We are deeply sorry to announce the passing of David Simpson ’42 on February 24th, 2016.  You may read his obituary here.

We are deeply sorry to announce the passing of William Whiteside ’51 on June 8th, 2017. William was a resident of Wilmington, Illinois at the time of passing. He was raised and educated in Wilmington, and graduated from the Wilmington Public Schools with the class of 1945. Bill went onto honorably serve in the United States Navy along with the United States Air Force.

You may read his full obituary here: http://www.frbfuneral.com/notices/William-Whiteside

We are so sorry to announce the passing of Donald E. Buell ’54 on March 3rd, 2016.

We are very sorry to announce the passing of LeRoy Alan Weiskof ’49 on July 25th, 2017.  You may see the full obituary here.

We are deeply sorry to announce the passing of Robert Erdman ’51 on July 8th, 2017. After Illinois Wesleyan, Bob graduated from the University of Illinois in 1957 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering. Prior to attending the University of Illinois, he served in the US Army. After working as an engineer with Univac and Control Data in Minnesota, he was employed in marketing and sales with Memorex and Verbatim corporations in California. Upon retirement, he served as a volunteer at the Hiller Aviation Museum.

You may read his obituary here: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/mercurynews/obituary.aspx?pid=186046816

We are deeply sorry to announce that Rose Louise (Schoenheider) Wilkinson (’48) passed away at 4:15 AM, on Wednesday, June 14, 2017 at Snyder Village in Metamora, IL.

Here is a link to her obituary: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/pjstar/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=185892707

We are deeply sorry to announce that Mary Elizabeth (Betty) DuBois Jorgensen passed away at 5 a.m. on Saturday, November 26th, 2016 in Bloomington. She was 98 years old.

Here is an obituary detailing Mary’s long life: http://www.news-gazette.com/obituaries/2016-11-29/mary-jorgensen.html

Luman B. Sutton died Friday, February 3, 2017 at St. John’s Retirement Village in Woodland, California.  After graduation from Illinois Wesleyan, he was employed by the U.S.F.&G. Insurance Company in Chicago, Illinois. Luman transferred to the San Jose branch in 1983, and retired as a Commercial Lines Underwriting Manager, in 1987.  He was a founding member of the Sacramento Masters Swim Team in 1971 and competed in all venues – Long Course, Short Course, Short Course Meters and Open Water races.  He made top times in the local Pacific Masters Association swim meets and top ten times in the United States Masters Swimming Association.  He is survived by his beloved and devoted wife Gloria, his sons and their families.

You may read Luman’s entire obiturary here.

We are sorry to announce that Mr. Lyle W. Smith of ’56 passed away on July 5th, 2017.

Here is a link to his obituary:  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xSLaJK8ZUcPVtM4WpxHH_9FlkPnGRW9oe9SIeHdD27g/edit?usp=sharing

We are sorry to announce that Virginia “Ginny” Rebmann ’59 passed away on Thursday June 22nd, 2017.

Here is a link to her obituary in The Pantagraph: http://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/obituaries/virginia-rebmann/article_d22f9280-1f4f-5a28-a3e5-3fb697c38833.html