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Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Obituary Collection

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Lovell Peirce ’20, Cerritos, Calif., April 27.

Louise Allen Carter ’21, Camarillo, Calif., April 17, 1997.

Vera Nichols Mathews ’22, Colorado Springs, May 23. She was a retired elementary school teacher and principal.

Charles Telk ’25, Greeley, Colo., Aug. 24, 1997.

Charles Kruger ’27, Denver, June 15.

Elizabeth Thomas McKenna ’27, South Pasadena, Calif., May 23, 1997. Survivors include her daughter, Barbara Ramsey Pierson ’53.

Robert Lester Hanes ’28, Denver, Jan. 14. He was a former president of the Fifty Year Club. Survivors include his wife, Evelyn.

William Jaillite ’30, Silver Springs, Md., April 12. He was a civil engineer for the Army Corps of Engineers for 30 years. Survivors include his wife, Elizabeth.

Mark Perkinson ’30, Las Vegas, Nev., March 10. He worked as a Boy Scout executive for 34 years.

Clydette Higginbottom Waldron ’31, Mariposa, Calif., Feb. 10. Survivors include her husband, Bud.

Martha Sharer Arnold ’32, Boulder, Colo., June 16. She was preceded in death by her sister, Elizabeth Sharer McGinness ’27.

Ray Hardy ’32, San Diego, Sept. 9, 1997. Survivors include his wife, Lee.

Francis Robbins ’32, Good Hope, Ill., Oct. 15, 1997. Survivors include his wife, Martha.

Robert Johnson ’34, Chicago, Jan. 17. He was retired as a public relations and advertising executive.

Donald Near ’35, Sun City, Ariz., Dec. 16. Survivors include his wife, Ann Spielman.

Robert Rollins ’35, La Junta, Colo., Feb. 22, 1995. His wife, Mary Benson Rollins ’36, passed away on Apr. 20, 1995.

Sarah McIntyre Pryor ’36, Denver, April 30. She was a volunteer for the Red Cross for 45 years and logged more than 500 hours at the Rocky Mountain Adoption Exchange. Survivors include her brother, James McIntyre ’37.

Mary Benson Rollins ’36, La Junta, Colo., April 20, 1995. Her husband, Robert Rollins ’35, preceded her in death.

Robert Glew ’37, Minneapolis, Nov. 8. He retired from Boy Scouts after 40 years as a professional scouter and more than 70 years as a registered scout. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Musser Glew ’38.

Robert Larson ’38, Colorado Springs, July 9. He was a former owner/operator of Holmgren & Larson Construction. Survivors include his wife Mae, and his twin brother, Wilbur Larson ’35.

Alfred Owens ’38, Colorado Springs, March 30. He was a former president of The Fifty Year Club. Survivors include his daughter, Linda Owens Bartlett ’70.

Marjorie Combs Boyce ’39, Colorado Springs, June 4. She had worked as a language lab assistant at Colorado College. She had also been active in the Fifty Year Club and in planning reunions for the Class of ’39. Survivors include her husband, Wallace, professor emeritus at Colorado College, and daughters, Lyn Boyce Griffiths ’65 and Barbara Boyce-Sheehan ’69.

Mary Johnson Pahls ’40, Colorado Springs, May 26. She was a retired teacher.

Joan Vining Pearson ’40, Pueblo, Colo., Nov. 22. Survivors include her husband, Chelsie.

William Humphrey ’41, Naples, Fla., March 16. He started his pedodontic dental practice in Denver and retired after 33 years. Survivors include his wife, Margaret.

William Maton ’41, Waterbury, Conn., March 25, 1997. Survivors include his wife, Lucille.

Jack Oliver ’41, Parachute, Colo., Nov. 25. During World War II, he was awarded the Legion of Merit, the highest award that can be given a non-combatant, for his work with the Allied Intelligence. In 1996, he received a Purple Heart after waiting 53 years. Survivors include his wife, Vera.

Robert Johnston ’43, Houston, Oct. 2, 1996. Survivors include his wife, Ginny.

Susan Moyer Bannerman ’44, Wilmington, Del., Sept. 16, 1997. Survivors include her husband, Douglas MA ’41.

Guy Carstens ’48, Sun City West, Ariz., Feb. 7. He retired from Marathon Oil Co., after 27 years. Survivors include his wife, Dorothy.

Sally Lewis Rodeck ’48, Northglenn, Colo., April 4. She was an anthropologist and historian. She had written numerous articles and was listed in Whoís Who in American Women in the West. Survivors include her husband, Hugo.

Irving Andrews ’50, Denver, June 18. A nationally recognized civil rights leader and legendary Denver lawyer who worked on the legal team in the case that ended segregation in the nationís schools. Survivors include his wife, Sara, and granddaughter, Kimberly Harrell ’87.

Weldon Tarter ’50, Colorado Springs, May 21. He was a resident of Colorado Springs for 52 years. Survivors include his wife, Virginia.

F. Jordan Bayless ’51, Colorado Springs, July 19. He was a life-time resident of Colorado Springs with 45 years in the life insurance business. Survivors include his wife, Caryl. He was preceded in death by his brother, Roy Bayless ’52.

G. Harry Stine ’52, Phoenix, Nov. 2. He was a science writer, consultant and founder of the hobby of model rocketry, establishing the National Association of Rocketry. Survivors include his wife of 45 years, Barbara Kauth Stine ’54.

Doris Holst Williams ’52, Plainfield, Ill., Sept. 23, 1997.

Joyce Betty ’53, Colorado Springs, May 6, 1997. She was a former civil service educator.

Louis Lopez ’53, Cherry Creek, Colo., July 10. He was an early member of the Denver Anesthesiology Group and practiced medicine in Denver for more than 35 years. Survivors include his wife, Bettie.

Richard Savage ’54, Seattle, Wash., June 11. During his 34-year career with Boeing, he was assigned from 1967 to 1970 to the Apollo program. He was one of the engineers to work with Apollo 13. Survivors include his wife, Ruth.

Sue Pfeiffer Daniels ’55, Denver, Colo., April 25, 1995. Survivors include her husband Eugene ’55, daughter, Dana Daniels Murray ’81, and brothers, William Pfeiffer ’49, Richard Pfeiffer ’50 and John Pfeiffer ’51. She was preceded in death by her mother, Gladys Bendure Pfeiffer ’20 and her brother, Edward Pfeiffer ’54.

Luallen King ’60, Colorado Springs, June 20. She was a Health Administrator and also worked for Pikes Peak Mental Health.

Nathaniel Bingham ’61, Mandocino, Calif., May 9. He was one of the nationís most effective fisheries conservation advocates.

Arthur Shoup ’64, Ordway, Colo. March 16. He was a retired school teacher. Survivors include his wife, Joy.

Norman Heitner ’66, Frontenac, Mo., June 6. He was the president of The Heitner Corp., a St. Louis investment firm. Survivors include his wife, Susan Wilson Heitner ’66 and son, Andrew Heitner ’93.

John Henry ’67, Middlebury, Conn., June 9. He was a real estate broker and owner of John R. Henry, II Associates.

Priscilla Vaughen ’68, Colorado Springs, June 30. She was an elementary school teacher.

Beverly Wetley, 76, Colorado Springs, Dec. 23, 1997. She was a retired government document handler at Colorado College. Survivors include her husband, John.

Friends

Ruth T. Carter, Colorado Springs, May 15. She was a retired Colorado College socialwork professor. Survivors include her son, Harvey Carter ’56, and her daughter, Cherry Carter Kinney ’56. Preceding her in death was her husband, Dr. Harvey Carter, former Colorado College professor of history.

Harry Hoiles, Colorado Springs, April 11. He was a longtime publisher of the Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph and a staunch guardian of Freedom Communications’ libertarian stance.

Tom McGlinn, Portland, May 31. He was an assistant professor of physics from 1990-93, and was currently a professor at the University of Portland. He was in a climbing class near the summit of Mt. Hood when he was caught in an avalanche. His love for the outdoors and the environment fueled his science classes. According to Marlene Moore, dean of the college of arts and sciences at the University of Portland, "he had a natural sense of wonder and curiosity that inspired his students." McGlinn served as a consultant to the MacArthur Foundation program in Peace, Security and International Cooperation in 1988 and 1989 and as an American Association for the Advancement of Science fellow in 1989.

Susan Myers, Santa Fe, N.M., April 17. She was head of reference, acting library director and associate librarian at Tutt Library between 1974 and 1988.

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