Following is a list of obituaries of recent and retired WSU faculty and staff. If you would like to add a "comment" or "photo" honoring one of them, please click on the following link. Your submission will be e-mailed to the WSU Today staff, who will add it to the current article. Following is a list of obituaries of recent and retired WSU faculty and staff. If you would like to add a "comment" or "photo" honoring one of them, please click on the following link. Your submission will be e-mailed to the WSU Today staff, who will add it to the current article.
Dean H. Pearson
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Pearson was born Jan. 16, 1934 to Dwight & Mabel Pearson of Troy Idaho. Dean attended Troy schools & enjoyed participating in the sports programs and Future Farmers of America. After graduation he enlisted in the U.S. Air Force. He then returned to University of Idaho and completed his bachelor's and master’s degrees in soil science and agronomy.
Dean met Bonnie Baum in chemistry class, and they were married August 1960 in Ashton, Idaho.
They moved to Pullman were he served as head resident of Orton Hall. Dean and Bonnie were blessed with two children, John and Renae and two grandchildren, Zachary and Leah.
His love of farming continued at the Troy farm where he grew up, which kept him busy with crops and timber management. He was a devoted father and loved following John and Renae’s activities in life. He is survived by his wife; his son, John Pearson (Robert); daughter, Renae Bafus (Rob); grandchildren Zachary and Leah Bafus; sister Margaret Petersen (Gordon); six nieces and nephews.
A memorial service will be held 2 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 18 at the Troy, Idaho, Lutheran church. It will be preceded by a private family committal service at the Dry Creek Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers the family suggests contributions to the Parkinson’s Foundation or the Moscow Good Samaritan Society at 640 N. Eisenhower Street, Moscow, ID 83843-9588. Short’s Funeral Chapel of Moscow has been entrusted with arrangements and online condolences can be left at www.shortsfuneralchapel.net
Mary Lou Enberg
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“Lou’s exceptional creativity infused her teaching and professional activities, and she was particularly renowned for delivering multimedia presentations that, in retrospect, were far ahead of her time,” said Cathryn Classen, associate professor and coordinator of WSU’s sport management program. “Lou was one of a kind – unique as an educator and human being. Her steadfast affirmation of the good in all those around her lifted her students, colleagues and friends to new levels of belief in themselves, and inspired us all.”
A service celebrating Engberg’s life will be held at Kimball’s Funeral Home in Pullman at 2 p.m. Monday, Nov. 10. All are welcome to attend a reception following the service at the home of Carol Gordon, 440 NW Orion Drive.
Engberg is survived by her sister Eileen, her nephews Kurt Higgins, Pat Ward (Jean) and Dennis Ward (Sheryl), as well as several great nieces and nephews. The family suggests memorial contributions be made to the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America or a charity of the donor’s choosing.
Enberg was born in Sedro Woolley, Washington, on May 6, 1927. After graduating from Sedro Woolley High School, she completed her B.S. degree at Washington State College in 1950. She taught school in the Yakima area for two years before accepting a commission in the U.S. Naval Reserve. She served on active duty for three years and remained in the reserves, rising to the rank of lieutenant commander.
From 1955-1960, Engberg taught at Mount Vernon High School and Skagit Valley Community College. In 1960, she completed her M.S. degree and returned to Washington State University as a faculty member in the Department of Physical Education for Women. She completed her Ph.D. at Purdue University in 1968. In 1977, Lou served as interim supervisor of physical education and recreation for the Washington State Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction. She retired from WSU in 1983 as a professor emerita.
During her career as a professor in the Department of Physical Education for Women, Engberg was twice selected by students to be honored as the Outstanding Faculty Member at WSU. She was recognized by and received honor awards from several professional organizations, both national and regional, such as the Western Society of Physical Education for College Women. In the late 1970s, She was one of a group of WSU physical educators who, in cooperation with the Kennewick and Richland School districts, developed the first competency-based teacher preparation program in physical education in the state of Washington.
“Lou loved reading, bridge, the theatre, singing and dancing, and chocolate,” said Claussen. “But Lou’s greatest love was other people; she will be remembered most for her special ability to warm everyone around her with love, laughter, and song."
Glenn Crim
Glenn Crim, 63, of Colton, Wash., died Sept 10, 2008, at his home surrounded by loving family. He was born May 25, 1945, in Auburn, NY, to Eugene & Margaret (Duffy) Crim.
Glenn Crim, 63, of Colton, Wash., died Sept 10, 2008, at his home surrounded by loving family. He was born May 25, 1945, in Auburn, NY, to Eugene & Margaret (Duffy) Crim. Glenn attended St. Alphonsis Elem. & Mt Carmel High in Auburn. He graduated from Weedsport High School in 1964. On June 29, 1968, he married Alice Keel at St Joseph's Roman Catholic Church in Weedsport, NY.
He was a Sgt. in the Marine Corps and served in Vietnam (1969-70). He and his family moved to Washington State in 1980, and he's been employed with Washington State University Animal Sciences for the last 20 years.
Glenn enjoyed and was very proud of his four children. He was the ultimate good samaritan and always put himself last. In his earlier life, in NY State, he enjoyed hunting and snowmobiling. The last few years he and Alice enjoyed canoeing on the Snake & Clearwater Rivers.
Glenn is survived by his wife, Alice; three sons, Daniel of Colton, Wash.; William of Issaquah, Wash.; Joseph in Iraq; and daughter Dona of Oceanside, Calif. Also his mother, Margaret (Duffy) Crim of Auburn, NY; a brother, Robert of Auburn, NY; three sisters, Donna Olsen of Geneva, NY; Maryann Carnicelli and Maggie Crim of Auburn, NY. He was predeceased by his father Eugene Crim and brother's Paul (Skip) and Tom. The funeral will be 11 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 19, at at St Gall's Catholic Church in Colton, Wash., and burial will be at St Gall's Cemetery. A reception, after the funeral, will be at the "Churchyard Inn" 206 Saint Boniface St, in Uniontown, Wash., 509-229-3200 The family would like to thank all of our friends, neighbors and Glenn's co-workers for their many kindnesses and for the visits that meant so very much to him. Condolence e-mails may be sent to the family at Donations to Family Home Health Care & Hospice would be greatly appreciated.
-- Dan Crim, son
Glenn Crim, 63, of Colton, Wash., died Sept 10, 2008, at his home surrounded by loving family. He was born May 25, 1945, in Auburn, NY, to Eugene & Margaret (Duffy) Crim. Glenn attended St. Alphonsis Elem. & Mt Carmel High in Auburn. He graduated from Weedsport High School in 1964. On June 29, 1968, he married Alice Keel at St Joseph's Roman Catholic Church in Weedsport, NY.
He was a Sgt. in the Marine Corps and served in Vietnam (1969-70). He and his family moved to Washington State in 1980, and he's been employed with Washington State University Animal Sciences for the last 20 years.
Glenn enjoyed and was very proud of his four children. He was the ultimate good samaritan and always put himself last. In his earlier life, in NY State, he enjoyed hunting and snowmobiling. The last few years he and Alice enjoyed canoeing on the Snake & Clearwater Rivers.
Glenn is survived by his wife, Alice; three sons, Daniel of Colton, Wash.; William of Issaquah, Wash.; Joseph in Iraq; and daughter Dona of Oceanside, Calif. Also his mother, Margaret (Duffy) Crim of Auburn, NY; a brother, Robert of Auburn, NY; three sisters, Donna Olsen of Geneva, NY; Maryann Carnicelli and Maggie Crim of Auburn, NY. He was predeceased by his father Eugene Crim and brother's Paul (Skip) and Tom. The funeral will be 11 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 19, at at St Gall's Catholic Church in Colton, Wash., and burial will be at St Gall's Cemetery. A reception, after the funeral, will be at the "Churchyard Inn" 206 Saint Boniface St, in Uniontown, Wash., 509-229-3200 The family would like to thank all of our friends, neighbors and Glenn's co-workers for their many kindnesses and for the visits that meant so very much to him. Condolence e-mails may be sent to the family at Donations to Family Home Health Care & Hospice would be greatly appreciated.
-- Dan Crim, son
McDougal, William P. (Bill)
William ("Bill") McDougall, 83 Pullman, Wash., passed away June 16, 2008 at the Kootenai Medical Center in Coeur d' Alene.
Bill was a retired WSU professor. Kimball Funeral Home of Pullman is handling arrangements.
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-- Gordon Ensign, Ed.D. 1970
I was deeply saddened to hear of Bill McDougall's passing. He was my doctoral advisor, mentor, and most importantly friend when I was a graduate student at WSU and after. He was a wonderful man with a wonderful humanity and sense of humor. My sincere condolences to his wife Doris and their two sons and families
I was deeply saddened to hear of Bill McDougall's passing. He was my doctoral advisor, mentor, and most importantly friend when I was a graduate student at WSU and after. He was a wonderful man with a wonderful humanity and sense of humor. My sincere condolences to his wife Doris and their two sons and families
Richard William Dingle
Richard ("Dick") William Dingle, 90 Bismarck, ND, passed away June 1, 2008. His parents were Nanna and Victor Dingle, and siblings, Roy, A. Nelson, Eugene, Eunice, and Dorothy.
Dingle spent most of his childhood in St. Paul, Minn., and graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1941, with a degree in Forestry. He served as a Navy lieutenant on a landing craft during World War II in the South Pacific from 1944 to 1946.
In 1948 he earned his Master's degree in Forestry from Yale University. From 1948-1953 he taught in the Forestry Department at University of Missouri, Columbia, while conducting his Ph.D. research. In 1953 Dick earned his Ph.D. in Forestry from Yale University, with a specialty in silviculture.
Dingle taught in the Forestry Department at Washington State University from 1953 until he retired in 1983. He was dedicated to his students, the preservation and sustainable use of forests and the development of the perfect Christmas tree - one that naturally grew to the perfect form and needed no pruning.
This quest took him on sabbatical to Europe in 1969 where he pursued a pure source of seeds of the rare Spanish fir. He later planted them at the Forest Experiment Station, in Vancouver, Wash. In 1981 he joined a WSU-AID project in Indonesia, working with forestry faculty members at Hassanudin Universitas in Ujung Pandang on the island of Sulawesi.
The love of Dingle's life was his wife, Barbara. He and Barbara were married in St. Paul, Minnesota on June 6, 1947. Over the years, they enjoyed many adventures, traveling around the world, including a trip to New Zealand and many Elderhostels from Alaska to Bermuda, Newfoundland to England and Austria. They celebrated their 50th and 60th wedding anniversaries with friends and family and were just five days shy of celebrating their 61st.
Dingle was the proud father of two daughters, Mary Dingle of Portland, Ore., and Judy Soule of Alexandria, Va. He taught his daughters that they could pursue any career or interest that they wished, to answer their own questions, and an abiding love of the natural world.
In addition to his wife and daughters, Dick Dingle leaves behind daughter-in-law, Tillay Christensen; son-in-law, Robert Soule; grandchildren Amanda Dingle-Christensen, Jacob, Bethany, and Erica Soule, and great-granddaughter, Faire Soule-Reeves; brothers A. Nelson and Gene, and sister, Dorothy Olson, as well as many loving nieces, nephews, cousins, and in-laws. He was preceded in death by brother, Roy, and sister, Eunice.
Dingle was an active and devoted member of the Pullman Presbyterian Church for many years and an active member of the Society of American Foresters. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, June 10 at the Pullman Presbyterian Church. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to The Nature Conservancy, NatureServe, WSU Common Ministry or the Pullman Presbyterian Church. Kimball Funeral Home of Pullman, Wash., is caring for the family. Online condolences can be made at www.kimballfh.com.
Kahn, David Leonard
David Leonard Kahn, 55, of Spokane, WA, passed away Feb. 26, 2008. He was born Oct. 29, 1952, in San Antonio, TX. His parents were Murray and Dawn Kahn.
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David Kahn grew up in New York City and Miami, Florida. He received bachelor of arts degrees in anthropology and religious studies from South Florida University. He then attended St. Louis University and received a bachelor of science degree in nursing in 1979. In 1983, he received a master's degree in nursing from the University of Washington-Seattle and a Ph.D. in nursing in 1990 from the University of Washington-Seattle.
He married Mary Hoenecke in 1983 in Seattle, WA, and had two children, Rachel and Aaron.
David worked in the hospital, community and jail as a nurse. Following his doctoral degree, he taught at the University of Michigan from 1990-1993 and then at the University of Texas at Austin from 1994-2005. At that time he took a visiting professorship in Taiwan during 2005. Then, he moved to Spokane, WA, where he worked for the Intercollegiate College of Nursing.
David was an excellent teacher and guided the professional development of many students. His scholarship in the fields of qualitative research and the study of suffering, death and dying is recognized worldwide.
Prior to his nursing degrees, David worked as an ambulance and taxi driver and a dishwasher at a Chinese restaurant. He enjoyed reminiscing on these earlier occupations.
David enjoyed reading, cooking, gardening, bicycling, investing, watching baseball and spending time with his friends and children. David was admired for his breadth of knowledge and his intellect. He read extensively in many areas. He had a great sense of humor and delighted in telling stories.
He is survived by his family, Mary, Rachel and Aaron. He is also survived by his mother Dawn Kahn, his brother Joe, and his sister Jan and her husband, Alejandro.
A memorial service will be held 1 p.m. Friday, March 7 at St. Mark's Lutheran Church, 316 E. 24th Ave., Spokane, WA. Interment will be at Port Aransas, TX. In lieu of flowers, donations in memory of Kahn can be made to Hospice of Spokane or the Intercollegiate College of Nursing Doctoral Scholarship Fund.
Lawrence Stark
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A memorial celebration of Larry's life will be held 2 p.m. Friday, March 7, in the Terrell Library Atrium and the Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections. There will be a brief program and an exhibition of Larry’s work. A “Story Corps” style oral history recording studio also will be set up in MASC, so that friends can share their favorite Larry stories. Refreshments will be served.
Those who cannot attend and who have something they would like to have read or shared, can e-mail it to Trevor Bond, interim head, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, tjbond@wsu.edu, phone 335-6693, Fax 3356721.
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-- Cary Collins, Public School Teacher, Ravensdale, Wash.
Larry was such an irreplaceable asset to Washington State University and to MASC. I had the distinct pleasure of working for Larry at MASC, an experience for which I will always be grateful. Larry also assisted me at several key junctures when I was completing my Ph.D. dissertation in history. I have learned that in broad terms historians can be lumped into two categories. The first comprises those who go into the field for all the trappings--as limited as those might be--that come with academe and position. The second, and the much more select group, are those who do history for the sheer joy and love of it. As much as anyone that I have known, Larry fit squarely into the latter camp. It goes almost without saying, but we need more Larry's, who make history matter through their great passion and unquenchable enthusiasm and who, most of all, are willing to share their knowledge, talents, and skills. Larry was that kind of teacher and he was that kind of! historian. There can be no doubt that he will be sorely missed, but h e will also always be remembered by those of us whose lives he so profoundly touched.
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-- Trevor James Bond, interim head, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Larry was a well known figure to anyone who conducted research on Northwest history or the history of Washington State University. Larry earned an Archival Management Certificate from the University of Washington in 1976 and his Ph.D. in History from WSU in 1978. His formal appointment in Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC) as Assistant University Archivist began in 1985.
During Larry’s career, he oversaw the processing of hundreds of collections including the Congressional papers of Thomas Foley which comprises 480 containers and occupies 550 linear feet of shelf space. He delighted in his work and was never too busy to answer questions. He could tell you the date the clock was completed in Bryan Tower or the construction techniques used in building Holland Library. His passing is a tremendous loss to our university community. We will deeply miss his collegiality, knowledge, and enthusiasm.
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-- Fred Bohm, director emeritus, Michigan State University Press
I remember the Lawrence Stark of the 1970s and 1980s, when we all were in graduate school and when Larry first went to work in MASC.
Beyond the third floor of Wilson Hall and Rico's, those of us who had to do major car repairs knew that he would be there to lend a hand and to share his prodigious automotive expertise. Larry also helped many of us as we moved about from apartment to apartment during our graduate school days. Larry seemed to know at least something about almost everything: how to tune the engine of a 65 Ford Mustang, how to wire together a Commodore 64 computer and a Kaypro II to transfer data, how to edit the Bunchgrass Historian (he followed me in that position and kept the the Pacific Northwest's finest local history journal going for many years). Larry also knew all about how Pullman got to be Pullman.
I considered Larry a good friend, but there was, of course a private side of him that I never knew. He was kind, generous to a fault, especially with his time and his vast body knowledge and even his storehouse of trivia. It would be easy for me to go on and on. Most of all, what I remember about Larry are some great stories -- most of these stories involve Larry's great sense of humor, things he said, and insights he had into the ways the world worked -- or didn't work.
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-- Jim Ross-Nazzal, professor of history, Houston Community College
I was a graduate student and had the opportunity to work for and with Larry Stark. Larry was as essential to my successful doctoral studies as the faculty and staff of the history department. Larry's depth of knowledge (from the sacred to the profane) will not be replaced, and those who come to WSU from now on will not quite receive the same experience as those who had the pleasure of meeting, working with, or just talking to Larry.
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-- Craig Holstine, Washington State Dept. of Transportation
Larry and I met in graduate school at WSU. He was kind enough to hire me on the statewide historical records survey that he helped supervise in the late 1970s. But for that project, I would never have driven those eastern Washington backroads, nor been exposed to forgotten historical records, let alone Larry's priceless wit.
Larry considered the survey's published finding aids among his foremost achievements, successors to the WPA guides of the 1930s and '40s. Larry's boundless curiosity, love of all things obscure, and intense attention to detail are reflected in those volumes. I'm proud to have been involved in a small way, and to have been Larry's friend for 30 years.
When not working, Larry and I hit the road, usually in his '65 Mustang, which he maintained with loving care. Larry enjoyed rural, wide-open spaces, lacking civilization's pretensions. I remember a hunting trip on the breaks of the Snake River when Larry lost his footing and slid down a steep embankment, emerging through the dust without his shotgun, but with a wide grin knowing he'd taken absurdity to new heights. He liked to say he "nonchalanted it," which was his way of not taking things too seriously.
Larry admired those among us least showered with life's blessings. He said his heroes were the guys living under bridges, because they'd survive the "big one." He also said you couldn't get enough education. Larry combined the best of both worlds: a kind humanitarian and an unpretentious intellectual. Thanks for everything, Larry, wherever you are. Our friend Steve Balzarini said he always thought of you as immortal. He wasn't wrong.
Geraldine Senter
Geraldine Senter, retired from extension, died Jan. 14. She worked at WSU 1955-1981.
Donald Pelton
Donald Pelton, retired from business administration, died Jan. 21. He worked at WSU 1957-1982.
Gary Radmaker
Gary Radamaker, natural resource sciences, died Jan. 24. He worked at WSU since 1979.
Norman Yandt
Norman Yandt, a project manager at the Department of Capital Planning and Development, died at approxima
tely 8a.m. Monday, Jan. 7, at the scene of a two-car accident five miles east of Moscow, Idaho. Yandt, 55, began work at WSU in May 2006 after working at a similar job at the University of Idaho.
According to the Idaho State Police report, Yandt lost control of his 1989 Chevrolet due to icy road conditions, slid across the center line of Idaho Highway 8, and collided with a 2003 Ford Expedition. The driver and passenger in the Expedition were taken to Gritman Medical Center in Moscow, treated and released.
A memorial service for Yandt is scheduled for 1 p.m. Friday, Jan. 11, at the Moscow Nazarene Church.
The family suggests memorials gifts be made to the Hope Center, P.O. Box 8622, Moscow.
Norman Yandt, a project manager at the Department of Capital Planning and Development, died at approxima
tely 8a.m. Monday, Jan. 7, at the scene of a two-car accident five miles east of Moscow, Idaho. Yandt, 55, began work at WSU in May 2006 after working at a similar job at the University of Idaho.According to the Idaho State Police report, Yandt lost control of his 1989 Chevrolet due to icy road conditions, slid across the center line of Idaho Highway 8, and collided with a 2003 Ford Expedition. The driver and passenger in the Expedition were taken to Gritman Medical Center in Moscow, treated and released.
A memorial service for Yandt is scheduled for 1 p.m. Friday, Jan. 11, at the Moscow Nazarene Church.
The family suggests memorials gifts be made to the Hope Center, P.O. Box 8622, Moscow.