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Obits – Spring 2021

Mar 15, 2021 | Class News, Obits, Spring 2021

1930-1939

Billie F. Addison, ‘39

1940-1949

Caroline Brentari Beaumont, ‘45, ‘48
Harriet J. Whiting, ‘45, ‘50
Author E. Charette, ‘46
Cruz Carlos Castillo, ‘47
Louis Dale Kaiser, ‘48
Marc Evans Myton, ‘49

Elizabeth Ann Dargon Erickson, ‘49
Barbara Ernest, ‘49
Myra Ravel Gasser, ‘49
Gilbert E. Miranda, ‘49
Martha Jo Porter, ‘49

Lydia G. Ras-Allard, ‘49
Martin Rubenstein, ‘49
Nancy D. Shaw, ‘49
Myrl Leon Smith, ‘49

1950-1959

Charles Benedict Archuleta, ‘50
Robert E. Lane, ‘50
Robert Arthur Mikkelsen, ‘50, ‘70
Marilyn M. Pollock, ‘50
George M. Popelka, ‘50
William T. Van Court, ‘50
Charles Duncan Alsup, ‘51
Daryl Gilmore, ‘51
Walter L. Hyde, ‘51
James R. Lotz, ‘51
Norman A. McNew, ‘51
Wade A. Myers, ‘51

Donald G. Rieser, ‘51

Jane J. Rowe, ‘51, ‘83
Robert Warren Stark, ‘51
Joe M. Stell, ‘51
H. Tom Taylor, ‘51
Victor George Umbach, ‘51
Floyd Vance, ‘51
Richard Louis Allinger, ‘52
John Walter Hagen, ‘52
Burdette Henri Martin, ‘52
Barbara Bongard Rogers, ‘52
Gretchen L. Clatworthy, ‘53
Darrell U. Davidson, ‘53
Dorcas Knudsen Doering, ‘53
Bill Gentry, ‘53, ‘53, ‘59
Malcolm J. Skove, ‘53
Noel C. Sorrell, ‘53
Donald S. Anderson, ‘54
James F. Lackey, ‘54
Gary L. Tietjen, ‘54
Frank B. Gilmer, ‘55, ‘67
Allan L. Gruer, ‘55
Claude Leonard Lewis, ‘55, ‘60
Thomas Parrish Lief, ‘55, ‘61
Louis Bernard McKee, ‘55
Helen E. Weaver, ‘55
Sarah Stringer Burkstaller, ‘56
Sylvester G. Chumley, ‘56

Glenn Roy Haste, ‘56
Betty Thorf Jack, ‘56
Peggy Lou Kirkland, ‘56, ‘62
Wayman M. Robertson, ‘56
Robert Miles Sweeney, ‘56
Bruce Robert Wood, ‘56
Richard L. Brown, ‘57, ‘57, ‘65
Nancy B. Jennings, ‘57
George R. Reddy, ‘57, ‘61
Paul Olaf Scheie, ‘57
Irvine Elwin Davis, ‘58, ‘60
Charles J. Ederer, ‘58
John S. Havens, ‘58
Robin Hazen, ‘58, ‘68
Barbara Jean Holt, ‘58, ‘58
Florence Ruth Marshall, ‘58
John N. Middleton, ‘58, ‘70
George J. Unterberg, ‘58
Dick Wilson, ‘58
Wycliffe V. Butler, ‘59
Lewis O. Campbell, ‘59
Edward A. Gonzales, ‘59
Virgie Nell Hale, ‘59
Patricia H. Holt, ‘59
Jack W. House, ‘59
Eleanor L. McConnell, ‘59, ‘59
Sandra C. Strong Fitzgerald, ‘59

1960-1969

John F. Adams, ‘60

William L. Baker, ‘60

Barbara McKnight Bowser, ‘60

Jose Andres Chacon, ‘60

Charles Edward De Sutter, ‘60

Robert H. Kuehn, ‘60

Karen Quelle McKinnon, ‘60, ‘77

Gary T. Montague, ‘60

Walter L. Willis, ‘60, ‘65

William R. Bennett, ‘61

Jack B. Carlson, ‘61

Byron Gale Crego, ‘61

Elizabeth H. Doolittle, ‘61

Elizabeth Ann Galligan, ‘61, ‘95

Richard D. Jones, ‘61

Harold W. Nelson, ‘61

Karl F. Nigg, ‘61

Edward L. Patterson, ‘61, ‘63

Gordon M. Purslow, ‘61

Elizabeth Thomas, ‘61

George Lawrence Adkins, ‘62

Sidney B. Gasser, ‘62

James A. Gosse, ‘62

Patsy L. Rodgers, ‘62, ‘69

Marvin Chester Weber, ‘62
Lee A. Woodward, ‘62

Charles A. Bandoian, ‘63, ‘69

Ralph B. Clark, ‘63

Sajjad H. Durrani, ‘63

Dennis L. Mangan, ‘63, ‘71

William I. Norwood, ‘63

Ernie Simpson, ‘63, ‘68,

David M. del Castillo, ‘64, ‘67, ‘67

Nelson W. Eskridge, ‘64

Michael M. Simon, ‘64

Fred W. Wellborn, ‘64

Peter M. Welsh, ‘64

Patricia C. Wilding-White, ‘64

Grace L. Colvin, ‘65, ‘65,

Julia Anne Harris, ‘65, ‘70

Richard G. Hay, ‘65, ‘67

Patricia Diane King, ‘65

Paul Daniel Lackey, ‘65, ‘65, ‘73

Jean M. Marshall, ‘65, ‘65

Paul Gerald Meyer, ‘65

John Marcus Nielson, ‘65

Veronica Reed, ‘65

William F. Riordan, ‘65, ‘68
Charles Eugene Shipley, ‘65, ‘68
Arthur John Bennett, ‘66
Frederick Gaudenz Broell, ‘66, ‘69, ‘70
Donald A. Jelinek, ‘66
Lynn Tarleton Ritchie, ‘66, ‘76

Ausencio Romero, ‘66, ‘69
Marcus A. Boyer, ‘67
James Olaf Halvorson, ‘67
Daniel T. Jennings, ‘67, ‘73
Patricia Winter Mendius, ‘67
Virginia A. Miles, ‘67
Keith D. Neel, ‘67, ‘67
Louis Rodriguez, ‘67
Jesus Carruth Sandoval, ‘67
Joseph P. Sekot, ‘67
Benjamin M. Butler, ‘68
William G. Delano, ‘68
Karen J. Fisher, ‘68
Calvin E. Guymon, ‘68
William Rathberger, ‘68
Alain Michel Serieyssol, ‘68, ‘69
Sylvia Jean Sisson, ‘68, ‘68
Billy Joe Thorne, ‘68
Terry L. Booth, ‘69
James J. Cox, ‘69
Elizabeth A. Crain, ‘69
Dale W. Foster, ‘69
Jay Daniel Hertz, ‘69
Johanna Kennedy Major, ‘69
Caryl Arden Mitchell, ‘69
William Allen Rathgeber, ‘69
Lauralea Ann Stephens, ‘69
Dee C. Whitlock, ‘69, ‘69

1970-1979

Maxine Cowton, ‘70, ‘70
Rhonda Joan Crume McCarley, ‘70, ‘76
William Lee Hatch, ‘70
Richard Wright Irvin, ‘70
Del Paul Jack, ‘70
William E. Kraus, ‘70, ‘71
Edward Leroy Lane, ‘70
Percy Larranaga, ‘70, ‘78
Carlos Brazil Ramirez, ‘70
James R. Sawtelle, ‘70
Knollie Lee Sell, ‘70
Suzann I. Trout, ‘70, ‘76
Susan C. Wheeler, ‘70
John Russell Callan, ‘71
Charles E. Hughes, ‘71
Ella Onetta Labrier, ‘71
Bill Lord, ‘71
Anne Patricia O’Brien ’71
James Terrell Ray, ‘71
Kenneth Alois Sabisch, ‘71
Thomas Arnold Tabet, ‘71
Milton Maurice Brewer, ‘72
Jerry Lynn Buckner, ‘72
Clayton Fisher Childs, ‘72, ‘76
Robert J. Hodge, ‘72
Donald Lee Kurle, ‘72
Roberto Martinez, ‘72

Jim Metheny, ‘72

Mary Katherine Cornell, ‘73

Julie Cullender Gutierrez, ‘73, ‘93

Dora M. Juarez, ‘73

Lillian E. Martin, ‘73

Charles Edgar Merritt, ‘73

David Lee Otero, ‘73

Cleve Bruce Pillifant, ‘73

Joe Bill Scrivner, ‘73, ‘81,

Donald Ray Standiford, ‘73

Roberta Wellems, ‘73

Walter B. Henderson, ‘74, ‘76

George E. Kennedy, ‘74, ‘78

Lawrence D. Larkin, ‘74

David James McNally, ‘74

Kirk Gregory Williams, ‘74

George Austin-Martin, ‘75, ‘76

William B. Bentley, ‘75

Emily Bunting, ‘75

Mart Cooper Hanna, ‘75

Norman George Johnson, ‘75

Suzanne Leslie Kupferer, ‘75

Ronald Woodrow Light, ‘75, ‘77, ‘79

Maebah B. Morris, ‘75, ‘79,

John T. Reilly, ‘75

Roland Kent Sanchez, ‘75

Thomas E. Singleton, ‘75

Jeannine H. Encinias, ‘76, ‘81

Susan Elaine Haley, ‘76

Deborah Zamora Kalmus, ‘76

Anita Aufill Kelly, ‘76

Lydia Rede Madrid, ‘76

Anna Maria Delfinia Padilla, ‘76

Mark David Rieb, ‘76, ‘80

Howard Yee, ‘76

Susan Carol Doering, ‘77

Jill Leslie Furst, ‘77

Albert Castulo Lujan, ‘77, ‘81

Deborah Ann White, ‘77

Patricia K. Archibeck, ‘78, ‘91

Thomas E. Dinkins, ‘78

Mary Katherine Ann Gallegos, ‘78

Roger Gene Gonzales, ‘78

Donna Kalb Herbst, ‘78, ‘92

Sara Beth McComas, ‘78

Doris Elaine Shorey, ‘78, ‘79

Katrina M. Space, ‘78

Anne C. Bullock, ‘79

Mitchell S. Fletcher, ‘79

John Francis Gilligan, ‘79

George Franklin Meade, ‘79

Carol Anne Shelton, ‘79

Anne O’Brien ’70

1948-2019

Ms. Anne O’Brien was a graduate of Highland High School and the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque from which she received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Journalism in 1970. During her career she lived and worked in Chicago, Santa Barbara, and New York before returning to Albuquerque in 1998. She retired from the City of Albuquerque where she had been a project coordinator.

Ms. O’Brien had a wide variety of interests but was most passionate about her animal companions. Her love for animals is reflected in her wish that her entire estate be given to organizations that support animal welfare.

1980-1989

Clifton L. Brashar, ‘80

Christine Anne Hemingway, ‘80

J. Patrick Josey, ‘80

Carolyn Swain Palmer, ‘80

Barbara A. Sanchez, ‘80, ‘84

Larry D. Bush, ‘81

Christopher James Clark, ‘81

Donald C. Cole, ‘81

Dorothy Dwyre Grosvenor, ‘81

Charlean B. Raymond, ‘81

David Neil Robertson, ‘81

Olivia T. Romero, ‘81

John R. Witcofsky, ‘81

Edmund L. Ciccarello, ‘82

Jeanne Bennett Dailey, ‘82
Tong-Hai Hu, ‘82

Linda Raquel Morse, ‘82

Judith Ann Rogala, ‘82

Eloisa Bergere Brown, ‘83

Felipe Antonio Chavez, ‘83

Gloria Whitney Crane, ‘83

Ann Marie Dumas, ‘83

Gilbert Michael Martinez, ‘83

Nina R. Santiago, ‘83

James P. Baiamonte, ‘84

Joseph L. Lifke, ‘84

Candy Lea Sapier, ‘84

Diane Marie Tapia, ‘84

David Owen Taylor, ‘84

Esther Marie Archibeque, ‘85

William Harvey Broughton, ‘85, ‘88, ‘94
Lois E. Detwiler, ‘85

Cassandra Janette Gulley, ‘85

Bill Kosta Hanges, ‘85

Phyllis A. Patterson, ‘85

Richard Michael Barr, ‘86

Eliane Van Stichel, ‘86

Maria Evette Candelaria, ‘87, ‘91

Rose Martinez, ‘87

Louis Arthur Redmond, ‘87, ‘89

Claude Hillary Muller, ‘88

Grace Sandoval Pedro, ‘88

Lane Burgess Theiler, ‘88

Kathryn Lynn Bogren, ‘89

Joyce Marion Connors, ‘89

Britten Finney, ‘89

Steven James Tullar, ‘89

1990-1999

Roberta Josephine Arnold, ‘90, ‘94

Gilbert Gene Cadman, ‘90

Richard Wayne Martinez, ‘90

Sarah Leigh Vidal, ‘90

Jacqueline Kay Walters, ‘90

Patricia A Ortiz Brower, ‘91, ‘95

Mary E. Harrison, ‘91

Katherine Louise Schlapp, ‘91

David George Hanna, ‘92

Derrick P. Joe, ‘92, ‘93,

Elizabeth S. Reil, ‘92

Rick Gregg Sherwood, ‘92, ‘07

Jack Bateman, ‘93

Larry M. Bishop, ‘93, ‘95,

Chris Peter Johnson, ‘93

Ryan Ernest Pemble, ‘93, ‘99

Barbara L. Johnston, ‘94

Louis B. Ashley, ‘95

Lester Leon Bleil, ‘95

Taleah R. Hartman, ‘95

Joseph Torsiello, ‘95

Paul Arthur Barrientos, ‘96

Beverly Alice Gross, ‘96

John Gordon Odell, ‘96, ‘00

Eric Charles Smith, ‘96
Jasson Christopher Cwiekalo, ‘97

Nancy Elizabeth Rogers, ‘97

Kelvin Michael Scarborough, ‘97

Valery Lee Blood, ‘98

Keith Louis Buchanan, ‘98

Serafina Fellin, ‘98

Sharon Anne Ford, ‘98

Jane Nell King, ‘98

Wayne Thomas Parks, ‘98

Diann Elizabeth Pino, ‘98

Beverly Mitchell Allred, ‘99

Allison Patricia Anderson, ‘99

Urszula Jolanta Biela, ‘99

2000-2009

Bethany Catherine Reeb-Sutherland, ‘00, ‘03, ‘06

Sarah M. Moody, ‘01

Allison Moule, ‘01

Charlene G. Struck, ‘01, ‘03,

Christin Kathleen Kennedy, ‘02

Miranda Sanchez, ‘02, ‘11,

Lance Bennett Stillwell, ‘02

Emily A. Coleman, ‘04

Nicholas Jason Miera, ‘04

Steve Munoz, ‘04

Nicole Lee Tipton, ‘04

Ryan David Cunningham, ‘05

Kendra R. Morgan, ‘05

Maynard David Becenti, ‘06, ‘06, ‘09

John William Joseph Charles, ‘06

Janet Langston Schoen, ‘06, ‘06

Stacie N. Cruz, ‘07, ‘13

Shayla Spolidoro, ‘07, ‘11, ‘11

Claresia Begay, ‘08, ‘08

Lynsey A. Horcasitas, ‘08

Victoria T. Sype, ‘08, ‘09

Marilyn J. De Palma, ‘09

2010-2019

Paula A. Ferguson, ‘10

Hannah Helen Philbrick, ‘10

Kermit A. Yonnie, ‘10, ‘15,

Theodore Raymond Bolstad, ‘11

Manuelita I. Chapman, ‘12, ‘17

Jonathan M. Lucero, ‘12

Michael E. Watts, ‘12

Michael Francis Brett, ‘15

Edward Jude Davis, ‘16

Bobby Dale Gibbs, ‘16

Veronica Iturralde, ‘16

Adrienne Kelsey Lawless, ‘16

Benjamin Michael Smith, ‘16

Rebecca S. Cox, ‘17

Shirley Ann Ashley, ‘18

Pending Graduate

Jacqueline Ann Smith

Staff, Faculty & Friends

Bob Anderson

Shirley Archunde

Ronald Eugene Blood

William Harvey Broughton

Edwin H. Caplan

Hannah Colton
Richard V. Croghan

Michael Davidson, MD

Raphael J. DeHoratius, MD

Patricia Kathryne Fowler

Stephen L. Gregg, MD

Richard Irvin

Niles Ragner Johnson

David H. Munger, MD

Wilma Jean Nash

Paul Platero

Dr. Patrick G. Quinn

Harold V. Rhodes

Tom Saunders

Melissa L. Vargas

1970-2020

Those emotions are flowing across The University of New Mexico’s campus community after the recent loss of one of its valued staff members, Melissa L. Vargas, who died peacefully on Saturday, May 30, 2020 surrounded by her family. A native New Mexican, Vargas was raised in Rio Rancho and Albuquerque. She graduated from Manzano High School, attended New Mexico State University, and then The University of New Mexico where she studied and received her Bachelor’s degree in English with a minor in Speech-Language Pathology. After graduating, she began a distinguished 23-year career at The University of New Mexico.

Juliana “Julie” Cullender Gutierrez

1951-2020

Passed away peacefully in the arms of her husband, Alberto, at home surrounded by loved ones on Friday, July 3, 2020. After getting married and briefly working as an English teacher, Juliana took a position at UNM Medical Center. Always the consummate overachiever with a fierce intellect, uncommon work ethic and natural talent for management, Juliana rose rapidly through the ranks. After earning her MBA, along-side her sister Mary Lou, she ultimately became the VP of Business and Finance at UNM.

Veronica Reed

1941-2020

Veronica Reed, born Friday, June 20, 1941 passed away Sunday, December 27, 2020. The cause of death (cancer) was very recently diagnosed, and her decline was quick. Veronica was very active at UNM, where she served on the Alumni Board and the Lobo Living Room Committee, and at Santa Fe Opera, as a member of the SF Opera Guild Education Committee. She was known and loved for her engaging personality, her energy and generosity of spirit, and her presence will be sorely missed.

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