Deaths
* As a member of Otho Winger Society, this donor included Manchester in an estate plan or established a deferred gift with the University.
1940s
Leo Metzger ’42 of North Manchester, July 15, 2021
Jay Young ’43c of North Manchester, Oct. 4, 2021
*Doris Gene Ferrari ’47 of San Antonio, Texas, Aug. 18, 2021
Alice Whitmore ’47 of Warren, Ind., Oct. 26, 2021
Thomas Riethof ’49 of Harleysville, Pa., Sept. 12, 2021
1950s
Thyra Snider ’51 Keiser of Nappanee, Ind., Aug. 29, 2021
Alene Boreman ’53 Gallup of Mount Morris, Ill., Nov. 4, 2021
Jerry Miller ’55 of Indianapolis, Sept. 6, 2020
*Jean Ann Tribolet ’56 of Roanoke, Ind., Sept. 23, 2021. Jean was an emeriti faculty member of Manchester University, where she worked as registrar. She received an Alumni Service Award in 1982.
Pauline Miller ’58c Dulabaum of Elgin, Ill., Feb. 22, 2021
Beverly Jean Seidler ’58 Neher of North Manchester, Oct. 4, 2021
Flora Rouch ’59 Williams of Lafayette, Ind., Sept. 3, 2021. An author, Flora received an Alumni Honor Award from Manchester.
1960s
Sarah Baker ’62c of Winamac, Ind., May 14, 2021
Herbert Eveland ’62 of Plymouth, Ind., Oct. 16, 2021
Robert Schweisberger ’62 of Wakarusa, Ind., Oct. 31, 2021
Dwight Neuhouser ’63 of Fort Wayne, Sept. 22, 2021
Jay Huffman ’64 of Muskegon, Mich., Oct. 15, 2021
Joyce Parmerlee ’66 Burke of Sun City, Fla., Aug. 19, 2021
Larry Heim ’66 of Leesburg, Fla., Oct. 26, 2021
Ronald “Roscoe” Rife ’67 of Celina, Ohio, Oct. 10, 2021
1970s
Robert Barlow ’72 of Centerville, Ohio, Sept. 12, 2021
Bonnie Rager ’75 Bohrer of Murrieta, Calif., Sept. 29, 2021
Nancy Yeatter Sare ’76 West of Roann, Ind., Oct. 24, 2021
1980s
Jon Donathen ’82 of Grass Creek, Ind., Aug. 21, 2021
Jennifer Mitchell ’84 Shepherd of Warsaw, Ind., Nov. 8, 2021. Jennifer was a former alumni director at Manchester University.
2000s
Duell Ginter ’15 of Brownsburg, Ind., Oct. 18, 2021
Cale Hindman ’19 of Windfall, Ind., Sept. 12, 2021
Tyler Mann ’20 of Kalamazoo, Mich., Oct. 24, 2021
Class Notes
1940s
Darlene Fair ’48 Bucher of North Manchester celebrated her 95th birthday on November 17.
1950s
Wendell Dilling ’58 of Midland, Mich., participated in the 2021 Michigan Senior Olympics in August. He won gold in hammer throw, discus, and 1500-meter run; silver in shot put, javelin, triple jump, 200-meter dash, and 1500-meter power walk; and bronze in long jump, and the 400-meter and 800-meter runs. He was in the men's 85-89 age group.
1960s
John Cheney ’67 and Doris Royer ’68 Cheney of Muncie, Ind., celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in October.
Terry Pettit ’68 of Fort Collins, Colo., was inducted into the 2020 and 2021 Nebraska Athletics Hall of Fame.
1980s
Melinda Lantz ’81 has retired as the director of strategic communications at Manchester University.
1990s
Keith Roberts ’95 started working with Finance of America, Parker Mortgage in Noblesville, Ind., in August. He serves as their mortgage advisor and loan originator.
Jamie Woods ’96 of Osceola, Ind., was appointed by Gov. Eric Holcomb to serve as a judge of the St. Joseph (County) Superior Court. Previously, he worked at Thorne Grodnik, LLP as an attorney.
2000s
Brittan Frey ’03 King married Michael King. She works at Google at the senior global business lead.
2010s
Jason Elliott ’11 spoke at a convocation at Manchester on Sept. 27 about how people can work toward a more sustainable future regardless of their area of study or profession. Jason is the assistant director of sustainability at Duke University.
Cambria Teeter ’11 Kolter began working at Claremont McKenna College in Claremont, Calif., as the director of alumni and parent engagement.
Kylee Rosenbaum ’11 Moss began working at Union 12, an event venue in Columbia City, Ind. Prior to that she served as director of alumni relations at Manchester University. She continues to serve as the Spartan cheer coach.
Traci Fuqua ’12 Perkins’ work with her company, Lovelights Events LLC, was featured in WeddingDay magazine in September. Traci lives in Indianapolis.
Brecken Kennedy ’13 of Niles, Mich., welcomed a beautiful baby girl, Lennon Rose Kennedy, on Nov. 4, 2021.
Amanda Cooper ’13 Mattingley of Haslett, Mich., was married on Oct. 23, 2021.
Angelina Funk ’14, director of theater at Manchester, directed “It’s a Wonderful Life Radio Play” on Dec. 4 and 5 in North Manchester.
2020s
Alex Downard ’20 began working as a government affairs associate at Gubera Public Affairs, based in Indianapolis. He also is a business development associate at MKS Michael Kinder & Sons.