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Larned, Kansas, on Nov. 28,Survivors include sons Thomas28. He served in the Air Force as aHerndon, Virginia, on Nov. 15,2014. He was business managerPalace, b ed ’79, Topeka, and Guypilot during the Korean Conflict2014. He worked for the Defenseand acting superintendent of thePalace, ba ’88, Washington, D.C.and was a real estate broker.Mapping Agency for 35 years.Larned State Hospital.James Hesse, jd ’50, 92, Wichita,Kansas, on Nov. 22, 2014. Heserved in the Army during WorldWar II, achieving the rank ofsecond lieutenant. Hesse wasa member of Delta Theta Phi.Survivors include sons MatthewHesse, jd ’85, Wichita, Joel Hesse,jd ’87, Wichita, and Karl Hesse, jd’92, Wichita; and daughter-in-lawM. Patricia (Mertes) Hesse, jd’85, Wichita.Joseph Lardner, ba ’55, 81,Topeka, on Jan. 29. He servedin the Air Force before workingat J.T. Lardner Cut Stone andLardner Monuments. Lardnerwas a member of Alpha Delta.Survivors include daughters Diane(Lardner) Westling, ba ’82,Topeka, and Jeannine (Lardner)Fairchild, b ed ’83, Topeka.Ethel (Pickens) Marinellie,b ed ’58, 95, Goodman, Missouri,on Feb. 14. She was a schoolteacher in California for 40 years.John Palace Jr., ba ’50, 91, JunoBeach, Florida, on April 13. Heserved in the Army during WorldWar II and in the Air ForceNational Guard, retiring as alieutenant colonel. Palace was therecreation director for the Villageof Patchogue and worked in lifeinsurance. He was a member ofKappa Sigma, Air Force ROTC,Sagamore, Who’s Who AmongStudents at American Universitiesand Colleges and the WashburnReview staff, and participated infootball and track at Washburn.Ronald Robb, bba ’53, 87,Topeka, on April 18. He servedin the Army during World WarII and was co-owner of real estatecompany Love, Taggart and Robb.Robb served on the WashburnUniversity Board of Regentsand was a Washburn UniversityFoundation trustee emeritus.He was a member of Phi DeltaTheta at Washburn. Survivorsinclude daughter Rebecca (Robb)Dickinson, ba ’77, Wakarusa,Kansas; stepdaughter LoriRoenbaugh, b ed ’83, m ed ’90,Topeka; and grandson DavidWolfe, jd ’08, Lawrence, Kansas.Mary (Gibbs) Waddell, ba ’55,82, Topeka, on Feb. 4. She was amember of Zeta Tau Alpha.Donna (Rich) Wagner, ba ’57,79, Lee’s Summit, Missouri, onFeb. 27. She was a fourth-gradeteacher in Shawnee, Kansas, and asociety writer for the Kansas CityStar before owning and operatingGreenwillow Farm Antiques.Wagner was a member of Alpha Phi,Phi Sigma Chi, Young Republicansand the Washburn Review staff.Frank Welsh, jd ’50, 93,Naperville, Illinois, on March11. He served in the Navyduring World War II as an aerialphotographer before working as amanager at Optical Wholesalers,Illinois Optometrists and theAcademy of General Dentistry.Welsh was a member of DeltaTheta Phi.Carl Wilcox, ba ’51, 86,Springfield, Missouri, on April1960sMarla (Leuenberger) Beimforde,ba ’60, 76, Camarillo, California,on May 2. She was a socialworker for the Ventura CountyDepartment of Mental Healthand Ventura County Jail, as wellas an instructor at the Sheriff’sRegional Training Academy andcommunity program director inthe Ventura Regional Forensicconditional release program. Shewas a member of Kappa AlphaTheta, Panhellenic Council, Who’sWho Among Students at AmericanUniversities and Colleges and spiritsquad. Survivors include brotherJan Leuenberger, bba ’58, jd ’61,Topeka.Sandra (Linnenburger) Brown,b ed ’63, m ed ’74, 77, Topeka, onFeb. 13. She was an educator in theTopeka Unified School District andthe district’s Teacher of the Year in1993. Survivors include son-in-lawKyle Ferleman, m cj ’04, Topeka,and daughter-in-law ConstanceBrown, attendee, Topeka.Lyle Clark, b ed ’62, 83,Burlington, Kansas, on Feb. 21. Heserved in the Air Force, receivingthe outstanding airman trophyin 1953. Clark was a principalin elementary and junior highschools before working as anadministrative officer of propertytax evaluation for the State ofKansas. He was a member ofSigma Phi Epsilon.Darryl Crumpton, ba ’65, 72,Mary (Query) Dawson, ba ’65,82, Wamego, Kansas, on Jan. 2.She taught business at high schoolsin California and Kansas. Dawsonwas a member of Phi Kappa Phi.Maxine (Marx) Dickson,bs ’65, 90, The Villages, Florida,on March 8. She was a medicaltechnologist at McPherson Hospitalbefore teaching child developmentand home economics at HighlandPark High School. Dickson was amember of Phi Kappa Phi.Clellabeth (Clements) Hahn,b ed ’60, 77, Overland Park,Kansas, on May 9. She wasa teacher in Topeka andPhillipsburg and owned andoperated a preschool beforeworking as a case managerfor Court Appointed SpecialAdvocates. Hahn was a memberof Delta Gamma and WashburnChoir. Survivors include husbandLowell Hahn, ba ’58, jd ’61,Overland Park; son Brian Hahn,attendee, Chicago, Illinois;brother-in-law William Pantle,ba ’58, Baltimore, Maryland;and sisters-in-law Linaya Hahn,ba ’64, Longmont, Colorado,and Sherrill Pantle, attendee,Baltimore.Darryl Hanson Sr., bba ’65,76, Vandalia, Ohio, on July 5,2014. He served in the Air Forceand worked at Ford Motor Co.,Winnebago and Home Depot.Hanson was a member of DeltaSigma Psi.William Hensley, jd ’64, 77,Wichita, Kansas, on Dec. 20. He49 In Memory