In Memoriam, Fall 2023

1940s

Norman Bakken ’47, Rapidan, Virginia, age 96, on May 19.
Glen Person ’47, regent emeritus, Eden Prairie, Minnesota, age 98, on April 25.
Jack Berry ’49, Fremont, Nebraska, age 95, on May 16.
Doris (Rodmyre) Johnson ’49, Taylors Falls, Minnesota, age 95, on February 2.

1950s

Kenneth Fagerlie ’50, St. Paul, Minnesota, age 96, on April 11.
Garfield Hoversten ’50, Edina, Minnesota, age 96, on January 22.
June (Gettelman) Leverson ’50, Kalispell, Montana, age 94, on January 15.
Morris Vaagenes Jr. ’51, St. Paul, Minnesota, age 93, on May 8.
Betty (Hokanson) Acker ’53, Seminole, Florida, age 92, on February 12.
Kathleen (Cook) Urban ’53, Marshfield, Wisconsin, age 91, on May 14.
Shirley (Sandquist) Fragale ’54, Eden Prairie, Minnesota, age 94, on March 10.
James Shiell ’54, Woodbury, Minnesota, age 91, on January 31.
Joyce (Johnson) Snyder ’54, Alexandria, Minnesota, age 90, on March 3.
Arthur Thorson ’54, Morton, Illinois, age 91, on March 26.
Shirley (Amundson) Christian ’56, Grand Forks, North Dakota, age 88, on March 25.
Stanley Gunn ’58, Waconia, Minnesota, age 86, on March 12.
Reidun (Hartmark) Newquist ’59, St. Paul, Minnesota, age 85, on April 26.
Paul Rustad ’59, Minneapolis, age 88, on January 17.
Inez (Olson) Schwarzkopf ’59, regent emerita, Minneapolis, age 85, on June 24.

1960s

Jean (Knutson) Anderson ’60, Chaska, Minnesota, age 84, on January 6.
Gerald Johnson ’60, Edina, Minnesota, age 84, on February 24.
Ken Akerman ’61, Coon Rapids, Minnesota, age 86, on January 3.
Joan (Gibson) Labs ’61, Menomonie, Wisconsin, age 85, on February 17.
Mercia (Anderson) Fredrick ’62, Bloomington, Illinois, age 83, on April 21.
Julio Loza ’62, Glendale Heights, Illinois, age 86, on December 28, 2022.
Roger Schwartz ’62, Little Canada, Minnesota, age 86, on March 8.
Donald Anderson ’64, Stillwater, Minnesota, age 86, on February 21.
Loren Jacobson ’64, Clive, Iowa, age 81, on May 4.
Carla (Quanbeck) Walgren ’64, Plymouth, Minnesota, age 80, on April 11.
Michael Walgren ’64, Plymouth, Minnesota, age 81, on March 4.
Anne (Monten) Hansen ’65, Mora, Minnesota, age 80, on April 7.
Peter Onstad ’65, Wayzata, Minnesota, age 80, on March 11.
Dennis Rykken ’66, Sauk Centre, Minnesota, age 81, on April 13.
Peter Lier ’67, Gladwin, Michigan, age 85, on March 9.
J. Christopher Griggs ’69, Minneapolis, age 75, on April 13.

1970s

Theodore Hammer ’70, Hudson, Wisconsin, age 76, on March 24.
Carol Wicks ’75, Graettinger, Iowa, age 69, on May 11.
Margaret (Hagemo) Troje-Meade ’76, Minneapolis, age 69, on January 16.
Jeffery Blixt ’77, Maplewood, Minnesota, age 67, on May 12.
Marjorie (Ellis) Welde ’77, Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, age 86, on January 4.
William Pine ’79, Buffalo, Minnesota, age 77, on February 7.

1990s

Anna-Lisa Carlson ’91, Bettendorf, Iowa, age 66, on April 15.
Ricky Habeck ’94, Winona, Minnesota, age 52, on March 20.
Ann (Cottingham) Wichman ’98, St. Petersburg, Florida, age 63, on February 19.
Meredith (Burgess) Gaulden ’99, Minneapolis, age 48, on February 2.

2000s

Jeremy Marthaler ’08 MBA, Erie, Colorado, age 49, on April 29.

2010s

Anthony Metz ’15, Apple Valley, Minnesota, age 30, on February 17.
Gabriel Benson ’19, Minneapolis, age 26, on June 9.

Donors, Faculty, Staff, and Board of Regents

Mark Fuehrer, professor emeritus, Bloomington, Minnesota, age 79, on January 21.
John Holum, professor emeritus, St. Paul, Minnesota, age 94, on January 27.
Ashok Kapoor, professor emeritus, Milton, Massachusetts, age 81, on March 20.