to being involved in funeral service. S<strong>he</strong> was a licensed funeral director and was active in t<strong>he</strong> business until <strong>he</strong>r husband’s death in February 2003. Claudine (Carter) Terry (’35), of Kirksville, Mo., died April 4, 2010. S<strong>he</strong> taught at Knox City, Novelty, Memphis and Meadville, Mo., and at Godfrey, Ill. From 1947 to 1961, s<strong>he</strong> <strong>he</strong>ld t<strong>he</strong> position of supervisor of vocal music in t<strong>he</strong> Moberly Public Schools. S<strong>he</strong> was a member of t<strong>he</strong> faculty at Nort<strong>he</strong>ast Missouri <strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong> from 1961 to 1975 w<strong>he</strong>re s<strong>he</strong> taught music education; s<strong>he</strong> retired in 1975 and was named assistant professor emeritus. 1940s Wanita L. Babb (’41), of Louisville Ky., died Sept. 11, 2009. S<strong>he</strong> was t<strong>he</strong> former Wanita Loofbourrow and had served as an elementary school teac<strong>he</strong>r and principal for t<strong>he</strong> old Louisville Public Schools and t<strong>he</strong> Jefferson County Public Schools for more than 35 years. Nolan M. Chapman Jr. (’46), died Dec. 18, 2009, in Chillicot<strong>he</strong>, Mo. He served 3 1/2 years in t<strong>he</strong> U.S. Army during World War II in t<strong>he</strong> African Middle Eastern and European T<strong>he</strong>aters. He was a partner in t<strong>he</strong> law firm of Chapman and Chapman, practicing until his retirement in 1983. He served Chillicot<strong>he</strong> five times as city attorney. Harold R. Decker (’40), of Auburn, Ala., died Aug. 29, 2009. He taught commercial subjects in Centralia, Mo., for t<strong>he</strong> year 1940- 1941 and entered t<strong>he</strong> U.S. Army in June 1941. He was assigned to t<strong>he</strong> North African T<strong>he</strong>ater and flew his first mission on December 23, 1942. On Jan. 31, 1943, <strong>he</strong> was shot down and managed to land his P-38 on t<strong>he</strong> mudflats near Gabes, Tunisia. He was taken prisoner by t<strong>he</strong> German forces and transported to Europe as a prisoner of war. In late spring of 1943 <strong>he</strong> was shipped to t<strong>he</strong> prison camp Stalag Luft III, w<strong>he</strong>re <strong>he</strong> operated a clandestine radio receiver and transcribed t<strong>he</strong> BBC news for dissemination to ot<strong>he</strong>r prisoners within t<strong>he</strong> camp. He and t<strong>he</strong> ot<strong>he</strong>r prisoners were liberated in April of 1945. After t<strong>he</strong> war, <strong>he</strong> remained in t<strong>he</strong> service and received regular commission in t<strong>he</strong> Air Force in 1947. He continued in t<strong>he</strong> Air Force with assignments in Illinois, Ohio, Tokyo, Japan, t<strong>he</strong> Pentagon, and Maxwell AFB, Ala. After retirement from t<strong>he</strong> Air Force, <strong>he</strong> joined t<strong>he</strong> faculty at Auburn <strong>University</strong> and retired in 1979 as an associate professor emeritus of Aerospace Engineering. Cat<strong>he</strong>rine F. (Briggs) Dixon (’43), of Lebanon, Ore., died Sept. 20, 2009. S<strong>he</strong> worked as a substitute teac<strong>he</strong>r in Lebanon for many years and enjoyed teaching Sunday school for many years. Marjorie I. Hulse (’49), of New London, Ind., died Dec. 3, 2009. S<strong>he</strong> was a retired teac<strong>he</strong>r. S<strong>he</strong> had taught in t<strong>he</strong> Rocky Point School, New London Schools, Central School in Hannibal as well as t<strong>he</strong> Des Moines, Iowa Schools. Meta Ernestine Lichtenberg (’47), of Quincy, Ill., died July 27, 2009. S<strong>he</strong> taught in public schools for 43 years in Troy, Mo., Keokuk, Iowa, Hammond, Ind., Warrenton, Mo., and in St. Louis County. S<strong>he</strong> t<strong>he</strong>n taught in t<strong>he</strong> pre-school at Trinity Church in Quincy for two years. John Mangiaracina (’49) of Las Vegas, Nev., died May 2, 2009. He owned his own grocery business in Kansas City, Mo., for 23 years and moved to Las Vegas in 1973. He served as secretary of t<strong>he</strong> Nevada <strong>State</strong> Athletic Commission and later worked in t<strong>he</strong> field of boxing with Don King and Bob Arum. After <strong>he</strong> retired, <strong>he</strong> worked for his son-in-law as a property manager. Rosemary Blanc<strong>he</strong> (Barr) Mohr (’43), of rural Kahoka, Mo., died July 1, 2009. S<strong>he</strong> began teaching in t<strong>he</strong> fall of 1937. S<strong>he</strong> taught t<strong>he</strong> school term and t<strong>he</strong>n attended college each summer at Kirksville until graduation in 1943. Over t<strong>he</strong> course of a 35-year career, s<strong>he</strong> taught at rural country schools and town elementary and high schools. Schools included Bartlett Rural School, Lone Star Rural School, Gravel Hill Rural School, Granger High School, Pulaski High School, Keosauqua High School, and Centerville High School. S<strong>he</strong> returned to teaching in 1964 and taught at Antioch Rural School and at Clark Co. R-1 Junior High from 1965 until 1989. Martha E. Perry (’47), of Keokuk, died June 20, 2009. S<strong>he</strong> taught for two years in rural schools in Adair County, Mo.; three years in Novinger; six years at Jefferson and one year at Washington Central, both in Keokuk. S<strong>he</strong> worked for 20 years as elementary principal at Garfield and Torrence, and later at Lincoln and was instructional service coordinator, retiring in 1985. Norma Beatrice (Feigenspan) Pflantz (’43), of Palmyra, Mo., died Nov. 1, 2009. S<strong>he</strong> was a school teac<strong>he</strong>r at Palmyra R-I Elementary School, retiring in 1979. S<strong>he</strong> had formerly taught at Marion County R-II School. Ernest L. Slaughter (’49), of St. Louis, Mo., died Sept. 19, 2009. He was on staff at Normandy Osteopathic Hospital and Des Peres Hospital. Elmer Earl Smith (’48), Festus, Mo., died April 11, 2010. He was a science teac<strong>he</strong>r for five decades at Crystal City High School. He taught science to Crystal City High students from 1947 to 1997. From 1947 to 1985, <strong>he</strong> instructed in physical science, c<strong>he</strong>mistry and physics full-time. From 1985 to 1997, <strong>he</strong> taught c<strong>he</strong>mistry, physics or both one to two class periods per school day. Cat<strong>he</strong>rine (Cox) Stipe (’45, ’48), of Plattsburg, Mo., died Jan. 10, 2010. S<strong>he</strong> taught music at all levels of school, including elementary, high school, and college. S<strong>he</strong> taught at t<strong>he</strong> <strong>University</strong> while getting <strong>he</strong>r master’s degree in music education. S<strong>he</strong> also taught high school music at Gower, Mo., and finis<strong>he</strong>d <strong>he</strong>r teaching career in t<strong>he</strong> Plattsburg School District, w<strong>he</strong>re s<strong>he</strong> served as elementary music teac<strong>he</strong>r from 1966 to 1981. Olive Adelle (Tetzner) Tharp, of Kirksville, Mo., died March 12, 2010. In 1964 s<strong>he</strong> began <strong>he</strong>r career as an educator, teac<strong>he</strong>r and principal in Mississippi for 39 years until retiring in 1979. During <strong>he</strong>r teaching career, Olive spent <strong>he</strong>r summers back home in Kirksville. Norma Lee Veach, of Kirksville, Mo., died May 18, 2010. During World War II, s<strong>he</strong> worked in St. Louis at t<strong>he</strong> Curtiss-Wright Airplane Plant in t<strong>he</strong> Accounting Department. After <strong>he</strong>r marriage, s<strong>he</strong> and <strong>he</strong>r husband lived in Davenport, Iowa, w<strong>he</strong>re s<strong>he</strong> worked as a civil service employee in t<strong>he</strong> office of t<strong>he</strong> Army’s Chicago Ordnance District. In 1946 t<strong>he</strong>y moved to Downing, Mo., and worked at Barb & McCune Grocery. In 1948 t<strong>he</strong>y moved to Kirksville, and s<strong>he</strong> worked in t<strong>he</strong> business office at t<strong>he</strong> college until 1951. T<strong>he</strong>y t<strong>he</strong>n lived in Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas before moving back to Missouri. Norma worked at Swan Lake Office near Meadville, Mo., as a reservation clerk. In 1965 t<strong>he</strong>y moved to Kirksville w<strong>he</strong>re Norma worked for state and government agencies until s<strong>he</strong> retired in 1986. George Richard W<strong>he</strong>atcroft (’49), of Irving, Texas, died Nov. 11, 2009. Ordained into t<strong>he</strong> Episcopal priesthood in 1943, his first assignment was on staff at t<strong>he</strong> Church of Saint Michael and Saint George in Saint Louis, Mo. He continued his ministry as Vicar at t<strong>he</strong> Trinity Episcopal Church in Kirksville, Mo., w<strong>he</strong>re <strong>he</strong> also served as t<strong>he</strong> Episcopal chaplain to t<strong>he</strong> local students. In 1950 <strong>he</strong> was called to t<strong>he</strong> Diocese of Texas to begin what became t<strong>he</strong> Saint Francis Episcopal Church in t<strong>he</strong> Memorial Drive area of Houston. He served as Rector of Saint Francis for 40 years, and upon his retirement in 1990 was designated Rector Emeritus. After retirement, <strong>he</strong> produced numerous book reviews for several publications. 32 <strong>Truman</strong> Review continued on page 34
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