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Obituaries

IN MEMORIAM

DECEASED CLASSMATES

If your name is listed below and shouldn't be;

In the immortal words of Samuel Leghorn Clemens (Mark Twain) :

"The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated."

Please let me know !!!!!

Those with a were classmates lost in the Viet Nam War

See Details below in "Casualties of War"

CLASS OF 1959	DATE OF BIRTH	DEATH DATE (Actual or Approximate)

Hugh Wendall Anderson	September 25, 1940	March 1992
Dale Bannasch	July 03, 1941	November 16, 1994
James Barnes	December 19, 1941	May 15, 1997
Larry Lee Brown	November 26, 1940	August 1987
Patrick Brown	1941	August 1957
Deanna Kay Cartwright	August 4, 1941	December 10, 1996
Susan Jo Catherman	March 30, 1941	February 29, 1992
Helena Mae Donahee	August 27, 1941	November 4, 1989
Gerald J. Ellis	May 02, 1939	March 1973
Joann Harriette Freeman	February 27, 1941	January 10, 1996
Bradford Charles Hanson	March 20, 1941	July 15, 1994
Edward Albert Kneip	September 10, 1941	April 11, 2000
Bonnie Jean Kutchins	January 13, 1941	June 2000
Barbara Ann Lentz	October 27, 1941	February 1988
Yvonne Dianne Logan	February 27, 1941	October 13, 1992
Barbara Mary Lucas	June 11, 1941	August 31, 1993
Jess-Mary Lyons	October 18, 1941	December 26, 1987
Mary Louise McGrath	December 07, 1940	March 26, 1990
Stuart H. Melton	Abt. 1941	November 1987
Janet Rose Meyer	August 04, 1941	February 13, 2000
James William Moers	November 11, 1940	May 15, 1993
Diane M. Nowaczck	About 1941	August 1958
Roger Keith Palmateer	November 17, 1941	October 15, 1987
Van Rabideau	May 31, 1940	April 19, 1962
Richard Jacob Schuster	August 25, 1939	February 27, 1993
William H. Shipp	November 16, 1940	November 8, 1965
David Tuel	July 29, 1941	February 08, 1997

CLASS of 1960	DATE OF BIRTH	DEATH DATE (Actual or Approximate)

Lee Roy Adair	January 18, 1942	October 1986
Lennel Beeler	*Need Information*	*Need Information*
Cathy [Boyce] Tague	February 26, 1943	November 1991
Eve Buckmaster	*Need Information*	*Need Information*
Shari [Butler] King	June 27, 1942	July 26, 1997
Carol [Cooper] Bodnar	*Need Information*	*Need Information*
Glen Genung	August 10, 1942	January 28, 1991
Patrick Gouin	January 26, 1942	January 1981
Ron Gray	December 23, 1941	January 9, 1998
Judy Lane	*Need Information*	*Need Information*
Edward H. McCarthy	August 12, 1942	July 23, 1994
Connie [Rogers] Dupont	September 4, 1942	August 6, 1996
Robert E. Taylor	November 10, 1942	September 1997
Nancy Witbeck	November 13, 1942	July 15, 1989

CLASS of 1961	DATE OF BIRTH	DEATH DATE (Actual or Approximate)

Diane Boursaw	*Need Information*	*Need Information*
Nick Christ	May 26, 1943	September 13, 1978
Bob Gardner	July 26, 1943	November 1978
Andy Pavlich	November 11, 1943	February 24, 1989

CLASS of 1962	DATE OF BIRTH	DEATH DATE (Actual or Approximate)

Wade Benson	December 26, 1942	September 1981
Albert Bullock	*Need Information*	*Need Information*
Glenn Ford II	November 15, 1944	January 7, 1969
Robert Gross	February 12, 1944	November 1966
Connie [Herbert] Hall	*Need Information*	*Need Information*
Kathryn [Leonard] Stowe	*Need Information*	*Need Information*
Mike McGough	*Need Information*	*Need Information*
Curtis Matteson	August 14, 1944	July 1984
Calvin Morgan	June 27, 1944	February 26, 1967
Michael Shaw	*Need Information*	*Need Information*
Don Sims	*Need Information*	*Need Information*
Joan [Snyder] Yearout	January 7, 1944	May 1986
John Suggs	*Need Information*	*Need Information*
Charlie Sumpter	August 28, 1944	August 1983
Desta Symons	December 15, 1943	May 1982
Don Vincent	January 1, 1944	December 9, 1965
David Alan Wohlfiel	August 9, 1944	December 21, 1963

CLASS of 1963	DATE OF BIRTH	DEATH DATE (Actual or Approximate)
Carl Bambach	June 17, 1945	September 1973
Leroy Conklin	October 2, 1945	August 1979
Danny Freppon	October 8, 1945	March 1973
Richard Garvey	January 27, 1945	February 1972
Robert Ray Harrison	*Need Information*	*Need Information*
Bert Kangas	September 27, 1944	July 1976
Laurence Kovacs	December 31, 1944	October 1982
Linda Loveridge	*Need Information*	*Need Information*
Johnny Mack Luther	April 13, 1945	June 2, 1996
Michael McDaniel	*Need Information*	*Need Information*
Ronald Mullendore	June 4, 1945	September 15, 1997
Judith Newland	*Need Information*	*Need Information*
Ernie Osenroth	September 5, 1943	October 24, 1987
Flora Reiser	*Need Information*	*Need Information*
Dorothy Ronco	August 21, 1945	November 21, 1969
Louise Sorenson	*Need Information*	*Need Information*
Jane [Taylor] Bost	*Need Information*	*Need Information*

CASUALTIES OF WAR

GLENN JESSE FORD II

1LT - O2 - Marine Corps - Reserve

24 year old Single, Caucasian, Male

Born on Nov 15, 1944

From WAYNE, MICHIGAN

Length of service 3 years.

His tour of duty began on Mar 21, 1968

Casualty was on Jan 07, 1969

in QUANG NGAI, SOUTH VIETNAM

NON-HOSTILE, HELICOPTER - PILOT

AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND

Body was recovered

Religion: PROTESTANT

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(From The Records Of Those Listed On The "Viet Nam Memorial"

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DONALD W VINCENT

SP4 - E4 - Army - Regular

101st Airborne Division

21 year old Married, Caucasian, Male

Born on Jan 01, 1944

From WAYNE, MICHIGAN

Length of service 1 year.

His tour of duty began on Jul 08, 1965

Casualty was on Dec 09, 1965

SOUTH VIETNAM

HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY

OTHER EXPLOSIVE DEVICE

Body was recovered

Religion: BAPTIST

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(From The Records Of Those Listed On The "Viet Nam Memorial"

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CALVIN CARL MORGAN

SP4 - E4 - Army - Selective Service

25th Infantry Division

22 year old Single, Caucasian, Male

Born on Jun 27, 1944

From WAYNE, MICHIGAN

Length of service 1 year.

His tour of duty began on Aug 23, 1966

Casualty was on Feb 26, 1967

in BINH DUONG, SOUTH VIETNAM

HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY

MULTIPLE FRAGMENTATION WOUNDS

Body was recovered

Religion: PROTESTANT

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(From The Records Of Those Listed On The "Viet Nam Memorial"

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OUR TEACHERS

FLORENCE OBERLIN - August 14, 1912 - October 12, 1999

The Gainesville Sun, Gainesville, Florida

October 14, 1999

Florence Grace Oberlin of Gainesville died Tuesday at Palm Garden of Gainesville. She was 87.

See was born in Wheatland, Mich., and moved to Gainesville from Wayne, Mich., in 1989.

Mrs. Oberlin taught at Wayne Memorial High School in Wayne, Michigan for 37 years. She was chairwoman of the math department for 15 years and later became the chairwoman of guidance and counseling.

Upon retirement, she was instrumental in establishing a permanent annual Florence Oberlin Scholarship program.

She graduated from Oberlin College in Ohio with honors in mathematics and earned a master's in mathematics education at Michigan State University.

She was a member of the Interests in Newcomers Club Singles, the Elders Club and the League of Women Voters. She attended the United Church of Gainesville.

She enjoyed travel and spent many summer vacations abroad.

Survivors include a brother, Lynn Oberlin of Gainesville; a niece, Terri Oberlin of Ocala; a nephew, Kevin Oberlin of Gainesville; a grand-niece; and a grand- nephew.

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MILDRED DELL - October 9, 1914 - April 8, 1997

Mildred died on April 8, 1997. She was the third eldest of eleven children and is survived by four sisters and her son Gary John and his wife Cheryl Sellers Dell.

Mildred graduated as Valedictorian from Leslie High School in 1932. In 1936 she graduated from Western State Teachers College (now Western Michigan University) with a BA Degree and began her teaching career in Leslie, Michigan where she met Elwyn Richard Dell of Woodland, Michigan.

Because Elwyn was the School Superintendent and Mildred was a teacher in the same district, their marriage on April 4, 1938 remained a secret for several months.

Mildred & Elwyn moved to Fremont, Michigan in 1946 where Elwyn was Superintendent. In 1951 they moved to Wayne, Michigan and in 1957 Mildred returned to the work force as a Latin teacher at WMHS.

In 1964 Mildred earned her MA in Guidance & Counseling from the University of Michigan and became a Guidance Counselor at WMHS.

While living in Wayne, Mildred was actively involved in the First United Methodist Church, AAUW, the ARCHE Club and Kiwini-Queens.

She retired from teaching in 1974 and she and Elwyn moved to Venice, Florida where they remained active in
church and community activities. Elwyn & Mildred were married 52 years. Elwyn died in 1991.

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BILL ELLIOTT - July 18, 1927 - January 1976