IN MEMORIAM
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1936
Madeleine Park, July 31, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
1938
Lois Monie O’Brien, Aug. 12, Ashland, Mass.
1940
Annabel Kreider Schnure P’66, P’69, P’72, Sept. 5, Bethlehem, Pa.
1942
Charles Fehlinger, Aug. 24, Montoursville, Pa.
Spencer Roberts, Aug. 19, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Spencer Roberts, Aug. 19, Brooklyn, N.Y.
1944
Jane Sortore Lindenthal P’86, G’20, July 11, Manalapan, N.J.
1945
Miriam Krise Young P’84, Sept. 25, Acton, Mass.
1946
Donna Ray Bowen P’70, Aug. 13, Hanover, Pa.
Betty Hess Jelstrup P’83, July 8, Burlington, N.C.
Joseph Laing, July 3, Arnold, Md.
Adriane Krawit Lorin, Sept. 15, Los Angeles, Calif.
Margaret “Peggy” Soars Sosa P’87, Aug. 19, San Francisco, Calif.
Jean Whitaker-Maharay, July 29, Salem, N.J.
Betty Hess Jelstrup P’83, July 8, Burlington, N.C.
Joseph Laing, July 3, Arnold, Md.
Adriane Krawit Lorin, Sept. 15, Los Angeles, Calif.
Margaret “Peggy” Soars Sosa P’87, Aug. 19, San Francisco, Calif.
Jean Whitaker-Maharay, July 29, Salem, N.J.
1947
Marion Bee, Aug. 29, Niskayuna, N.Y.
Rhoda Robertson Edwards P’78, Sept. 2, Endicott, N.Y.
Marvin Rombro P’66, Aug. 2, Baltimore, Md.
Ann Alston Ryder, Aug. 22, Mansfield, Pa.
Katharine Voulelis Tsambassis, April 13, Fernandina Beach, Fla.
Rhoda Robertson Edwards P’78, Sept. 2, Endicott, N.Y.
Marvin Rombro P’66, Aug. 2, Baltimore, Md.
Ann Alston Ryder, Aug. 22, Mansfield, Pa.
Katharine Voulelis Tsambassis, April 13, Fernandina Beach, Fla.
1948
John Bersch, Aug. 24, Medford, N.J.
Margaret Summerton Froman, Aug. 27, Tidioute, Pa.
Martin Mines, June 1, Floral Park, N.Y.
James Mullins, Sept. 7, Carlisle Township, Ohio
Robert Ritter, July 10, Lewisburg, Pa.
Margaret Summerton Froman, Aug. 27, Tidioute, Pa.
Martin Mines, June 1, Floral Park, N.Y.
James Mullins, Sept. 7, Carlisle Township, Ohio
Robert Ritter, July 10, Lewisburg, Pa.
1950
Richard Gessner, July 18, Massillon, Ohio
Joseph Markey, July 19, Sandy Hook, Conn.
Roy Stiger P’83, June 30, Muncy, Pa.
Joseph Markey, July 19, Sandy Hook, Conn.
Roy Stiger P’83, June 30, Muncy, Pa.
1952
Donald Anderson, Aug. 8, Spring Lake, N.J.
1953
Robert Boston, Jan. 12, Apex, N.C.
Nancy Boyer Danahy P’80, P’84, G’13, G’15, Aug. 11, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Daniel Jenkins, Oct. 6, Darien, Conn.
Mary Allen Sapp, Sept. 14, Carlsbad, Calif.
Wen-Shao Wu P’83, Sept. 26, Ridgefield, Conn.
Nancy Boyer Danahy P’80, P’84, G’13, G’15, Aug. 11, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Daniel Jenkins, Oct. 6, Darien, Conn.
Mary Allen Sapp, Sept. 14, Carlsbad, Calif.
Wen-Shao Wu P’83, Sept. 26, Ridgefield, Conn.
1954
George “Alan” Holton P’85, July 21, Delray Beach, Fla.
Edwin Asher, Aug. 9, Lewisburg, Pa.
Daniel Cobucci, July 15, Dunwoody, Ga.
Nancy Green Cook Marsh, July 11, Seaford, Del.
Victor Scott P’79, Aug. 17, Asheville, N.C.
Edwin Asher, Aug. 9, Lewisburg, Pa.
Daniel Cobucci, July 15, Dunwoody, Ga.
Nancy Green Cook Marsh, July 11, Seaford, Del.
Victor Scott P’79, Aug. 17, Asheville, N.C.
1955
William Veroski, July 25, Lancaster, Ohio
1957
Stu Cain, Sept. 17, Fredonia, N.Y.
David Gabriel, July 1, Scranton, Pa.
George Kessler G’13, G’17, July 9, Canton, Pa.
Arthur Sibberns, July 2, Wellington, Fla.
James Wolcott, July 2, Pensacola, Fla.
David Gabriel, July 1, Scranton, Pa.
George Kessler G’13, G’17, July 9, Canton, Pa.
Arthur Sibberns, July 2, Wellington, Fla.
James Wolcott, July 2, Pensacola, Fla.
1958
Mary Means Weegar, Sept. 10, San Diego, Calif.
Strattan White, July 5, Wesley Chapel, Fla.
Strattan White, July 5, Wesley Chapel, Fla.
1959
Jeanne Anderson Bovard, July 3, Fleetville, Pa.
Randall Kramm, July 2, Milton, Pa.
Charles Youngman, June 18, Prescott, Ariz.
Randall Kramm, July 2, Milton, Pa.
Charles Youngman, June 18, Prescott, Ariz.
1960
Harold Adams, Sept. 6, Mill Hall, Pa.
1962
Harry Ritter P’79, P’82, P’92, Aug. 3, Lancaster, Pa.
1963
Carl Fonash, July 5, Doylestown, Pa.
Carol Blanchard Kenyon, July 22, Rochester, N.Y.
Robert Sanders, Aug. 23, Melbourne, Fla.
James Straub, July 3, Winfield, Pa.
Carol Blanchard Kenyon, July 22, Rochester, N.Y.
Robert Sanders, Aug. 23, Melbourne, Fla.
James Straub, July 3, Winfield, Pa.
1964
Agnes Carlucci Kunuty, Aug. 5, Singer Island, Fla.
1966
Diana Haun Rojahn, July 6, Middletown, N.Y.
1968
Alan Hansen, Sept. 27, Newton, Mass.
1969
Ruth Hoover, Aug. 25, Seattle, Wash.
1970
Lee Hart Holcomb, Sept. 15, Hilton Head Island, S.C.
1975
Ann Ramage, Sept. 30, York, Pa.
1976
Christopher Hawkins, July 2, Salvador, Brazil
1977
Eric “Rick” Peterson, July 12, Evanston, Ill.
1982
Mark Baker, April 24, Bridgeton, Mo.
1992
Stephen Swank, Sept. 20, Elverson, Pa.
2003
Paul Koors, Aug. 28, Bethel, Conn.
2017
Natalie Kawalec, Sept. 30, Boston, Mass.
Master’s
John Corman M’55, Sept. 19, Danville, Pa.
Barbara Griffiths M’86, Sept. 4, Edina, Minn.
Christina MacGill M’89, July 25, Williamsport, Pa.
John Corman M’55, Sept. 19, Danville, Pa.
Barbara Griffiths M’86, Sept. 4, Edina, Minn.
Christina MacGill M’89, July 25, Williamsport, Pa.
John Roddick M’52, July 14, Shippensburg, Pa.
Arthur Sherman M’53, Aug. 15, New Park, Pa.
Raymond Thompson M’68, Oct. 2, Williamsport, Pa.
Arthur Sherman M’53, Aug. 15, New Park, Pa.
Raymond Thompson M’68, Oct. 2, Williamsport, Pa.
Faculty and Staff
Harold Heine, July 23, Lewisburg, Pa.
George Jenks, July 13, Lewisburg, Pa.
Dorothy Kerstetter, Aug. 14, Mifflinburg, Pa.
Harold Heine, July 23, Lewisburg, Pa.
George Jenks, July 13, Lewisburg, Pa.
Dorothy Kerstetter, Aug. 14, Mifflinburg, Pa.
Gail Rackoff, Sept. 10, Exton, Pa.
Ben Willeford, Sept. 22, Lewisburg, Pa.
Robert Zimmermann, June 28, Lewisburg, Pa.
Ben Willeford, Sept. 22, Lewisburg, Pa.
Robert Zimmermann, June 28, Lewisburg, Pa.
In Memoriam: Ben Willeford
Bennett “Ben” Willeford, of Lewisburg, died Sept. 22.
Born in 1921 in Greenville, S.C., he attended Emory University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He was a professor of chemistry at Bucknell from 1950 until his retirement in 1984. Following his retirement, he taught for nine more years at schools in the U.S., including Earlham College and Baylor University, as well as schools in Germany, India and Liberia.
He was a founder and active member of organizations advocating for peace and social justice, including civil rights groups, nonviolence movements and activism against the Vietnam and Iraq wars. As a professor he urged his colleagues to refuse research funding from sources tied to the military-industrial complex, and he was a regular visitor to individuals incarcerated at prisons around Lewisburg. A Baptist, he was also a member of interfaith religious organizations at Bucknell and in Lewisburg.
Read an obituary of Chemistry Professor Harold Heine in the Book of Remembrance bucknell.edu/bmag/InMemoriam