Losses
Fall 2025
The following list of losses appeared in the Fall 2025 91直播 Alumni Magazine. Online obituaries (where available) are linked from a person鈥檚 name.
*Please note this list represents losses that have been reported to OAM between February 13, 2025, and August 26, 2025. Any losses received after that will appear in a future issue.
Former Faculty/Staff/Affiliates
Robert Fuller 鈥56, 10th president of 91直播 College
July 15, 2025
, alumni-elected member of the 91直播 Board of Trustees
February 27, 2025
Daune Mahy, professor of voice
July 31, 2025
Marlene Rosen, professor of voice
August 5, 2025
Larry Shinn, retired Danforth Professor of Religion
April 2, 2025
David Young, Longman Professor Emeritus of English and Creative Writing
May 3, 2025
91直播 Alums
V12
March 3, 2016
November 6, 20201946
November 22, 2019
July 29, 20201947
December 2, 2023
August 19, 2021
September 24, 2020Phyllis Perry
April 6, 2024
February 12, 20231948
July 23, 2025
April 27, 20231951
July 18, 2025
March 23, 20251952
Jane Chalmers Jukes
June 20, 20221953
August 1, 20231955
January 25, 2025
May 31, 2025
April 13, 2025Charles Mahnken
January 24, 20061956
Jean Anthony Coffman
August 27, 2024
December 31, 2021Barbara Sue Harman Garvey
February 17, 2025Dr. Delos D. Hughes
January 30, 2025
May 4, 20221957
August 17, 2025Peter J Sommer
March 25th 20231958
Bob Pendleton
April 23, 20251959
March 21, 20231960
Robert Alan Cook
Friday, June 27, 2025Susan (Cowan) Knebel
November 2022Sandra Kessler Woodward
March 19, 20251961
February 25, 20251962
September 27, 2023Alice (Fry) Run Lanntair
March 15, 2025
May 23, 2025
June 29, 20241963
July 6, 20251964
David Swain
March 14, 20241965
Robert Chartoff
March 16, 2022
August 21, 2025Naomi Weinstein
April 27, 20251968
December 30, 2022
July 2, 20241969
September 14, 20241971
Mary Fischer
November 2024
July 28, 2022
February 6, 20251972
July 23, 2025
December 28, 20241973
July 15, 20251980
Paula Whitney Best
20251983
July 1, 2025
May 5, 20251987
January 17, 20251991
February 11, 20252000
May 15, 20252007
Phillip K. Jones II
May 22, 20252023
Heidi Scott
June 5, 2025
The following list of losses appeared in the Spring 2025 91直播 Alumni Magazine. Online obituaries (where available) are linked from a person鈥檚 name.
*Please note this list represents losses that have been reported to OAM between December 12, 2024, and February 12, 2025. Any losses received after that will appear in a future issue.
Former Faculty/Staff/Affiliates
, Instructor, 91直播 College's Sociology Department, 1959-1961
January 2025
Carl Gerber 鈥58, President of the 91直播 Alumni Association (1971-72); chair of the Allen Memorial Art Museum Visiting Committee (2008-2024); Alumni Medal Winner (2008)
No date given
91直播 Alums
V12
April 13, 20231943
December 23, 20241946
April 20, 20201948
December 16, 2024Y1949
Jean Van Tuyl Elliott
December 18, 20241950
January 2, 20251952
Robert Rexford Chamberlain
April 12, 2024Berthaida Fairbanks
May 19, 2024
September 6, 2024
November 30, 2024
December 18, 2024
January 15, 20251955
Louise Fowler
No date given1957
Alice Ann (Kroc) Hattemer
January 2025
October 25, 20241959
January 2, 2018
February 18, 20171960
September 25, 20241963
September 1, 2024Richard Railsback
December 13, 20241964
March 9, 2021
May 17, 2020
October 7, 2019
August 20221965
November 15, 20241967
November 29, 2024
April 29, 20241971
December 8, 20241976
Arthurie Lemise Buraimoh
May 21, 2024
September 6, 20241977
October 2, 2024
December 7, 20231982
July 12, 20241994
October 14, 2024
The following list of losses appeared in the Fall 2024 91直播 Alumni Magazine. Online obituaries (where available) are linked from a person鈥檚 name.
Former Faculty/Staff/Affiliates
, professor of Russian; chairman, department of German and Russian, 1970鈥1983
October 14, 2023
, vice president and dean of students; director of the Multicultural Resource Center (MRC), 2004鈥2016
June 4, 2024
, historian and author who helped found the 91直播 College Affiliate Scholar Program; 91直播 College Archives volunteer
November 7, 2024
Alison Ricker, head of the Science Library, 1983鈥2023
May 14, 2024
Joseph Schwartz, professor of piano, 1960鈥1998
February 13, 2024
Shirley 鈥淢ama 鈥橲co鈥 Sikora, Dionysus Disco night manager, 1983鈥2020
June 3, 2024
91直播 Alums
1944
November 22, 20241946
November 16, 2019
April 15, 20241947
Mineko Sasahara Avery
February 1, 2024
November 15, 2024
May 27, 20241948
July 12, 2023V12
May 28, 20241949
January 21, 20231951
June 13, 2022Susanne Cottier
No date givenMarion Czar
November 15, 20211952
April 19, 2024
August 12, 2024
January 23, 2021
May 22, 2024
September 25, 20241953
March 16, 2024
November 24, 2024
February 8, 2024BJ Ursin
No date given1955
May 24, 2024
June 2, 2024
June 25, 2024Judith Marie
July 13, 2024Jessica Ann (Perry) Slosser
September 8, 2024
September 17, 20241956
March 16, 2024
May 30, 2024Sue Wagner
October 2021Martha Warnock
February 2022William 鈥淏ill鈥 Wittig
August 17, 20241957
July 13, 2024
January 18, 2022
October 15, 20241958
October 11, 2024
October 28, 2024
April 15, 2022Joyce (Martin) Wilson
September 21, 20241959
June 6, 2024
June 22, 2024
September 19, 2022
May 24, 2024Roberta A. Skerrett
July 8, 2023
June 21, 20241960
July 13, 2022Judd Kessler
October 24, 2024Suzanne (Brown) Kilczewski
No date givenJohn P. Mayer
September 10, 2024
May 20, 2022
January 24, 20241961
May 26, 2024Harry Lewis Patterson
June 7, 2024James S. 鈥淛im鈥 Wolfe
October 30, 20231962
November 15, 2024
March 15, 2024
February 2, 2023
January 29, 2024
August 8, 2024
June 21, 2024
October 6, 20241963
February 12, 2024Kim Allen Herzinger
August 18, 2023
July 20, 2024
January 17, 20241964
William Henry Zachry
June 19, 20231966
Barbara Kohler
December 8, 20221967
October 13, 20241968
June 21, 2024James R. Bartlett
March 31, 2021
June 5, 2024
June 3, 20241970
Michael Skinner
December 20201971
October 24, 20241972
August 23, 20241976
May 21, 2024Judith Strong
November 16, 20231977
November 12, 20241978
May 8, 20241979
August 28, 20241981
July 28, 20241983
August 21, 2024Dr. Suzette L. Speight
August 29, 20241990
November 28, 20242002
July 14, 2024
The following list of losses appeared in the Summer 2024 91直播 Alumni Magazine. Online obituaries (where available) are linked from a person鈥檚 name.
Former Faculty/Staff/Affiliates
Marcia Colish, a professor of history at 91直播 from 1963 to 2001.
April 9, 2024
Tom Sherman 鈥56, who taught biology at 91直播 for 30 years.
April 9, 2024.
91直播 Alums
1938
Jean Moore
November 20211942
January 21, 20241943
January 17, 20241948
April 18, 20241949
Howard Y.C. Hew
2018
March 4, 2024
February 22, 20241950
February 23, 20241951
March 28, 2024Thomas West
September 20, 20191952
April 19, 2024
February 17, 20231955
April 22, 2024Albert Hirsch
no date given1958
August 5, 2023
February 17, 2024
March 13, 20241960
February 5, 2023
May 29, 20191961
Guerri Finnigan
March 30, 20241962
March 15, 20241963
Larry Culp
no date given
November 15, 20231964
Tim Hiatt
March 12, 2024
March 3, 20241965
January 26, 2024
March 16, 20241969
March 10, 20241970
March 17, 2024John Merritt Hunter
January 20241971
Timothy Vincent Clark
January 19, 20231972
January 9, 20241978
July 24, 2023Angela Williams
March 30, 20211983
January 15, 2022
How to Submit Losses
Our alumni have asked 91直播 to share news of classmates passing in a more timely way, a request that can鈥檛 often be accommodated in OAM, which publishes three times a year. Moving forward, we will link to online obituaries published by a newspaper, funeral home, or legacy website in a dedicated website page. This will offer readers a more timely announcement and a more complete picture of the lives and accomplishments of our deceased community members.
Going forward, please submit death notices by emailing alum.mag@oberlin.edu with the link to a published online obituary or a letter confirming the date of death. Please type 鈥淟osses鈥 in the subject line and include the class year of the deceased. You can also mail a printed obituary to:
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