If a Valparaiso University alumni is missing from this list, please report their passing to valparaiso.magazine@valpo.edu. Please include their name, graduation year, and the date and location of their passing. Alumni names without a graduation year cannot be sorted into the system below.
1930s
Rowena Kreutzberg ’37
Oct. 31, 2003, South Holland, Illinois
Dorothy Stiegemeyer ’39
Nov. 20, 2014, Benzonia, Minnesota
1940s
Adele Harrison ’43
December 24, 2014, Sonoma, California
Phyllis Graebner ’45
April 16, 2014, Scottsdale, Arizona
Milton Schoon ’47
January 18, 2015, Janesville, Wisconsin
Robert Kraemer ’48
January 14, 2015, North Olmsted, Ohio
Gordon Schumacher ’48
October 12, 2014, Salem, Oregon
Margaret Glesing ’48
October 24, 2014, Indianapolis, Indiana
Leona Burrus ’48
May 19, 2014, Valparaiso, Indiana
Elaine Liening Hanson ’48
September 19, 2014, Scottsdale, Arizona
Erich Ryll ’49
November 26, 2014, Carmichael, California
Evelyn Miethke ’49 Lightcap
January 4, 2015, Valparaiso, Indiana
1950s
Norman Kettner ’50
December 29, 2014, Salt Lake City. Utah
Robert Banchy ’50
November 14, 2014, Maplewood, Minnesota
Karl Speckhard ’50
June 9, 2014, Cottage Grove, Minnesota
Donald Shaal ’50
September 4, 2014, Munster, Indiana
Wilma Behnke ’51
February 15, 2015, South Bend, Indiana
Charles Ochs ’52
January 31, 2015, Lancaster, Ohio
Richard Driessnack ’52
December 14, 2014, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Harold Ehlers ’52
November 30, 2014, Carroll County, Iowa
Milton Jenne ’52
March 15, 2013, Fort Washington, Maryland
Norman Arnold ’53
November 23, 2014, Bay City, Michigan
Vitold Reey ’53
July 24, 2014, Newport, Rhode Island
Earl Ferry ’53
November 17, 2014, Waukegan, Illinois
Kenneth Newby ’53
January 22, 2015, Neenah, Wisconsin
Edward Gustafson ’53
November 20, 2014, Aurora, Illinois
Robert Stout ’54
October 1, 2014, Rancho Mirage, California
Eubert Daniel ’54
October 9, 2010, Indian Harbour Beach, Florida
William Wood ’54
August 31, 2014, Chesterton, Indiana
Roger Lines ’54
November 10, 2014, Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Howard Claussen ’55
January 8, 2015, Wilmington, Delaware
Richard Steinberg ’55
November 3, 2014, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Robert Woodrow ’55
November 13, 2014, Phoenix, Arizona
Dale Ciciora ’56
December 10, 2014, Valparaiso, Indiana
Fred (Frederick) “Fuzzy” Thurston ’56
December 14, 2014, Green Bay, Wisconsin
Roland Buchweitz ’56
November 20, 2003, Mount Prospect, Illinois
Phillip Carichoff ’57
December 1, 2014, Valparaiso, Indiana
George Kobzina ’57
January 9, 2015, Romeoville, Illinois
Lois Matz ’57
February 6, 2015, Sherwood, Oregon
Lynn Sackenheim ’57
February 14, 2015, Appleton, Wisconsin
Robert Clark ’58
May 12, 2014, Freeville, New York
Charles Zandstra ’58
September 21, 2014, Highland, Indiana
Jacklin Lindfors ’58
December 1, 2014, Sun City, Arizona
Marlynn Senne ’59
January 27, 2015, Valparaiso, Indiana
1960s
Jerry Wright ’60
January 18, 2015, Lake Lure, North Carolina
Joanne Trimble ’61
June 30, 2013, Austin, Texas
Thomas Strieter ’61
April 17, 2014, Forest Park, Illinois
Thomas Granack ’61
October 25, 2014, Munster Indiana
Patricia Olson ’63
November 30, 2014, Apple Valley, California
Rebecca Klug ’63
November 6, 2014, Cottonwood, Arizona
Robert Ayres ’63
December 24, 2014, Rockville, Maryland
William Rock ’64
January 25, 2015, Lewes, Delaware
Enita Tekotte ’64
September 8, 2013, St. Louis, Missouri
Martha James ’65
December 28, 2014, Hobart, Indiana
Mary Seidel ’65
November 21, 2014, North Brunswick, New Jersey
Shirley Kaplan-Blum ’65
April 25, 1993, Northridge, California
Philip Plummer Jr. ’65
August 23, 2014, Hobart, Indiana
Howard Schmid ’65
October 26, 2014, Crown Point, Indiana
Martha “Diane” James ’65
December 28, 2014, Hobart, Indiana
Carol Thieme ’66
October 9, 2014, Fort Wayne, Indiana
David Hildebrand ’66
December 1, 2014, Valparaiso, Indiana
Mary Applegate ’66
October 8, 2014, Nashville, Tennessee
George Weese ’67
June 26, 2000, Boulder, Colorado
Margaret Christensen ’68
November 27, 2014, Lecanto, Florida
Garold Talley ’68
January 14, 2015, Aurora, Illinois
Ralene Sliter ’68
January 7, 2015, Kalispell, Montana
Thomas Schramm ’68
June 8, 2013, Cedarburg, Wisconsin
Elizabeth Luecke ’68 Lartz
November 22, 2013, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
1970s
DuWayne Michaels ’70
December 23, 2014, Chesterton, Indiana
Deborah Nebel ’71
July 5, 2014, Cleveland, Ohio
Owen Schneider ’71
February 14, 2015, Valparaiso, Indiana
Bryan Dadlow ’73
September 3, 2003, Mansfield, Ohio
Richard “Rick” Carter ’73
August 17 2014, Cincinnati, Ohio
Rosemarie Caruso ’73
December 2, 1999, Glen Ridge, New Jersey
Rayfield Fisher ’73
October 17, 2014, Gary, Indiana
Carl Vincent ’76
September 11, 2014, Surprise, Arizona
Diane Geist ’76 Baker
October 29, 2014, Rochester Hills, Michigan
Marcos Mercado ’78
January 15, 2015, Indianapolis, Indiana
Gary Webster ’78
October 24, 2014, Valparaiso, Indiana
Kenneth Biel ’79
November 14, 2014, Brookfield, Wisconsin
1980s
DuWayne Michaels ’70
December 23, 2014, Chesterton, Indiana
Deborah Nebel ’71
July 5, 2014, Cleveland, Ohio
Owen Schneider ’71
February 14, 2015, Valparaiso, Indiana
Bryan Dadlow ’73
September 3, 2003, Mansfield, Ohio
Richard “Rick” Carter ’73
August 17 2014, Cincinnati, Ohio
Rosemarie Caruso ’73
December 2, 1999, Glen Ridge, New Jersey
Rayfield Fisher ’73
October 17, 2014, Gary, Indiana
Carl Vincent ’76
September 11, 2014, Surprise, Arizona
Diane Geist ’76 Baker
October 29, 2014, Rochester Hills, Michigan
Marcos Mercado ’78
January 15, 2015, Indianapolis, Indiana
Gary Webster ’78
October 24, 2014, Valparaiso, Indiana
Kenneth Biel ’79
November 14, 2014, Brookfield, Wisconsin
1990s
Craig Pritz ’91
December 19, 2014, LaPorte, Indiana
Mary Naccarato ’97
November 8, 2012, Merrillville, Indiana
2000s
Lisa Carmouche ’01
Dec. 29, 2014, Gary, Indiana
Mary Rippey ’08 Anderson
Nov. 24, 2014, Munster, Indiana
JoBeth Madsen ’08 Cruz
Dec. 29, 2014, Valparaiso, Indiana
Brad Wild ’08
Aug.13, 2014, Norwood, Ohio
Faculty & Staff
Ellen Sweet Brauer
August 4, 2014, Valparaiso Indiana
Mary Mayhew
September 10, 2014, Hobart, Indiana
Administrative asst. in food service
Theodore Schwan ’41
September 29, 2014, San Ramon, California