IN MEMORIAM

Edwina Boyll (elementary education ’62, special education ’69) died at age 73 at her home in Coeur d’Alene. She taught throughout California, Oregon and Idaho including as the director of learning skills at North Idaho College where she established the College Learning Center. Boyll also was an administrator of a residential care facility for adults and children with developmental disabilities and created group homes for adults and children with mental and physical challenges. She was the second special education teacher to be hired by the Coeur d’Alene School District in 1966.

Patricia Lynn Gentry (special education ’87) died at age 62 of cancer in Moscow. She taught in Lewiston and Moscow and retired in 2004. She was involved in the community and was a member of several clubs and involved in her church. Her husband, Dale, is a retired professor of special education and dean emeritus of the College of Education.

Lillian Pauline (Larson) Keithly (education ’39) of Nampa died at the age of 98. She was a substitute teacher for many years and an active volunteer in the community including as a leader of her Brownie and Girl Scout troops. She and her husband Clyde, a fellow education graduate, established the Clyde and Lillian Larson Keithly Scholarship in 2004, which has awarded nearly $25,000 to students.

Roy Mosman (physical education ’53) died at 74. Mosman was a longtime Moscow attorney in addition to being a former district judge and Nez Perce County prosecutor. He also was a member of the Idaho State Board of Education for three terms and served one term as president. In addition to receiving UI’s Jim Lyle Award in 2002 for those who have shown longterm dedication and service to the university, he was named Distinguished Lawyer by the Idaho State Bar Association and was honored by the Idaho Chapter of the American Federation of Teachers.

Rodney E. “Buzz” Richeson, who was also known as Buzz Zanetti in his youth, (education, ’58) died at 79 years old in Spokane. He worked in numerous teaching, administrative and award-winning coaching positions in Wallace, Las Vegas, The Dalles, Oregon, and Spokane Valley. He served as an accreditation consultant for Eastern Washington for the Northwest Association of Accredited Schools. Richeson also was involved in Kiwanis Club and a member of the advisory board of a nursing home.

Betty June Waller (master’s, elementary education, ’72), died at the age of 79 in Boise. She received her degree in elementary education at Northwest Nazarene University before coming to University of Idaho to receive her master’s degree. Waller taught for the Boise School District for many years. She also organized and created a church library at Boise First Church of the Nazarene and led the library for several decades, which has since been named for her.

Daniel Robert Cammack (secondary education, ’68) died at the age of 69 from complications of Dengue Fever. After graduation, he taught living skills to disabled people at the Idaho State School in Nampa. He then moved to Portland to attend Multnomah University to study scripture and theology. He spent many years in the hospitality field managing coffee shops and cafeterias and in 1996 moved to Mexico to work with the Foundation for His Ministry at orphanages. In his later years he remained active volunteering in his church.