Classmates Passed On

This page contains the classmates who have passed on.  Where the word "Photo," "Obit" or "Info" appears, just click on it with your left mouse button and you will be sent to our classmate's Annual photo, obituary or information on their passing.  Those who view this page and have more information on classmates who have died, please contact Loulie Kent, loulie304@comcast.net, Margie James Perna, amperna5@gmail.com, or Judi Fowler Quagliaroli, judi.quagliaroli@gmail.com, and pass on the information.

ITHACA HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF ‘61
IN MEMORIAM

Because of website limitations, the list of classmates who have passed on is now divided up into groups of fifty. The last 10 to 12 openings are blank, to make adding future deaths in alphabetical order simpler.

GROUP 1

  1. Richard W. Anderson (Obit)   February 20, 2019
  2. Wayne Douglas Arthur (Obit) June 17, 2022
  3. Carrie Joan Baker (Himko) (Obit)-----September 4, 2017
  4. Dale W. Baker (Obit)----- May 16, 2019
  5. Jack Truman Baker(Obit)----- August 7, 2022
  6. Patricia Ann Baker (MacDougall) (Obit)----- November 19, 2009
  7. Lewis Clarence Beardsley, Jr. (Photo)----- May 22, 2002
  8. Linda Marie Begent (Leagans) (Obit)-----  June 12, 2004
  9. Marilyn K. Belcher (Whisman) (Obit)----- December 13, 2017
  10. James Waldo Bell (Obit)----- March 22, 2021
  11. Dale Eugene Benninger (Obit)----- February 26, 2022
  12. Karen Marie Berg (Obit)----- October 27, 2010
  13. Henry G. Bethe (Obit) ----- June 7, 2015
  14. Donna Josephine Birdsall (Inman) (Obit)----- May 29, 2016
  15. Virginia Ann Bishop (Spadaro) (Obit)----- January 21, 2001
  16. Harold Allen Boda (Obit)----- April 17, 2015
  17. Roberta Lucille Boda (Beach) (Obit)----- January 22, 2008
  18. Arthur Woodward Booth II (Obit)----- August 1, 2008
  19. Erik Van Wyck Brauner (Obit)----- July 11, 1999
  20. Richard Dana Brotherton (Obit)----- May 20, 1970 
  21. Edward Daniel Brown (Photo)----- June 15, 2001
  22. Helen M. Brown (Harbst) (Obit)----- December 4, 2009
  23. Eileen Burley (Lee) (Obit)----- May 12, 2015
  24. Thomas Richard Burton (Photo)----- September 8, 2002
  25. Robert James Campbell (Obit)----- September 27, 2011
  26. Susan Elizabeth Campbell (Chew) (Info)----- February 5, 1998
  27. Adam Carman (Obit)----- February 16, 2001
  28. Chester Joseph "Chet" Cashman, Jr. (Obit)----- June 9, 2011
  29. Ronald Jerry Cima (Obit)----- September 25, 2018
  30. Carol Jean Conahan (Stonecipher) (Obit)----- February 19, 2005
  31. Francis Arthur Coon (Obit)----- June, 1967
  32. Arthur Douglas Corbin (Obit)-----April 22, 2023
  33. Ida Mae Cornell (Dunham) (Obit) ----- July 15, 2017
  34. Grover Timothy Craig (Obit)----- November 11, 2004
  35. Edwin Charles Crispell (Obit)----- April 3, 2016
  36. Larry L Darrah (Eulogy)----- November 28, 2021
  37. John Lewis David III  (Obit)----- April 9, 2020
  38. Frank Leroy Dean (Obit)----- January 24, 2009
  39. Nordulf Wiking Debye (Obit)----- October 9, 2009 
  40. Kenneth Robert DeGraff (Obit)----- June 10, 2006
  41. James Chaffin De Motte, (Obit)---- Feburary 26, 2022
  42. Linda Kathleen Drew (Struble) (Obit)----- April 29, 2016
  43. Randall Herbert Fairbanks (Obit)----- January 22, 2007
  44. Thomas  Lynn Ferretti (Obit)----- Feburary 5, 2023
  45. Rose Ann Fontana (Obit)----- December 07, 2007
  46. Linda Louise Ford (Onan) (Obit)----- October 8, 2005
  47. John Lee Forgatch (Obit)----- March 16, 2002
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GROUP 2

George A. Kent, 80, of Cambridge, died November 16, 2023 from dementia. Born in Ames, Iowa, the son of George C. and Ruth Olson Kent, he moved with his family to Ithaca, New York as a small child. After graduating from Ithaca High in 1961, George attended the US Naval Academy and graduated first in his class in 1965. A Burke scholar, he received his PhD in applied math from Brown University in 1971. George served 30 years in the Navy, first on five submarines, then in research and development of submarine systems. He retired in 1995 and moved to Cambridge. He worked at Towers Perrin in Boston and became a pension actuary. George tutored math and science at Cambridge Rindge and Latin High School and played tuba in the Cambridge Community Band. An ordained Elder in the Presbyterian Church, George sang in church choirs almost his entire life. George is survived by his loving wife, Mary Louise "Loulie" Hoffman Kent, son George Peter Kent (wife Velida), daughter Elizabeth Louise Kent, and grandchildren, Elina, Georgiy, and Jana Kent, as well as his sister Ann Witztum and brother Thomas Kent. According to his wishes, George will be cremated. A graveside service will take place in Ithaca at the convenience of the family. Posted online on November 17, 2023 Published in The Ithaca Journal

  1. Faye Joan Fowler (Ink) (Obit)----- March 8, 2012
  2. James Lauren Fowler (Obit)----- October 15, 2001
  3. James Richard Free (Obit)----- March 3, 2003
  4. Gust Lucas Freeman (Obit)----- July 21, 2005
  5. Rexford D Furman (Obit)----- June 12, 2021
  6. Richard Allen Gardner (Obit)----- April 23, 2020
  7. Sandra Gee (Barron) (Obit)----- Feb 5, 2011
  8. Stephen Andrew Gilbert (Obit)----- Jan 9, 2006
  9. Danilee Ruth (Gorman) Popensiek (Obit)-----Dec 5, 2021
  10. Richard H Gravelding (Obit) -----January 3, 2023
  11. Edward Frank Greean (Obit)----- Dec 6, 2022
  12. Janet Charlotte Greene (Denham) (Obit)----- Sep 28, 2014
  13. Sandra Sue Greene (Info)----- 1987
  14. William LaMar Greene (Obit)----- April 29, 1982
  15. Stuart Alan Grinnell (Obit)----- October 29, 2020
  16. Herbert Arnold Hall, Jr. (Photo)----- Dec 16, 2000
  17. Nancy Ellen Hamilton (Mize) (Obit)----- Nov 6, 2008
  18. Vernon Lee Hansen (Obit)----- Dec 15, 2016
  19. Susan Marie Harper (Compton) (Obit)----- Oct 17, 2014
  20. Walter Allen Harrington (Info)----- Oct 8, 2001
  21. Barbara Jean Heimlich (Obit)----- June 15, 2012
  22. Donna Rae Henderson (Gerner) (Obit)----- April 30, 2016
  23. Helen Herrmann (Hamilton) (Obit)----- Oct 21,2019
  24. Keith Donald Holcomb  (Obit)----- July 3, 1964
  25. Robert Harrison Holgate, Jr. (Obit)----- October 1963
  26. Richard Lee Hollister (Obit)----- June 19, 2020      
  27. Elaine Marie Holub (Conrad) (Obit)----- Sep 19, 2012
  28. Melvin Louis Holub (Info)----- Jan 18, 2019
  29. Jaquelyn Ruth Hope (Ringer) (Obit)----- Nov 30, 2015
  30. John David Horn (Obit)----- May 29, 2014
  31. Charles Edward Howard (Obit)----- May 1, 2023
  32. Catherine Marie Hughes (Kimpland) (Obit)----- May 7, 2016
  33. Robert John Hutcheson (Obit)----- Sep 12, 2012
  34. Maurene Sue Jessup (Obit)----- Aug 21, 2016
  35. Beverly Ann Johnson (Mix) (Obit)----- Feb 15, 2014
  36. Ottra M. Johnson (Obit)----- July 14, 2017
  37. Robert H. Johnson (Obit)----- June 12, 2014
  38. Thomas Richard "TJ" Joseph (Obit)----- May 14, 2006
  39. Stanley John Jursick (Obit)----- Sep 30, 2014
  40. Lars R. Kallstrom, Sr. (Obit)----- Feb 8, 2016
  41. Oers Ernest Kelemen (Obit)----- July 30, 2011
  42. Alan Thomas Kellogg (Info)----- March 28, 1993
  43. George Alan Kent (Obit)----- Nov 16, 2023
  44. John R. King (Photo)----- Oct 29, 2015
  45. Lee Klaer (Info)----- July 23, 1958
  46. Leah Rae Kobassa (Snow) (Obit)----- Jun 14, 2009
  47. David Graham Leach (Obit)----- Dec 25, 1963


 

GROUP 3

  1. James Richard Lehmer (Info)----- December 2001
  2. Thomas Earl Leonard (Info)----- Spring, 2007
  3. Joyce A. Loomis (Joyce) (Obit)----- January 4, 2014
  4. Thomas Joseph LoPinto (Photo)----- September 21, 2003
  5. Mary Grace Lotito (Curkendall) (Obit)----- June 27, 1963
  6. Alice Rose Lutton (Glover) (Obit)----- May 30, 2013
  7. Richard R. Manning, Jr. (Obit)----- June 1, 2012     
  8. Ann Marie Mars (Goss) (Obit)----- March 8, 2005
  9. Millie Louise Maxwell (Bull) (Obit)----- March 21, 2010
  10. James Leslie Meiczinger (Obit)----- March 2, 2013
  11. Carilee Ann Michener (Buckley) (Obit)----- September 14, 2001
  12. John Walter Millard (Obit)----- December 9, 2001
  13. Susan Mary Miller (Milligan) (Obit)----- March 27, 2003
  14. Florence Lee Milne (Pinney) (Obit)----- February 25, 1999
  15. Bernard Lawrence Milton (Obit)----- May 19, 2002
  16. Barbara Mix (Stets) (Obit)----- March 2, 1997
  17. Betty Ann Moore (Landeros) (Photo)----- March 7, 1994
  18. Carol Helen Morehouse (Mata) (Obit)----- August 10, 2018
  19. Anne Mosher Wimsatt   (Obit)----- June 24, 2020
  20. Michael Dean Murphy (Info)----- July 25, 1960
  21. Angie Neferis (Brashear) (Obit)----- August 11, 2006
  22. Louise Bonita Neigh (Obit)----- 1963
  23. Albert Carl Nelson (Obit)----- February 27, 2014
  24. George C. Newman (Obit)----- July 21, 2019
  25. Dan Lee Nobles (Obit)----- March 1976
  26. Eleanor Seeley Norton (York)  (Obit)----- November 21, 1992
  27. Michael Anthony Ocello (Obit)----- May 12, 2014
  28. Barbara Elizabeth Oeser Hoyt (Obit)----- November 29, 2022
  29. Jana Ogden (Howser) (Obit)----- February 13, 2008
  30. Vada Anne O'Grady (Bennett) (Obit)----- March 20, 2014
  31. Dennis Robert O’Neil (Obit)----- March 10, 2008
  32. Richard Allen Page (Obit)----- December 16, 2000
  33. Alan Scott Palm (Info)----- October 1, 2012
  34. Robert Warren Patton (Obit)----- February 20, 2006
  35. Russell Ellis Peterson (Obit)----- July 2, 1988 
  36. Sally Virginia Peterson (Obit)----- March 17, 1993
  37. Carol Jean Petrillose (Kraus Cincotta) (Info)----- August 6, 2006
  38. Judith (Judy) Ann Poelevorde (Peek)  (Obit)-----Julu 3, 2010
  39. Robert Albert Poole (Photo)-----January 3, 2022
  40. Nicholas Peter Poulos (Obit)----- August 26, 2016
  41. Bette Ann Powell (Sneed) (Tribute)----- June 8, 2015
  42. Roy Harlan Preston,Jr. (Obit)----- January 30, 2006
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GROUP 4

  1. Robert Dean Reynolds (Info)----- June 8, 2017
  2. Michael A. Robinson (Obit)----- September 16, 2002
  3. Carol A. Ross (Penhollow) (Obit)----- January 11, 2017
  4. Linda L.  Rumsey (Arthur) (Obit)-----  March 1, 2021
  5. John Henry Ryan (Obit)----- September 7, 2021
  6. Richard Edward Ryant (Obit)----- August 14, 1991
  7. Josef Oscar Schmidt (Obit)----- July 15, 2007
  8. Earl David Schrader (Info)----- October 18, 2015
  9. Pat Scott (Holland Dean) (Obit)----- December 3, 2020
  10. Rose Marie Sheehan (Obit)----- October 2, 1984
  11. Sheldon Carl Shipman (Obit)----- September 22, 2007
  12. Eugene (Gene) Sisson (Info)----- October 26, 2010
  13. John Caleb Smith, Jr. (Info)----- June 8, 1967
  14. Richard Lee Snyder (Obit)----- May 3, 2000
  15. William Howard Spacher (Obit)----- July 30, 1994
  16. Linda Faye Spencer (Lynch) (Obit)----- January 30, 2021
  17. David Charles Srnka (Obit)----- July 9, 2000
  18. John Richard Stahl (Obit)----- December 11, 2007
  19. Julie Anne Starke (Hopkins) (Obit)----- September 30, 2017
  20. John Stillwell (Obit)----- December 15, 2015
  21. Judith Mary Stone (Tilton) (Obit) December 26, 2001
  22. William Lee Sullivan (Obit)----- July 4, 1970
  23. Judith Irene Swaney (Muzzy) (Obit)----- May 13, 2003
  24. Arthur Burris Swanson (Obit)----- October 6, 2005
  25. Philip Charles Tavelli (Obit)----- June 7, 2005
  26. Roger Allen Terwillegar (Obit)----- July 15, 2004
  27. Susan Gail Tompkins (Masters) (Obit)----- November 26, 1987
  28. James Richards Tracy (Obit)----- October 22, 1988
  29. George M. "Mickey" Trimberger (Obit)----- January 23, 2010
  30. David Edmund "Pete" VanDeMark (Obit)----- Feburary 24, 2023
  31. Ray Van Orman III (Obit)----- March 23, 2018
  32. Ronald Leon Volbrecht (Obit)----- April 22, 2021
  33. Lois Jean Volbrecht (Ocello) (Info)----- June 4,2017
  34. Nancy J. Vonburger (Heliseva) (Obit)----- July 13, 2013
  35. Frederick Charles Vyskocil (Obit)----- April 2, 2001
  36. Jennifer E. Wallace (Wilcox) (Obit)----- July 11, 2018
  37. William Braken Ward (Obit)----- June 23, 2022
  38. Thomas Harrison Watkins (Obit)----- November 15, 2018
  39. Marga Wells (MacLeod) (Info)----- April 28, 1999
  40. Dean M. Wilkins (Obit)----- February 17, 2014
  41. Robert Emmett Wilmarth (Info) -----  March 10, 2006          
  42. Philip Lawrence Woodin (Obit)----- March 1, 1993
  43. Thomas Charles Woodin (Obit)----- February 19, 2007
  44. Carolyn Wright Corson (Obit)----- March 25, 2022
  45. Thomas Michael Yengo (Obit)----- August 15, 2011
  46. Margaret Elaine Zimmer (Scriber) (Obit)----- October 21, 1999
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Updated On February 26, 2023

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George A. Kent, 80, of Cambridge, died November 16, 2023 from dementia. Born in Ames, Iowa, the son of George C. and Ruth Olson Kent, he moved with his family to Ithaca, New York as a small child. After graduating from Ithaca High in 1961, George attended the US Naval Academy and graduated first in his class in 1965. A Burke scholar, he received his PhD in applied math from Brown University in 1971.

 

George served 30 years in the Navy, first on five submarines, then in research and development of submarine systems. He retired in 1995 and moved to Cambridge. He worked at Towers Perrin in Boston and became a pension actuary. George tutored math and science at Cambridge Rindge and Latin High School and played tuba in the Cambridge Community Band. An ordained Elder in the Presbyterian Church, George sang in church choirs almost his entire life.

 

George is survived by his loving wife, Mary Louise "Loulie" Hoffman Kent, son George Peter Kent (wife Velida), daughter Elizabeth Louise Kent, and grandchildren, Elina, Georgiy, and Jana Kent, as well as his sister Ann Witztum and brother Thomas Kent.

 

According to his wishes, George will be cremated. A graveside service will take place in Ithaca at the convenience of the family.

Posted online on November 17, 2023

Published in The Ithaca Journal