Alumni News & Notes

Julie Parrish, Class of 2005 President, Alumni Association Board of Directors

More than 100 alumni and students attended the Missouri Music Educators Association Conference social on January 26 at Tan-Tar-A Conference Center. At the end of the evening, alumni and students from Sigma Alpha Iota and Phi Mu Alpha joined together in song.

1970s

Chris Lincoln, ’72, was awarded the Jim McKay Award.

1980s

Beth McCune Whitaker, ’82, received the Kemper Award with the University of Missouri-Columbia.

Tony Whiston, ’84, will be the boys and girls high school basketball coach for the 2023-2024 season with the Keyetsville School District.

Kenny Wyatt, ’84, was named the Class 2 Boys Basketball Coach of the Year by the Central Missouri Media All District Basketball and KRES Boys Coach of the Year.

Tina Heisterberg Sutherland, ’86, is the principal at St. Paul Lutheran School in Sedalia.

1990s

Christy Smith, ’95, was selected as the district Teacher of the Year and elementary grade level and kindergarten center Teacher of the Year with the Poplar Bluff School District.

Nicole E. Long Rader, ’99, published the book “Teaching Fear: How We Learn to Fear Crime and Why It Matters.”

Erica Harris Doxley, ’99, was chosen as The Teacher of the Year at John E. Codwell Elementary. She is a second grade teacher.

2000s

Darren Dean, ’01, released his latest book, “Roads,” a novel about a teen’s fight to survive in rural Missouri. It is his fourth novel and fifth book overall. Dean has also had multiple short stories accepted for publication, including “Tomorrow Is a Long Time,” published in an anthology inspired by the works of Bob Dylan.

Martin C. Hauck, Jr., ’03, was selected as the 2023 USA U17 Greco Roman Wrestling World Championship Team Coach.

Brandy Momot Pratt, ’04, is the president of Bristol Advanced Illness Management.

Dr. Katherine “Katie” Chancey, ’05, is the chief of staff with Horton Discovery Animal Hospital in Columbia.

Salum Stutzer, ’05, is the director of facilities and operations with Francis Howell School District.

Matthew T. Vandelicht, ’07, became a partner with Miller, Bales & Company, P.C.

Jesse Oswald, ’08, will be the principal at East Elementary School in Jefferson City.

Miguel Paredes, ’09, is the director of athletics with Kansas Wesleyan University.

2010s

Eric P. Reigelsberger, ’11, is the athletic trainer for the Miami Marlins.

Aaron Shockley, ’12, coach of the Columbia College Rocket League team, won the school’s first ever national title in Esports and led the team to become the second ever team from the western conference to ever win the national title in CRL history.

Zebadiah T. Wallace, ’12, is the principal of Ozark Elementary School starting in the 2023-2024 school year.

Pat Pyle, ’13, is the assistant principal with Smith-Cotton Junior High School in Sedalia.

Kyle Stoecklein, ’13, is the Holden Middle School principal.

Tara Sanchez, ’16, is the athletic trainer with Texas Christian University women’s basketball and rifle teams.

Dillon Yung, ’16, will be the Pilot Grove High School and Middle School head boys’ basketball coach for the 2023-2024 school year.

Matt Dickman, ’17, is the video coordinator for women’s basketball with St. Louis University.

Mackenzie Hustead, ’17, is an admissions counselor with Central Methodist University.

Amanda Linneman, ’17, is the Advancement Information Specialist with Stephens College

Abigail Schapira, ’18, is an admissions representative with Missouri Valley College.

Kalani Pihana, ’18, graduated from Logan University College of Chiropractic, earning her Doctor of Chiropractic degree. She is working with Vibrant Living Chiropractic in Frontenac and Festus, with plans to open her own practice in New Franklin in the future.

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1930s

Jessie White Schell, ’38, of Jefferson City, Mo., died March. 23, 2023.

Mary F. Holland Doescher, ’39, of Rapid City, S.D., died Feb. 18, 2023.

1940s

Mary Eleanor Warford DuBois, ’43, of Fairlawn, Ohio, died April. 20, 2023.

Kenneth L. Martin, ’47, of Normandy Park, Wash., died Dec. 7, 2022.

Patricia A. McGlothlin Miller, ’48, of Katy, Texas, died June 8, 2022.

1950s

Adele Bradley Barnett, ’50, of St. Louis, Mo. died April 5, 2023.

Leland Basil Womack, ’50, of Rolla, Mo. died May 1, 2023.

Dana Chenoweth Greb Lyne, ’51, of Lee’s Summit, Mo. died Aug. 24, 2022.

Donald Paul Brown, ’52, of Groton, Conn. died Nov. 7, 2022.

Ellen Galatas Schroeder, ’52, of Estes Park, Colo. died Jan. 3, 2023.

Gail D. Hughes, ’53, of Lawrence, Kan. died Jan. 21, 2023.

GwendlynGatyKleinschmidt,’53,ofElgin,Ill. died Dec. 6, 2021.

Jerry D. Statler, ’53, of Cape Girardeau, Mo. died Feb. 21, 2023.

John H. Holt Jr., ’54, of Vestavia Hills, Ala. died Aug. 25, 2022.

George A. Luther, ’55, of St. Louis, Mo. died Nov. 1, 2022.

Stephen G. Johnson, ’56, of Springfield, Mo. died Feb. 18, 2023.

William H. Kroeger Jr., ’56, of Empire, Mich. died Jan. 8, 2022.

David A. Lyon, ’56, of Chesterfield, Mo. died Jan. 28, 2023.

Carolyn Sanford Newburn, ’56, of Kansas City, Mo. died Aug. 4, 2022.

James D. Blackburn, ’57, of Birmingham, Ala. died Nov. 25, 2021.

Mariam S. Foreman Blackburn, ’57, of Birmingham, Ala. died March 9, 2022.

Wayne B. Byington, ’57, of Chamois, Mo. died Nov. 17, 2021.

Robert J. Harris, ’57, of Columbia, Mo. died Feb. 11, 2023.

Shirley Held Rinderknecht, ’57, of Marion, Iowa died Nov. 21, 2022.

David L. Dimond, ’58, of Fayette, Mo. died March 26, 2023.

Glenn P. Hall, ’58, of San Antonio, Texas died Feb. 28, 2023.

Sandra A. Brauss Neas, ’58, of Bolingbrook, Ill. died Jan. 25, 2023.

Virginia McKee Weiker, ’58, of Fayette, Mo. died Jan. 27, 2023.

Richard Foster Moreland, ’59, of Pittsburgh, Pa. died Jan. 4, 2023.

Duane Ray Sterling, ’59, of Warrensburg, Mo. died Jan. 22, 2023.

Samuel D. Yankee, ’59, of Kansas City, Mo. died June 26, 2021.

1960s

William V. Ayres, ’60, of Fayette, Mo. died March 1, 2023.

James Lee Eckhoff, ’60, of Rogersville, Mo. died Dec. 22, 2022.

Judith Estes Mounter, ’60,ofSeneca,S.C.died Jan. 19, 2023.

Judith A. Schuster, ’60, of St. Louis, Mo. died March 2, 2022.

Alan Fred Strickler, ’60, of Surprise, Ariz. died June 16, 2022.

Sue Joslin Brown, ’62, of Broomfield, Colo. died Sep. 25, 2022.

Marvin E. Caldwell, ’62, of Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. died Dec. 31, 2022.

Mary Anne Estes Herrick, ’62, of Janesville, Wis. died Dec. 16, 2022.

Carol A. Joyce, ’63, of Golden Valley, Minn. died Nov. 30, 2022.

James William Kennedy, ’63, of Taylor, Ark. died March 20, 2022.

Leslie A. Abersold Euler, ’65, of St. Joseph, Mo. died Dec. 2, 2022.

Keith Austin Gabbert, ’66, of St. Charles, Mo. died Dec. 2, 2022.

Keith Lee Aschinger, ’67, of St. Louis, Mo. died March 16, 2023.

Marie Oldham Scheiter, ’67, of Washington, Mo. died March 18, 2023.

Paul Stephen Szopa, ’67, of Columbia, Mo. died Feb. 3, 2023.

David Neal Turnbull, ’67, of Shawnee Mission, Kan. died Nov. 11, 2022.

Ronald Oliver Bolm, ’68, of Kansas City, Mo.

died Dec. 31, 2022.

E. Thomas Orear Jr., ’68, of Sedalia, Mo. died Jan. 9, 2023.

Frank P. Blakemore II, ’69, of Chillicothe, Mo. died Dec. 9, 2022.

1970s

John Raymond Bernhardt, ’71,ofColumbia, Mo. died Nov. 13, 2022.

Gary K. Miller, ’71, of Roseville, Calif. died Sep. 16, 2022.

Jack D. Parscale, ’71, of Lebanon, Mo. died March 10, 2023.

Nina Kristine Wingate, ’71, of St. Charles, Mo. died Dec. 10, 2021.

Craig L. Bennett, ’72, of Kansas City, Mo. died March 23, 2023.

Marilyn H. Myers, ’73, of St. Louis, Mo. died May 7, 2023.

Kenneth Talley, ’73, of Gastonia, N.C. died Oct. 10, 2022.

Paul Stanley Little, ’74, of Carthage, Mo. died Nov. 4, 2022.

Joyce Lea LaDuke Hoskins, ’75, of Jefferson City, Mo. died Jan. 25, 2023.

Royal Dale Spellbrink, ’75, of Independence, Mo. died Feb. 8, 2023.

Lane S. McCutcheon, ’76, of Fayette, Mo. died March 6, 2023.

1980s

John E. Schultz Jr., ’80, of Columbia, Mo. died March 9, 2023.

Edward Phillips, ’82, of Fayette, Mo. died Feb. 22, 2023.

Ronald Paul Dempsay, ’84, of Littleton, Colo. died April 2, 2023.

Margaret E. Murray Quinn, ’87, of Chillicothe, Mo. died Dec. 13, 2022.

Kristine Anderson Best, ’89, of Fayette, Mo. died Nov. 28, 2022.

1990s

Jacklyn Potter Adkison, ’91,ofJeffersonCity, Mo. died April 7, 2023.

Eric William Moore, ’96, of Macon, Mo. died Dec. 6, 2022.

Tracy Ann Blake Becker, ’98, of Rolla, Mo. died Dec. 4, 2022.

Jeffry Paige, ’98, of Centralia, Mo. died March 7, 2023.

Barbara J. Hahn, ’99, of Park Hills, Mo. died Feb. 16, 2023.

T. Tennille Langdon, ’99, of Boonville, Mo. died Nov. 27, 2022.

2000s

Diondre Fulton, ’01, of Florissant, Mo. died Dec. 7, 2022.

Debra J. Brick, ’02, of Chillicothe, Mo. died March 23, 2023.

Pamela L. Brais, ’09, of Bloomfield, Mo. died March 21, 2023.

2010s

Cindy Lou Vaugh, ’11, of Festus, Mo. died April 23, 2023.

Joshua Antoinne Vaughn, ’12, of Fulton, Mo. died Feb. 4, 2023.

CMU Friends, Former Faculty, Staff

John Alan Bellefeuille of Boonville, Mo. died Jan. 18, 2023.

Nancee Byington of Chamois, Mo. died Jul. 17, 2021.

Irene C. Ruhl Carr of Chicago, Ill. died April 8, 2022.

Harlan Cole of New Franklin, Mo. died April 10, 2023.

Lewis Cole of Neosho, Mo. died Feb. 10, 2023.

Edie A. Criner of San Jose, Calif. died Sep. 15, 2022.

John A. Ditto of Kansas City, Mo. died March 9, 2023.

Joyce Gorrell of Belpre, Ohio died April 5, 2023.

Cathy Halferty of Unionville, Mo. died April 5, 2023.

Lance Herrick of Janesville, Wis. died Feb. 1, 2022.

Joe Huckins of El Paso, Texas died Dec. 29, 2022.

Herbert M. Ingham of Blue Springs, Mo. died Feb. 6, 2023.

Janice L. Korte of Liberty, Mo. died Dec. 18, 2022.

William B. Kountz Jr. of Columbia, Mo. died Oct. 17, 2022.

Emily Kreisler of Independence, Mo. died March 29, 2023.

Judy LaTurno of Kirkwood, Mo. died Oct. 12, 2021.

Lawrence R. Oliver of Springfield, Mo. died May 6, 2023.

Gary K. Rees of Jane, Mo. died March 16, 2023. Peter M. Soens of Farmington, Mo. died Jan. 4, 2023.

Carl D. Walker of Union, Mo. died Nov. 27, 2022.

Jerry S. Weis of Manhattan, KS died Aug. 6, 2022.

Robert Wilhoit Jr. of Fayette, MO died Dec. 4, 2022.

Robert P. Williams of Florissant, MO died Sep. 20, 2021.

Dr. John A. Bellefeuille, 50, of Bullard, Texas, died on Jan. 18, 2023, in Tyler, Texas. Born October 24, 1972, John grew up in Chelsea, Vermont, son of Steven W. Bellefeuille of Chelsea, Vermont, and Susan Anthony Bellefeuille of Tunbridge, Vermont. He attended Chelsea High School and Ithaca College in New York, graduating in 1994 with a B.S. degree in chemistry. John received his master’s degree and Ph.D. in chemistry from Texas A&M University, Bryan, Texas, in 1999. In 2006 he was offered an associate professorship at Central Methodist University in Fayette, Missouri, and over the next 15 years he was a vibrant member of the faculty, teaching chemistry and advising hundreds of students until the end of 2021 when his health prevented him from continuing. John devoted his life to learning and teaching. Dr. John Bellefeuille is survived by his father, Steven Bellefeuille; older brother, Andrew, and sister-in-law, Jan Bellefeuille of Whitehouse, Texas; younger brother, Nathaniel Bellefeuille, of Oakland, Tennessee; niece, Kathryn Bellefeuille, and nephews, William and Henry Bellefeuille. pediatricians in the state. He founded Boone Clinic Pediatrics and later worked as the senior pediatrician at Tiger Pediatrics. His dedication to children extended beyond his medical practice. He served on the Columbia Public Schools Board of Education from 1981 to 1990, including a term as board president from 1984 to 1986. He actively supported the establishment of the Partners in Education program within the Columbia Public Schools.

Bob Harris, born on Jan. 20, 1935, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, to Millard and Lucille Harris, passed away recently. He grew up in Piedmont, Missouri, and was an only child. Bob enjoyed playing with his train sets in a playhouse built by his parents behind their home. He actively helped his parents at their store, T.W. Harris & Son, in Piedmont. He attended Piedmont public schools, where he excelled in basketball and played the saxophone in the band. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Central Methodist University in 1957 and played saxophone in local rhythm and blues bands to support himself during college.

Continuing his education, Bob attended medical school at the University of MissouriColumbia, where he met his beloved wife, Jerena “Jerry” Lee Arthur. They married in 1961 and resided in Columbia for 61 years. Jerry worked with Bob as a scheduler and manager in his medical practice. They had two children, Robert Jeffrey “Jeff” Harris and Julie Lee Shaw.

Bob became a highly respected figure in the medical community, serving as one of the longest practicing physicians in Boone County and one of the longest practicing

Outside of his professional life, Bob authored two children’s books, enjoyed cheering for the Tigers and Cardinals, and loved antiquing with his wife.

Among his numerous awards and honors, Bob received the Distinguished Alumni Award from CMU and the Distinguished Service Award from the University of Missouri Medical Alumni Association. He also received the Missouri Child Advocacy Award from the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Humanitarian Award from the University of Missouri International Center for Psychosocial Trauma. In 2017, “Inside Columbia” magazine recognized him as one of “The Como 100 Who Have Shaped Columbia” in the Health Care and Medicine category. At the age of 83, Bob received the “Columbia Daily Tribune” Reader’s Choice Award as “Best Pediatrician” in 2018.

Bob’s greatest devotion was to his family. He is survived by his wife, Jerry; his son, Jeff, and his wife Katie Perry Harris, and their children Grace and Ted. His daughter Julie Harris Shaw, her husband Stuart, and their children Jack and Caroline also cherish his memory.

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