Alumni News and Notes

1979

John Rhea retired after several careers to work his own business, Spring Lake Solutions, Inc. John and his wife, Kitna, live in Texas with their dogs. They have two grown children living in Oregon and Texas. John shared “Blessings to York students and alumni!” jrhea1@hotmail.com

1987

Candy (Hart) Nading moved to Virginia, Minn. After retiring, Candy went back to school and is currently attending St Cloud State University. candy.nading67@gmail.com

Bill Pink has been named president of Ferris State University. See Milestones, pg. 23.

1951

Robert A. Embree passed away on Feb. 9, 2022. Robert was an emeritus professor of psychology at Westmar College where he taught for 35 years.

1953 Donnie (Don)

Moomey passed away April 21, 2022. He is survived by his wife, Judie, of 62 years. Don was a retired major of the Colorado State Patrol and a member of the York College Athletic Hall of Fame.

Martin Smith passed away on April 15, 2022, in Wichita, Kan. Martin served the Wichita School District for 32 years as well as working part-time for Wichita State, Newman, and Baker Universities.

1964

RaJean (Thayer) Vawter

published her third book, Prayer Foundations. Find it on Amazon. vrv@vawtermark.com

1966

Joelle (Cloyd) Cannon was awarded the Chaplaincy Department Award during the Governor’s 2022 Criminal Justice Volunteer Service Awards. The award was presented by Texas Board of Criminal Justice Chairman Patrick O’Daniel and TDCJ Executive Director Bryan Collier at a ceremony in Austin. kcjcannon@yahoo.com

Daniel and Suzanne (Healy’ 65) New celebrated 56 years of marriage this year and are now painting, writing, and puttering on the family farm in Texas. They’ve been blessed with 7 children, 18 grandchildren, and 9 greatgrandchildren. ddnew@danielew.com

1967

Cynthia (Corlew) Laffoon shared that she lost her husband, Harold, of 55 years on Aug. 18, 2021. mimilaffoon@att.net

Bruce Tandy passed away on Nov.18, 2021. See Memorials, pg 29.

1969

Terry Knapp passed away on Sept. 27, 2021 in Billings, Mont.

Joyce Moore moved to Mustang, Okla. jmoore73099@gmail.com

1971

Rosalie L (Dahlof) Carlson keeps busy managing two Farm Service Agency county offices (Worth and Winnebago, Iowa). Weekends are her special time with family, especially granddaughter Mikaela (born Feb. 18, 2019). Rosalie’s husband, James, was killed in a car accident in September 2019. Mikaela has been a blessing for Rosalie when home on the weekends and apparently has inherited the love of horses from her grandma and mom; Rosalie looks forward to trail riding with her soon. howdqh@fmctc.com

Rodger D. Hannel passed away on Dec. 10, 2021. See Memorials, pg 29.

1975

Gayle Savage Davidson, who is currently providing health care, including housing and clean water to the poor in Honduras, would love to invite any YC students or alumni to spend a week or two in the mission field. gayledavidson@hotmail.com

1976

Terrell “Terry” Bonnett passed away Jan. 21, 2022. See Memorials, pg 29.

1980

Mary K. (Dean) Horton recently moved from Washington to Montrose, Colo. hortonhome@live.com

Dan Lewis made it to retirement (in one piece) after 31 years of police service. dabbylew@hotmail.com

1981

Mary J. (Hoover) Allison

would like to reconnect with classmates, specifically with Mary Williamson from Duluth, Minn. mallison2011@outlook.com

Robbie S. Hill retired from Heaton Eye Associates after 25 1/2 years as a Certified Ophthalmic Technologist. She worked in ophthalmology for 36 years. Robbie recently moved from Tyler, Texas, to Venus, Texas, to be closer to family. robbiehill417@gmail.com

Terry Quigley passed away on Nov. 4, 2021. See Memorials, pg 29.

1984

Nancy Ann Denton retired in January from Pueblo Community College after 30 years. Nancy started her career there and taught English part-time for 65 semesters and served as the Instructional Designer in eLearning for the past 8 years. NancyDentonCO@gmail.com

Ron Eppes shares that he and his wife, Peggy, recently moved from Edmond, Okla., to Albuquerque, N.M. He is now the Program Director of the New Mexico Alzheimer’s Association. Peggy is a registered nurse at the University of New Mexico Hospital. roneppes@msn.com

York College Alumni were a part of the 4th Shepherds’ Network, Jan. 14-16, 2022, hosted by the Belgrade/Bozeman, Mont., congregations. Pictured l-r: (1st row) Rob Pope ’81, Karen (Keller ’95) Lund, Tisha (Goben ’93) Stahly, Jeri (Bullock ’01) Ford; (2nd row) Janice (Guest ’81) Dean, Janice (Cheney ’75) Schow, Laurie (Loomis ’80) Pedersen, Vicky (Utter ’81) Stinson, Annette (Baker ’80) Christensen; (3rd row) Ken Dean ’80, Michael Christensen ’81, Chris Crooks ’98, Randy Schow ’75, Tonia (Steenburn ’94) and Shawn Berry ’93, and David Stinson ’81.

1995

Anita Adams-Ledbetter shares that her oldest daughter, Kara Paulk, was married to Darian Aker on March 21. anita75-93@hotmail.com

1999

Grace (Statz) Evans accepted a new position at Rangel’s Construction as the office manager/ bookkeeper. kansasgal9@gmail.com

2000

Diana Jarvais shared that her husband, John, passed away 10 years ago from cancer. She currently resides in Crandon, Wis., and has two teenage girls, Chloe and Jennifer. dianawilsonjarvais@gmail.com

2001

Zach Ahrens became President and CEO of the Capper Foundation in January 2022. The Capper Foundation provides services for people of all ages with intellectual and developmental disabilities. See Milestones, pg. 23.

2002

Kristopher and Rachel (Russell) Lamm share that Rachel continues to teach at Texas Tech University while working for a local home builder in the Lubbock area, and Kris is leading the Special Education department for EPEC which includes local rural school districts. They have three boys who live and breathe baseball while Kris and Rachel try to embrace the crazy baseball schedule. rachellamm7@gmail.com

2005

Heidi Lynn (Smith) Mader has a new job as a teacher at Stuhr Museum. lynn2425@hotmail.com

2006

Kevin Claypool was promoted to Head of Learning for North America at Anheuser-Busch and married on Aug. 12, 2021. claypool.kevin@gmail.com

Carl (CJ) Prutch is coaching baseball at his alma mater, Napa High School. CJ has also worked as an Operations Manager for Change Healthcare since July 2018 for UCSF Hospital, Department of Anesthesia. He has been married for almost eight years with two children, 6 and 4. His son loves playing baseball and his daughter loves gymnastics. cprutch24@gmail.com