We are saddened to announce the passing of William R. Beadles, class of 1951. William passed away on September 12, 2018 and is survived by his two children, four grandchildren, and nine great grandchildren. You may read William’s obituary here.
We remember the following alumni who have passed and celebrate their lives.
William R. Beadles ’51 – 9/12/2018, Phyllis A. Carlson ’55 – 7/14/2018, William R. Clark ’54 – 05/11/2015, David T. Colby ’58 – 9/24/2018, Anna Mae Dawson ’53 – 06/10/2018, Dolores F. Desormey ’52 – 06/04/2018, Eleanor F. Jokisch ’55 – 08/02/2018, Dr. Sam M. Smiley ’52 – 08/15/2018, Gordon Stone ’57 – 05/06/2016, George M. Sutor ’58 – 06/13/2018.
Individual posts have been made about every deceased alumni on this post with their obituary linked in the post for friends and family to read.
Harlan D. Dalluge ’58 and his wife Jeannine have been able to visit numerous national parks and travel to almost every state in the union, all thanks to Harlan’s “statuette” business. To date, Harlan has photographed and made statuettes (most about 11 inches tall) of 189 bocce players, 26 tennis players, 44 grand-kids (sports scenes), over 200 dogs, and now some newly weds. Bajamar, Mexico is one of Harlan and Jeannine’s favorite places so far and they would like everyone to know that retirement life is great!
Various statuettes
Bajamar, Mexico
Gene Nuziard and his wife Marilyn have pledged a generous endowment to IWU for scholarships. Thank you to Gene and Marilyn for helping to make the dreams of thousands of students possible.
We are saddened to announce the death of two alumni:
Rolland Prest ’51 passed away Oct. 23, 2017
William Cutter ’57 passed away April 5, 2013
At 91, the Rev. Art Runyon ’51 is still playing golf – well, religiously. You can read more about it here.
We are saddened to announce, Orvid Halane ‘42, Master’s ’48, of Ballwin MO, died 07/24/2018, just a few months shy of age 98. A native of Stanford IL, he met his future wife (Athlyne/Athie Henley, ’45, Master’s ’46, dec’d 2003) at IWU, where both were music majors. The two married in August 1946 at Athie’s home in Webster Groves MO (St. Louis area) after Orvid returned from serving overseas (9/42 – 11/45) in the U.S. Army Signal Corps. Orvid initially taught one year each in Ridgefarm IL and Smithville MO. The couple then returned to settle permanently in Athie’s hometown, where Orvid taught vocal music for over 30 years in the Maplewood-Richmond Heights School District before retiring in 1984. Outside of the classroom, Orvid also actively participated in music programs at both Grace and Manchester United Methodist churches, where he sang, rang handbells, and accompanied in various capacities. Following a move in 2009 to the Meramec Bluffs retirement community, he was able to continue playing the piano on a regular basis for Sunday morning worship services there, and he also presented several holiday programs with his daughter (a violinist) until a 2015 stroke ended his performing days. He is survived by a daughter, a son, and five nieces.
Jack Vandervort Stubblefield ‘46 passed away August 26, 2018 at the age of 92. Preceded in
death by his wife of almost 70 years, Barbara Ann, nee Bigler whom he met
in freshman math at IWU. Survived by his 4 children, 3 grandsons, and one
great granddaughter.
We are saddened to announce that Anne Guckenberger Delo, class of 1948 has passed away. Anne loved her years as a student at IWU. You can view here obituary here: http://www.buckscountycouriertimes.com/obituaries/20180923/anne-g-delo
The 2018 Loyalty Award will be presented to John and Pat Jordan (’57 and ’59) at Homecoming on October 5th at the Alumni Awards Ceremony at 6 p.m. in the Memorial Center’s, Young Main Lounge. John and Pat have served as emcees for the Golden Titans homecoming dinner in 2017 and have been loyal supporters to the University through their donations and service.
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Congratulations John and Pat!
