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Ruth
Marie Anderson, 88,
died Jan. 11 in Colorado Springs. Anderson worked for 48 years
as administrative assistant in the offices of the vice president
and of the provost, retiring in 1992. Memorials: The Activity
Fund, Medalion Retirement Community, 1719 E. Bijou, Colorado Springs,
CO 80909.
Norton
Moore Bedford, 87,
died Nov. 26 in Pasadena, Calif. Bedford was a professor of accountancy
at the UI for 34 years and head of the department of accountancy,
retiring in 1987. He also held the Weldon Powell Chair of Accounting
and was named an Arthur Young Distinguished Professor of Accountancy
and Business Administration. Memorials: UI Office of Accounting
Research or Wesley Methodist Church.
Dale T. Boyer, 89, died Jan.
4 at Provena Covenant Medical Center, Urbana. Boyer was an administrative
aide at the UI for 35 years, retiring in 1975. In addition, he
worked more than 20 additional years as Extra Help after retirement.
Memorials: Alzheimer’s Association.
Ellen Francine Carey-Bowie,
62, died Dec. 28 at Provena United Samaritans Medical Center,
Logan Campus, Danville. Carey-Bowie worked at the UI for 15 years,
during most of that time as a maid at the UI’s Beckwith
Hall in the Division of Rehabilitation Education Services.
David Robert Day, 73, died
Dec. 26 in Bloomington, Ind. Day was an associate professor of
industrial administration from 1965 to 1969 and during the summers
of 1970 and 1971. He returned to the UI in 1981 as a professor
in the Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations and served
as head of the Management Education program. He also provided
labor relations leadership for the development of the Center for
Human Resource Management in conjunction with the department of
management at UIC and served as the first co-director of that
center for the Urbana campus. He retired in 1993. Memorials: St.
Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, the National
Cancer Research Institute or the Champaign County Humane Society.
Marvin E. Decker, 58, died
Jan. 8 in Champaign. Decker was a building service foreman for
the UI for 23 years. Memorials: American Heart Association.
Clive F. Dunham, 94, died
Jan. 5 at The Windsor of Savoy. Dunham worked at the UI for 12
years, retiring in 1977. He worked both in the Bureau of Business
Research and as a professor of accountancy.
Philip E. Fess, 72, died Dec.
4 at his home in Naples, Fla. Fess was an Arthur Andersen &
Co. professor of accountancy at the UI, retiring in 1987 after
working at the UI for 35 years. Memorials: American Cancer Society
Naples Chapter, 990 First Ave., Suite 200, Naples, FL 34102.
Henry Eugene “Harry” Gordon, 76, died Dec.
14 at Provena Covenant Medical Center, Urbana. Gordon worked at
the UI for 24 years, retiring in 1996. During most of that time
he worked as a construction laborer at the Division of Operation
and Maintenance and later worked as a storekeeper.
Delores “Dolly” Merchant
Hanson, 85, died Jan. 10 at Heritage of Elmwood Nursing
Home, Elmwood, Wis. Hanson was a visiting assistant editor in
the Graduate College from 1980 to 1985.
Doris Ruth Hendricks, 95,
died Dec. 1 at Champaign County Nursing Home, Urbana. Hendricks
worked at the UI for 30 years in the Housing Division, starting
in 1960. She worked as a cook and as a food service administrator.
John H. Hoch, 81, died Jan.
5 at his Rantoul home. Hoch worked at UI’s Willard Airport
for 14 years. He was a campus transportation operator and retired
as a master airport mechanic in 1984. Memorials: Provena Covenant
Hospice Care Program or American Lutheran Church.
Rachel E. Marlowe, 82, died
Jan. 3 at Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana. Marlowe was a lab
technician for the College of Veterinary Medicine from 1989 through
1995. Memorials: University Pace Christian Church.
John W. Matthews, 92, died
Jan. 5 at St. Joseph Health Center, St. Charles. Matthews taught
prospective agricultural teachers mechanical skills at the UI
in 1950. He left the UI, returning in 1961 as head of the Vocational
Agriculture Service. He retired as a full professor in 1976. Memorials:
First United Methodist Church, Champaign.
Alberta McClara, 90, died Dec. 29 at Champaign County
Nursing Home. McClara was a secretary at the UI veterinary clinic.
Memorials: Champaign County Humane Society.
Frances Margaret Meyers, 87, died Dec. 22 at Medical Care Center,
Lynchburg, Ill. Meyers was a UI cashier. Memorials: Friends of
Israel Gospel Ministry Inc.
Harold Glenn Miller, 66, died
Dec. 13 at Provena Covenant Medical Center, Urbana. Miller worked
at the UI for 30 years and was a building service worker supervisor
with O&M when he retired in 1994. Memorials: Community Blood
Services of Illinois, 1408 W. University Ave., Urbana.
Lawrence F. Oakes, 83, died
Jan. 2 at Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana. Oakes was employed
at the UI for 29 years, working as a groundsworker for O&M
from 1965 until 1978, and then as a driver in the transportation
department from 1978 until his retirement in 1993. Memorials:
St. Patrick’s Church Parish Center, 708 W. Main St., Urbana.
Theodore R. Peck, 72, died Dec. 27 at his Champaign
home. Peck was a professor of soil chemistry in the UI department
of natural resources and environmental sciences. He had worked
at the UI since 1962. Memorials: Ted Peck Memorial Award Endowment,
c/o UI Foundation, Harker Hall, 1305 W. Green St., MC-386.
Marie Ellen Pflugmacher, 94,
died Jan. 15 at The Carle Arbours, Savoy. She worked as a secretary
at the UI for 26 years, retiring in 1976 from the College of Commerce
and Business Administration.
Alberto Porqueras-Mayo, 73,
died Dec. 30 in Barcelona, Spain. Porqueras-Mayo was a UI professor
of Spanish from 1968 until he retired in 1997.
Samuel Sherman Sibley Sr., 80, died Jan. 9 at Veterans
Affairs Illiana Health Care System, Danville. Sibley retired in
1985 from the UI as a building service worker. Memorials: St.
Luke C.M.E. Church New Edifice Fund.
Kathryn Watford Smith, 84,
died Dec. 17 at her Urbana home. Smith was an assistant professor
of home economics at Illinois from 1971 to 1974. Memorials: Wesley
Methodist Church and Foundation Flower Fund.
Leona Neilorene Thornton, 75,
died Dec. 10 at Piatt County Nursing Home, Monticello. Thornton
worked at the UI for 23 years. She was a secretary for College
of Education administration when she retired in 2000. Memorials:
Piatt County Nursing Home Alzheimer’s Unit.
John W. Stiebner, 84, died
Dec. 14 at ManorCare Health Services of Urbana. Stiebner was a
building service worker in the UI’s Division of Operation
and Maintenance for 25 years, retiring in 1982. Memorials: First
Baptist Church of Champaign.
Brian Francis Wilkie, 74,
died Dec. 14 in Springdale, Ark. Wilkie taught at the UI for 22
years. Memorials: Fayetteville Humane Society, 1640 S. Armstrong,
Fayetteville, AR 72701.
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