IN MEMORIAM chairman of The Finley Hospital; trustee of the Finley Foundation and inductee into the Finley Hall of Fame; Life Member of the University of Dubuque Board of Trustees, VNA Foundation, Dubuque Museum of Art, Motion Picture Pioneers and Variety Club. He was also awarded the State of Iowa Governor’s Leadership Award for Community Betterment; the University of Dubuque Distinguished Veterans Award for Distinguished Service to the country and the Jaycees Gil Chavenelle Distinguished Service Award. He was preceded in death by his wife, Christine, and is survived by three daughters, four grandchildren and two step-grandchildren. Max Leon Hoover N’42 ’43 (Company B) died on Aug. 17, 2019 in Danville, Kentucky. A WW II U.S. Army combat medic soldier, he received a bronze medal with two bronze stars in the invasion of the Philippines. After the war, he was a supervisor for Matthew’s Conveyor. He loved to play bridge and was a bridge life master. Max is survived by his wife, Aloma, one son, Kerry; two daughters, Hope SC’67 and Kimberly, six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. John Gay “Mike” Reilly Jr. ’43 (Company B) died on Dec. 6, 2019, in Gouverneur, New York. He served in the U.S. Marines Corps during World War II and after the war, earned a BS degree in Mining and Metallurgy from the University of Missouri School of Mines
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at Rolla. After college, he was employed with the St. Joe Lead/ Mineral Co. in Bonne Terre, Missouri, where he met and married his wife, Anna. Mike worked with St. Joe and Fluor until his retirement in 1986. The family moved to Gouverneur in 1966. Mike served as Cub Scout leader, Pee Wee baseball coach and director at the Gouverneur Country Club, where he played golf for more than 60 years. He was also generous in his financial support of St. James School and Church, as well as the Gouverneur Library, Foundation, and Hospital Auxiliary. Mike was preceded in death by his wife, Anna, and is survived by his seven children, seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren, as well as a brother, Phil ’48. He was preceded in death by his father, John ’13. Multiple family members have formed the third and fourth generation of this family at Culver. Albert Douglas Sanders ’44 (Band) died on Jan. 13, 2020 at his home in Sugar Land, Texas. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1946–1948 on the USS Macon. Earning degrees in mechanical engineering, physics, and theology, Doug enjoyed varied careers as a nuclear physicist, a turbine engineer, physics professor, and later in life, a Bible professor. He worked and traveled extensively, learning several foreign languages. Doug is survived by his wife of 71 years, Margaret; their five children, twelve grandchildren and 32 great-grandchildren.
William Franklin Pierce ’44 (Company A) died on Jan. 17, 2018 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was a 1950 graduate of The U.S. Military Academy at West Point and served with distinction in Korea in the 69th Field Artillery Battalion, 25th Infantry Division. After his discharge, he worked as an engineer in the defense contracting industry and later became a consumer investigator for the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection in Washington, DC. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Janet, and his wife Grace, and is survived by five daughters, one son, two stepchildren, 11 grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren. John Inman Blue Sr. ’44 (Troop II) died Feb. 26, 2018 in Houston, Texas. He began college at Princeton but was called to war and saw service with the Army Counterintelligence Corps in Japan and Korea. He was awarded the Victory Medal and the Army of Occupation Medal Japan. John finished his college degree at SMU, where he was a member of DKE social fraternity. His career was in the insurance industry in the greater Dallas area. He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Hazel; five children, including John ’79, and 12 grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a son, William. Jerry Adam Schwab ’45 (Artillery) of Naples, Florida, died on July 28, 2019. He was a member of the Naples Yacht Club, Royal Poinciana Club and the Naples Philharmonic.
He is survived by one son, David, a daughter, Mary Lynn L’75 ’77 (Atrium) and three grandsons, including Jason ’07. Jerry was preceded in death by his wife of 67 years, Donna, just 10 days before he died, and by his son, Douglas in 1958. Edward Hurlbut de Coningh Jr. N’45 died Aug. 19, 2019. He was educated at Hawken School, Phillips Exeter Academy, and Princeton University, earning a BA in 1951 and then being drafted into the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He signed up to be a “foster father” in the Foster Parents Plan for War Children, an obligation that he continued for over 60 years. He also joined the newly begun volunteer effort to save and restore the grand 1920s era theaters in Playhouse Square in Cleveland. He was preceded in death by his wife Barbara, and is survived by his first wife Ann, two sons, one daughter and four grandchildren. David John DeVries ’45 (Troop) died on Oct. 5, 2019 in Lansing, Michigan. He graduated from Michigan State University in 1951 with a BS in mathematics and as a Distinguished ROTC Military Student. He served as a 1st Lieutenant with the 2nd Infantry Armored Division in Korea in 1952, where he was awarded the Bronze Star, Silver Star and the Purple Heart. After discharge from the U.S. Army, he attended General Motors Institute and graduated as an Industrial Engineer. At General Motors he served as a foreman
