Deaths

In Remembrance

We remember Creighton University faculty and Jesuits who have recently passed.*

Jerry Hoffman, PhD, former associate professor of history, College of Arts and Sciences; Oct. 31, 2018

Salvatore “Sam” Greco, PhD, dean emeritus, School of Pharmacy and Health Professions; Dec. 30, 2018

*Faculty and Jesuits who are Creighton alumni are listed in the Alumni Deaths section of the magazine.

1939

Leonard C. Schenk, BSPha, Wichita, Kansas, Jan. 14, 2019.

1941

Lt. Gen. Leo J. Dulacki, USMC (Ret.), BS, Sun City West, Arizona, Jan. 4, 2019.

Alphonse C. Dundis, BS, Omaha, Nov. 8, 2018.

1942

John A. Edney, ARTS, Elkhorn, Nebraska, Dec. 24, 2018.

1944

Irene Konat Delehant, BA, San Francisco, Nov. 28, 2018.

1945

Alice Appel Duwal, BSPha, Chula Vista, California, Jan. 11, 2019.

Joseph H. Grier, ARTS, Omaha, Feb. 5, 2019.

Rita McAleer McCallan, SJN, Golden, Colorado, Nov. 2, 2017.

1947

Fannie Miller Alpert, BSChm, Hamden, Connecticut, Oct. 25, 2018.

Grace Maher Hebenstreit, SCN, Omaha, Jan. 2, 2019.

1949

Rosemary Brown, ARTS, Omaha, Jan. 13, 2019.

Paul G. McDermott, BS, Omaha, Nov. 16, 2018.

Edward J. Mohanna, BS, Greenville, South Carolina, Nov. 6, 2018.

Wallace J. Rose, BS, Lincoln, Nebraska, Oct. 20, 2018.

1950

John H. Herfordt, BS, Omaha, Dec. 30, 2018.

George A. Janousek, ARTS, O’Neill, Nebraska, Dec. 22, 2017.

Edward J. Ramm, ARTS, Omaha, Oct. 26, 2018.

1951

Frank B. Svoboda, JD, Lincoln, Nebraska, Jan. 30, 2019.

Valerie Schott Theisen, SJN, Omaha, Dec. 16, 2018.

1952

Donald J. Dougherty, BUSADM, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Jan. 3, 2019.

1953

Joseph R. Becky, MD, Denver, Oct. 30, 2018.

Phyllis Dreier Langenfeld, SJN, Omaha, Dec. 22, 2018.

Rosanne Kenny O’Harra, ARTS, Des Moines, Iowa, Oct. 31, 2018.

1954

Joseph A. Barkett, MD, La Jolla, California, Nov. 15, 2018.

John W. Goebel, JD, Lincoln, Nebraska, July 16, 2018.

Kathleen Keating Strubert, BS, St. Louis, July 5, 2018.

1955

Lawrence D. McGuire, BS, Pittsburgh, April 23, 2017.

Mary Wilson Sedlacek, SJN, Buffalo, Wyoming, Feb. 9, 2019.

1956

James E. Bender, ARTS, Carter Lake, Iowa, Jan. 20, 2019.

Patrick C. Krell, BS, Omaha, Jan. 10, 2019.

Dr. Ronald J. Oard, MA, Palm Desert, California, Nov. 13, 2018.

1957

Richard E. Croker, JD, Omaha, Jan. 2, 2019.

Loren Fraser, MLN, Omaha, Feb. 4, 2019.

Leonard T. Higgins, BS’53, DDS, Omaha, Jan. 23, 2019.

J. Tom Lalley, ARTS, Omaha, Oct. 17, 2018.

1958

Peggy Rosse Eledge, BS, Papillion, Nebraska, Jan. 17, 2019.

Robert E. Mulcahy, BSBA, Omaha, Feb. 17, 2019.

Dr. Betty Patterson Tarsitano, SJN’52, BSN, Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin, Nov. 9, 2018.

1959

Lynn I. DeMarco, BS’55, MD, Leawood, Kansas, Feb. 15, 2019.

Helen A. Harvey, BS, Omaha, Jan. 17, 2019.

Gene A. Peters, BS, Sun City, Arizona, Dec. 20, 2018.

Harold L. Rock, BS’54, JD, Omaha, Nov. 4, 2018.

1960

Patricia Mangan Guenther, BSMT, Chandler, Arizona, Jan. 26, 2019.

Martha Casey Koeppen, ARTS, Omaha, Jan. 27, 2019.

1961

Richard S. Campisi, DDS, San Jose, California, Jan. 28, 2019.

Dr. Richard E. Kelly, ARTS, La Jolla, California, Feb. 4, 2019.

Robert E. Langenfeld, DDS, Carroll, Iowa, Jan. 31, 2019.

1962

Thomas M. Lickteig, BA, Minneapolis, Feb. 2, 2019.

E. Robert McCabe, BA, Ballwin, Missouri, Feb. 10, 2019.

1963

Richard A. Cirone, MD, San Jose, California, Oct. 19, 2018.

1964

Francis J. Munch, BA’61, MA, St. Columbans, Nebraska, Feb. 27, 2018.

Paul V. Smith, BSChm’59, MS, West Hills, California, Dec. 4, 2018.

1965

R. Dennis Mailliard, BA, Omaha, Dec. 14, 2018.

1966

Margaret Stastny Laughlin, BSBA, Imogene, Iowa, Jan. 15, 2019.

Janet D. Teresko, BA, Harvard, Massachusetts, Aug. 26, 2018.

1967

John V. Hrupek, BA, Omaha, Nov. 13, 2018.

Melissa Starr Scarpitti, BA, Dallas, Dec. 28, 2018.

Patricia C. Wilkins, BS, Orlando, Florida, Dec. 21, 2018.

1968

Dr. Paula Kienberger Jaudes, BS, Chicago, June 16, 2018.

John D. Postlewait, BS, Shawnee, Kansas, November 2018.

1969

Regina Wolpert Ratino, BA, Sioux City, Iowa, Nov. 20, 2018.

Dennis M. Shaughnessy, BS’63, MS’65, MD, Midland, Texas, Oct. 10, 2018.

Terrence M. Tracy, BSBA, Marietta, Georgia, Nov. 9, 2018.

1970

Vincent Moragues Jr., BS’67, MSEdu, Papillion, Nebraska, Feb. 5, 2019.

1971

Robert S. Fox, BS’66, MD, Lincoln, Nebraska, Feb. 4, 2019.

William A. Sellgren, MBA, Omaha, Oct. 19, 2018.

Richard W. Todd, JD, Vienna, Virginia, Dec. 7, 2017.

James A. Vorel, BA, Valley, Nebraska, Nov. 27, 2018.

1972

Roger R. Holthaus, JD, Omaha, Dec. 18, 2018.

Thomas C. Marfisi, BA’69, JD, Omaha, Dec. 31, 2018.

1973

James F. Dolezal, BSPha’59, MD, Carson City, Nevada, Dec. 19, 2018.

Thomas W. Leach, MD, San Francisco, Oct. 20, 2018.

Ronald G. Pomante, MD, Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, Dec. 3, 2018.

1974

Kathleen Huber Higley, BA, Overland Park, Kansas, Dec. 6, 2018.

1975

Carmen Alba Bracken, BS, Bellevue, Nebraska, Nov. 22, 2018.

Michael J. Javoronok, JD, Scottsbluff, Nebraska, Oct. 14, 2018.

1976

Luke I. McCormick, BS, Waterloo, Nebraska, Nov. 26, 2018.

1978

Rev. Verle E. Holsteen, MS, Somerset, Wisconsin, Jan. 6, 2019.

Rev. Emmett F. Meyer, MChrSp, Sioux City, Iowa, Dec. 3, 2018.

1979

James W. Becker, BA’74, DDS, Elkhorn, Nebraska, Nov. 7, 2018.

James F. McGruder, ARTS, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Nov. 2, 2018.

1981

Lawrence J. Schulenberg, MS, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Dec. 18, 2018.

1982

Patrick W. Maguire, BA, St. Louis, June 26, 2018.

1983

Robert J. Wolff, BSBA, Omaha, Jan. 9, 2019.

1984

Neal R. Gorrin, MD, Emerald Hills, California, Sept. 24, 2017.

1990

Raymond P. Herweg, MBA, Lincoln, Nebraska, Oct. 29, 2018.

1991

Rev. Victor-Luke Odhiambo, SJ, MA’90, MS, Nairobi, Kenya, Nov. 15, 2018.

1992

Mia Haberstick Kohlmeier, BA, Gretna, Nebraska, Feb. 12, 2019.

1995

Leigh Ann Kennedy, JD, Iowa City, Iowa, Dec. 14, 2018.

Graham C. Noble, PharmD, Shawnee, Kansas, Nov. 2, 2018.

1998

Gary L. Mincher, DPT, Versailles, Indiana, July 7, 2017.

Jessica Anderson Nielsen, BSN, Bennington, Nebraska, Jan. 6, 2019.

2002

Jock R. Stevick, DDS, Minot, North Dakota, Feb. 7, 2018.

2013

Karen F. Cook, EdD, Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, Feb. 1, 2019.