If you know someone who has passed away and are not on the list below, please contact the Office of Alumni and Parent Relations.

To see a list of all deceased alumni, visit the Class Years page. 

March 2019

We were notified of the passing of the individuals listed below during the month of March. Names are listed in alphabetical order by last name. The individuals listed below will be remembered at our 2019 Homecoming Worship Service (Sunday, Oct. 6) in the Lois Perkins Chapel. During this service, the names of these and other alumni, and members of the Southwestern community whom we have lost in the past year, will be read. 

James E. Fry ’49 on May 17, 2017
Robert Dyer ’50 on Jun. 7,  2015
Doris Brown Morriss ’50 on Mar. 5, 2019
Janette Pearson Ramsay ’61 on Mar. 10, 2019
William F. Roden ’43 on Sept. 8, 2010
Judge John R. Saringer ’68 on Jan. 10, 2019

February 2019

We were notified of the passing of the individuals listed below during the month of February. Names are listed in alphabetical order by last name. The individuals listed below will be remembered at our 2019 Homecoming Worship Service (Sunday, Oct. 6) in the Lois Perkins Chapel. During this service, the names of these and other alumni, and members of the Southwestern community whom we have lost in the past year, will be read. 

Fannie Jo Nance Ault ’46 on Dec. 26, 2017
Alyce Moerner Phillips ’45 Jan. 28, 2019
Rosemary Holzapfel Stroman ’57 on Nov. 15, 2018

Friend of SU: William C. Powers on Mar. 10, 2019

January 2019

We were notified of the passing of the individuals listed below during the month of January. Names are listed in alphabetical order by last name. The individuals listed below will be remembered at our 2019 Homecoming Worship Service (Sunday, Oct. 6) in the Lois Perkins Chapel. During this service, the names of these and other alumni, and members of the Southwestern community whom we have lost in the past year, will be read. 

Charlie Garrett Guymon ’66 on Jan. 21, 2016
Margaret Meldrum Huffman ’58 on Apr. 5, 2018
Diana Reed Mendenhall ’64 on Jan. 8, 2019
Paul  Foust Oliver ’57 on Jan. 12, 2019
Ann Stimson Potter ’44 on Aug. 24, 2013
Clayton E. Sparks ’16 on Jan. 9, 2019
Marcus R. Wichman ’67 on 09 Jan. 9, 2019

December 2018

We were notified of the passing of the individuals listed below during the month of December. Names are listed in alphabetical order by last name. The individuals listed below will be remembered at our 2019 Homecoming Worship Service (Sunday, Oct. 6) in the Lois Perkins Chapel. During this service, the names of these and other alumni, and members of the Southwestern community whom we have lost in the past year, will be read. 

George Truett Briggs, Jr. ’53 on Jan. 12, 2016
Lynn Harris Greer ’66 on Dec. 7, 2018
Rev. Harold G. Sassman ’59 on Aug. 16, 2018
Joe B. Turner ’58 on Dec. 15, 2018

November 2018

We were notified of the passing of the individuals listed below during the month of November. Names are listed in alphabetical order by last name. The individuals listed below will be remembered at our 2019 Homecoming Worship Service (Sunday, Oct. 6) in the Lois Perkins Chapel. During this service, the names of these and other alumni, and members of the Southwestern community whom we have lost in the past year, will be read. 

Lewis Cartwright ’49 on Oct. 8, 2018
Dr. William Ray Engvall ’55 on Oct. 31, 2018
Nancy Medley Rowley ’51 on Oct. 5, 2018
Dr. Mark White ’75 on Oct. 21, 2018

October 2018

We were notified of the passing of the individuals listed below during the month of October. Names are listed in alphabetical order by last name. The individuals listed below will be remembered at our 2019 Homecoming Worship Service (Sunday, Oct. 6) in the Lois Perkins Chapel. During this service, the names of these and other alumni, and members of the Southwestern community whom we have lost in the past year, will be read. 

Steven Costley ’63 on Sept. 27, 2018
Dorothy Hahn Dare ’48 in August 12, 2018
Richard Lehman ’67 on Sept. 3, 2018
Clarke Harton Morian, III ’65 on Oct. 2, 2018
Claudette Jones Spillyards ’74 on Oct. 12, 2018
Jonelle Wheatley Thornton ’61 on Sept. 23, 2018
Steven P. Truitt ’80 on Sept. 30, 2018

September 2018

We were notified of the passing of the individuals listed below during the month of September. Names are listed in alphabetical order by last name. The individuals listed below will be remembered at either our 2018 (Sunday, Oct. 28) or 2019 (Sunday, Oct. 6) Homecoming Worship Service in the Lois Perkins Chapel. During this service, the names of these and other alumni, and members of the Southwestern community whom we have lost in the past year, will be read. 

Virginia Henderson Adams ’43 on Sept. 6, 2018
Richard Eason ’73 on Sept. 9, 2018
Joe Edwards ’52 on Sept. 1, 2018
Tom Kirkscey ’48 on Aug. 19, 2018
Carolyn Pirtle McNabb ’61 on Sept. 20, 2018
Louis Spellman, Jr. ’48 on Aug. 25, 2018

August 2018

We were notified of the passing of the individuals listed below during the month of August. Names are listed in alphabetical order by last name. The individuals listed below will be remembered at our 2018 Homecoming Worship Service (Sunday, Oct. 28) in the Lois Perkins Chapel. During this service, the names of these and other alumni, and members of the Southwestern community whom we have lost in the past year, will be read. 

Pamela Parr Bohmfalk ’75 on Aug. 2, 2018
Rayford L. Lasseter ’49 on Oct. 28, 2017

July 2018

We were notified of the passing of the individuals listed below during the month of July. Names are listed in alphabetical order by last name. The individuals listed below will be remembered at our 2018 Homecoming Worship Service (Sunday, Oct. 28) in the Lois Perkins Chapel. During this service, the names of these and other alumni, and members of the Southwestern community whom we have lost in the past year, will be read. 

Barry Simmons Queenan ’65 on July 3, 2018
John L. Smith ’73 on June 8, 2018
L. Nathan Winters ’60 on July 18, 2018

June 2018

We were notified of the passing of the individuals listed below during the month of June. Names are listed in alphabetical order by last name. The individuals listed below will be remembered at our 2018 Homecoming Worship Service (Sunday, Oct. 28) in the Lois Perkins Chapel. During this service, the names of these and other alumni, and members of the Southwestern community whom we have lost in the past year, will be read. 

Joyce Sauer Harlowe ’59 on May 11, 2018
Shawna Koehler ’05 on Aug. 26, 2015
Katherine Ford Russell ’73 on June 5, 2018
John R. Saul ’48 on Nov. 1, 2013
Colleen Camp Taylor ’50 on May 26, 2018
David V. Wilson ’64 on May 31, 2018
Eugene F. Wood ’51 on May 7, 2018

April 2018

We were notified of the passing of the individuals listed below during the month of April. Names are listed in alphabetical order by last name. The individuals listed below will be remembered at our 2018 Homecoming Worship Service (Sunday, Oct. 28) in the Lois Perkins Chapel. During this service, the names of these and other alumni, and members of the Southwestern community whom we have lost in the past year, will be read. 

James H. Clarke, Jr. ’69 on Mar. 20, 2018
Clarolyn Harris ’51 on Mar. 28, 2018
Nancy Hamilton Moss ’55 on Mar. 21, 2018
Jesse Purdy on April 16, 2018
Nancy North Stanley ’62 on Mar. 29, 2018
Donald Stonecipher ’50 on April 8, 2018
Helen Rebecca Tidwell ’46 on April 5, 2018
Beverly J. Turner ’57 on April 15, 2018

March 2018

We were notified of the passing of the individuals listed below during the month of March. Names are listed in alphabetical order by last name. The individuals listed below will be remembered at our 2018 Homecoming Worship Service (Sunday, Oct. 28) in the Lois Perkins Chapel. During this service, the names of these and other alumni, and members of the Southwestern community whom we have lost in the past year, will be read. 

Barbara Coppin Arnold ’57 on Feb. 28, 2018
Andrew Eugene Bell ’01 on Mar. 10, 2018
Grace Maroneey Schaefer ’68 on Feb. 23, 2018
Laura Sue Durrenberger Smith ’54 on Feb. 16, 2018
Ronald L. Wilkerson ’84 on Jan. 4, 2018

February 2018

We were notified of the passing of the individuals listed below during the month of February. Names are listed in alphabetical order by last name. The individuals listed below will be remembered at our 2018 Homecoming Worship Service (Sunday, Oct. 28) in the Lois Perkins Chapel. During this service, the names of these and other alumni, and members of the Southwestern community whom we have lost in the past year, will be read. 

Peggy Jane Hailey ’88 on Oct. 27, 2017
Nancy Roesler Pry ’52 on Dec. 29, 2017

January 2018

We were notified of the passing of the individuals listed below during the month of January. Names are listed in alphabetical order by last name. The individuals listed below will be remembered at our 2018 Homecoming Worship Service (Sunday, Oct. 28) in the Lois Perkins Chapel. During this service, the names of these and other alumni, and members of the Southwestern community whom we have lost in the past year, will be read. 

Gail Abdnor Aleman ’66 on Jan. 22, 2010
Pete Aleman, Jr. ’66 on Jan. 14, 2018
Nan Mickle Lanford ’43 on Jan. 20, 2018
Felicia Melburn Myrick ’55 on Dec. 9, 2017
David W. Scarcella ’61 on Dec. 24, 2017
Glenn Del Weimer ’58  Jan. 11, 2018
Marianne Barcus Welch ’47 on Jan. 10, 2018

December 2017

We were notified of the passing of the individuals listed below during the month of December. Names are listed in alphabetical order by last name. The individuals listed below will be remembered at our 2018 Homecoming Worship Service (Sunday, Oct. 28) in the Lois Perkins Chapel. During this service, the names of these and other alumni, and members of the Southwestern community whom we have lost in the past year, will be read. 

Wini Sue McBride Ayres ’49 on Dec. 12, 2017
Richard E. Fleming ’67 on Dec. 22, 2017

November 2017

We were notified of the passing of the individuals listed below during the month of November. Names are listed in alphabetical order by last name. The individuals listed below will be remembered at our 2018 Homecoming Worship Service (Sunday, Oct. 28) in the Lois Perkins Chapel. During this service, the names of these and other alumni, and members of the Southwestern community whom we have lost in the past year, will be read. 

Patricia Bina-Lariff ’67 on May 12, 2017
Reinhart P. Deschner ’49 on Oct. 24, 2017
Jo Ann Boozer Fawcett ’61 on Nov.14, 2017
Mildred Mangrum L. Feller ’49 on Nov. 21, 2017
James A. Keys ’62  on Nov. 19, 2017
Rev. Richard D. Lilljedahl ’57 on Nov. 9, 2017
Prella Mays Phillips ’60 on Nov. 3, 2017
Veronica Rogers Seray-Wurie ’92 on Apr. 20, 2017
Bill Zimmerhanzel on Nov. 11, 2017

OCTOBER 2017

We were notified of the passing of the individuals listed below during the month of October. Names are listed in alphabetical order by last name. The individuals listed below will be remembered at our 2017 Homecoming Worship Service (Sunday, Nov. 5) in the Lois Perkins Chapel. During this service, the names of these and other alumni, and members of the Southwestern community whom we have lost in the past year, will be read. 

Dorothy Bradbury ’49 on Aug. 5, 2017
Betty Jean Lengfeld Cloud ’51 on Sept. 28, 2017
Gail Skelton Goodrum ’50 on Sept. 24, 2017
V. Frank Perry ’55 on Sept. 28, 2017

SEPTEMBER 2017

We were notified of the passing of the individuals listed below during the month of September. Names are listed in alphabetical order by last name. The individuals listed below will be remembered at our 2017 Homecoming Worship Service (Sunday, Nov. 5) in the Lois Perkins Chapel. During this service, the names of these and other alumni, and members of the Southwestern community whom we have lost in the past year, will be read. 

Howell Robert Gaddy’40 on Sept. 14, 2017
Rev. Betty Lou Williams Marr ’51 on Sept. 19, 2017
Suzanne Dykstra Norwood ’63 on Sept. 16, 2017
Suk-Soon Suh on Sept. 9, 2017
Pearl Song Sun ’58

AUGUST 2017

We were notified of the passing of the individuals listed below during the month of August. Names are listed in alphabetical order by last name. The individuals listed below will be remembered at our 2017 Homecoming Worship Service (Sunday, Nov. 5) in the Lois Perkins Chapel. During this service, the names of these and other alumni, and members of the Southwestern community whom we have lost in the past year, will be read. 

Eugene A. Domel ’64 on Aug. 16, 2017
Sharron M. Winn ’65 on Aug. 19, 2017 

JULY 2017

We were notified of the passing of the individuals listed below during the month of July. Names are listed in alphabetical order by last name. The individuals listed below will be remembered at our 2017 Homecoming Worship Service (Sunday, Nov. 5) in the Lois Perkins Chapel. During this service, the names of these and other alumni, and members of the Southwestern community whom we have lost in the past year, will be read. 

Donald Chase ’47 on Sept. 12, 2016
Sue Bethany Guinn ’47 on July 25, 2017
Ruth Knox Harris ’59 on July 12, 2017
Susan Bowyer Heil ’69 on May 12, 2017
Judy Wood Henderson ’55 on July 4, 2017
Hamilton W. Kilpatrick, III ’47 on Dec. 25, 2015
Rita Browning Mayfield on June 23, 2017
Uta C. Merzbach ’52 on June 28, 2017
Margaret A. Phillips Metteauer ’47 on Sept. 7, 2013
Margaret Kriegel Morgan ’41 on July 15, 2017
E. Rogene O’Donnell ’55 on June 24, 2017
William A. Speary ’47 on May 10, 2017
Commander Waymon Taylor ’47 on March 24, 2017

JUNE 2017

We were notified of the passing of the individuals listed below during the month of June. Names are listed in alphabetical order by last name. The individuals listed below will be remembered at our 2017 Homecoming Worship Service (Sunday, Nov. 5) in the Lois Perkins Chapel. During this service, the names of these and other alumni, and members of the Southwestern community whom we have lost in the past year, will be read. 

Carl H. Dewolfe ’66 on March 16, 2017
Marilyn Cooper Fischer ’46 on May 31, 2017
Loraine Rosenbush Gilley ’46 on June 25, 2017
Martha Huckeba Greer ’71 on June 21, 2017
Bishop John W. Hardt ’65 on June 18, 2017
Nina Nelms Lyons ’75 on June 2, 2017

MAY 2017

We were notified of the passing of the individuals listed below during the month of May. Names are listed in alphabetical order by last name. The individuals listed below will be remembered at our 2017 Homecoming Worship Service (Sunday, Nov. 5) in the Lois Perkins Chapel. During this service, the names of these and other alumni, and members of the Southwestern community whom we have lost in the past year, will be read. 

Mary White Baker ’52 on May 4, 2017
Christa D. Buerger ’93 on Aug. 10, 2016
Frances Melton Cardwell Carlson ’50 on May 1, 2017
David K. Dague ’54 on May 6, 2017
Lewis H. Johnson, Jr. ’61 on May 1, 2017
Stewart McCarroll ’52 on April 1, 2017
Robert M. Parsons ’62 on Aug. 2, 2015
Franklin Pickle ’47 on May 12, 2017
David Rust ’66 on May 8, 2017
Marian Alaniwa Singletary ’45 on April 2, 2017

APRIL 2017

We were notified of the passing of the individuals listed below during the month of April. Names are listed in alphabetical order by last name. The individuals listed below will be remembered at our 2017 Homecoming Worship Service (Sunday, Nov. 5) in the Lois Perkins Chapel. During this service, the names of these and other alumni, and members of the Southwestern community whom we have lost in the past year, will be read. 

Beulah Derr Lenox ’48 on April 21, 2017
John D. Perrigin ’97 on April 8, 2017
Willeda Cox Rea ’59 on April 12, 2017
Charlotte Levois Sternberg ’58 on April 3, 2017
Susan Mims Tipton ’67 on Dec. 19, 2012 
Kevin D. Wells ’74 on April 19, 2017