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W. Briggs, 86,
died March 16 in his Champaign home. Briggs was an instructor
in drawing and painting at the UI from 1946 to 1983. Memorials:
The Sierra Club, 412-1 Nicholas St., Ottawa, Ontario, K1N7B7,
Canada, or the Nature Conservancy, 4245 N. Fairfax Ave., Suite
100, Arlington, VA 22203-1606.
Edward I. Griffith,
86, died April 1 at his Urbana home. Griffith was a materials
technology instructor at the UI, retiring in 1985. Memorials:
Curtis Road Church of God, Champaign; Foursquare Church of Urbana;
or to Carle Foundation Hospice.
Charles William Hancock, 57,
died March 28 at his home in Urbana. Hancock had been a photographer
at the UI Office of Printing Services since 1980.
Olive Heffernan, 75,
died April 1 at Provena Covenant Medical Center, Urbana. Heffernan
worked at the Illini Union Bookstore for 20 years. Memorials:
St. Boniface Catholic Church.
Jane Ellen Lawrence,
49, died April 1 at Provena Covenant Medical Center. Lawrence
was a secretary at the UI for more than 20 years, most recently
in the department of physics. Memorials: American Lung Association,
1705 Gentry Square Lane, Champaign, IL 61821.
Coleman “Buck” McPhail, 75, died
March 4 in Costa Mesa, Calif. McPhail was a backfield coach for
Illinois men’s football from 1960 to 1966.
John B. Parrish, 93,
died March 17 at Meadowbrook Health Center, Urbana. Parrish was
a professor of economics at the UI from 1947 until he retired
in 1981.
Margaret Bernice Varney, 77,
died March 25 at Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana. Varney worked
at the UI as a work program participant for UI Extension from
1990 until her retirement in 1995. Memorials: Ron and Ann Mullins,
for the search for their daughter who has been missing.
Edmund Chester Williams, 68, died March 23
in his home in Edmond, Okla. Williams was a teacher and conductor
at the UI. Memorials: Dr. Edmund C. Williams Memorial Fund, UI
Bands, 1103 S. Sixth St., Champaign, IL 61820.
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