Bernice Hines Shepherd ’47,
August 25, 2020 (Sigma Phi Epsilon).
Class Notes
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1940s
In Memoriam
Updates
Ray ’48 and Alia Sewell Montgomery ’49
celebrated their 73rd wedding anniversary on June 15, 2020.
Paul ‘49 and Lois Smith Rust ‘50
celebrated their 71st wedding anniversary on July 24, 2020.
1950s
In Memoriam
Marian Armstrong Otto ’50,
July 2, 2020.
Carol Fisk Stauffacher ’51,
May 11, 2020 (Gamma Delta).
John Marsh ’52,
July 12, 2020.
William Brace ’56,
June 14, 2020 (Sigma Pi).
Lori Baumgartner ’57,
August 28, 2020 (Gamma Delta).
Kenneth Burger ’58,
May 2, 2020 (Phi Alpha).
Sympathy
Judge Richard Mills ’51,
trustee emeritus, Illinois College extends its sympathy to him on the death of his wife, Rachel Mills, on October 29, 2020.
John Baumgartner ’55,
Illinois College extends its sympathy on the death of his wife, Lori Baumgartner ’57, on August 28, 2020, and to her sons, Thomas Baumgartner ’82 and David Baumgartner ’88.
1960s
In Memoriam
Ervin Wittman ’62,
September 23, 2020 (Sigma Pi).
Larry Holcomb ’62,
May 20, 2020.
John Richard “Dick” Cully ’63,
July 23, 2020.
Dana Lou Furry ’64,
May 20, 2020 (Sigma Phi Epsilon).
Warren Merriman ’67,
June 28, 2020.
Sabina Stein Peknik ’68,
July 31, 2020 (Gamma Delta).
William “Bill” Metz ’69,
October 1, 2020 (Phi Alpha).
Sympathy
George Peknik ’68,
Illinois College extends its sympathy to him on the death of his wife, Sabina Stein Peknik ’68, on July 31, 2020.
Patricia Asuncion ’68,
Illinois College extends its sympathy to her on the death of her husband, George Phillips, on September 10, 2020, from complications from Parkinson's Disease and PD Dementia. He retired as an IT analyst after 30 years at the University of Miami, Florida but was also a fine musician at the same time.
1970s
In Memoriam
George Douglas Foster ’71,
September 10, 2020.
Marilyn Haynes Mann ’74,
June 12, 2020.
Warren Baker ’75,
August 3, 2020 (Phi Alpha).
Paul Yagow ’78,
June 4, 2020 (Gamma Nu).
Updates
Robert Lapp ’72
retired on February 1, 2020, from Intermountain Healthcare.
A. Lowrie Simms-Erickson Kuhn ’73
and husband, Lance, have retired and moved to Saugatuck, Michigan.
Dale Mueller ’76
has retired from UPS and is now residing at the Margaritaville Lake Resort, Lake of the Ozarks in Osage Beach, Missouri.
Gary Elliott ’78
will retire as president and CEO of Superior Choice Credit Union later this year. He has more than 40 years of experience in the financial services industry and has been with Superior Choice Credit Union for 15.
Bob Moore ’78
was named chief executive officer of Gateway Regional Medical Center located in Granite City in June. He has more than 30 years’ experience as a healthcare executive and previously served as CEO of Galesburg Cottage Hospital & Clinics.
Doug Dorsey ’79,
project manager, recently celebrated 20 years of service at Hanson Professional Services Inc.
Sympathy
Gerry Beard ’78 and Robert Beard ’81,
Illinois College extends its sympathy to them and to Jeremy Beard ’02 on the death of their mother and grandmother, Maxine Beard, on June 12, 2020, and father and grandfather, Gerald Beard, on October 7, 2020.
1980s
In Memoriam
Tracy Wallbaum Orr ’84,
September 13, 2020.
Corrina Kurth-Baker ’84,
May 18, 2020 (Alpha Kappa Phi).
1990s
Updates
Kathy Petitte Novak ’91
is acting as associate dean for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Illinois-Springfield through August 2021. She became a professor of journalism and media in August 2020.
Melanie Ferricks Capps ’92 and Julie Minch Dailey ’93
created the Daisy T-Shirt Project that raised $3,680 for frontline workers dealing with COVID-19 at HSHS St. John's Hospital and Memorial Medical Center.
Kelly Brockhouse ’99
was named the head girls’ softball coach at Jacksonville High School.
Marriages
Amy Pearson Huston ’92
and Jay Carriger on August 8, 2020, in Franklin, Illinois.
Sarah Huff Wayne ’95
and Robert Miller on July 28, 2020, in Missouri.
In Memoriam
Joan Hicks ’92,
October 3, 2020.
Scott A. Hall ’93,
August 5, 2020.
Jenny Stremlau Geirnaeirt ’93,
June 12, 2020 (Gamma Delta).
Nancy Peters Flach ’95
June 24, 2020.
Sympathy
Melvin Peters ’92, Karl Peters ’94 and Donald Peters ’95,
Illinois College extends its sympathy to them and to Kathleen Peters Cross ’81 on the death of their sister and cousin, Nancy Peters Flach ’95, on June 24, 2020.
2000s
Updates
Christina Cook ’00
is now director of philanthropy with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra in St. Louis, Missouri.
Susan Leonard Emelander ’04
was recently hired as a high school special education teacher in Knoxville, Illinois.
Teresa Smith ’05
was appointed by Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker in August to serve on the Civil Service Commission. She is currently executive director of human resources at the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine.
Joe Rheinecker III ’07
recently got a new job at Great Rivers Bank as the Controller.
In Memoriam
Michael Barbier ’00,
March 30, 2020 (Phi Alpha).
Sympathy
Cory Foster ’07,
Illinois College extends its sympathy to him on the death of his father, George Douglas Foster ’71, on September 10, 2020.
Lisa Orr Taylor ’08 and Beth Orr ’08,
Illinois College extends its sympathy to them on the death of their mother, Tracy Wallbaum Orr ’83, on September 13, 2020.
Births
Joe ’07 and Laura Weber Rheinecker ’07,
their third child, a daughter, Samantha Jo, on January 9, 2020.
Blake and Kayla West Born ’08,
a daughter, Presley Dale, joins brother Brooks, on April 19, 2020.
2010s
Sympathy
Constantine Leontios ’10,
Illinois College extends its sympathy to him and his wife, Taylor McDermott Leontios ’11, on the death of his father, Thomas Leontios, on June 15, 2020.
Marriages
Katie Edwards ’10
and Mark Hoffman on August 22, 2020, in Quincy, Illinois.
Caitlin McLaughlin ’11
and Arend Hinrichs on August 8, 2020.
Calla Kaufmann ’15
and Aaron Merriman on August 22, 2020, in Jacksonville, Illinois.
Births
Shaun Monica and Vanessa Schrader Monica ’10,
a son, Cash Michael, July 8, 2020.
Updates
Drew Comstock ’14
was named girls’ soccer head coach at Jacksonville High School. He was previously assistant coach for the school and played four years of soccer for the Blueboys.
Alexander Gardner ’16
graduated from a rigorous program at St. Louis University School of Medicine. He recently began his four-year residency at the Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, at Ft. Sam Houston as a Captain in the US Army Medical Corp.
Jovanny Nava ’16
began law school at Saint Louis University Law School in St. Louis, Missouri, and plans on focusing on litigation and corporate law.
Hope Quarles ’17
was named the interim executive director of the Jacksonville Symphony Society in October. She has been a member of the symphony for six years.
In Memoriam
Stephanie Law ’16,
June 3, 2020.
Taylor H. Briggs ’19,
June 25, 2020.
Faculty & Staff
Sympathy
Terry Geirnaeirt
(Head Athletic Trainer), Illinois College extends its sympathy on the death of his wife, Jenny Stremlau Geirnaeirt ’93, on June 12, 2020.
George “Jack” Mann,
Illinois College extends its sympathy to retired faculty member George “Jack” Mann on the death of his wife Marilyn Haynes Mann ’74 on June 12, 2020, as well as to her sons Mark Mann ’82 and Mike Mann ’85, and to her daughter-in-law Amy Mann ’91.
In Memoriam
Conni DeVan Roegge,
August 4, 2020. She taught at Illinois College, Chapin and Concord Elementary Schools and at Triopia High School.
Bennett Moulder,
January 19, 2020.
Friends of the College
In Memoriam
Jon D. Ware,
July 31, 2020.
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Illinois College Trustee Emeritus Jon D. Ware died Friday, July 31, following a long battle with Alzheimer's disease. He was 84.
Ware was elected to serve on the Illinois College Board of Trustees in 1990 and later received the distinction of trustee emeritus. He was a lifetime member of the Illinois College Society and a longtime champion of fine arts at the College. In 2008, Illinois College conferred the Doctor of Humane Letters degree on Ware in recognition of his philanthropic contributions and outstanding leadership to the College.
Ware loved helping young athletes grow and was an enthusiastic supporter of Jacksonville-area sports throughout his life. He served as president of the YMCA in Jacksonville and was founder of the Jacksonville Youth Football league. The Ware family also helped position Illinois College as a leader in athletics for the region. In 2007, the College named its new state-of-the-art performance track the Ware Family Track in appreciation of the support given to the project by Jon and his wife June. The track has allowed IC to host many track and field events.
Ware was a Springfield native who graduated from Eastern Illinois University where he played baseball, ran track and was captain of the football team. He led a successful career as president of Wareco Inc., a family business founded by his father that had service stations across the Midwest. He also served as president of the Illinois Petroleum Marketers Association.
Ware was preceded in death by June who passed in 2010. The couple married in 1956 and settled in Jacksonville in 1959. They raised two sons, Brad and Todd.
Joan Miller Larson,
June 2, 2020.
2020s
Updates
Rylan Hyneck ’20
is assistant store manager for Sherwin-Williams in Urbana, Illinois.
