Congratulations to Ron Ekstrand ’86 for being named the president and CEO of Easterseals, a nonprofit providing support to people with disabilities and their families. He spent 10 years as an executive at Easterseals and another 20 years working at other businesses before that. Read more about his accomplishment here.
We are saddened to inform you that Angie Dyer ’81 passed away on November 29, 2019. She was born on March 10, 1959 and graduated from Beardstown High School in 1977. She earned her BSN in 1981, and worked at Memorial Medical Center for 25 years. Angie retired from Springfield Clinic as a TeleNurse. She was the queen of the 2000/2001 Christmas Parades in Springfield, Illinois, and a member of Our Savior’s Lutheran church in Springfield as well. She is survived by her husband, Steve Dyer, her two sons, seven sisters, and other family members.
Read her full obituary here.
Kevin Long ’80 passed away on Sunday, November 24.
Kevin served Textbook Coordinator in IWU’s Bookstore starting in August 2002, then transferred to Campus Safety in July 2019. He is survived by three children, two grandchildren and three brothers. A celebration of life service is scheduled at 11 a.m. Friday, December 6, at Calvert-Johnson & Musselman Memorial Home in Lexington, with visitation from 9 to 10:45 a.m. on Friday at the memorial home. His obituary is available online.
Congratulations to Jim Barnett ’82, director of the Senior Songsters of Kirksville, Missouri, who are set to begin their Christmas concert tour on December 8th. You can read more, and an interview with Jim, here.
In April Patty completed her Doctor of Nursing Practice degree, implementing screening for adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) in a mobile pediatric clinic. After teaching nursing at Goshen College since 2016, she has just begun teaching Palliative Care at the University of Bradford in West Yorkshire, England. Her husband Tim ’89 moved to the UK in August.
Keep up the great work, Patty!