OSU - Stater - Spring 2024

58 ForOregonState.org/Stater OUR COMMUNITY COURTESY OF JOANNE WENSTROM CHARLES “CHUCK” WENSTROM, ’60, ’71 Chuck Wenstrom died Sept. 25 at the age of 92. Editor of the Daily Barometer his senior year, he returned to OSU to work as assistant alumni director, editor of the Oregon Stater and assistant sports information director. Later, he taught high school in Corvallis for 25 years. A sports enthusiast, Wenstrom wrote a book about his years as a football official and another about his lifelong friend Don Essig, ’60, announcer for the Ducks. He is survived by his wife of 73 years, Joanne; children Eric and Kristen; and three grandchildren. WA Delta Zeta • Lona Harless Wilson ’56, Bigfork MT Delta Gamma • Dennis James Burns ’57 ’58, Santa Cruz, CA • John L. Deichman ’57, Richland WA Alpha Sigma Phi • Carolyn Elbon ’57, Redmond WA Delta Zeta • Bryce M. Herndon ’57, Incline Village NV Kappa Sigma • Wallace G. Ruff ’57, West Richland WA • Joe Baldwin Silvers ’57, Sioux Falls SD • Andrew Skief Jr. ’57, San Diego CA • John Joseph Vlastelicia Jr. ’57, Scappoose Alpha Kappa Lambda • Richard E. Carnahan ’58, Tualatin Acacia • Robert W. Cramer ’58, Yachats • Robert P. Going ’58, Puyallup WA • Herbert H. Hart ’58, Yakima WA • Donna Lee Caddy Hickey ’58, Portland Kappa Kappa Gamma • Robert L. Krahmer ’58, Albany Alpha Gamma Rho • Pat Delta Gamma • Thomas F. Bell ’55 Naselle WA • Delores “Lori” Grabler ’55, San Diego CA Delta Delta Delta • LaVonne Thompson Gretz ’55, Lakewood CO Chi Omega • LaRoy Burnard Herndon ’55, San Carlos CA • John E. Maxwell ’55 ’56, Yuma AZ Pi Kappa Alpha • Lenore Phillippe Maxwell ’55, Yuma AZ • Donna C. McCormack ’55, Prineville • Joanna Russler ’55, West Sacramento CA Delta Gamma • Robert C. Swanson ’55, Portland • Ian J. Tinsley ’55 ’58, Corvallis • Laverne Beyerle Brown ’56 ’58, Middleton ID • Dale R. Christiansen ’56, Dannebrog NE • Jeannette Elle Daletas ’56, Eugene Kappa Kappa Gamma • Richard W. Keith ’56, Duluth GA Alpha Gamma Rho • Jolene Marie Kuhns ’56, Kennewick ’51, Eagle ID • Ronald D. Cone ’51, New Braunfels TX • Valerie Marie Cook ’51, Grapeview WA Alpha Phi • Donald Arthur Davis ’51, Newport Tau Kappa Epsilon • Donald C. McLaughlin ’51, Portland • Donald Wesley McMorris ’51, Albany Delta Tau Delta • Tameko Minamoto ’51, Portland • Marcella Mae Pfeifer ’51, Salem Alpha Delta Pi • Allison Logan Belcher ’52, Portland Delta Gamma • Helen Patricia Bushway ’52, Aurora Alpha Phi • Carol Creswell ’52, Klamath Falls • Thomas A. Hesketh ’52, Eugene • Kenneth D. Meeker ’52, Beaverton Delta Chi • Marion Koontz Minar ’52, Aurora • Janet Boone Ayres ’53, Metolius Delta Gamma • Sterling C. Ditsworth ’53, Star Valley Ranch WY Chi Phi • Nancy Maxwell Kinzey ’53, Vancouver WA Alpha Xi Delta • Kelmar LeMaster ’53, Bothell WA Beta Theta Pi • Merrill Hayden Newman ’53, Beaverton Sigma Chi • Joe Wilson Sayre Jr. ’53, Talent Kappa Delta Rho • Stuart J. Silver ’53, State College PA • Robert S. Steffanson ’53, Concord CA • Rodney E. Tobias ’53, Cullowhee NC • James Bernard Toomb ’53, Fairfield ID • Frank S. Conklin ’54 ’68, San Miguel de Allende Mexico • Donald S. Duman ’54, Redmond Phi Delta Theta • William Plywaski ’54, Boulder CO Phi Gamma Delta • Kathleen Paulsen Adams ’55, Portland 1940s Paul E. Schulz ’41, Battle Ground WA • Mary Magruder Smith ’43, Salem Kappa Alpha Theta • Margaret D. Sundsten ’44 Concord CA Alpha Xi Delta • Melvin C. Lehrman ’45, Rancho Mirage CA • Leroy A. Bates ’46, Tolovana Park Alpha Sigma Phi • Elizabeth Bryant Orem ’46, San Diego CA Delta Zeta • Betty Rose Stewart ’46, Salem Sigma Kappa • Dorothy Dickson Allison ’47 Portland • Stafford M. Hall ’47, Bozeman MT • Barbara McFadden Pitney ’47, Vancouver WA Kappa Alpha Theta • Josephine Zimmerman ’47, Palo Alto CA • David M. Craig ’48, Highlands Ranch CO Delta Tau Delta • Wallace G. Detering ’48, Harrisburg • Donald H. Markman ’48, Beaverton • Rosemary Catherine Pullin ’48, Portland Alpha Omicron Pi • John C. Fox ’49 ’51, Richland WA Sigma Phi Epsilon • Evelyn Jean Johnston ’49, Milwaukie • Robert Alan Morey ’49, Boring 1950s Barbara Eliason Morrill Berger ’50, Alpharetta GA • Stanley Joseph Neitling ’50, Klamath Falls • Virginia Ann O’Donnell ’50 ’69, Portland Kappa Delta • Lowell Edmond Patton ’50, Lake Oswego Sigma Alpha Epsilon • Robert Earl Peterson ’50, Portland Sigma Nu • Karl F. Wojahn ’50, Cincinnati OH • David E. Bayer ’51, Davis CA • Ruth Ellen Boyd IN MEMORIAM EDITED BY > SCHOLLE MCFARLAND

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