FALL 2011 - Lake Erie College

IN Memoriam
which became Cleveland State University. At Cleveland
State, Pease was associate professor of health and physical
education until her retirement in 1982. She initiated and
coached women’s basketball and women’s tennis at
Cleveland State and was active as a field hockey player and
official. In 1984, she became the first woman elected to the
Cleveland State University Athletic Hall of Fame. She was
also a member of the Lake Erie College Athletic Hall of
Fame, having been inducted in 1990.
Pease is survived by many great and great-great nieces and
nephews as well as many friends and former students.
1944
GLORIA (CHAPMAN) IRWIN, Port Angeles, Wash., died
Feb. 4, 2011. She received a master’s degree from Western
Reserve University and spent her professional career as
an educator, ultimately becoming librarian at Lakewood
(Ohio) High School. She and her husband, George, retired
to Sequim, Wash. in 1987, where they became active in the
Sequim Presbyterian Church. Gloria served the church as
an elder, deacon and choir member. She was also chair of
the congregational life and missions committee, president
of the women’s association and a facilitator for many Bible
study groups.
She is survived by her daughter, Sandra Irwin; her son,
George Irwin III; one grandson; four great-grandchildren;
and two nieces.
1945
MARILYN (DAVIES) LUCAS, Salem, Mass., died Jan. 22,
2011. She taught chemistry at Lake Erie College, Notre
Dame Academy and Euclid High School. She was a driving
force in science education in the Cleveland area and was
honored as Science Teacher of the Year by
President Carter.
She is survived by her daughter, Anne Lucas, Lake Erie
College Class of 1972; three grandchildren; a sister; and
many nieces and nephews.
1947
PATRICIA (TALBOTT) ANDREWS, Hodgenville, Ky., died
Aug. 14, 2011. After spending time in a number of different
states around the country, she and her husband, Robert,
lived for 35 years on a farm in Hodgenville, Ky. She enjoyed
listening to the weekly broadcasts of the Metropolitan
Opera on radio and watching PGA golf on television. She
was an avid reader and a lover of nature, birds, animals and
the simple country life. She was a member of Hodgenville
United Methodist Church, where she was active in adult
Sunday school, and she worked and volunteered for many
years at Sunrise Manor Nursing Home in Hodgenville.
She is survived by her children, Robert and Peter Andrews
and Carrie Stith-Webster; four grandchildren; a greatgrandchild;
and many nieces and nephews.
JEANNE (COOK) SWANSON, Columbus, Ohio, passed
away Feb. 25, 2011. She was a charter member of the Ohio
Modern Dance Association and the first elected president
of the New York State Director of Volunteers Association.
She was executive director of the Massillon YWCA and
director of volunteers at St. Ann’s and Elizabeth’s Hospital
in Louisville, Ky. and at St. Clair’s Hospital in Schenectady,
N.Y. She was a singer and dancer and performed with the
Bucyrus Little Theatre, Canton Civic Opera and La Petite
Opera in Lakeside.
She is survived by her husband, Lee Gordon Swanson;
daugher, Thea Coons; sons, Pete and Kurt Swanson; and
six grandchildren.
1949
CYNTHIA (WOLF) KLEIN, Plantation, Fla., passed away
Aug. 5, 2011. She is survived by her husband, Joseph.
1950
JOAN (TILLOTSON) DECILE, Carpenteria, Calif.,
died May 14, 2011. She was an accomplished artist and
supported the arts in Carpinteria financially and by volunteering
her time. She was devoted to her family and often
traveled with her husband, Anthony, a golf professional.
Decile was survived by her husband, who died shortly after
her; three children, Jeffrey, Stephen and Constance; five
grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
HENRIETTA (HATHAWAY) TOWNSEND, Painesville,
Ohio, died July 7, 2011. She was a special education
teacher and curriculum director at Broadmoor School
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