Deaths
* As a member of Otho Winger Society, this donor included Manchester in an estate plan or established a deferred gift with the University.
1940s
Lois “Gene” Sando ’43 White of Oak Harbor, Wash., June 23, 2021
Virginia Devers ’44 Bozarth of Roann, Ind., Aug. 19, 2021
Lorita Shull ’44 Fisher of Monterey, Calif., May 26, 2021
*Charlotte Helstern ’45c Paugh of Greenville, Ohio, July 21, 2021
Margaret Wilson ’45 of Frankenmuth, Mich., June 1, 2021
*Dennis Butler ’46c of North Manchester, Aug. 17, 2021
Phyllis Eash ’46 Pearson of Fort Wayne, Aug. 1, 2021
Venice Wiedenhoeft ’47c Endsley of Huntington, Ind., June 14, 2021
Dortha Martz ’47 King of Auburn, Ind., Aug. 3, 2021
*Esther Rupel ’47 of North Manchester, June 28, 2021
*Dorotha Winger ’48 Fry Mason of North Manchester, June 24, 2021
1950s
Helen Anne Winger ’50 Garber of North Manchester, Aug. 3, 2021
Phillip Werking ’50 of Greenville, Ohio, Aug. 1, 2021
Clara Calhoun ’51 Butt of South Whitley, Ind., June 3, 2021
Daniel Senseman ’51 of Terre Haute, Ind., July 5, 2021
Patricia Conner ’52 Moulton of Peru, Ind., March 22, 2021
Thomas Dillman ’53 of Delaware, Ohio, July 16, 2021
James Marks ’54 of Lititz, Pa., May 28, 2021
Herbert Amstutz ’57 of Goshen, Ind., July 18, 2021
Byron Hawbecker ’57 of Ada, Ohio, June 28, 2021
Ronald Stork ’58 of Goshen, Ind., June 18, 2021
Marilyn Whitmore ’59c Jones of Oregon, Ill., Jan. 19, 2021
1960s
Elwin Young ’60 of Beavercreek, Ohio, July 15, 2021
Angilee Miller ’63 Beery of North Manchester, Aug. 20, 2021
Glenn Young ’63 of Akron, Ohio, June 2, 2021
William “Bill” Wornhoff ’65 of Lebanon, Ind., Aug. 5, 2021
Ned Cline ’66 of Wabash, Ind., Aug. 28, 2021
John Emerick ’66 of Fort Wayne, June 20, 2021
Joyce Mudd ’66 Landis of Westfield, Ind., June 27, 2021
Rebecca Detwiler ’68 Irvin of Elkhart, Ind., July 9, 2021
1970s
Ronnie Coblentz ’73 of Greenville, Ohio, July 12, 2021
Susan Warring ’76 Stroh of Angola, Ind., July 8, 2021
1980s
Jere Eaton ’87 of Middlebury, Ind., Aug. 28, 2021
1990s
Bradleah Mick ’95 of Niles, Mich., Aug. 8, 2021
2000s
Matthew Jones ’04 of Fort Wayne, July 24, 2021
Friends of Manchester
Roland Fletcher of Ellettsville, Ind., June 14, 2021. Roland coached men’s basketball at Manchester from 1976-1980.
Class Notes
1940s
Philip Orpurt ’48 of North Manchester celebrated his 100th birthday on Aug. 9, 2021. He is a professor emeritus of biology at MU.
1960s
Diane Hand ’62 Eveland of Plymouth, Ind., retired from teaching after 51 years. She taught mainly kindergarten and first grade in the Plymouth (Ind.) Community School Corp. On June 4, 2021, she and her husband, Herbert Eveland ’62, celebrated 60 years of marriage. They met at Manchester.
1970s
Curt Holsopple '73 of Hopewell, Va., retired after teaching college for 25 years. His most recent assignment was to direct the Master of Arts in Media Management program at Virginia State University in Ettrick, Va. He now maintains yards and historic buildings in Hopewell, Va., and does freelance writing. Curt and his wife, Edie, are active in the First Mennonite Church of Richmond.
Edna Sherry ’76 Homan of Bristol, Ind., retired June 30 after 21 years as director of Sunshine Center Preschool and 13 years as office manager at Habitat for Humanity of Elkhart County, Ind.
1980s
Chris Caldwell ’87 (right) of Newport, Vt., has been promoted to executive vice president and chief lending officer of Community National Bank.
Bin Yang ’89 of Snohomish, Wash., retired after 25 years of teaching Chinese in the Snohomish School District.
1990s
Tina Dunham ’96 ’97ma Streit (right) of New Paris, Ind., has been named vice president and general manager for Chore-Time, a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of equipment for poultry and egg production.
2000s
Melissa Yoder ’07 of Millersburg, Ind., welcomed Avonlea Vada Rose Perry (left) on June 1, 2021.
Katherine Davis ’09 George of Endicott, N.Y., was promoted to site supervisor at Lourdes Hospital.
Jennifer Lane ’09 Miller is working as a fifth-grade teacher at Leesburg Elementary School in Leesburg, Ind.
Shaun Tilghman ’09 of North Manchester began working for ProFed Credit Union as a member services associate.
2010s
Steven Tidwell ’10 of Stavanger, Norway, accepted a position with Vissim AS as the chief product officer.
Maria Neff ’12 of Greenville, Ohio, married Aaron Brandenburg in August.
Benjamin Houston ’12 was promoted to assistant director of admissions at the University of Indianapolis in April.
Aron Miller ’13 of Oklahoma City, Okla., accepted a position as director of strength and conditioning at Mustang High School.
Wesley Heath ’14 of Baton Rouge, La., works as the regional director for diversity and inclusion for Ochsner Health. He was previously employed by Louisiana State University.
Hilary Leeper ’14 Maldonado moved to Terre Haute, Ind., and began working as an assistant professor at Indiana State University.
Ted Maldonado ’14 graduated from Texas A&M University with a Ph.D. in psychology.
Madalyn Minehart ’19 accepted a position as sports specialist at Chapel Hill-Chauncy Hall School in Waltham, Mass.
2020s
Brett Kron ’21 of Cincinnati, Ohio, is working as a credit analyst at Merchants Bank of Indiana.