IN MEMORIAM
IN MEMORIAM
Northwest extends its condolences to the families and friends of these individuals. Earl Adkins ’59, age 85, of Lee’s Summit, Missouri, died Jan. 23. He taught industrial arts at the junior and senior high levels for 34 years. Charlotte Spainhower Allen ’47, age 95, died April 5 in Blue Springs, Missouri. She began her career as a teacher in Farragut, Iowa, before serving as a minister of churches in Kansas and Missouri. Joanne Anderson ’84, age 79, of St. Joseph, Missouri, died Jan. 17. She was an honors English teacher and later the English department chair at Central High School in St. Joseph, where she taught from 1972 to 2001. Victor Anderson ’61, age 82, of Urbandale, Iowa, died Oct. 31, 2021. He was a high school band director for eight years in Story City, Iowa, and then was director of The Greater Des Moines Community Band for two decades in addition to performing with Vic’s Big Band. He also directed The Highlands County Concert Band for 13 years in Sebring, Florida. Luther Armfield ’60, age 83, of St. Joseph, Missouri, died Jan. 18. He served in the U.S. Army from 1960 to 1963 and then worked with Phillips Petroleum for 40 years in its Bartlesville, Oklahoma, headquarters. Vivian Gault Bowman ’77, age 90, of Huntsville, Alabama, died Dec. 16, 2021. She was a teacher for more than 40 years. Patricia Ehlers Boysen ’68, age 75 of Urbandale, Iowa, died Feb. 6. She worked as an auditor for the Packers and Stockyards Division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Washington, D.C., and finished her 32-year career with the IRS, retiring in 2004. Dr. Sharon Browning, age 81, of Maryville, died Feb. 6. After teaching business and English at the junior and senior high levels, she joined the Northwest faculty and taught marketing and management from 1964 to 1999.
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Elaine Flint Bullock ’62, age 89, of Bethany, Missouri, died Feb. 7. She was a grade school teacher in Illinois and Iowa, retiring in 1989. Edward Joseph Byron ’69, age 77, of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, died June 16, 2021. He taught high school physical education, health and driver’s education in Jersey City, New Jersey, for 40 years. Kristin Clark ’87, age 56, of Merriam, Kansas, died Nov. 24, 2021. She worked as a project manager, including at Broadcast Data Systems. Norma Long Clark ’58, ’90, age 85, of Ruskin, Florida, died Dec. 15, 2021. She taught first grade in Hopkins, Missouri, and then kindergarten at Eugene Field Elementary School in Maryville, retiring after 28 years. She also co-founded Jack and Jill Nursery School in Maryville. Anna Corless ’55, age 95, of Kansas City, Missouri, died Sept. 10, 2021. She was a teacher in St. Joseph, Missouri, and in Hayward, California. Gerald Cox ’50, age 92, died Aug. 30, 2021, in Overland Park, Kansas. After serving with the U.S. Army, he taught high school physics and coached girls basketball in Farragut, Iowa. He then worked as a claims adjuster and retired as an investigator for insurers and law firms in Colorado Springs in 2000. Dorothy Bundy Crawford ’43, age 100, of St. Joseph, Missouri, died Dec. 20, 2021. She taught for a few years prior before becoming a homemaker. Mary Lee Nielsen Crowe ’69, age 73, of Burlington, Iowa, died Dec. 31, 2021. She taught in Burlington Community School District elementary schools. Harry Crowell ’61, age 82, of Independence, Missouri, died Sept. 26, 2021. He began his career as a teacher before transitioning to developing vocational educational opportunities for students with special education needs and students identified as English as a Second Language Learners.
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Donald Davis ’73, age 70, of Malvern, Iowa, died Dec. 22, 2021. He was a teacher for 45 years. Tiffany Fry Duis ’12, age 31, of Kansas City, Missouri, died Dec. 31, 2021. She was a fourth grade teacher at Lewis and Clark Elementary School in Liberty, Missouri. Anthony Edelen ’01, age 44, of Vermillion, South Dakota, died Nov. 13, 2021. He operated carpet cleaning businesses in Aspen, Colorado, and then in Vermillion. Ali Elzen ’01, age 73, of Maryville, died April 16. He worked at Tippin’s Pies and the Park Plaza Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri, before moving to northwest Missouri, where he owned and operated bakeries in Burlington Junction and Maryville. Susan King Fay ’53, age 90, of St. Joseph, Missouri, died Dec. 5, 2021. She was an artist and frequently exhibited her work in Kansas City galleries and at the Albrecht-Kemper Museum in St. Joseph. Jerry Fry ’77, age 65, of Kansas City, Missouri, died Jan. 2. He worked for the Social Security Administration for 42 years. Max Fuller, age 93, died Oct. 18, 2021, in Longmont, Colorado. After service in the U.S. Navy, he taught business education classes at Longmont High School. He served as director of student financial aid at Northwest from 1968 to 1972 before returning to Longmont, where he was principal of the Career Development Center for 20 years and taught post-secondary accounting classes, retiring in 1991. Richard Glenn ’81, age 61, of Bethany, Missouri, died Jan. 12. He worked for several accounting firms before purchasing his own office in 1991 in Bethany, where he provided accounting and tax services. Shirley Hamilton Goetz ’64, age 79, of St. Joseph, Missouri, died Oct. 23, 2021. She taught in the St. Joseph School District. Rodney Hall ’72, age 72, of Savannah, Missouri, died Jan. 4. He served in the Army National Guard and was owner and operator of Friendly Boys Lumber in Tarkio, Missouri.
