Linfield Magazine
Linfield Magazine
Volume 13
Number 2 Spring 2017
Article 15
Spring 2017
Alumni Notes
Alumni Notes
Linfield Magazine Staff
Debbie Harmon Ferry '90
Linfield College
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1950-59
Charlotte (Landin) Erickson ’51 of Shoreline, Wash., is an alto in the Swedish Singers of Seattle Women’s Chorus and recently performed at Seattle Center.
John and Bette (Lawson) Bla-ser ’51 and ’54 of Emmett, Idaho, are celebrating their 65th wedding anniversary.
Marguerite (Elkinton) Keiffer ’53 of McMinnville published a book, Thorns, in 2015. The memoir chronicles her experiences grow-ing up in McMinnville, and her interactions with music, illness and faith.
Marilyn (Andresen) Brock ’56 of Stayton and husband, Joseph, celebrated 60 years of marriage.
Mairy Gloria (Konsa) Meiusi ’58 of Denver, Colo., a former World War II refugee from Estonia, has published a book, My Father’s Guiding Hand, which chronicles the story of her family’s escape to the
United States. It includes a chapter describing her time at Linfield.
1960-69
Shirley (Bowers) Tighe ’60 and ’76 of Lake Havasu City, Ariz., is the author of Instrumentation for the Op-erating Room: A Photographic Manual, currently in its 9th edition. She has been writing books since 1976.
JoAnn (McBride) Stockwell ’61 of Kuna, Idaho, and her husband have been married 54 years.
Dennis Alexander ’63 of Salt Lake City, Utah, is president emeri-tus of the University of Utah.
Jim Ferguson ’65 of Salem was profiled in the summer 2016 issue of Fly Tyer magazine. A full-page photo depicts him in Patagonia holding a big catch, and includes additional photos of colorful fish-ing flies tied by Ferguson.
Art Larrance ’66 of Portland, co-founder of Cascade Brewing Barrel House, was named the
Industry Influencer for Sip North-west’s 2016 Best of the Northwest. Larrance is one of the main figures responsible for passing the Brew-pub Bill in 1985, historic legislation that allowed breweries to serve beer on their premises. In 1986, he co-founded Portland Brewing and was a main organizer of the Oregon Brewers Festival.
Nick and Janet (Ritter) Simp-son ’66 and ’67 live in Depoe Bay. Nick sold his Gleneden Beach
den-tal practice in May, after 46 years in the business. He practiced for 30 years in Waldport and 16 years in Gleneden Beach.
James and Cheryl (Haines) Stonier ’68 and ’69 of Kelso, Wash., celebrated their 50th wed-ding anniversary Jan. 6.
John Buckingham ’69 of Dallas and his wife, Susan, are traveling the country in a recreational vehicle.
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Author Melissa Yancy ’99 understands the challenge of finding time for reading. Yancy was on campus Nov. 10 to share her award-winning story collection, Dog Years, at Linfield’s Nicholson Library. Her book was selected as the Drue Heinz Literature Prize and published by the University of Pittsburgh Press. Here, Yancy provides advice for busy adults trying to find time for pleasure reading in their lives.
It’s easy for even once avid readers to lose the habit. Sometimes it’s blamed on shorter attention spans, but routine commitment to five-season television shows (50 hour narratives!) would suggest otherwise. There is so much quality writing out there, and too little time to consume it all. Drop any guilt you might have about what you’re not getting to – that doesn’t help – and make reading easier on yourself.
•Short salvos. Some of the most timely, provocative work today is in the short form. Traditional venues like The New Yorker are still standouts. The finely curated One Story delivers a single short story to your door every three weeks. For the tech-savvy, the Great
Jones Street app aspires to be the Netflix of the
short form, and long-time favorites like The Kenyon Review
publish special online content.
•Take a minute for poetry. The challenge and the power of poetry is that it requires your full attention, if only for a moment. But what else can enrich your life in just a minute or two a day? Pick up a Best American Poetry anthology and keep it as a bedside devotional that will last you the entire year.
•Commute buster. I listen to podcasts and audio books every day. My commute is my favorite time to catch up on essayists like Roxane Gay and Leslie Jamison. If your mind tends to wander, start with Jon Ronson reading his own books on audio — he leads you right down the rabbit hole with him.
Read for Life
Melissa Yancy ’99
Jones Street app aspires to be the Netflix of the
The Kenyon Review
SAVE THE DATE!
#LinfieldGives
Tuesday, May 2 join fellow alumni and friends in making a difference
during the second annual Linfield College Giving Day. Last year, the Linfield community raised more than $43,000 in one day, with 25 percent of donors making first-time gifts.
When Linfield gives, students thrive.
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1970-79
Jennifer (Hernage) Ludeman ’70 of Buxton, along with her husband, has operated Ludeman’s Fireplace Store in Beaverton for the past 32 years.
William Lane ’70 of Coupe-ville, Wash., and his wife, Nancy, celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary Sept. 8.
Don Watson ’71 of McMin-nville traveled to Nicaragua as a health promoter with First Baptist Church.
Mary (Waller) Strebig ’71 of Benicia, Calif., is manager of issues communication at Sutter Health Systems.
Walter Valentine ’72 of Omaha, Neb., published a young-adult book,
Little Owls, about Native Americans. Sam Ballard ’73 of Phoenix, Ariz., was inducted into the Arizona High School Coaches Hall of Fame, in recognition of his achievements coaching boys basketball. He is now head basketball coach at Mesa Community College.
Cheryl (Wirkkala) Spencer ’75
of Beaverton retired after 18 years as an administrator in psychiatry.
Deborah McAllister ’76 of Mi Wuk Village, Calif., retired from education and is pastor of Mount Calvary Lutheran Church.
Donald Carbonari ’76 of Port-land retired in May after 35 years, most recently as acting deputy chief financial officer for the Bon-neville Power Administration.
1980-89
Diane Gilronan-Loghry ’82 of Camas, Wash., is director of early learning services at Camas School District.
Lee Krähenbühl ’82 of Kalam-azoo, Mich., is associate professor of communication, speech/theatre and religious studies at Mercy Col-lege of Ohio, and artist-in-residence for Indiana University’s Randall L. Tobias Leadership Conference.
David Bingham ’84 of Port Angeles, Wash., has been named su-perintendent of the Crescent School District in Joyce, Wash. He previously served as associate principal.
Karen (Wilkinson) Monroe ’84 of Chehalis, Wash., is a Certified Music Practitioner and harpist for hospice.
Laura (Cook) Cirotski ’85 of Tigard is a care transformation case manager for Legacy.
Marcy (Hamby) Towns ’85 of West Lafayette, Ind., is the 2017 recipient of the American Chemical Society award for achievement in research for the teaching and learning of chemistry.
Alan Yehudah Winter ’86 of Portland became a Compassionate Listening (CL) facilitator and has now done CL in five countries on three continents. He is also an Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) facilitator.
Colleen James ’87 of Homer, Alaska, earned the 2016 Heroes in Nursing, Visionary Nursing Award from the Alaska Nurses Association. The award recognizes outstanding accomplishments by an Alaskan nurse in the area of interpersonal violence. James was instrumental in bringing the concept of sexual assault response teams, child abuse response and sexual assault nurse examiners to
her local community and the state. Paige (Brandis) Down ’87 of Walla Walla, Wash., is pursuing her master’s in nursing from Western Governor’s University.
Cheryl (Gray) Goodrich ’88 of Lake Havasu City, Ariz., works in in-patient cardiovascular care at Kingman Regional Medical Center. Scott Brosius ’88 is an assistant coach with the Seattle Mariners baseball team. He spent last season as hitting coach for the Mariners’ Class AAA affiliate in Tacoma, after eight sea-sons as Linfield’s head baseball coach.
1990-99
Diane Scrimshire ’90 of Wash-ougal, Wash., married Mike Spies on Oct. 8.
Curtiss Shelley ’92 of John Day is superintendent of Grant School District.
Kevin Curry ’92 of Tigard, direc-tor of integrated media at Linfield College, wrote an article published in The Washington Post, More and more people get their news via social media. Is that good or bad? He was also included in an article, Surviving
The power of connections
I recently learned of a product called “What’s Your Word,” a bracelet inscribed with a single word chosen by the buyer. If I had to focus on just one word that holds meaning in my professional life, it would be connect. I believe there is power in connection, and our connections at Linfield can be even more powerful because of our size.
In my role as director of alumni and parent relations, I want to help you find, build and maintain connections. Our team wants to bring together alumni, students and parents – on campus and off – at various events. Keeping in touch with our alumni is good for the college, of course, but it’s also
good for you. I firmly believe that the Wildcat network can have meaningful impact for you socially and vocationally. The first step in making these connections is ensuring we can reach you. Last fall, we approached alumni through email and mail to update contact and employment data. The improved information will help us keep you connected with upcoming events and messages. We also plan to launch new programs and tools that will make reaching others in the Linfield community easier.
Linfield wants to make 2017 a rewarding year for alumni, and our connections will help us do that. We’re here for you via email, phone or social media. When you reach us, feel free to let us know what your word would be.
Debbie Harmon Ferry ’90
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Election Season on Social Media, on the Healthline Networks website. Royce Embanks ’92 of Madras is mayor of Madras.
Don Grotting ’93 of Portland is superintendent of the Beaverton School District. He has been an Ore- gon superintendent for the past 20 years and was named Oregon Superintendent of the Year in 2014.
Scott Nelson ’94 of Sherwood is director of communications and marketing at Linfield College. He previously worked for 22 years in journalism, most recently as man-aging producer of The Oregonian
and OregonLive.
Dana Samples ’95 of Camas, Wash., retired Aug. 1 as vice presi-dent for Global Clinical Services at Cognizant Technology Solutions.
Brian Schmidt ’96 of Lake Oswego is president of the Home Builders Association of Metropoli-tan Portland.
Erik McLaughlin ’96 of Walla
Walla, Wash., is director of Exvere, a Seattle-based mergers and acquisitions advisory firm. He was instrumental in the sale of Seven Hills Winery, where he served as se-nior vice president, to the Crimson Wine Group.
Jeff and Nissa (Cockrell) Roberts ’97 and ’96 live in Gearhart. Jeff is the principal of Seaside High School.
Korenza (Burris) Jones ’97 of Springfield and husband Carlos had a son July 29.
Sean and Katie (Amick) McMa-hon ’97 and ’98 live in Portland. Sean is director of content for SmartBrief and Katie is producing a public TV social science show.
Tanya (Matthews) McDon-ald ’97 of Woodinville, Wash., published a haiku-inspired poetry book, Seven Suns/Seven Moons, with co-author Michael Dylan Welch.
Amy Casterline ’98 of Laurel, Md., is credentialed as a Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE), the
global standard for the fundraising profession.
Matt Brown ’98 of Gear-hart has been elected mayor of Gearhart. A PGA general manager and head professional at Highlands Golf Club in Gearhart, he was also named 2016 PGA Merchandiser of the Year-Public Category.
Candi Carter Olson ’99 of Logan, Utah, received the American Journalism Historians Association Rising Scholar Award. She received the award for her research, The Rights of the Women of Zion, and the
Rights of the Women of All Nations: The Woman’s Exponent and the Utah Women’s Press Club.
Khale Century (Tyler) Reno ’99 of Jackson, Wyo., and husband Renzy had a baby, Ace Tyler, Feb. 29.
Melissa Yancy ’99 of Los Ange-les, Calif., won the 2016 Drue Heinz Literature Prize and published a book of short stories, Dog Years.
2000-09
Anne Zimmerman ’00 of San Francisco, Calif., and her husband, Sean Finney, had a son, Leon, May 28, their second.
MaryJo Monroe ’00 of Port-land was elected president of the Oregon chapter of the National Association of Professional Orga-nizers. She has been a professional organizer with her home-organiz-ing business reSPACEd since 2008.
Jeffrey Crapper ’00 of Dayton was named Outstanding High School Classroom Teacher by the Oregon Science Teachers Association.
Kayla Watts ’01 of Portland married Zach Eberhardt on June 18.
Kristi (Kohn) Blair ’01 of Kingman, Ariz., is recorder for Mohave County.
Rebecca (Stevens) Hoppen ’01 of Hillsboro is a first-grade teacher at Lenox Elementary in the Hillsboro School District.
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Award-winners recognized
Five alumni and friends of the college were honored at the Linfield’s Finest awards reception during Homecoming weekend Sept. 30. Honorees include from left, David and Jeanne Beck, Walker service award; Pete Dengenis ’64, alumni service award; President Thomas Hellie; Kerry Nordstrom-Bradley ’10, outstanding young alumna; and Floyd McKay ’57, distinguished alumnus.
For more information on this year’s recipients, go to linfield.edu/homecoming. Nominate someone for the 2017 awards at linfield.edu/alumniawards.
Council leads alumni mission
Linfield’s Alumni Leadership Council is shaping the alumni experience. The council meets three times annually to discuss ways to nurture lifelong connections with the Linfield community. Council members provide input and direction for alumni events, service, programming and communications. Members include, front row from left, Nissa (Cockrell) Roberts ’96, Kathy (Magna) Loving ’82, Marianne Mills ’72, Graham Seaton ’08, Kristen (Teel) Taylor ’98, Mari (Moore) Colbourne ’95; back row, Jim Manary ’67, Lauren Ross ’11, Eric Deffenbaugh ’00, Roger Staples ’86 and Dan Koenig ’70. Not pictured, Odis Avritt ’67 and Kandice (Kleiber) Marshall ’05.
Kendra Larsen ’02 of Colorado Springs, Colo., received a master’s degree in library science from Emporia State University in May.
Laura (Worzniak) Small ’02 and ’09 of Portland is a registered nurse at Doernbecher Children’s Hospital. Nate (Roberts) Foster ’02 of Eugene and his husband Brian are owners and innkeepers of The Oval Door Bed and Breakfast.
Amy (Szumlanski) Klocko ’03 of Junction City and her husband, Andrew, had a son, Theodore Martin, July 5.
Aubrey (Turriaga) Nava ’03 of Mesa, Ariz., had a son, Alexander Eugenio, June 13. She is a microbi-ologist at the Mayo Clinic.
Joshua Johnson ’04 and Kelsey Lyle ’07 live in Dulles, Va. Joshua has been sworn in as a State De-partment Foreign Service Officer and will serve in Chennai, India.
Scott and Jen (Bishop) Brock-ett ’04 and ’05 of Milwaukie had a son, Charlie Robert, May 19.
Amanda (Rozen) Palmer ’05 of Moscow, Idaho, and husband Nathan had a daughter, Samantha Robin, May 21, their fourth child.
Brett Elliott ’05 is quarterbacks coach for the Mississippi State University football team.
Elise (Brimhall) Steele ’05 of Bellevue, Wash., and husband Benja-min had a daughter, Mary, May 10.
George IV and Abby (Yenne) Carter ’05 and ’07 of Salem had a son, George V, June 11.
Jinnell Lewis ’05 of Madras and husband Chris Toman had a son, Canyon Mitchell Toman, June 24. Jordan Hollern ’05 of Great Falls, Mont., won the Dufresne Foundation Outstanding Educator Award for 2015-16. He was also one of 20 Montana teachers selected to participate in the math and science leadership development program.
Justin Samples ’05 of Boise, Idaho, and wife Cara had a son, Jackson Walter, Nov. 29.
Kristen (Romanaggi) Marick ’05 of Portland and husband Joel had a daughter, Theodosia Edwina, Sept. 4.
Megan Watts and Jon Kearsley, both ’05, of Denver, Colo., had a son, Owen Kearsley, Dec. 13, 2015.
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Ariz., is general manager at CBP of Arizona, a paint-contracting company.
Quin (Abrahamson) Denfeld ’05 of Hillsboro received a doc-torate from the OHSU School of Nursing.
Sevda (Speroff) Day ’05 of Bend and husband Matt welcomed a daughter, Landon Leonova, June 1.
April Huggler ’06 of Beaverton is the quality assurance and training manager for the department of environmental services at Oregon Health & Science University.
Brittany Clark ’06 of Portland married Doug Guthrie April 23.
Jennifer (Reardon) Domes ’06 of Newberg and her husband, Matt, create artisan spinning tops at NW Tops.
Jo Lundberg ’06 of Portland earned a masters of art therapy from St. Mary of the Woods College and is an art therapist and child and family therapist at Lifeworks NW. She recently exhib-ited a series of portraits illustrating the Diagnostic and Statistical Man-ual of Mental Health Disorders at Wolff Gallery in Portland.
Tim and Kristen (Sawchuk) Benzel ’06 and ’08 of Seattle, Wash., had a daughter, Reese, in July.
Gregory and Tori (Beck) Bar-on, both ’07, of Canby had a son, Elliott, May 25.
Jason and Meredith (Berthot) Olds ’07 and ’06 of McMinnville had a daughter, Emily Grace, June 14.
Leah (Caine) Bannon ’07 of Salt Lake City, Utah, has been accepted to the A.T. Still University Doctor of Health Administration program.
Nick Davenport ’07 of Mad-ison, Wis., earned a doctorate in cellular and molecular biology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Nick and Tara (Stark) Dav-enport, both ’07, live in Spring-field. Nick earned a doctorate in molecular biology from University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Patricia Everett-Kabut ’07 of Vancouver, B.C., finished her doctorate in theatre studies at the University of British Columbia, where she researched propaganda plays in 1930s Vancouver, B.C.
Stephanie (Pulliam) Brown ’07 of Metuchen, N.J., is program di-rector for CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) of Middlesex County.
Emily Jenkins ’08 of Salem earned a Certificate for Advanced Trauma Therapy last year.
Justyne Triest ’08 of Hillsboro married David Krug Oct. 15 at the Oregon Coast Aquarium.
Katie Kaufman ’08 of Oregon City married Kyle Exum July 16.
Nabil and Courtney (Worth-ington) Zerizef, both ’08, live in Portland. Nabil is principal at Farm-ington View Elementary School and Courtney runs Courtney Z. Photography.
Chris Hawley ’09 of Tacoma, Wash., is assistant athletic director and athletic trainer for Gonzaga Preparatory School in Spokane.
Erika (Rosenfield) Skaar ’09 of Madras and husband Kasey had a daughter, Maggie Patricia, Dec. 19, their second daughter.
Katherine (Franklin) Kitchell ’09 and ’11 of Talent is a manager at Providence Medical Center.
Megan (Stephens) Haskins ’09 of Spokane, Wash., and husband Craig had triplets Jan. 28, 2016 – Ellison, Oakley and Isaiah.
2010-16
Chris McIsaac ’10 and Jill Bor-oughs ’13 of Tigard were married July 2 at The Troutdale House by the Sandy River.
David and Tessa (Leppell) Hurn, both ’10, of Forks, Wash., had a daughter, Ahna, Feb. 8, 2016.
Gregory Blakeman ’10 of Janesville, Calif., and wife, Sara, are certified foster parents.
Samantha (Jordan) Geary ’10 of McMinnville and her husband, Zack, had a son, Hiram Roosevelt, Aug. 9.
Steve and Sami (Keim) Arnst ’10 and ’12 of Corvallis had a daughter, Elah Rene, June 26.
Thomas Belleque ’10 of Teller, Alaska, married Kyle Hatch June 11. Beth Satterwhite ’10 and Erik Grimstad ’10 of McMinnville, co-owners of Even Pull Farm, were
featured in the January issue of
Hobby Farms Magazine.
Dwayne Orr ’11 of Sandy is director of order management and solutions sales at Telarus.
Garrett Garceau ’11 of Grants Pass is studying computer science at Portland State University.
Kurtis Williams ’11 of Hillsboro is pursuing a master’s degree in business administration with a mar-keting emphasis from Concordia University in Seward, Neb.
Maria Sandoval Perez ’11 of Dayton and husband Carlos Garcia Oliveros had a daughter, Emilia Garcia-Sandoval, July 13.
Travis and Claire (Velaski) Tocher, both ’11, live in Cornelius. Travis teaches social studies at Forest Grove High School. Claire is a teacher at Dundee Elementary School. Jennifer (Allen) Worth ’01 of Portland finished the Mountain Lake 100-mile race Sept. 24-25. She finished eight ultra races in 2016 – three 5OKs, one 40-miler, one 100K, two 50-milers and a 100-miler. “I am so grateful for the education I received at Linfield,” said Worth, a supervisor of provider relations at Family Care Health Plans. “As a student, I was a young parent and had no time to join the cross country team. Since I have an amazing education and a job I love now, I can trail run and ultra race my heart out.”
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Fancy meeting you here
Separately Casey Jones ’07 and Meghan Gillen ’13 are serving as Peace Corp volunteers in Uganda, East Africa.
Jones is a volunteer in the Global Health Service Partnership serving as an assistant lecturer of nursing at Muni University in Arua, West Nile. Gillen is an education volunteer in Kabulasoke in Gomba District.
Their sites are at least 15 hours apart by car, and the two had never met, but a chance introduction while preparing Thanksgiving dinner for new U.S. literacy volunteers changed that. They spent the day cooking together and realized they are both Wildcats. “We immediately high-fived on that discovery,” reports Jones.
Megan Gillen ’13 and Casey Jones ’07 point to their approximate location on a map at a hostel in Kampala, the capital and largest city in Uganda.
For more information on investing in Linfield students, visit or contact Lisa Goodwin, director of annual giving, at [email protected] or 503-883-2492.
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My personalized education, made
possible through scholarships, is
preparing me to be a competent
and compassionate nurse, as well
as a leader among my peers.
Alex Grant ’12 and Alyssa Carano ’15 of McMinnville were married July 16.
Chloe Wandler ’12 of Snohomish, Wash., married Zane Jandsten Nov. 12. Justin Derby ’12 of Gresham published Another Inconvenient Truth.
Mitch Edwards ’12 of Glendale, Ariz., graduated from medical school at Midwestern University and begins his internal medicine residency at UC Irvine Medical Center.
Nicole Bond ’12 of Glendale, Ariz., achieved the professional des-ignation of Associate of the Society of Actuaries.
Nelly Evans ’12 of Baltimore, Md., is pursuing a master of public policy at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Health.
Rhiannon Ladwig ’13 of Aiea, Hawaii, was promoted to lieutenant junior grade in the U.S. Navy Supply Corps. She serves on the USS O’Kane.
Susana Fajardo ’13 of Chapel Hill, N.C., earned a master’s in public health from Gillings School of Global Public Health at the University of North Carolina.
Zoe Rozzi ’13 of Wasilla, Alaska, married Ryan Viola Aug. 5.
Dorothy Sterling ’14 of Bellevue, Wash., is a certified pediatric nurse and won the Daisy Award for Nursing
at Seattle Children’s Hospital. Max Milander ’14 of San Luis Obispo, Calif., is the play-by-play voice for men’s and women’s soccer, women’s basketball and softball at the University of Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo.
Olivia Uphoff ’14 of Solano Beach, Calif., is assistant to univer-sity legal counsel at California State University, Fullerton.
Christopher Dirks ’15 of Park-dale is a math and alternative educa-tion teacher and basketball coach at Hood River Valley High School.
Dana Gibbon ’15 of Kansas City, Mo., earned a master’s degree in bioinformatics and genomics from the University of Oregon and is a bioinformaticist at the Stowers Institute for Medical Research.
Lori Young ’15 of Lake Oswego married Byron Stumman July 29.
Rhianna Bennett ’15 of Bothell, Wash., is a production assistant on the independent film, Minor.
Sarah Mason ’15 of Vancouver, Wash., is an account executive at
Willamette Week.
Rachel Axtman ’15 of Boise, Idaho, is an employment specialist
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a refugee resettlement agency. She works to help refugees find and maintain jobs in order to become self-sufficient in their new homes. Andrea Pakula ’16 of Clark-ston, Wash., is an international pro-gram coordinator with NorthWest Student Exchange, bringing foreign high school students into the U.S. to study for a year or semester.
Austin Browning ’16 of Portland, taught English during the summer at an intensive English program at Xi’an Jiaotong University in China.
In memoriam
Ritchard E. Lyon ’39 of Waynesboro, Pa., Dec. 8.
Helen (Hanna) Wise ’43 of Ellensburg, Wash., Aug. 23.
Elsie (Kalmen) Johnson ’44 of Portland, Oct. 6.
Marjorie (Alexander) Hun-derup ’45 of McMinnville, Jan. 6. Survivors include husband John “Jack” ’44 and cousin William Luebke ’58.
Ernest Davenport ’48 of Stay-ton, March 15.
Dale Johnson ’48 of Camano Island, Wash., July 24.
Crittenden Huston ’49 of Bend, Jan. 14.
Andrew Houston ’50 of Van-couver, Wash., April 6, 2016.
Robert Jellum ’50 of Newberg, Nov. 29.
Peter G. Tveit ’50 of Salem, Nov. 13.
Winslow Waite ’50 of Mercer Island, Wash., March 5, 2016.
Marilyn (Andersen) Havill ’52 of Bandon, April 30.
Ritchie D. Thomas ’53 of Olym-pia, Wash., May 24.
Marianne (Hakanson) Kadas ’54 of Missoula, Mont., Dec. 8.
William Larsen ’55 of Olympia, Wash., Nov. 4. Survivors include wife Adele (Van Dyke) ’57.
Mary (Hisel) Jarvis ’56 of Bend, July 20, 2014. Survivors include husband Lyle ’58.
Roswell Putnam ’57 of Yuma, Ariz., Jan. 29, 2016.
William Shaw ’57 of Salem, July 21.
Bert Van Zyl ’57 of Centennial, Colo., May 3.
Hiram Crane ’59 of Gresham, Oct. 16.
Gordon Jernstedt ’60 of Carlton, Oct. 3.
Ronald Baker ’61 of Sunriver, Oct. 9.
David Guzman ’61 of Keizer, July 7.
Roger Stewart ’61 of Portland, June 5.
Perry Stubberfield ’62 of Mc-Minnville, Dec. 3. Survivors include son Kris ’85 and granddaughter Courtney Seifert ’08.
Carl Bainter ’63 of McMinn-ville, Nov. 1.
Douglas Cruger ’63 of Old Orchard Beach, Maine, Nov. 30.
Jane (Thomson) Foster ’63 of Poulsbo, Wash., March 18, 2016.
Richard Huber ’63 of Lafayette, N.J., Aug. 2.
Larry Jones ’64 of Colfax, Wash., Nov. 28. Survivors include wife Lucinda (Cruver) ’64, sister Betty Lou (Jones) Stirling ’61 and son Kelly ’02.
Diane (Sargent) Fehr ’66 of Lake Oswego, Jan. 5. Survivors
include daughter Kelli (Fehr) Hanson ’94, son Jason ’94, broth-er Doug Sargent ’64 and niece Dawn (Sargent) Shuey ’94.
Virgil Pade ’66 and ’67 of Sherwood, Jan. 12. Survivors include son Troy ’92.
Donald Shirilla ’68 of Port-land, Nov. 18.
James Starr ’68 of Portland, July 30. Survivors include son Douglas ’94.
Lucita (Clark) Duke ’71 of Mc-Minnville, June 1. Survivors include husband James ’58.
Janice Carlile ’74 of McMin-nville, Nov. 19. Survivors include daughter Carrie ’81.
Craig Howard ’74 of Ashland, Jan. 19.
Dan Barnes ’77 of Turner, Dec. 1. Survivors include wife Susan (Lidstrom) ’77.
Barbara (Linthicum) Sidwell ’77 of Springfield, Aug. 3.
Lillian (Nightengale) Tinker ’78 of McMinnville, Aug. 2.
Tony Wright ’78 of Tacoma, Wash., July 25.
Todd Harding ’85 of West Linn, Nov. 18.
Leatha June (Fleming) Jetton ’85 of Sheridan, Sept. 19.
Roberta (Hunter) Wachholz ’86 of Portland, Sept. 29, 2015.
John J.C. Ruelas ’89 of Blue Mound, Texas, Sept. 15.
Lisa (Bailey) Lawton ’91 of Eugene, July 9.
Helen West ’94 of Corvallis, Sept. 6.
Todd Lang ’96 of Macon, Ga., March 2, 2016.
Kristen Ellers ’99 of Tucson, Ariz., March 15, 2016.
Thomas Maher ’99 of Dan-bury, Conn., Oct. 23.
Brittany (Hartzell) Baguley ’00 of Reno, Nev., July 10. Survi-vors include husband Jeff ’00.
John Jacobson ’03 of Corvallis, Sept. 9. Survivors include wife Karen (Larrison) ’01.
Viren Viuhkola ’11 of Tualatin, Aug. 26.
Conrad de Fiebre ‘17 of Lake Oswego, Oct. 19.
Friends and
Family
Kathryn Erickson of McMinn-ville, former administrative assistant and instructor, Nov. 25.
Paul Gilbarg of Portland, former adjunct professor of health sciences, Nov. 20.
Elisabeth “Betty” Holden of Lancaster, Penn., former vice pres-ident and director of planned and deferred giving, Aug. 9. Survivors include grandson Paul Holden ’03.
Patricia Hough of Portland, for-mer dean of nursing, March 11, 2016.
Frank Nelson of McMinnville, professor emeritus of philosophy, Nov. 7. Survivors include grandchil-dren Samantha Jenness ’10 and Christopher Jenness ’11.
Joan Rutschman of McMin-nville, former athletic secretary, Sept. 9. Survivors include husband Ad Rutschman ’54; daughter Cindy Bellville ’77; sons Donald ’76, Ross ’79 and Randall ’81; and granddaughter Alyssa Nichols ’13. Floyd Schrock of McMinnville, former assistant director for inter-national admissions, Oct. 2.
Steven Teal of McMinnville, former football team physician, Feb. 17.
GSH
Nellie (Ornduff) Jinnings GSH ’46 of Hillsboro, Feb. 9, 2016.
Robyn (Chapman) Thompson GSH ’61 of Roseburg, Sept. 13.
Alice (Schanno) Van Loo GSH ’61 of Forest Grove, July 23.
Lynn (Parker) Jones GSH ’69 of Portland, Feb. 27, 2016.
Lorraine (Foerster) Alsterberg GSH ’80 of Tualatin, May 18.
GOT NEWS?
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friends, tell us about it at linfield.edu/alumni.
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