We regret to inform you of the passing of Neil J. Petersen ’62. Neil passed away on October 6, 2018. You may read Neil’s obituary here.
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Suan Guess-Hanson ’64
Suan Guess-Hanson ’64 organized the Wheelchair Tennis Demo at Evergreen Racquet Club, here in Bloomington. They had a great weekend with wheelchair tennis. If you want to see some photos from the weekend activity, go to Facebook for erctennis.com and also USTA Midwest Wheelchair Tennis Group.
Richard Jenkins ’69
Academy Award nominated film actor and DeKalb native Richard Jenkins ’69 will appear at DeKalb’s Egyptian Theater on Oct. 30 for the theater’s career retrospective of his work. You can read more about it here.
F. Mark Wade ’65
We are saddened to announce the passing of F. Mark Wade ’65. You may read an obituary here.
Robert Stach ’67
Robert Stach ’67 recently had his fourth book published. The titles of all four books in the series are: “Saving the Human Race”, “The Ice Age Cometh”, “The Andromeda Galaxy and Beyond”, and “Time to Travel Again in Space”. Robert says, “I’m very pleased to have this series of science fiction books published. Much that allowed me to write these books comes from the wonderful education I received at IWU.”
Mary Sue (Knopp) Brewer ’65
Mary Sue (Knopp) Brewer ’65 retired after 29 years with the textile, merchandising and interiors department of the University of Georgia. She was hired there because the textile people needed someone with a biology background to do their toxicity studies. Her most recent work involved the transfer of microbes from carpet or upholstery to skin-like material using a robot. She has been unable to visit the Atlanta alumna Christmas party because she is always busy snapping the whip-crack with the Athens Symphony.
Dennis Brown ’67
Dennis Brown ’67 provided introductory remarks entitled “Meeting The Visitor” preceding a showing of The Visitor (2007) starring Richard Jenkins ’67 on Tuesday, July 31 as part of the McLean County Museum of History’s ongoing Movies Under the Dome series.
Brown, an adjunct professor at Webster University in their Electronic and Photographic Media department, provided context as to how The Visitor came to be and why the movie remains so immediate, discussing it’s 2 weeks of pre-production, elements of cinematography, the use of musical score, and more.
Here’s a link to more information about Movies Under the Dome at the McLean County Museum of History.
Judie A. Groniger ’60
We are saddened to announce that Judie Groniger ’60 passed away September 25, 2015.
A link to her obituary can be found here.
Mary Lee Honegger ’62
We are saddened to inform you that Mary Lee Honegger ’62 on Saturday, April 1, 2017.
Mary Lee was a member of Forrest United Methodist Church. For those who knew Mary Lee, she had a sense of humor and wanted everyone to know that she is still “just peachy.”
Read her full obituary here.
Terry L. Ridenour ’68
We are deeply saddened to inform you that Terry L. Ridenour ’68 of Roscoe, IL, passed away on Monday, June 5, 2017 after an extended illness.
After graduating from IWU, Terry married the former Diane W. Ault in Mt Morris on June 28, 1969. He retired as an insurance sales manager for Allstate Insurance Co. He was a veteran of the Army National Guard serving in the Vietnam War. He was a member of Hope Free Evangelical Church and was an avid walleye fisherman and belonged to many fishing organizations. He was a Mason for A.F. and A.M. of Samuel H. Davis Lodge #96 in Mt Morris, and a life member of A.A. Scottish Rite Valley of Danville.
View Terry’s full obituary here.