Deaths
* As a member of Otho Winger Society, this donor included Manchester in an estate plan or established a deferred gift with the University.
1930s
Doris Metz ’36 Porchnow of Santa Fe, N.M., July 3, 2020
1940s
Evelyn Barkdoll ’48 Frantz of Palmyra, Pa., June 2, 2020
Betty Garn ’48 Leffel of North Manchester, June 22, 2020
Gwendolyn “Gwen” Kreider ’49c Teeple of Winona Lake, Ind., July 12, 2020
1950s
Janet Eikenberry ’50c Schlatter of Fort Wayne, May 27, 2020
Mary Ruth Robins ’51 Fowler of Fort Wayne, March 27, 2020
W. Lynn Bolling ’52 of Goshen, Ind., July 5, 2020
Robert “Bob” Irick ’52 of Rio Verde, Ariz., July 8, 2020
Marvin Sherman ’52 of Noblesville, Ind., June 16, 2020
Robert “Bob” Parker ’57 of Kennett Square, Pa., June 13, 2020
Richard “Dick” Siler ’57 of Mishawaka, Ind., July 20, 2020. Dick was awarded the 2019 Coach of the Year at Manchester University last Homecoming.
William Sandifer ’57c of Monroe, N.J., Aug. 7, 2020
Barbara Smith ’57 Speicher of North Manchester, July 15, 2020
Elizabeth Isbell ’58 Haney of Goshen, Ind., July 3, 2020
Nancy Roe ’58 Kinnison of West Milton, Ohio, June 5, 2020
Nancy Yarde ’59c Potter of Fort Wayne, May 31, 2020
1960s
Roger McNett ’65 of Fort Wayne, May 26, 2020
Daniel Wade ’65 of New Haven, Conn., May 28, 2020
Roger Rutan ’67 of New Madison, Ohio, June 15, 2020
Sue Studebaker ’67 Wilson of Dayton, Ohio, July 17, 2020
Wayne Madden ’68 of Auburn, Ind., May 30, 2020
1970s
Duane “Doc” Nodine ’70c of Hamilton, Ind., May 24, 2020
Linda Dale ’71 of Milford, Ohio, June 24, 2020
1980s
Samuel “Sam” Hartle ’81c of Warsaw, Ind., June 4, 2020
1990s
Erin Michaelsen ’94 Naig of Olmsted Falls, Ohio, March 5, 2020
Friends of Manchester
*Evelyn Niswander of North Manchester, June 15, 2020
*Sabra Skaggs of Goshen, Ind., June 7, 2020
Class Notes
1940s
James Fall ’41 and Ethel Fall celebrated 75 years of marriage on June 28, 2020.
1960s
Susan Hunsberger ’61 Nelson of Fort Wayne
retired from Eastside Junior-Senior High School in Butler, Ind. During the 59 years she taught in northern Indiana schools, Susan directed choirs, plays and musicals, and coached girls softball, basketball, volleyball and track. She also served as a cheerleader sponsor at four schools.
Judy Minnich ’68 Stout recently completed a 19-month assignment with Brethren Volunteer Service in Jos, Nigeria, where she served as a tutor and teacher. Her worked involved preparing potential Bethany Seminary students to take the Test of English as a Foreign Language and teaching English full time at Hillcrest School, founded in 1942 for missionary children. She was evacuated two months early due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
1970s
Alan Flory ’70 of Apple Valley, Calif., had his adult and children’s Christian albums added to iTunes and Spotify.
David and Shirley McDaniel ’79 Rogers of North Manchester, celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary on June 10, 2020.
1990s
Reena Chandler ’99 Markstahler of North Manchester was named the 2020 Outstanding Biology Teacher for Indiana. Reena has taught for 21 years, the past 17 at Southwood Jr.-Sr. High School in Wabash County.
2000s
Greg Hetrick ’05 of Huntertown, Ind., was promoted to associate dean for enrollment and community engagement at Manchester University.
Sarah Conwell ’08 Hammond of Westfield, Ind., began working at Katz, Sapper, & Miller in Indianapolis as director of the business advisory group.
Marie Humpolick ’09 Elliott of Terre Haute, Ind., is the director of interactive marketing at PlatformQ Education.
2010s
Erica Hedges ’10 Albertin is serving as the interim athletic director for Goshen College.
Chris Cecil ’10 of Indianapolis married Taryn Zimmerman on August 1, 2020.
Lane Davis ’10 became a senior controller at Elumatec North America in South Bend, Ind.
Nathan Gage ’12 of Granger, Ind., began working as a district sales representative for General Petroleum Inc.
Jordan Moss ’12 of Columbia City, Ind., began working as a regional sales manager for the K-12 Market at Communication Company.
Aron Miller ’13 of Noblesville, Ind., accepted positions as the strength and conditioning coach and assistant football coach at Oak Hill High School.
Chelsea Jasper ’18 of Westmont, Ill., became a rehabilitation technician at Team Rehabilitation Physical Therapy.
Travis Richardson ’18 received his Master of Science degree in sports data analytics at the University of Oklahoma. He is pursuing a Ph.D. in sport economics at the University of Tübingen in Germany.