In Memoriam / April 2020

By Amanda Clark

*Annual Alumni Association Member
**Lifetime Alumni Association Member

Faculty, Staff and Friends

Kalil A. “Kal” Bejaige, Swanton, Ohio, 50. He joined the staff in 1993 as an electrical maintenance worker and was promoted to electrician journeyman in 2008.

Kevin L. Bell, Toledo, 34. He was a custodial worker at the Center for Visual Arts from 2006 to 2008.
Todd J. Cramer, Quincy, Mass., 35. He was a research technician in the Biological Sciences Department from 2009 to 2010.

Susan M. (Sass) Davis, Sylvania, Ohio, 72. She was a registered nurse at MCO/MUO/UTMC from 1979 until her retirement in 2011.

**Linnea Drowatzky, Toledo, 79.
Marvin C. Dunseth, Bryan, Ohio, 72. He joined the staff in 1969 as a painter and retired in 2004.
Vanessa D. (Fulmer) Fitzpatrick, Perrysburg, Ohio, 57. She was a pediatric social worker at MCO from 1991 to 2000.

*Leo Goldner (att. 1941), Aventura, Fla., 96.

Virginia (Long) Havers Corsini, Toledo, 95. She was a former secretary at the University.

Jerry N. Keil, The Villages, Fla., 83. He was the play-by-play announcer for football and basketball games until the mid-1990s. Keil also hosted “Rocket Country” and coaches’ shows on television and radio for several years. After leaving WSPD, the Toledo native was an announcer for the Mid-American Conference football and basketball game of the week. In 1996, Keil was elected a charter member of the MAC Media Hall of Fame for his work with UToledo and the conference.

**Walter “Walt” H. Lange (Ed ’61, MEd ’65, Ed Spec ’77), Swanton, Ohio, 81. He started teaching mathematics at UToledo in 1967 and was promoted to professor in 1978. For a time, he served as chair of the Department of Technical Science and Mathematics, as well as coordinator of mathematics. Lange was the co-author of several high school and college math textbooks. In addition, he was a member of Faculty Senate and served on the Student Affairs Committee. He retired in 2012.

1940s

Jean Greenacre (Ed ’48), Waterford, Mich., 94.

1950s

Nan Cronin (A/S ’56), Wheaton, Ill., 85.
Beverly Jibilian (Bus ’51), Fremont, Ohio, 90.

Dr. Barnard Judis (Pharm ’54), Las Vegas, Nev., 86.

Herbert Kesten (Ed ’57), Manchester, N.J., 84.

Harold Knierim (Pharm ’57), Wauseon, Ohio, 89.
Richard Less (Eng ’50), Toledo, 96.
**Dr. Nancy Mauntler (Ed ’58, MEd ’80, PhD ’80, Ed Spec ’81, MEd ’81, PhD ’90), Toledo, 94.

*Carolyn McCallister (Ed ’52, MEd ’68), Huron, Ohio, 90.
Thomas McGhee (Bus ’58), Elmira, N.Y., 88.
Frederick Schmidlin (Eng ’50), Pittsford, N.Y., 94.
Edward Rozanski (Bus ’59), Lambertville, Mich., 83.

1960s

Mark Cooper (Ed ’68), Oregon, Ohio, 74.
Arthur Kirkman (UTCTC ’66), Rossford, Ohio, 73.
**Lt. Col. Howard Koenigseker (Eng ’62), Holland, Ohio, 81.
**Joseph Fernandez (Bus ’67), Maumee, Ohio, 78.
James Merickel (A/S ’65), Monroe, Mich., 78.
**Valdis Daiga (MEng ’64), Toledo, 78.
Donna Ludgate (Ed ’64), Toledo, 77.
Jon Ryan (Eng ’63), Missouri City, Texas, 83.
Edna Robertson (Ed ’63, MEd ’72, Ed Spec ’81), Toledo, 78.
Albert Grasley (Bus ’61), Toledo, 82.

1970s

Mary Jo Borel (A/S ’79), Overland Park, Kan., 62.
Steven Eskra (A/S ’76), Toledo, 67.

Fannie Fletcher (UTCTC ’70), Toledo, 70.
Billy Forsee (MBA ’74), Sylvania, Ohio, 82.

*Terry Harsha (Ed ’74, MEd ’79), Oak Harbor, Ohio, 67.
Linda Heberling (Ed ’76), Holland, Ohio, 65.

Ronald Howell (Eng ’78), Toledo, 71.

Dawn Ostran-Naujock (Univ Coll ’78), Toledo, 77.

Donald Reed (Bus ’72), Temperance, Mich., 73.
Dr. John Riley (A/S ’75), Atascadero, Calif., 72.
Rita Wilkinson (Univ Coll ’76), Evanston, Ill., 65.

**MaryAnn Winegarden (A/S ’77), Toledo, 84.
Barbara Whitlock (UTCTC ’79), Belgrade, Mo., 78.

1980s

Barbara Allen (Univ Coll ’80, MEd ’85, MEd ’89), Floresville, Texas, 77.

*Bruce Bansbach (Bus ’80), Toledo, 68.

Laureen Boring (UTCTC ’86, Univ Coll ’92), Perrysburg, Ohio, 54.
James Broshious (UTCTC ’89, Eng ’92), Fort Mill, S.C., 54.
Sarah Chester (Ed ’89), Dumfries, Va., 56.
Betty Croft (MEd ’83), Frankfort, Mich., 92.

Marjorie Gipson (A/S ’82), Suwanee, Ga., 81.

Karen Nees-Adams (A/S ’84), Ottawa Lake, Mich., 81.
Wayne Wilson (UTCTC ’87, UTCTC ’87), Toledo, 61.

1990s

Michael Bodi (Bus ’97), Temperance, Mich., 61.

Bobbi Johnson-Filipiak (A/S ’94), Ottawa Hills, Ohio, 48.

Gabriela Siffer (Ed ’91), Toledo, 53.

2000s

Mary Lou Hermiller (MA ’01), Toledo, 87.

2010s

Gregory Dyer (Eng ’14), Toledo, 33.

Stephen McDowell (Univ Coll ’15), Strafford, Mo., 54.