’44
MARGUERITE F. KEY on December 21, 2023, DeKalb, Illinois.
’47
MARCENE ESHELMAN on June 8, 2023, Platteville, Wisconsin.
’48
ELIZABETH A. CIANCONE on December 11, 2023, Terre Haute, Indiana.
MERLE LOUISE SAWYER on May 7, 2023, DeKalb, Illinois.
’50
AL KRANZ on January 30, 2024, DeKalb, Illinois.
JOYCE H. OLIVERI on April 27, 2023, Loves Park, Illinois.
’52
ROBERT W. STEVENS on June 9, 2023, Wapiti, Wyoming.
’53
JANET L. ONG, M.S.Ed. ’57, on August 7, 2023, Carol Stream, Illinois.
BEATRICE ANNE HEMENDWAY PARLER on December 3, 2023, Frederick, Maryland.
BETTY A. SHOTT on February 23, 2024, Rockford, Illinois.
’55
ROBERT H. ANDERSON, M.S.Ed. ’56, on February 7, 2024, St. Augustine, Florida.
ROBERT STEVEN STAVRAKAS on April 25, 2023, Park Ridge, Illinois.
’56
LARRY ARSHONSKY on May 23, 2023, Santa Clarita, California.
’57
MARY BYERWALTER on April 27, 2023, San Mateo, California.
DALE WARNER CHRISTOPHERSON on June 18, 2023, Rochelle, Illinois.
MARY LIN MEYERS on June 1, 2023, Northfield, Illinois.
RICHARD F. MURPHY on October 14, 2023, Arden Hills, Minnesota.
DONNA L. OBRECHT, M.S.Ed. ’60, on January 1, 2024, Osceola, Wisconsin.
EVELYN F. STAHMER on January 12, 2024, Oro Valley, Arizona.
’58
JOSEPHINE I. DOBECKI on June 27, 2023, Scottsdale, Arizona.
BEVERLY J. WAITE, M.S.Ed. ’78, on January 19, 2024, DeKalb, Illinois.
’59
JOAN LIV CIENIAWSKI on February 27, 2023, Champaign, Illinois.
TED C. CRAWSHAW, M.S.Ed. ’66, on July 20, 2023, Berwyn, Illinois.
GENE E. HOLMQUIST, SR. on April 27, 2023, Grayslake, Illinois.
CAROL A. JONES on June 19, 2023, Dixon, Illinois.
RICHARD A. MIRO on January 1, 2024, Oceanside, California.
DAVID WALTER WHITE in October 2023.
’60
JOSEPH A. LAVELY on April 12, 2023, Maple Grove, Minnesota.
DELMAR E. ROTHERMEL on February 23, 2024, Freeport, Illinois.
’61
RONALD R. BERGSTEN, M.S. ’63, on November 8, 2023, Whitewater, Wisconsin.
CAROL CODMAN on January 22, 2024, Hayward, Wisconsin.
RONALD J. KELLER on January 24, 2024, Naperville, Illinois.
PHYLLIS E. SCHROEDER on January 15, 2024, Lombard, Illinois.
’62
NANCY C. CARMODY on November 18, 2023, Oswego, Illinois.
JUDITH M. EDGAR on July 22, 2023, Rockford, Illinois.
ROBERT M. FAUT on May 24, 2023, Chicago, Illinois.
ROBERT P. KOEHLER on February 13, 2024, Woodstock, Illinois.
JOANNE R. MCCONNELL on January 26, 2024, Harwood Heights, Illinois.
JOHN “JACK” MICHAEL MCDERMOTT on October 7, 2023, Hinsdale, Illinois.
WILLIAM D. MERRIS, M.S.Ed., on June 13, 2023, Jacksonville, Illinois.
PHILIP K. SCHEEL, M.S.Ed. ’67, on November 14, 2024, Naperville, Illinois.
’63
NANCY A. DAVIS on May 6, 2023, Naperville, Illinois.
DENISE S. GLAVAN on June 14, 2023, Sheboygan, Wisconsin.
KENNETH L. REINHARDT, M.S. ’69, on March 15, 2023, Lafayette, Indiana.
JUDITH A. TAMINGER on July 18, 2023, Marion, Virginia.
KARLA M. VON LEHE on July 20, 2023, Fountain Hills, Arizona.
’64
BERNADINE PHELAN on July 16, 2023, Homer Glen, Illinois.
ROBERT A. STARTZ, M.S.Ed. ’68, on July 1, 2023, Lockport, Illinois.
’65
JOSEPH DONOFRIO on September 28, 2023, Scottsdale, Arizona.
COLLEEN SUE LINDBERG on June 11, 2023, Fort Wayne, Indiana.
JOAN RUTH OPHAUG on August 9, 2023, Westminster, Colorado.
NICHOLAS W. WINTER on October 25, 2023, Rockford, Illinois.
’66
RICHARD LEE DIEDERICH on May 4, 2023, Schaumburg, Illinois.
STEPHEN R. FRANK on September 29, 2023, Fisher, Illinois.
JAMES L. KEENEY, M.S.Ed., on December 21, 2023, Palos Heights, Illinois.
GARY D. KOERNER on June 6, 2023, Genoa, Illinois.
ROGER W. THOMPSON on July 23, 2023, Hoffman Estates, Illinois.
’67
CYNTHIA J. CONNOR on January 2, 2024, Morris, Illinois.
JON J. DUERR on February 13, 2024, St. Charles, Illinois.
GEORGIA ANN BOYER-LICHTHARDT on December 27, 2023, Rockford, Illinois.
THOMAS J. POTENZA on May 25, 2023, Port Royal, South Carolina.
KATHLEEN J. SARANECKI on July 16, 2023, Morton Grove, Illinois.
ERROL SHER on July 12, 2023, New Bern, North Carolina.
’68
GERALD BYARS on February 27, 2024, Naples, Florida.
JERRY M. COWSERT on June 25, 2023, Elgin, Illinois.
WILLIAM F. KECK, M.B.A., on December 12, 2023, Downers Grove, Illinois.
JAMES R. KEENEY on December 21, 2023, Palos Heights, Illinois.
MARTHA S. MCELYA, M.P.A. ’87, on October 16, 2023, Indianapolis, Indiana.
WILLIAM PETERS, M.S.Ed. ’72, on May 20, 2023, Middleton, Wisconsin.
STEPHAN HOYT PUTNAM, M.A., on November 14, 2023, Portland, Maine.
EPHRAIM C. REYES, M.B.A., on December 11, 2023, Chicago, Illinois.
MARY FALAT SCHULMAN on April 19, 2023, Countryside, Illinois.
BETTY LOU VIETH, M.S.Ed ’70, on March 26, 2023, Havana, Florida.
’69
LORENE “SIS” RUTH BENZEL, M.S.Ed., on May 29, 2023, Rockford, Illinois.
THOMAS P. BLACKWELL, M.S.Ed. ’77, on November 30, 2023, Glen Ellyn, Illinois.
FRED M. DITTMANN, M.S. ’69, on February 25, 2024, Lake Zurich, Illinois.
WAYNE E. DYE on May 26, 2023, McHenry, Illinois.
OTHMAR GOETTEL on February 14, 2023, St. Charles, Illinois.
PAUL JAY HUDGENS, M.S.Ed., on October 13, 2023, Elgin, Illinois.
JANE E. JAMES on December 12, 2023, Aurora, Colorado.
RICHARD J. JANIAK on June 19, 2023, Rio Rancho, New Mexico.
HOWARD ALAN LANE on June 4, 2023, Rockville, Maryland.
NOEL NEWGORD on May 18, 2023, Racine, Wisconsin.
ANDREW J. PAUL on January 30, 2024, Marietta, Georgia.
CHARLOTTE “COOKIE” STRAUSS on June 14, 2023, Annandale, Virginia.
ARTHUR R. STROBECK, JR., M.A., on May 6, 2023, Tinley Park, Illinois.
’70
HELEN J. MACGREGOR BAKER on February 6, 2024, East Moline, Illinois.
ELENA I. BATURA on February 11, 2024, Oak Forest, Illinois.
KENNETH N. “KEN” HOLLAND, M.S. ’72, on January 3, 2024, Naperville, Illinois.
JEANIE LINDERS on May 26, 2023, Hendersonville, North Carolina.
GARY L. LONGMAN on December 28, 2023, Oconomowoc, Wisconsin.
BARBARA JEREE MATYUS on July 19, 2023, Libertyville, Illinois.
RAYMOND H. NORLIN on September 13, 2023, Sleepy Hollow, Illinois.
MICHAEL L. OATLEY, M.S.Ed., on February 14, 2024, Cadillac, Michigan.
CARROL J. PASCUS on June 13, 2023, Monroe, Wisconsin.
MARJORIE A. POWERS on March 26, 2023, Mount Morris, Illinois.
ANNE SCHNEIDER, M.A. ’72, Ph.D. ’74, on October 13, 2023, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
JEAN TYNER SIMPSON on June 9, 2023, La Porte, Indiana.
DEAN SLAVENS on May 16, 2023, Columbia City, Indiana.
ANITA Y. WALKER on June 17, 2023, Hilton Head, South Carolina.
’71
LAWRENCE T. BURNETTE on April 17, 2023, Arlington Heights, Illinois.
DONNA M. HALL on Monday, October 2, 2023, Moline, Illinois.
PAUL W. JOHNSON, M.S.Ed., on July 11, 2023, Kankakee, Illinois.
JOAN M. LAMBKA, M.B.A., on November 19, 2023, La Grange, Illinois.
INGER I. LANGSHOLT on April 16, 2023, Rockford, Illinois.
WILLIAM J. MASS, M.S., on February 13, 2024, North Liberty, Iowa.
DORA M. MEREDITH, M.A., on December 31, 2023, Rockford, Illinois.
ELIZABETH K. RICKERT, M.S.Ed. ’96, on April 21, 2023, Tucson, Arizona.
MARY STROM-LARSON, M.A., Ed.D. ’85, on May 4, 2023, Sycamore, Illinois.
MARY S. WELK on October 30, 2022, Muscatine, Iowa.
DAVID L. WILSON, M.S. ’73, on June 5, 2023, Peoria, Illinois.
’72
JOHN BATI, M.S.Ed. ’76, on February 11, 2024, Grand Haven, Michigan.
SHELLY Y. COUNTRYMAN, M.S.Ed., on February 14, 2024, St. Charles, Illinois.
GARY M. GREGUS on November 20, 2023, Shakopee, Minnesota.
MARCIA L. HAMMOND, M.S.Ed., on October 28, 2023, Kildeer, Illinois.
THOMAS J. HORAZAK, M.M. ’74, on May 23, 2023, Cortland, Illinois.
BARBARA E. JOHNSON, M.S.Ed. ’72, Ed.D. ’80, Park City, Utah.
SALLY J. KRETCHMER, M.S.Ed., on November 2, 2023, Harvard, Illinois.
DAVID L. MARX, M.F.A., on March 29, 2023, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania.
MIKE MCGILL on February 13, 2024, Peoria, Illinois.
MARY C. “MOLLY” PHALEN, M.S.Ed. ’84, on September 26, 2023, Rockford, Illinois.
DAVID J. STUART on October 12, 2023, Spring Hill, Tennessee.
CYNTHIA WYCHOCKI on February 17, 2024, Naples, Florida.
’73
PAUL E. CHOJNICKI on February 20, 2024, Effingham, Illinois.
LARRY J. GOODIN, M.B.A. on May 2, 2023, North Aurora, Illinois.
DANIEL L. GOODWIN, M.S.Ed., on January 19, 2024, Oakbrook, Illinois.
FAYE SANDERS HUGHES, M.S.Ed. ’81, on October 12, 2023, Freeport, Illinois.
CYNTHIA A. “CINDY” MORGAN on December 30, 2023, Palm Beach, Florida.
DENISE A. NEAL-WEBB on July 2, 2023, Joliet, Illinois.
GARY SMYTHE on February 10, 2024, Arlington Heights, Illinois.
PATRICIA WOLBER on June 9, 2023, Clinton, Iowa.
ROBERT L. YATES on June 5, 2023, Elgin, Illinois.
’74
NANCY S. ALLEN on July 23, 2023, Joliet, Illinois.
GUY W. BAGGER on April 15, 2023, Naperville, Illinois.
DONNA CONFER on July 1, 2023, Sarasota, Florida.
MARK HARTZELL on November 7, 2023, Dixon, Illinois.
STEVEN HULBERT on April 16, 2023, Rockford, Illinois.
RAYMOND P. KATCHMAR on February 6, 2024, Algonquin, Illinois.
FREDERICK J. KRUBEL on January 22, 2024, Brookfield, Illinois.
LINDA C. LORBACH, M.S.Ed. ’92, February 10, 2024, DeKalb, Illinois.
ARLENE NEHER, M.A., Ph.D. ’80, DeKalb, Illinois.
DANIEL SIPIORA on May 28, 2023, Elk Grove Village, Illinois.
’75
JAMES O. BACON on April 25, 2023, Elgin, Illinois.
TERRENCE J. BRENNAN on February 11, 2024, Hilton Head, South Carolina.
CARL M. BOWERS on December 26, 2023, Jones, Michigan.
RUSSELL L. HUBBARD on April 28, 2023, Leaf River, Illinois.
MARJORIE PRICE on February 10, 2024, Rockford, Illinois.
’76
EILEEN GORMALY, M.S. ’79, on May 11, 2023, Chicago, Illinois.
HARVEY G. GREEN on May 17, 2023, Geneseo, Illinois.
KATHRYN KOLONAY on September 28, 2023, Marlinton, West Virginia.
RAMONA M. LANIER on July 9, 2023, Sycamore, Illinois.
LONNIE R. RITCHASON on October 3, 2023, West Dundee, Illinois.
MICHAEL J. STOJAN on May 18, 2023, Leesburg, Florida.
’77
PAMELA D. CURRY on July 20, 2023, Rockford, Illinois.
SANDRA KAY EAKES, M.S.Ed., on January 25, 2024, Grand Island, Nebraska.
LOUISE A. GIBBONS on January 13, 2024, Sterling, Illinois.
GREGORY F. HARTMANN, M.B.A. ’79, on October 9, 2023, Freeport, Illinois.
MARK KELLAR on November 23, 2023, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
KENNETH R. KEPP on June 13, 2023, Scottsdale, Arizona.
BRENDA A. MCKINNEY on January 17, 2024, Galena, Illinois.
GLENDA A. OLIVER on July 14, 2023, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
DELORES R. ROACH on June 8, 2023, DeKalb, Illinois.
MICHAEL A. STEPHENS on February 19, 2024, Elgin, Illinois.
JOHN R. THORSEN on February 21, 2024, Crown Point, Indiana.
RONALD TINDALE on April 19, 2023, Janesville, Wisconsin.
MARY HELENA HERBERT TURNER, M.S., on May 31, Richardson, Texas.
’78
JOANN ALLEN, M.S.Ed., on July 15, 2023, Rockford, Illinois.
THOMAS E. HASSLER on December 10, 2023, Naperville, Illinois.
DAVID R. HAWKINSON, M.S.Ed., on April 20, 2023, Rockford, Illinois.
BARBARINE HOUDEK, M.A., on October 10, 2023, Joliet, Illinois.
ROBERT M. CARDINELL on October 13, 2023, DeKalb, Illinois.
JOHN R. MCCORMICK, M.B.A. ’88, on May 19, 2023, Chandler, Arizona.
DOROTHY ROSSING, M.S., on October 2, 2023, in Edina, Minnesota.
’79
RICHARD O. BERGESON JR. on June 17, 2023, Sycamore, Illinois.
ANN R. LUND, Ed.D. ’91, on December 7, 2023, Naples, Florida.
VIRGINIA M. MCMILLION on June 23, 2023, DeKalb, Illinois.
JAVIER N. SANCHEZ, M.S.Ed., on November 5, 2023, St. Charles, Illinois.
’80
KEVIN E. ANDREWS, M.A., on October 3, 2023, Fort Wayne, Indiana.
RONALD W. JACKSON on June 30, 2023, Arlington, Texas.
LARK A. SYRRIS, M.A. ’86, on February 10, 2024, McHenry, Illinois.
’81
RONALD CHIODRAS on February 1, 2024, Wheaton, Illinois.
SCOTT PAUL HADLEY on April 15, 2023, Homer Glen, Illinois.
MOLLIE K. LANDFEAR on February 7, 2024, Westchester, Illinois.
PAUL A. MAZAN, M.B.A, on July 5, 2023, Schaumburg, Illinois.
JEANNETTE K. PAGE, M.A., on January 12, 2024, Oswego, Illinois.
SHEILA KURTH SVOBODA on September 28, 2023, Akron, Ohio.
’82
RICHARD ALLEN DUNN on February 14, 2024, Perry, Michigan.
SUSAN D. KOOPMAN on July 7, 2023, in New Lenox, Illinois.
DANIEL C. THORSE, M.S., on July 12, 2023, Naperville, Illinois.
’84
JOHN M. AVAMPATO on February 18, 2024, Freeport, Illinois.
DAVID L. DUVALL on January 4, 2024, Cincinnati, Ohio.
WILLIAM MORRIS on April 28, 2023, Roswell, New Mexico.
THOMAS J. RIGDEN on February 14, 2024, Ironwood, Michigan.
’85
KRISTEN MARIE THOMAS on May 8, 2023, Oswego, Illinois.
GEORGE CASFORD on May 25, 2023, Granville, Illinois.
DEAN H. MADDY on December 9, 2023, in Silvis, Illinois.
MICHAEL P. SCHUSTER on January 13, 2024, Elk Grove Village, Illinois.
’86
JAMES E. JOHNSON, M.B.A. ’05, on February 13, 2024, Arlington Heights, Illinois.
WILLIAM T. LIDINSKY on February 13, 2024, Sandwich, Illinois.
RONALD J. LIECHTI on July 6, 2023, Goleta, California.
PHILLIP “TY” WAGNER on February 11, 2024, Kenosha, Wisconsin.
’87
MICHAEL E. COPPEDGE, J.D., on November 13, 2023, Woodstock, Illinois.
JOAN E. SAICHEK on February 15, 2024, Rockford, Illinois.
’88
JULIA LAMB, M.S.Ed., on June 15, 2023, DeKalb, Illinois.
KIM R. NELSON on June 19, 2023, Bloomington, Illinois.
’89
CHRISTINA K. EGIDI on October 16, 2023, Libertyville, Illinois.
PATRICIA SUCHNER on June 1, 2023, Oakdale, Minnesota.
’90
MARLENE F. FORD, M.A., on February 17, 2024, Polo, Illinois.
CHARLES STEPHEN KEELEN, M.B.A., on June 23, 2023, Belvidere, Illinois.
JACI S. RATHBURN on June 18, 2023, Peru, Illinois.
’91
MATTHEW D. ALBERSTETT on October 3, 2023, Madison, Wisconsin.
DAVID F. LUEBKE on June 22, 2023, Beloit, Wisconsin.
KIM VOYLES NOHL, M.S.Ed. ’93, on May 8, 2023, Elgin, Illinois.
PHILLIP A. PALCZYNSKI on June 4, 2023, Downers Grove, Illinois.
’92
CATHLEEN C. RESTAINO, M.A., on February 23, 2024, Geneva, Illinois.
VIRGINIA M. WOLAK on February 13, 2024, South Elgin, Illinois.
’94
LAURA FALK on December 16, 2023, Naperville, Illinois.
SCOTT R. REEVES on February 13, 2024, Huntley, Illinois.
’95
KIRK C. SCOTT, M.B.A., on July 11, 2023, Naperville, Illinois.
’00
NICHOLAS G. REYES on December 8, 2023, Oswego, Illinois.
’02
RONALD H. CAMPBELL on October 9, 2023, DeKalb, Illinois.
’03
MARK E. HELLER on May 14, 2023, Des Plaines, Illinois.
’06
TYRONE L. HANNEBAUM, M.B.A., on December 28, 2023, Byron, Illinois.
SEAN A. STRINGER on April 14, 2023, Kirkland, Washington.
’07
MICHELLE “SHELLY” ROWLAND on January 23, 2024, DeKalb, Illinois.
’08
HENRY BRYANT JR., M.A., on January 31, 2024, St. Charles, Illinois.
EMILY E. SLONECK on September 29, 2023, Ottawa, Illinois.
’14
MATHEW S. SIMS on October 20, 2023, Hannibal, Missouri.
’15
AMANDA ZENTMYER OLSON on July 20, 2023, Oswego, Illinois.
Faculty, Staff & Friends
Jerome Gerald Alpiner on October 31, 2022, Denver, Colorado.
Mary Bell on June 1, 2023, DeKalb, Illinois.
Lupe Bustos on May 23, 2023, Joliet, Illinois.
Ronald Carter on February 24, 2024, Burlington, North Carolina.
Franklin E. Court on June 24, 2023, Fitchburg, Wisconsin.
Bruce David Culver on July 18, 2023, Bloomington, Illinois.
Mark A. Duncan on May 1, 2023, St. Charles, Illinois.
Georgene Ruth Vose Edwards on December 6, 2023, Durham, North Carolina.
Alan “Ole” Eggleson on October 26, 2023, Stoughton, Wisconsin.
Joseph Essex on November 19, 2023, Waterman, Illinois.
Donna J. Feld on June 28, 2023, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Dennis L. Fink on October 1, 2023, Plainfield, Illinois.
Susan Fischer on October 1, 2023, Naperville, Illinois.
William D. Fuller on September 26, 2023, DeKalb, Illinois.
Leona Ann Grage on April 20, 2023, Wood Dale, Illinois.
Joseph Edward Grush on April 11, 2023, DeKalb, Illinois.
Rita E. Hammett on April 21, 2023, DeKalb, Illinois.
John D. Harmann on December 23, 2023, Wabasha, Minnesota.
Michael W. Harris on November 11, 2023, Rockford, Illinois.
Nancy Rae Hawes on May 2, 2023, McKinney, Texas.
John J. Huss on July 8, 2023, North Bend, Nebraska.
Ronald Wayne Johnson on December 11, 2023, Sycamore, Illinois.
Lynn Marie Jurges on December 17, 2023, Escondido, California.
Perry W. Larsen on February 18, 2024, DeKalb, Illinois.
Elwin LeFevre on July 20, 2023, Sterling, Illinois.
Christopher D. Lozier on February 9, 2024, Huntley, Illinois.
Nicholas A. Michas on April 20, 2023, Wauconda, Illinois.
Thomas R. Michels on January 6, 2023, Aurora, Illinois.
James Ivan Miller, Jr. on July 6, 2023, Muskego, Wisconsin.
James Kirk Nerison on April 16, 2023, Chicago, Illinois.
Eleanor A. Peterson on April 22, 2023, St. Charles, Illinois.
Morley Egerton Russell on November 9, 2023, DeKalb, Illinois.
Viki Scheel on December 25, 2023, Fitchburg, Wisconsin.
Katelyn N. Schultz on January 15, 2024, DeKalb, Illinois.
Gregory Sevdagian on May 30, 2023, Schaumburg, Illinois.
Paul M. Shipman on April 10, 2023, Puryear, Tennessee.
Algis J. Skoudas on October 23, 2023, Savannah, Georgia.
Harvey J. Slade on December 4, 2023, DeKalb, Illinois.
Linda Strand on February 24, 2024, Boscawen, New Hampshire.
James A. Swyndro on February 4, 2023, Manhattan, Illinois.
Betty L. Tsao, on September 26, 2023, Ripon, Wisconsin.
Earnest Lee Vaughns II on January 9, 2024, Moline, Illinois.
David John Wickstrom on April 21, 2023, Cortland, Illinois.
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