In Memoriam

To report a listing for In Memoriam, please contact Kim Spillman in the Office of Advancement at kimberly.spillman@asbury.edu or (859) 858-5173.

Alumni

• Lura Crary ’44 Griswold, Homemaker/Missions,
  3/9/2023, Westminster, MD
• Dr. William “Russell” Edwards Jr. ’48,
  Psychology/Ministry/Veteran,
  6/9/2023, Watkinsville, GA
• Wanda Wilson ’48 Smith,
  Business/Ministry/ Salvation Army,
  2/23/2023, Anderson, IN
• Rev. John Bagwell ’49,
  Ministry,
  3/28/2023, Macon, GA
• Elizabeth “Billie Jean” Knipmeyer ’49 Ripley, 4/18/2023, Phoenix, AZ
• Pastor Louis Youngs ’49,
  Education/Ministry/ Sports Announcer, 6/16/2023, Robinson, IL
• Ruby Vahey ’50 Piety,
  Education/Ministry,
  2/14/2023, Terre Haute, IN
• Ruth Wehrman ’50 Purviance, Ministry/Missions,
  3/8/2023, Kansas City, MO
• Robert Waybright ’50,
  Business Owner/Veteran,
  3/19/2023, Graham, TX
• Sally Zeigler ’51 Lefler,
  Education/Volunteer,
  2/13/2023, Columbus, OH
• Beverly Moore ’51 Massey,
  Education/Writer,
  3/6/2023, Lubbock, TX
• Rev. James “Jim” McConnell ’51, Ministry/Veteran,
  4/17/2023, Sebring, OH
• Dorothy Chess ’52 Nichols,
  Education,
  5/8/2023, Santa Barbara, CA
• Dr. Ray Saruwatari ’52,
  Medicine,
  3/3/2022, Harbor City, CA
• Rev. Dr. James Conley ’54,
  Education/Ministry,
  5/22/2023, Grosse Ile, MI
• Patricia Hilliard ’54 Howell,
  Administrative Assistant/Librarian,
  4/22/2023, Steubenville, OH
• Rev. Lowell Williamson ’55,
  Ministry/Missions,
  3/1/2023, Wilmore, KY
• A. Evangline Gibson ’56,
  Christian Education/Missions/ Special Education,
  3/21/2023, Atoka, OK
• Robert “Bob” Niemiller ’56,
  10/16/2022, Venice, FL
• Dawn Combellick ’57 Dakin, Education/School Counselor,
  2/13/2023, Woodstock, GA
• Rev. Jack Hunter ’57,
  Ministry,
  5/28/2023, Cary, NC
• Norman Lindholm ’57,
  Business Owner/Ministry,
  2/28/2023, Willard, OH
• Donna Bruce ’58 Fugate,
  Artist/Athletic Coach/ Education,
  5/3/2023, Duffield, VA
• Sondra Scull ’58 Marshall,
  Art Education,
  5/18/2023, Canton, OH
• Ruth Colvin ’58 Moffatt,
  Education,
  2/10/2023, South Orleans, MA
• Alice Traylor ’58 Richardson, Bookkeeper/Education,
  3/1/2022, Stanford, KY
• Juanita Keilman ’58 Ridener,
  Education,
  4/25/2023, New Albany, IN
• Alice Linder ’58 Walton,
  Education,
  4/19/2022, Livonia, MI
• Joyce Shaffer ’59 Barkley,
  Education/Volunteer,
  2/21/2023, Manns Choice, PA
• Dr. James “J.E.” Fugate III ’59, Education/School Counselor,
  5/28/2023, Duffield, VA
• Ronald “Ron” Tarrant ’59,
  Business/Former Asbury Trustee,
  4/4/2023, Coeur D Alene, ID
• Rev. James Mitchell ’61,
  Ministry,
  5/2/2023, Smyrna, GA
• Rev. James “Jim” Walker ’61,
  Ministry,
  4/12/2023, Clarkston, WA
• Carolyn Blackman ’62 Baillie,
  Bookkeeper/ Eye-Research Lab Technician, 6/13/2023, Danville, PA
• Charlotte Ogle ’62 Nulf,
  Education,
  6/18/2022, North Fort Myers, FL
• Carole Craven ’63 Madsen, Homemaker/Volunteer,
  12/8/2022, Columbia, MO
• Bernice Purvis ’64 Arnold,
  Tax Collector,
  1/11/2022, Harlem, GA
• Nancy Fairchild ’64,
  Administrative Assistant/ Christian Education, 4/18/2023, Grand Blanc, MI
• Kathleen Hall ’64 Faulkner,
  3/30/2023, Mooresville, NC
• Larry Hargett ’64, 
  Business Owner/Construction,
  6/14/2023, Lexington, KY
• Dr. Robert “Bob” Hedlund ’64,
  Research Entomologist/Veteran,
  7/13/2022, Herndon, VA
• Rev. John Weber ’64,
  Ministry,
  3/26/2023, Russellville, KY
• Dr. John Perry ’65, Business/Pilot/Sales/Veteran,
  2/15/2023, Annandale, NJ
• Sharon Yates ’66 Gladstone,
  Education,
  5/14/2023, Carrollton, GA
• Karen Dulaney ’67 Pearon,
  6/10/2023, Newark, OH
• Lynn Sparks ’69 Strickland,
  Ministry/Salvation Army/ Social Work,
  4/26/2023, Portal, GA
• Rev. Burton Schoepf ’70,
  Business Owner/Ministry,
  1/20/2023, Indian Rocks Beach, FL
• Rev. Jerry Williams ’70,
  Ministry,
  5/9/2023, Greenock, PA
• Capt. William “Bill” Hackworth ’73, Military/Ministry/Social Work,
  7/9/2022, North Dinwiddie, VA
• Leslie Jones ’73 Smith,
  Homemaker, 
  3/14/2023, Thomasville, GA
• Tom Garrett ’79,
  Ministry/Missions,
  5/28/2023, Granbury,TX/ Kyenjojo, UGANDA
• Michael “Mike” Kinsey ’83,
  Athletic Coach/Education,
  3/4/2023, Woodstock, GA
• Jamie Strait ’83,
  5/7/2022, Russellville, KY
• LaRae Wolfgang ’85 Daniels,
  Homemaker,
  2/20/2023, Waynesboro, PA
• Donna Crouse ’87,
  Christian Education,
  1/23/2022, Raleigh, NC
• James Eddy II ’02,
  5/4/2023, Ogden, UT
• Carlos Espinoza ’10,
  Military/Psychology,
  3/5/2023, Dallas, TX
• Justin Spoon ’21,
  Cross Country Coach/ Instructor,
  3/23/2023, Columbus, IN

Friends

• Richard Barkley,
  3/12/2023, Clearfield, PA
• Diana Moore Barlage,
  3/10/2023, Bellville, OH
• Rev. Gloria Burke Brooks,
  4/19/2023, Columbus, OH
• Gracie Buskey,
  6/1/2022, Fort Myers, FL
• James Byrd,
  11/29/2022, Pensacola, FL
• Susan DeLarme Dresch,
  1/16/2022, Cincinnati, OH
• Lawrence “Larry” Dunn,
  2/2/2023, Lake Placid, FL
• Harvey Hotinger Jr.,
  1/30/2023, Lexington, VA
• Richard Hughes,
  3/9/2023, Tiffin, OH
• Jesse Jones,
  Retired Asbury Staff,
  4/1/2023, Wilmore, KY
• Kerry Kind,
  Former Asbury Staff,
  5/21/2023, Noblesville, IN
• Robert “Bob” Maxwell,
  3/28/2023, Lexington, KY
• Alta “Jean” Foss Pelkey,
  3/23/2023, Nicholasville, KY
• Calvin Pitts,
  2/20/2023, Sadieville, KY
• Bob Prillaman,
  4/9/2023, Marietta, GA
• Rev. James “Jimmy” Rose,
  2/24/2023, Cynthiana, KY
• Jo Ann Holbrook Rose,
  6/1/2022, Cynthiana, KY
• Richard Schlenther,
  4/7/2023, Wilmore, KY
• Rev. John Shearer,
  5/11/2023, Utica, MS
• David Shelberg,
  5/30/2022, Hebron, IN
• Dr. R. Stanley Tam,
  Former Asbury Trustee,
  4/16/2023, Celina, OH
• Margaret Haynes Teague,
  12/22/2022, Thomasville, NC
• Lyle VanHorn,
  5/8/2023, Wilmore, KY
• M. Wilson Weathersby,
  3/3/2023, Ellaville, GA