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Christen-Moore,
71, died April 8 at her home in Champaign. Christen-Moore worked
in the Housing Division for more than 23 years, retiring in 1987
as food service administrator. Memorials: Provena Covenant Hospice
Care Program.
Clara Louise Cole, 81, died
April 8 in Manistee, Mich. Cole was a typing clerk in the UI Visual
Aids and Film Center for 16 years, retiring in 1982. Memorials:
First Baptist Church, 1201 Lakeshore Road, Manistee, MI 49660.
Rita Darlene Disroe, 45, died
April 1 at her home in Champaign. Disroe worked as an editor as
an academic hourly for 10 years, leaving the UI in 1994.
Michael Faiman, 69, died April
15 at Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana. Faiman was a professor
of computer science for 33 years, retiring in 1999. He was director
of graduate programs in computer science from 1985 until his retirement.
Memorials: National Cancer Institute, Krannert Center for the
Performing Arts, Krannert Art Museum or WILL-TV.
Mary Elizabeth Bennett Farnham, 96,
died Feb. 16 at Meadowbrook Health Center, Urbana. Farnham was
a senior lab attendant in the Small Homes Council Building from
1951 to 1953.
Upson Garrigus, 86, died March
31 at Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana. Garrigus joined the UI
in 1947 as assistant professor of animal sciences, attaining the
rank of full professor in 1955. He retired as professor emeritus
in 1987.
Carl Alvin Johnson Sr., 97,
died April 1 at Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana. Johnson worked
as a farm laborer for animal husbandry at the UI for 21 years,
retiring in 1948. Memorials: Countryside United Methodist Church,
990 CR 1800 E., Mahomet, IL 61853.
Leah Dunn Linse, 95, died
April 6 at Regency Place, Lafayette, Ind. Linse was an administrative
secretary for animal science at the UI for 20 years, retiring
in 1972. Memorials: First United Methodist Church, 210 W. Church
St., Champaign.
Richard Donald Millican, 97, died April 7 at Provena
Covenant Medical Center, Urbana. Millican was a professor of marketing
at the UI for 21 years, retiring in 1971. Memorials: Urbana Free
Library.
Virgil C. Rawlings, 93, died
April 7 at Provena Covenant Medical Center, Urbana. Rawlings was
an athletic assistant in the UI Division of Intercollegiate Athletics
for 27 years, retiring in 1974.
Barbara Roberts, 65, died
April 7 at Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana. Roberts was a snack
bar supervisor at the UI golf course in Savoy for five years,
retiring in 1994. Memorials: Carle Hospital Lung Cancer Research
or Champaign County Humane Society.
Rosalya F. “Rose” Schmidt, 88, died March
27 at her home in Urbana. Schmidt worked for the Coordinated Science
Lab for more than 18 years, retiring in 1979 as administrative
secretary. Memorials: American Lung Association.
Donald L. Stutz, 85, died
April 14 at ManorCare Health Services of Urbana. Stutz worked
at the UI Physical Plant for 32 years, retiring in 1983.
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