Deaths

* As a member of Otho Winger Society, this donor included Manchester in an estate plan or established a deferred gift with the University.

1930s

Doris Metz ’36 Porchnow of Santa Fe, N.M., July 3, 2020

1940s

Evelyn Barkdoll ’48 Frantz of Palmyra, Pa., June 2, 2020

Betty Garn ’48 Leffel of North Manchester, June 22, 2020

Gwendolyn “Gwen” Kreider ’49c Teeple of Winona Lake, Ind., July 12, 2020

1950s

Janet Eikenberry ’50c Schlatter of Fort Wayne, May 27, 2020

Mary Ruth Robins ’51 Fowler of Fort Wayne, March 27, 2020

W. Lynn Bolling ’52 of Goshen, Ind., July 5, 2020

Robert “Bob” Irick ’52 of Rio Verde, Ariz., July 8, 2020

Marvin Sherman ’52 of Noblesville, Ind., June 16, 2020

Robert “Bob” Parker ’57 of Kennett Square, Pa., June 13, 2020

Richard “Dick” Siler ’57 of Mishawaka, Ind., July 20, 2020. Dick was awarded the 2019 Coach of the Year at Manchester University last Homecoming.

William Sandifer ’57c of Monroe, N.J., Aug. 7, 2020

Barbara Smith ’57 Speicher of North Manchester, July 15, 2020

Elizabeth Isbell ’58 Haney of Goshen, Ind., July 3, 2020

Nancy Roe ’58 Kinnison of West Milton, Ohio, June 5, 2020

Nancy Yarde ’59c Potter of Fort Wayne, May 31, 2020

1960s

Roger McNett ’65 of Fort Wayne, May 26, 2020

Daniel Wade ’65 of New Haven, Conn., May 28, 2020

Roger Rutan ’67 of New Madison, Ohio, June 15, 2020

Sue Studebaker ’67 Wilson of Dayton, Ohio, July 17, 2020

Wayne Madden ’68 of Auburn, Ind., May 30, 2020

1970s

Duane “Doc” Nodine ’70c of Hamilton, Ind., May 24, 2020

Linda Dale ’71 of Milford, Ohio, June 24, 2020

1980s

Samuel “Sam” Hartle ’81c of Warsaw, Ind., June 4, 2020

1990s

Erin Michaelsen ’94 Naig of Olmsted Falls, Ohio, March 5, 2020

Friends of Manchester

*Evelyn Niswander of North Manchester, June 15, 2020

*Sabra Skaggs of Goshen, Ind., June 7, 2020

Class Notes


1940s

James Fall ’41 and Ethel Fall celebrated 75 years of marriage on June 28, 2020.

1960s
Susan Hunsberger ’61 Nelson of Fort Wayne retired from Eastside Junior-Senior High School in Butler, Ind. During the 59 years she taught in northern Indiana schools, Susan directed choirs, plays and musicals, and coached girls softball, basketball, volleyball and track. She also served as a cheerleader sponsor at four schools.

Judy Minnich ’68 Stout recently completed a 19-month assignment with Brethren Volunteer Service in Jos, Nigeria, where she served as a tutor and teacher. Her worked involved preparing potential Bethany Seminary students to take the Test of English as a Foreign Language and teaching English full time at Hillcrest School, founded in 1942 for missionary children. She was evacuated two months early due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

1970s

Alan Flory ’70 of Apple Valley, Calif., had his adult and children’s Christian albums added to iTunes and Spotify.

David and Shirley McDaniel ’79 Rogers of North Manchester, celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary on June 10, 2020.

1990s

Reena Chandler ’99 Markstahler of North Manchester was named the 2020 Outstanding Biology Teacher for Indiana. Reena has taught for 21 years, the past 17 at Southwood Jr.-Sr. High School in Wabash County.

2000s

Greg Hetrick ’05 of Huntertown, Ind., was promoted to associate dean for enrollment and community engagement at Manchester University.

Sarah Conwell ’08 Hammond of Westfield, Ind., began working at Katz, Sapper, & Miller in Indianapolis as director of the business advisory group.

Marie Humpolick ’09 Elliott of Terre Haute, Ind., is the director of interactive marketing at PlatformQ Education.

2010s

Erica Hedges ’10 Albertin is serving as the interim athletic director for Goshen College.

Chris Cecil ’10 of Indianapolis married Taryn Zimmerman on August 1, 2020.

Lane Davis ’10 became a senior controller at Elumatec North America in South Bend, Ind.

Nathan Gage ’12 of Granger, Ind., began working as a district sales representative for General Petroleum Inc.

Jordan Moss ’12 of Columbia City, Ind., began working as a regional sales manager for the K-12 Market at Communication Company.

Aron Miller ’13 of Noblesville, Ind., accepted positions as the strength and conditioning coach and assistant football coach at Oak Hill High School.

Chelsea Jasper ’18 of Westmont, Ill., became a rehabilitation technician at Team Rehabilitation Physical Therapy.

Travis Richardson ’18 received his Master of Science degree in sports data analytics at the University of Oklahoma. He is pursuing a Ph.D. in sport economics at the University of Tübingen in Germany.