Harry R. Burd '27, Aaronsburg, Pa., 1995. He taught school for 13 years. For many years he served as Centre County register of wills and clerk of orphans' court. He also was chief clerk to the Centre County commissioners, and a member of many community and civic organizations and St. John's Lutheran Church in Millheim, Pa.
Elizabeth Hauser '28 Kinsel, Belfast, Maine, July 12, 2000. She had been a church organist and music teacher when she lived in Pennsylvania. She was a member of First Church in Belfast and a former member of United Methodist Church, Newton, Maine, where she was a member of the women's fellowship group and a pianist with the Sunday school. She was a member of the Newtonville Women's Club and the Eastern Star.
Rebecca Foster '29 Burtnette, Pittsburgh, Pa., May 22, 2000. She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, Juniata, Pa., and had attended St. Matthew's Lutheran Church in Pittsburgh. She was a member of Eastern Star.
Eleanor Coons '29 Crouse, New Bern, N.C., formerly of Dry Run, Pa., August 6, 2000. She had been a schoolteacher in the Bellefonte and Dry Run areas of Pennsylvania. She was a member of Upper Path Valley United Presbyterian Church, Spring Run, Pa. She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert W. Crouse '29.
Walter D. Strandquest '32, Johnstown, Pa., July 28, 2000. An accomplished artist and pianist, he played with several dance orchestras during the Big Band era and composed many original scores. He retired as an inspector at Bethlehem Steel
Mildred Griesemer '33 Snyder, Bedford, Pa., formerly of Selinsgrove, Pa., September 15, 2000. She taught at Hustontown in Fulton County and then Bedford High School until her retirement in 1973. She was an active volunteer with Retired and Senior Volunteer Program and also worked as a volunteer at Homewood Retirement Center in Martinsburg, Pa. She was a member of St. John's United Church of Christ in Bedford for 57 years, and a member of various educational organizations. Among the survivors is her sister, Mary Griesemer '35 Searer.
Bruce F. Worthington '33, Venice, Fla., May 24, 2000. He earned his master's degree from New York University. He was a chemistry teacher in Yonkers, N.Y., from 1934 to 1963, and in Cocoa, Fla., from 1963 to 1968. In 1964, he was one of 50 science teachers in the U.S. and Canada to receive the Shell Oil Company Fellowship to Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y. In 1965, he received a National Science Foundation Scholarship to Bucknell University. He was a professor of science at Brevard College in Cocoa from 1968 until his retirement in 1976 when he was designated professor emeritus. While at Brevard, he developed a course in meteorology required for certain members of NASA. He served as a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He was a member of Grace United Methodist Church in Venice, Fla. Among the survivors is his wife, Marian Walborn '33 Worthington.
Hugh Handford '34, Connellsville, Pa., July 18, 2000. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He was a retired vice president of Gallatin National Bank where he worked from 1954 to 1973. He had also been affiliated with the Second National Bank of Connellsville, the First National Bank of Irwin and the Boardwalk National Bank of Atlantic City, N.J. He was a member of the Freemasons, the Irwin Kiwanis, the Connellsville Rotary, the Chamber of Commerce and the Connellsville Industrial Enterprises. He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Connellsville.
Gwendolyn Schlegel '36 Kramer, Landenberg, Pa., November 2, 2000. Her political and community activity was essential to the establishment of the White Clay Conservation Area in southern Chester County. She received the first annual White Clay Watershed Association Award. She was preceded in death by one brother, Marvin W. Schlegel '28.
Helen Gundrum '37 Sprout, Picture Rocks, Pa., June 27, 2000. She taught English and Latin at Picture Rock High School from 1937 to 1940, and French and Latin at Otto Township from 1940 to 1942. She retired in 1977 after teaching French and Latin at Hughesville High School for 20 years. She was preceded in death by one sister, Sara Jane Gundrum '47 Hillegas. Among the survivors is one brother, Eugene H. Gundrum '48.
Janet A. Long '40, Port Royal, Pa., July 19, 2000. She earned a master's degree in business from Columbia University. She was a commercial teacher in Mifflintown, Pa.
John F. Adams '42, Westlake, Ohio, August 28, 2000. He served in the U.S. Army in the European theatre of operations during World War II. He was employed in the accounting division of U.S. Steel Corporation for 32 years at various locations. He was an active member of Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Westlake. Among the survivors is his wife, Dorothy Williamson '43 Adams.
June Jerore '43 Sivick, Camp Hill, Pa., June 16, 2000. She was a member of Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church in Highland Park, Pa. Among the survivors is her husband, Dr. Edward M. Sivick '39.
Maryruthe Sell '44 Brobyn, Bloomsburg, Pa., September 20, 2000. She was a 50-year member of Wesley United Methodist Church, Bloomsburg, and had been active in many volunteer organizations. She was a member of both the Bloomsburg Hospital and Geisinger auxiliary and was the first president of the Bloomsburg Junior Women's Club. She and her husband, Jack, had celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary on June 6, 2000. Among the survivors is her daughter, E. Lynn Brobyn '77.
Sister Edna McVicker '45, Gladwyne, Pa., September 10, 2000. From 1945 to 1947, she was a general parish worker at St. Matthew Lutheran Church in Philadelphia, Pa., and then from 1947 to 1951 at St. Matthew Lutheran Church, in Bloomsburg, Pa. She served Moxham Lutheran Church in Johnstown, Pa., from 1951 to 1961. She then served the Lutheran Social Missions in Colorado, S.C., and Wisconsin. She retired in 1978.
Charlotte Smith '46 Harrison, Morrisville, Pa., October 31, 2000. She was employed as an administrator of plasma at Princeton University Physics Lab for 25 years. She was a member of the Morrisville United Methodist Church, where she belonged to the United Methodist Women's Group. She was also a volunteer at the Morrisville Free Public Library.
Donald R. Leach '46, Selinsgrove, Pa., September 23, 2000. He served in the Army in World War II with the 648th engineers in Australia and the Philippines. He was employed for The Daily Item in Sunbury, Pa., for 37 years before retiring in 1987. He was a member of the American Legion, the Sunbury Social Club and DH&L Fire Company. Among the survivors are his brothers, John R. '47 and Clayton E. '56.
Louis P. Apriceno '48, Staten Island, N.Y., September 20, 2000. He served in the Army's 30th Infantry during World War II and was awarded the Purple Heart. He was an accountant before retiring in 1987.
Frank A. Zeidler '48, Homosassa Springs, Fla., May 16, 2000. A World War II veteran, he served as a Navy frogman, now the Seals. He was retired as personnel manager of Oakite Products. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Ruth Williams '47 Zeidler. Among the survivors is his sister-in-law, Elaine Williams '49 Barner.
Marland P. Boyer '49, Pottsville, Pa., October 28, 2000. He was a Navy veteran of World War II, serving in the Pacific and Philippines Theater of Operations. He formerly lived in Lafayette, Ga., from 1964 to 1993, relocating to Pottsville in 1993. He was manager at the former Philips-Van Heusen shirt factory, Pottsville. He was manager of Public Shirt Co., Myerstown, and retired as manager of Pennsylvania Shirt factory, Macon, Ga. He was a former member of Trinity Lutheran Church and a former member of AMVETS, both of Pottsville.
Irma Strawbridge '49 Hallenbeck, Alexandria, Va., July 20, 2000. As president of the local sorority Omega Delta Sigma, she played a major role in introducing the first national sorority to campus by paving the way for conversion of ODS to Alpha Delta Pi during the academic year following her graduation. Prior to marriage, she was a staff member of the Pennsylvania Joint State Government Commission. She accompanied her husband on military assignments in the U.S. and overseas.
John E. Diehl '52, Shepherdstown, W. Va., October 5, 2000. He was a teaching assistant at Pennsylvania State University from 1952 to 1954. He earned his master's degree in science from Penn State. He served in the Army from 1954 to 1956 as a biochemist in the Army Chemical Center in Maryland and served in the Korean War. He was a research assistant at Penn State from 1956 to 1959 earning his doctorate in 1960. He was a senior research biochemist at the Virginia Institute for Scientific Research in Richmond, Va., and an assistant professor of chemistry at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pa. In 1965, he became chemistry professor at Shepherd College, and later, department head of chemistry until his retirement in 1991. He was a member of New Street United Methodist Church, Shepherdstown. He was preceded in death by his wife, Maxine Chambers '52 Diehl.
James M. "Mike" Rising '54, Selinsgrove, Pa., August 29, 2000. While at Susquehanna University, he played football on the undefeated team coached by Amos Alonzo Stagg Sr. and his son, Amos Alonzo Stagg Jr. He was inducted into the university's Sports Hall of Fame. He served in the Army Air Corps during peacetime. He was employed as the director of construction and properties for Weis Markets, retiring in 1994. He was a member of the Selinsgrove Borough Council and a past member of the Selinsgrove school planning board. He was active with Habitat for Humanity and was the past Democratic chairman for Snyder County.
Elsie Gruber '56 Gormley, Philadelphia, Pa., September 6, 2000. During her four years at Susquehanna, Elsie was active in almost every campus organization and she graduated at the head of her class. Elsie did some substitute teaching. She was active with the Philadelphia chapter of the Alumni Association. She established the Gruber Library for the Endowment for the Humanities. Among the survivors is her husband, James '55.
Joseph J. Scully '57, Wenonah, N.J., April 9,1999. He was a veteran of the Korean War. He was retired from IMPAC Ltd., as vice president of operations-North America. He had been a consultant with Hill International, vice president of manufacturing with Rodale Manufacturing, vice president with General Engines, lab technician with Shell Laboratory Chemical Company, and an agent with Metropolitan Insurance. His wife, Betty Ann Ormond '58 Scully, died July 21, 2000.
Betty Ann Ormond '58 Scully, Wenonah, N.J., July 21, 2000. She was tax collector, chief financial officer and business manager for the Borough of Wenonah for 19 years. She was a member of the Women's Auxiliary of the American Legion Post, Wenonah Historical Society and the Underwood Hospital Auxiliary. She had been a secretary at Allentown Sacred Heart Hospital, a secretary with State Farm Insurance, a substitute teacher at Wenonah, a business teacher at Deptford High School. She was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph J. Scully '57.
Leonard R. Betkoski '62, Wanamie, Pa., May 12, 2000. In 1962, he went to Hawaii to be a Peace Corp trainee. From 1963 to 1970, he taught social studies in Franklin, N.J. He earned a master's degree in guidance from Marywood College. From 1972 until 1998, he was a guidance counselor at the Greater Nanticoke Area High School. He also was a counselor and evening administrator at Luzerne County Community College from 1984 to 1998. He was a member of the Tri-Parish Community of St. Dennis Church in Glen Lyon, Pa., and a life member of Pennsylvania State Education Teachers Association.
James A. Gibney '65, Ambler, Pa., June 19, 2000. He signed a professional baseball contract with the Kansas City Athletics and pitched for their rookie league team at Shelby, N.C. He then taught science at Arthur L. Johnson Regional High School in Clark, N.J., and was the varsity line coach. In 1970, he became a systems specialist with R.C.A. in East Orange, N.J. In 1981, he was the marketing manager, Sperry Univac, Blue Bell, Pa. Among the survivors is his wife, Sally Stephenson '65 Gibney.
Frank J. Tharp '65, Reston, Va., October 22, 2000. He had been employed by Sperry-Rand Co., Eastman Kodak and, at the time of his death, by Computer Sciences Corp., Falls Church, Va. He had been the West District scout executive of the Susquehanna Valley Area Council, Boy Scouts of America, from 1965 to 1968.
Thomas R. Buell '66, formerly of Genesco, N.Y., July 23, 2000. He was president and owner of Buell Oil Company.
Peter J. Lang '70, Green Lane, Pa., October 4, 2000. Most recently, he was employed as a salesman by the Goodyear Tire Store in Norristown, Pa. Prior to that, he worked as a car salesman for various area agencies. He also worked in sales at Gimbles Department Store in King of Prussia and Philadelphia and the Clover Store in Center Square. He attended Finland Mennonite Church.
Richard C. Abbott '72, Etters, Pa., October 30, 2000. He was a steelworker in the Steelton plant of Bethlehem Steel Corp., and a member of the steelworkers union.
David W. Nesbit '75, Fayetteville, N.C., June 20, 2000. He had been a respiratory therapist.
Rodney J. Bamford '84, Doylestown, Pa., October 12, 2000. He was a partner and consultant with K.P.M.G. Consulting in Radnor, Pa. He was a member of St. Paul's United Church of Christ in Northampton, Pa. He was an active member of Habitat for Humanity and the Alzheimer Association.
Douglas E. McKenna '89, North Plainfield, N.J., July 9, 2000. He was a financial consultant, Merrill Lynch, Somerset, N.J. He was also an insurance representative for Met Life Insurance Company. He was an Eagle Scout and served as the assistant scout leader. He was a member of the Watchung Avenue Presbyterian Church of North Plainfield.
Alexander W. Dunn '92, Alexandria, Va., August 25, 2000.
Dr. Raymond J. Buchko, of Gibsonia, Pa., April 14, 2000. He was principal of Deer Lakes High School, Russellton, Pa. Formerly of Selinsgrove, he was a music teacher in the Selinsgrove Area School District from 1970 to 1985 where he supervised numerous student teachers and interns from Susquehanna University.
