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In Memory Naomi Fogle ’28 Bennett, Fredericksburg, Va., Jan. 10, 2007. She taught school in the Allegany County, Md., school system for nearly 40 years. She taught French, American history and English, and was a drama teacher and yearbook supervisor, but her greatest pleasure was the library at Fort Hill High School in Cumberland, Md. Grace Lauer ’30, Mount Carmel, Pa., August 2, 2006. She was a teacher, principal and librarian in the Ashland school system. Arline Marshall ’37 Iorio, Escondido, Calif., Oct. 11, 2006. She taught business courses at the Medical Arts College. Charles A. Bailey ’42, Lewisburg, Pa., August 17, 2006. He was an ordained minister with the Evangelical United Brethren Church which later merged with the United Methodist Church. He was a circuit preacher, serving 27 churches on ten different charges in central Pennsylvania. Robert H. Messner ’42, Lititz, Pa., Oct. 22, 2006. He served in the Army during World War II from 1943 to 1946 and attained the rank of sergeant. He taught math and Latin in the Shikellamy School District from 1946 until his retirement in 1985 after 39 years of service. He also served as department supervisor of math from 1979 to 1981 and as the math coordinator from 1980 to 1982. He especially enjoyed coaching the junior high basketball team. Dorothy Dellecker ’43 Hochstuhl, Bloomfield, N.J., Nov. 11, 2006. She was a teacher, organist and gallery owner. She taught music in Frackville, Pa., High School and at Franklin School in Bloomfield, N.J. She owned the Ludlow Thorston Gallery in Bay Head. She was an organist and choir director at the Brookdale Reformed Church. She also served as a church elder and hospital volunteer. Her husband, Raymond Hochstuhl ’47 preceded her in death. She is survived by her son, Robert Hochstuhl ’70. James B. Reilly ’49, Denville, N.J., Jan. 1, 2007. He is survived by his wife, Marilyn Beers ’51 Reilly. Fred E. Hazeltine ’50, Georgetown, Del., Aug. 7, 2006. He served stateside during World War II. He worked for Liberty Mutual in downtown Philadelphia. He built an enterprise of seven family restaurants of his own franchise, Hungries, and owned two additional Pappy’s franchise restaurants. Jay S. Auker ’43, Mifflintown, Pa., Dec. 22, 2006. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II, having served in the European and Pacific Theater on the battleship U.S.S. Nevada. He was the fifth-generation owner and operator of Mifflintown Marble and Granite Works, which had been in his family since 1851. Ruth Beer ’43 Schaffner, Paradise Township, Pa., Dec. 13, 2006. She worked in the billing department of Pocono Medical Center, and for Home Health Care in Stroudsburg. She also provided private home health care for many years. Mark W. Shuey ’50, Delaware Water Gap, Pa., June 28, 2006. Walter L. Brandau ’51, St. Petersburg, Fla., Dec. 7, 2006. He was a retired pastor of the Upper Susquehanna Synod. He had served Espy-Hidlay Parish, Bloomsburg, Pa.; Holy Trinity, Berlin, Pa.; Trinity, Milton, Pa.; Mt. Calvary, Johnstown, Pa.; and St. Mark, Williamsport, Pa. During his retirement years, he served as interim pastor and supply pastor for a number of congregations in the Upper Susquehanna Synod as well as in Florida. Joyce Miller ’53 Leunes, Honesdale, Pa., August 26, 2006. She was retired from Wayne Highlands School District as a secretary at Honesdale High School. Chalmers Bartlow ’58, Sunbury, Pa., Jan. 6, 2007. He was an investigator for the U.S. Department of Labor and a personnel manager for Young Door Co. in Sunbury. He was an oil artist, stained glass artist, and a photographer. He is survived by his son, Mark Bartlow ’83. Robert A. Welker ’61, Calabash, N.C., Dec. 3, 2006. He served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War. He was an auditor and senior manager for the United States General Accounting Office in Washington, D.C. Jane Beers ’63 Holloway, Allentown, Pa., July 30, 2006. She was an educator for the East Penn School District, teaching at Emmaus High School for 30 years. Joyce Steinberg ’64 Derby, Elwyn, Pa., Oct. 24, 2006. Pamela J. Kay ’64, Colchester, Vt., Dec. 20, 2006. She taught students of diverse backgrounds in Danbury and Greenwich, Conn. In the 1970s, she moved to Manchester, Vt., to direct the Girl Scout district’s training and operations, where she shared her lifelong enthusiasm for camping. She was a Big Sister and joined Room for One More, where she gained friends experienced in managing challenging adoptions. In 1981, she successfully fought a judiciary averse to single parent adoption so that she might adopt a pair of brothers, aged seven and eight, from a detrimental environment. She was employed at the University of Vermont research office. Clark B. “Duke” Schenck Jr. ’64, West Penn Township, Schuylkill County, Pa., Dec. 11, 2006. He taught German at Cumberland Valley High School in Mechanicsburg, Pa., from 1964 until January 1980. He worked as an outside salesman for Perfect School Plans, later known as QSP Inc., until retiring in 2003. He and his wife, Susan, owned and operated the Corner Delikatessen in New Ringgold from 1986 until the late 1990s. He is survived by his son, Kurt Schenck ’06. Russell B. Rawlings ’65, Bethlehem, Pa., June 27, 2006. He served with the Navy during the Cuban Missile Crisis on the U.S.S. Tutuilla, attaining the rank of Petty Officer First Class. He worked for Beth Energy of the Bethlehem Steel Corp. for 27 years. He retired in 1994 as manager of the coal sales division. He was a sales representative of B&F Enterprises of New Jersey. Sharon Riley ’66 Milne, Chesapeake City, Md., July 5, 2006. For more than 25 years, she was staff accountant with Robert Parrack, CPA, preparing tax returns and financial statements. She also worked part-time as office manager at North East Animal Hospital. Donald L. Shafer Jr. ’66, Bel Air, Md., March 13, 2006. Jonathan C. Rowe ’69, Pinehurst, N.C., Aug. 23, 2006. He served his country in the United States Army from 1966 to 1970, including one year of service in Vietnam. He was in the pharmacy profession, then worked for Corning Inc., from which he retired in 2002. He then was employed by Coty in Sanford, N.C. Robert C. Shiffer ’72, Carlisle, Pa., Sept. 29, 2006. From 1975 to 2001, he was the chief chemist at Carlisle Tire and Wheel and from 2001 until recently he was the director of research and development at Carlisle SynTec. He is survived by his daughter, Kara Shiffer ’00. John Hadley ’74, Pittsburgh, Pa., Aug. 14, 2006. He is survived by his wife, Sharon Smith ’75 Hadley. Thomas E. Peachey ’74, Stafford, Va., Jan. 13, 2007. He was retired from the Marines and the Navy. Thomas was a leader of the Boy Scouts of America and an avid golfer. He is survived by his wife, Emily Lees ’70 Peachey. Kevin Henrichson ’86, Plymouth, Wash., Jan. 4, 2006.
The Rev. E. Raymond Shaheen ’37, special assistant to the president of Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, Pa., died on December 12, 2006, in Northumberland, Pa. A pastor and ambassador, Raymond was affectionately referred to as “Padre” within the Susquehanna University family. Raymond was born May 9, 1915, in Williamsport, Pa., the son of Eli Shaheen, a Lebanese immigrant, and his wife, Ida Mae Borack. A graduate of Montoursville High School, he earned a bachelor of arts degree from Susquehanna University in 1937 and a divinity degree from Gettysburg Lutheran Theological Seminary in 1940. That same year, he married the former Winifred Heim. They had two sons, David, who is now pastor of Christ Lutheran Community Church in Upper Darby, Pa., and Jon, who died in 1989. Raymond and Winifred enjoyed nearly 62 years of marriage together until her death in February 2002. Raymond served as pastor of Messiah Lutheran Church in South Williamsport from 1940 until 1956 before moving his family to Silver Spring, Md., where he served as pastor of St. Luke Lutheran Church for 29 years. In addition, he wrote weekly columns for The Grit and Williamsport Sun-Gazette newspapers. During his tenure at St. Luke, Raymond served as Dean of the Washington District of the Maryland Synod and on the Executive Council of the Lutheran Church in America. In addition to this work, he conducted retreat sessions for military chaplains and church pastors, and served as a preacher and evangelist in India and South America. Upon his retirement from St. Luke in 1985, he returned to his alma mater and volunteered for the next 20 years, twice as interim chaplain, in 1986 and 1996, and as special assistant to Susquehanna’s president. His devotion to Susquehanna University was exceptional. He coordinated numerous special events for alumni and students, and was special missioner for various local congregations. In 1990, he founded the Susquehanna University Institute for Lifelong Learning to provide educational and social opportunities for hundreds of older adults in the central Pennsylvania region as well as at branches in York, Pa., and Silver Spring, Md. He guided and nurtured the institute’s growth over the next 11 years, bringing people together for fellowship and personal enrichment, before retiring as director in 2001. Raymond was the inspiration for such awards as the Class of ’37 Scholarship, the Ruth Cunningham Scholarship Fund, the Stephen C. Fiedler Memorial Prize, the Pastor Raymond Shaheen Scholarship Endowment, and the Susquehanna University Institute for Lifelong Learning Scholarship. His achievements were honored in 1999 by the award of an honorary Doctor of Public Service degree from Susquehanna, and in 2002 he received the Alumni Association Award for Service from Susquehanna, in addition to the Alumni Award for Service in a Parish Setting from the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg. He was also awarded an honorary doctorate of divinity from Gettysburg College. Raymond was once quoted as saying, “I try to affirm the worth of every person I meet.” That goal was realized thousands of times over in the interactions he had with friends and first-time acquaintances alike. Raymond was a one-of-a-kind individual who had a special way of making others feel better in his presence. A kind word, an amusing anecdote, a provocative question or an encouraging insight – these were his trademarks. Raymond is survived by a son, the Rev. David Shaheen, his wife, Teri, and two grandsons, Timothy and Christopher. Memorial contributions may be made to Susquehanna University, 514 University Avenue, Selinsgrove, Pa. 17870, and will be added to existing scholarship funds honoring the Shaheen family. Share your memories of “Padre” on a special |
