In Memoriam
January 30, 2025
By
W&M Alumni Magazine
Below are the names of members of the William & Mary community whose passing was reported between June 2 and Oct. 1, 2024. To report a death or submit an obituary, please contact Alumni Records, P.O. Box 8795, Williamsburg, VA 23187, call 757-221-1167 or email alumni.magazine@wm.edu.
In our annual Sunset Ceremony during Homecoming & Reunion Weekend, we honor members of the William & Mary community who passed away during the year. To view a recording of the 2024 Sunset Ceremony, please visit homecoming.wm.edu/sunsetceremony.
Undergraduate Alumni
Virginia “Bunny” Myrl Davis Faulconer ’45, P ’78 of Norfolk, Virginia, died August 27, 2024.
Harold Sterling Kendall Jr. ’46 of Stone Mountain, Georgia, died July 7, 2023.
Martha Elizabeth Humbert Riley ’46 of Thousand Oaks, California, died June 8, 2024.
Mary Ellen Megerle Skidmore ’47 of Southern Pines, North Carolina, died August 3, 2024.
Frances Bringham Johnson ’48 of Alexandria, Virginia, died January 27, 2024.
Lois Rilee Kilpatrick ’48 of Mechanicsville, Virginia, died September 6, 2024.
Lois Evelyn Willis Vorhis ’48, P ’77, G ’12 of Midlothian, Virginia, died June 22, 2024.
Robert “Bobby” Everette Baxter ’49 of Midlothian, Virginia, died July 22, 2024.
Cecil Kyle Tinder Jr. ’49 of Port Washington, New York, died September 3, 2024.
Joseph “Buddy” Thomas Lex ’50, P ’84 of Norfolk, Virginia, died June 10, 2024.
Gwendolyn “Gwen” Haile Batten Perkins ’51, P ’78, P ’82 of Wiliamsburg, Virginia, died August 5, 2024.
Julia Mountcastle Webb Wood ’51 of Norfolk, Virginia, died June 29, 2024.
John David “Dave” Hall Jr. ’52 of Roanoke, Virginia, died September 26, 2024.
Donald Charles Darnton ’53, P ’79 of Williamsburg, Virginia, died May 11, 2024.
Margaret “Peggy” McCune Field ’53 of Virginia Beach, Virginia, died July 7, 2024.
Mary Donald “Donnie” Spotts Gilbert ’53 of Lakewood, Ohio, died March 19, 2023.
Barton “Bart” Lee Hellmuth ’53 of Buena Vista, Virginia, died July 11, 2024.
David E. Morewitz ’53 of Brooklyn, New York, died February 17, 2023.
Henry Dayton Wilde Jr. ’53 of Black Mountain, North Carolina, died June 3, 2024.
Mary Elizabeth “Libby” Lewis Ward ’54 of Winter Park, Florida, died July 26, 2024.
Dorothy “Dorri” Denon Dunlap ’55 of Virginia Beach, Virginia, died August 6, 2024.
Nancy Louise Griffin Eich ’55 of Norwell, Massachusetts, died June 13, 2024.
Ann Cambridge Callihan Hines Greene ’55, P ’79 of Virginia Beach, Virginia, died September 2, 2024.
Patrick Scott Stone ’55 of Decatur, Alabama, died August 5, 2024.
Mary Ambler Moncure Fritsche ’56 of Alexandria, Virginia, died September 16, 2024.
Randolph “Rand” L. Hall Jr. ’56, P ’98 of Virginia Beach, Virginia, died June 15, 2024.
Bruce Edward Hathaway ’56, P ’08 of Charlottesville, Virginia, died August 10, 2024.
William “Bill” Clement Scott III ’56 of New York, New York, died July 7, 2024.
Joan Elizabeth Ray Hayes ’57 of Lancaster, Virginia, died July 12, 2024.
James “Jim” Kenneth Rosenbaum ’58, P ’86 of Virginia Beach, Virginia, died June 13, 2024.
Nicky Macy Stange ’58 of Shelburne, Vermont, died February 14, 2024.
Joseph “Joe” Lyle Watson ’58 of Naples, Florida, died August 8, 2024.
Harvey Wenick ’58 of Alexandria, Virginia, died September 17, 2024.
George Anthony “Tony” Wilson ’58 of Lawrenceville, New Jersey, died June 16, 2024.
Dorsey Willson Hill Gale ’59 of San Diego, California, died May 27, 2024.
Roney Chesson Morton ’59, P ’85 of New Orleans, Louisiana, died August 23, 2024.
F. Blaise Benedict Curcio ’60 of Woodland Park, New Jersey, died June 10, 2024.
Robert “Bob” William Evanovich ’60 of Wayne, New Jersey, died August 15, 2024.
Martin Kent Trusty ’60 of Rockville, Maryland, died September 16, 2024.
Alan Vance Briceland ’61, P ’85 of Richmond, Virginia, died August 16, 2024.
James Paul Kent Jr. ’61, B.C.L. ’64 of Lynchburg, Virginia, died July 24, 2024.
Nancy Maywood Boggs Richardson ’61 of Longmont, Colorado, died September 22, 2024.
Martin David MacRoberts ’62 of Los Alamos, New Mexico, died June 12, 2024.
Howard “Howdy” Dorn Miller ’62 of Columbia, South Carolina, died November 15, 2023.
Victor “Turk” Reginald Despard III ’63, P ’90 of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, died September 21, 2024.
Thomas “Tom” Michael Vice ’63 of Atlanta, Georgia, died August 18, 2024.
Horace Edward Harrell ’64 of Camden, North Carolina, died May 7, 2019.
Judith “Judy” Marie Davis Johnson ’64 of Charleston, South Carolina, died June 11, 2024.
Richard “Dick” Robert Kern ’64 of Davidson, North Carolina, died August 27, 2024.
Maxine “Max” Leigh Steinbach Rodgers ’64 of Concord, North Carolina, died August 22, 2024.
Mark Bush ’65 of Alexandria, Virginia, died June 11, 2024.
Patricia “Pat” Leigh Riley Dunlap ’65, P ’89, P ’94 of Midlothian, Virginia, died July 9, 2024.
Miles Curtis “Curt” Saunders Jr. ’65 of Hartfield, Virginia, died June 13, 2024.
Jamie Hilker Gronning ’66 of Shrewsbury, Pennsylvania, died September 7, 2024.
Carolyn Lear Hitt ’66 of Williamsburg, Virginia, died July 24, 2024.
Nord L. Johnson Sr. ’66 of Seville, Florida, died December 31, 2023.
Beatrice Paula Kavanagh ’66 of Albuquerque, New Mexico, died April 15, 2021.
Stanley “Bunky” Albert Owens Jr. ’66 of Castleton, Virginia, died June 26, 2024.
Harry Day Wilkins Jr. ’66 of Richmond, Virginia, died June 3, 2024.
Robert “Bob” Sturdivant Flinn ’67 of Alberta, Virginia, died April 18, 2024.
Jerry Kenneth Jebo ’67, J.D. ’74, P ’97 of Oviedo, Florida, died August 20, 2024.
Steven Kent Marcy ’67 of Los Angeles, California, died January 25, 2023.
Harry Elmer New Jr. ’67 of Alexandria, Virginia, died August 14, 2024.
Robert “Bob” A. Blair ’68 of Los Angeles, California, died August 15, 2024.
David Roger Dinterman ’68 of Williamsburg, Virginia, died June 30, 2024.
Thomas Patrick Fay ’68 of Toano, Virginia, died September 24, 2024.
Vernon Earl Harrell ’68 of Kingman, Arizona, died September 16, 2022.
James Edward “Ed” Herring ’68, P ’92 of Chattanooga, Tennessee, died July 12, 2024.
Richard Sheridan Cumbee ’69 of Pueblo, Colorado, died March 31, 2024.
Judy Lane Knott ’69 of Arlington, Virginia, died February 5, 2024.
Sue Brown Pickett ’69 of Charlottesville, Virginia, died July 17, 2024.
Mary Cassandra “Sandy” Morris Taylor ’69 of Newport News, Virginia, died August 24, 2024.
Kim Ellen Watson ’69 of Medfield, Massachuesetts, died August 31, 2024.
Thaddeus “Ted” Frank Zychowski ’69, P ’96 of Williamsburg, Virginia, died September 20, 2024.
Michael Emerson Campana ’70 of Corvallis, Oregon, died August 25, 2024.
Charles “Charlie” Cameron Hargrove ’70 of Purcelville, Virginia, died July 31, 2024.
Robert “Bob” Senior Kennedy ’70, M.A. ’71 of Durham, New Hampshire, died July 20, 2024.
Elizabeth Mae Coleman James ’71 of Springfield, Virginia, died September 7, 2024.
Sandra “Sandy” Elaine Windsor Mathiesen ’72 of Washington, D.C., died August 10, 2024.
James Patrick Walsh ’72 of Suffolk, Virginia, died August 25, 2024.
Michael Jerome Graham ’73 of Annapolis, Maryland, died September 13, 2024.
Robert “Bob” Wayne Stohner ’73 of Arvada, Colorado, died September 25, 2024.
Frederick “Flip” William Toepke ’73 of Williamsburg, Virginia, died July 2, 2024.
Deborah “Debbie” Joan Wood ’74 of Hillsboro, Ohio, died July 8, 2024.
Robert Bruce Mullin ’75, P ’07 of Westerly, Rhode Island, died July 11, 2024.
Douglas “Doug” Louis Rowan ’75, M.Ed. ’81 of Arlington, Virginia, died July 15, 2024.
Robert Anthony Ferreri ’76 of Strongsville, Ohio, died June 29, 2024.
James “Chip” M. Bates Jr. ’77 of Williamsburg, Virginia, died June 1, 2024.
James “Jim” Joseph Ledwith Jr. ’79 of Scottsdale, Arizona, died July 9, 2024.
Christopher E. Wittmann ’80 of Arlington, Virginia, died April 8, 2024.
Jerry Mack Douglas Jr. ’81, J.D. ’84 of Virginia Beach, Virginia, died June 17, 2024.
John “Jack” Donald Webber ’82 of Corsicana, Texas, died August 24, 2024.
Mary Louise Kegel ’85 of Silver Spring, Maryland, died June 17, 2024.
Mark Francis Costley ’87 of Raleigh, North Carolina, died July 6, 2024.
Walter Scott Bew ’88 of Aventura, Florida, died May 30, 2024.
Else “Ellie” Nye Ernst ’91 of Darien, Connecticut, died June 1, 2024.
James “Jamie” Terrence Wilson ’97 of Oakton, Virginia, died June 8, 2024.
Darren Joseph Reidy ’02 of Stratford, Connecticut, died June 24, 2024.
Erin Mills Prillaman Jordan ’08 of Chesterfield, Virginia, died June 17, 2024.
Henrique da Silva Passos Neto ’15 of Chicago, Illinois, died August 23, 2024.
Graduate Alumni
John Edward Donaldson J.D. ’63 of Williamsburg, Virginia, died September 20, 2022.
Robert “Bob” Hill Fleet Jr. M.Ed. ’66 of Irvington, Virginia, died September 14, 2024.
Allene Claire Phillips Barans M.A. ’69 of Summerville, South Carolina, died July 28, 2024.
Wanda Jackson Layne M.Ed. ’70 of Yorktown, Virginia, died May 13, 2024.
James Christopher “J.C.” Phillips C.A.S.E. ’71, Ed.D. ’74 of Gloucester, Virginia, died May 22, 2024.
Carson Linwood Tucker M.A. ’71 of Powhatan, Virginia, died January 24, 2023.
Charles Stanley Prentace J.D. ’75 of Williamsburg, Virginia, died July 12, 2024.
Lucille Phillips Lebold M.Ed. ’78 of Williamsburg, Virginia, died July 18, 2024.
Corliss Anne Tacosa M.A. ’78 of Williamsburg, Virginia, died August 1, 2024.
Betti Jean Shahmouradian C.A.S.E. ’80, Ed.D. ’92 of Newport News, Virginia, died July 21, 2024.
Dewey Wayne Claybrook M.B.A. ’82 of Concord, Virginia, died June 28, 2024.
Richard “Dick” DeLoach M.S. ’84 of Williamsburg, Virginia, died June 28, 2024.
Thaddeus “Thad” Rubel Shelly III M.B.A. ’84, P ’17, P ’19, P ’19 of Williamsburg, Virginia, died September 8, 2024.
Joan Gosnell M.A. ’90 of Plano, Texas, died September 9, 2024.
Caroline Walsh Berrettini J.D. ’93 of Dixon, Illinois, died June 11, 2024.
Pamela “Pam” Conner Gavin J.D. ’94, P ’13 of Henrico, Virginia, died April 3, 2024.
Kathryn Louise Hampton-Clarke M.Ed. ’95 of Williamsburg, Virginia, died July 1, 2024.
Michael Andrew Hyman J.D. ’99 of Williamsburg, Virginia, died September 21, 2024.
Matthew Thomas Witten J.D. ’99 of Glen Allen, Virginia, died December 30, 2023.
Mark Greenspan J.D. ’01 of Norfolk, Virginia, died August 5, 2024.
Jamie Theodore Lahy M.A.Ed. ’06 of Richmond, Virginia, died September 9, 2024.
Mary Beth Kane Preas M.Ed. ’09 of Williamsburg, Virginia, died June 18, 2024.
Former Students
Edward “Eddie” Harold Kline III of Yorktown, Virginia, died July 18, 2024.
Former Faculty & Staff
Christy Burns of Richmond, Virginia, died November 25, 2023.
Garland Cole Burton III of Williamsburg, Virginia, died August 2, 2024.
Fletcher “Sandy” Evans Campbell Jr. of Williamsburg, Virginia, died August 11, 2024.
James “Jim” David Dimmett of Williamsburg, Virginia, died August 4, 2024.
Norman Wayne Farnsworth of Williamsburg, Virginia, died May 6, 2024.
Robert “Bob” J. Fehrenbach of Lanexa, Virginia, died September 13, 2024.
Rodney Lee Franks of Williamsburg, Virginia, died June 1, 2024.
Mark Gustav Gulesian P ’86 of Williamsburg, Virginia, died June 30, 2024.
William “Bill” Henry Martineau of Alexandria, Virginia, died August 25, 2024.
David Allen McKinley of York County, Virginia, died September 11, 2024.
Louis Philip Messier of Williamsburg, Virginia, died August 22, 2024.
Abdul-Karim Rafeq of Watertown, Massachusetts, died June 8, 2024.
Christopher “Chris” Slocombe Welch of Gloucester, Virginia, died August 17, 2024.
Robert Edward Welsh of Williamsburg, Virginia, died September 10, 2024.
Friends of W&M
Colin Goetze Campbell L.H.D. ’13, G ’13 of Bluffton, South Carolina, died June 21, 2024.
MaryEllen Easterling Pitard of Williamsburg, Virginia, died December 25, 2023.