Robert Donalson died Dec. 22, 2021. He was 87. Bob was a professor in Illinois Wesleyan’s School of Music for 30 years; he retired in 1994 with emeritus status. Bob felt the call to become an educator while serving in the U.S. Army in a mobile army surgical hospital during the Korean War. He obtained a master’s degree at San Jose State University and a doctorate at the University of Colorado Boulder. He began his teaching career at Pepperdine University before landing at IWU. Bob loved beauty in all its forms — nature, art and poetry among them — but music was his emotional home. He was active in religious life and often shared his gift of music in the church. Bob was always learning and educated himself on subjects ranging from theology and philosophy, to computer science and financial investing, to home repair and carpentry. He enjoyed traveling, sports, his cats and, most of all, his family. He is survived by his wife, five children, eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Bob’s Celebration of Life will be held on February 12 at 1 p.m. CST and will be live-streamed at christlutheranchurchffg.org.

Joni (Clark) Milner ’80 of Ridgeville, Indiana, died Oct. 15, 2021. She was 62. Joni studied accounting at Illinois Wesleyan and worked as a certified public accountant, most recently for Maul Technology in Winchester, Indiana. She was an upstanding member of her community active in many organizations and charitable causes, and her generosity was passed down to her children and others close to her. She loved life, crafts and gardening. She was preceded in death by her husband. She is survived by three children, four grandchildren, her mother and her boyfriend.

Read her full obituary here.