ALUMNI UPDATES: NOTIFICATIONS OF DEATH

THE REV. DR. ROBERT O. BAKER, Anglican Studies Certificate, ‘14, died on Aug. 14, 2022. Baker was Rector of Christ Church in Bradenton, Florida. Previously, he served as Associate Rector of St. John’s Church, Tampa, and chaplain at St. John’s School.

THE REV. JAMES LLOYD EDWARDS, ‘74, died at his home on Feb. 22, 2022, after an extended illness. Edwards is survived by his beloved wife, Curry; his son, Brooks; and his grandsons, Mitchell and Peyton Edwards, both of whom serve in the U.S. Air Force. He served at St. George’s Episcopal Church, Nashville, Tennessee; St. Thomas’s Episcopal Church, Knoxville, Tennessee; Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Columbia, South Carolina; and he retired from Church of the Cross, Columbia, South Carolina.

THE REV. DAVID FENTON, ‘69, died at age 91 on July 8, 2022. Fenton served St. John’s Parish in Fallbrook, California, for 24 years before retiring in 1996 as Rector Emeritus. After retirement he, his wife, Jean, and son, Jon, moved to Eugene, Oregon, where they have enjoyed all that Oregon has to offer. He is survived by Jean and Jon, his daughter, Marty Fenton Frear, and his brother, the Rev. Fred Fenton. “Dad loved the House, and our family counted our years there as a high point for us,” wrote his daughter Marty.

avid sports fan and spent decades playing and umpiring softball as well as bowling. Rex enjoyed many years of traveling the country with his wife, Jeanette, in their Winnebago and made many friends.

MR. REX W. FORD died March 26, 2022, at age 86. Rex was a graduate of Hartland High School and was a U.S. Army veteran. He was a well-known and respected business owner of Rex Ford’s Shell and Hartland Standard. He later worked in maintenance and groundskeeping for the Hartland School District and for Nashotah House. Rex was an

FRANK WILLIAM “BILL” LEE III, husband to the REV. DR. PEGGY LEE, ‘09, died July 17, 2022. A funeral service was held on Saturday, July 23, 2022, at Christ Anglican Church in Moline. Bill married Margaret “Peggy” Will Lee in 1972 in St. Louis, Missouri. Bill loved Peggy, his family and friends, his pipe bands, the NWTA, and a good joke (some bad ones, too).

THE RT. REV. EDWIN LEIDEL JR., first bishop of the Diocese of Eastern Michigan, died June 5, 2022, at age 83. Consecrated to serve the new diocese in 1996, Leidel served 10 years as diocesan bishop. His ministry took him across the world, serving in the U.S. Navy Reserve as officer and chaplain, as a priest in Indiana, Australia, and Minnesota, and to the Great Lakes states, Michigan and Wisconsin.

THE REV. MELVIN LOW, ‘75, died April 19, 2022. At age 17, Low entered the U.S. Air Force, later graduating from Gordon College in Massachusetts. From there, Low studied at Nashotah House, graduating in 1975. Low was ordained to the priesthood, and during his career he served in the Dioceses of Worcester, Fond du Lac, Vermont, and Iowa.

THE RT. REV. EDWARD H. MACBURNEY died March 17, 2022. MacBurney was born Oct. 30, 1927, in Albany, New York, but was raised outside Philadelphia. He graduated from Springfield High School; Dartmouth College, ‘49; Berkley Divinity School, ‘52; and studied at St. Stephen’s House, Oxford, UK, prior to his ordination to the priesthood at Ely Cathedral in 1952. He received an Honorary Doctor of Humanities degree from St. Ambrose University, ‘87, and an Honorary Doctor of Divinity from Nashotah House, ‘88. In 1987, he was elected as Bishop of the Diocese of Quincy, Illinois, and was consecrated in 1988. In 2009, he transferred as a retired bishop to the Anglican Church in North America. In addition to his work within the Diocese of Quincy, MacBurney served as the pastoral visitor for a widely dispersed group of traditionalist parishes. While serving as a Bishop, he primarily thought of himself as a pastor. MacBurney was admired by many for his sincere ministry that touched and guided countless parishioners and parishes. He served as a trustee of Berkeley Divinity School from 1964-1970, and of St. Luke’s Hospital from 1973-1987. In 1991, he was appointed a trustee of Nashotah House. He served the National Organization of Episcopalians for Life from 1991 until his death and was Vice President of the former Episcopal Synod of America from 1988 until 1999.

THE REV. ROBERT MCBRIDE, Certificate of Study, ‘87, died March 24, 2022, at age 84. McBride’s requiem was celebrated at St. John’s Church in Brownwood, Texas.

THE REV. J. RALPH ANSELL PATSTON, ‘57, died Nov. 17, 2021, at age 94.Born in Sept. 13, 1927, in Vancouver, Canada, he served in the U.S. Army Air Corps and devoted his life to serving the Lord as a priest in The Episcopal Church.

Former Nashotah House board member RICHARD "DICK" LEWIS SCHWAAB died on July 22, 2022, at age 76 after a long battle with cancer. Born in the Village of Summit on Nov. 15, 1945, Schwaab was a graduate of UW- Madison, George Washington University, and was a Fellow at the Max Planck Institute of Intellectual Property Law in Munich Germany. In addition, he was a professor at George Mason University Law School, lecturer at George Washington University Law School, and a managing partner at Foley & Lardner LLP. As a former member of the Board of Trustees, Schwaab and his family have maintained a long relationship with Nashotah House. Schwaab was also a founding member of St. Michael’s Anglican Church in Delafield. His many interests included downhill skiing; backpacking; reading and discussing philosophy, theology, and politics; running marathons; world travel; playing sheepshead with his parents, children and grandchildren; and water sports on Upper Nashotah Lake. For the past 10 years, he enjoyed making maple syrup on Lake Edge Farm, which has been in the family since 1852. He is survived by his wife of nearly 57 years, Lynn; and four children, Amy (John Kalter), William (Cindy), Andrew (Younhee), and Matthew.

PHYLLIS SIROTKO, wife of the Rev. Theodore Sirotko, ‘65, died March 9, 2022, at age 83. Phillis and Theodore would have been married 60 years on May 5, 2022. Born in Pontiac, Michigan, to Arnold and Esther Bourziel, who were teachers and musicians, Phyllis loved music, especially classical and jazz. She played flute, piano, and guitar and had a beautiful voice. Phyllis held a Bachelor of Science in nursing from the University of Michigan and was a registered nurse. Phyllis and Theodore raised four children while moving around the world, including Germany and Hawaii, where Theodore served as an Army chaplain and parish priest. Kalamazoo for 16 years. In 2002, Bill was appointed Canon to the Ordinary of the Diocese of Western Michigan, a post he held until 2019, when he assumed the role of Canon Missioner for the Southern Region of the diocese. Spaid retired in 2021.

THE REV. CANON WILLIAM JOHN “BILL” SPAID, ‘86, died March 20, 2022, in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Spaid was born in 1953, in Lorain, Ohio. His family later moved to Frederick, Maryland. He was a member of All Saints Episcopal Church and attended Gov. Thomas Johnson High School. Spaid received a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education and Master of Education in Reading Instruction from Frostburg State University, and he studied reading education at the University of Maryland. He was an elementary teacher in Frederick County for seven years. In 1983, he answered God’s call to ministry in the Episcopal Church and received a Master of Divinity from Nashotah House in 1986. He served as Rector of St. Martin of Tours Episcopal Church in

THE REV. DR. JENNIFER HAYNES STIEFEL, ‘78, died June 9, 2022, in Dover, New Hampshire. Stiefel graduated from Harvard University and served in the Peace Corps. After graduating from Nashotah House, she was ordained deacon in 1985 and later received a PhD from Union Theological Seminary in 2000.

PATRICIA TORREY “PT” WAGENSEIL died April 19, 2022. PT was born in 1955, and her life of service and compassion touched many lives for good. She is survived by her husband of 44 years, the Rev. Robert Wagenseil, ‘80; her sisters, Dulie and Cathy; brother, Rob; sisters-in-law, Lynn, Anna, Robbie, Elise; “adopted” sister-in-law, Judy; surrogate son, David; many cousins, nieces and nephews, students, parishioners, and countless friends. A requiem celebration of the Holy Eucharist was held Saturday, May 21, 2022, at the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd in Dunedin, Florida.

THE REV. DR. LOUIS WEIL died on March 9, 2022, in Oakland, California. Weil earned a master’s degree in musicology from Harvard University and attended seminary at General Theological Seminary, after which he spent 10 years serving small churches in the Diocese of Puerto Rico. Weil received a Doctorate in Sacred Theology from the Catholic University of Paris and returned to the U.S. in 1971 to teach liturgics at Nashotah House in Wisconsin, where he remained until 1988.