

Jason E. Claridy, former staff, Nov. 12, 2024, of Whitney, TX.

Larry G. Cooper, former staff, Nov. 25, 2024, of Waco.

Paul D. Cretien, former faculty, Oct. 14, 2024, of Waco.

L. L. Fincher, former staff, Oct. 25, 2024, of Waco.

Harold S. Fischer, former faculty, Dec. 2, 2024, of Lorena, TX.

Michael B. Frisch, former staff, Oct. 26, 2024, of Waco.

David W. Frost, ABC ’96, Jan. 21, of Longview, TX.

Linda F. Hardy, former staff, Oct. 18, 2024, of Woodway, TX.

Bobby J. Harris, ABC ’06, Oct. 30, 2024, of Robinson, TX.

Jerry J. Hocking, former staff, Oct. 17, 2024, of Riesel, TX.

Lawrence J. Kirkpatrick, former staff, Dec. 4, 2024, of Temple, TX.

Walfrid E. Kujala, former staff, Nov. 10, 2024, of Evanston, IL.

Jo Ann Looper, former staff, Nov. 20, 2024, of Clifton, TX.

Eugene F. O’Brien, ABC ’13, Jan. 19, of West, TX.

James W. Prickett, former staff, Jan. 13, of Baytown, TX.

Donald E. Steinke, ABC ’96, Oct. 5, 2024, of Elizabeth, CO.

Joan T. Trew, ABC ’93, Dec. 31, 2024, of Fort Worth.

Jerold L. Waltman, former faculty, Jan. 23, of Hattiesburg, MS.

Thomas R. Young, former faculty, Sept. 30, 2024, of Temple, TX.