Births
Amanda (Burack) ’13/Pharm.D. ’15 and Spencer Seibert, a girl, Margaret, born Nov. 20, 2019. They reside in Fairmont, Minnesota.
Amber (Halter) ’12 and Ron Figg, a boy, Lucas, born Feb. 7, 2020. They reside in Sioux Falls.
Amy (Zach) ’12 and Tarrise Wells, a boy, Logan, born Jan. 13, 2020. They reside in Sioux Falls.
Andrea (Tomschin) ’17 and Dan Larson, a boy, Henry, born Feb. 3, 2020. They reside in Hayward, Minnesota.
Ashley (Zwiefel) ’10 and Mike Van Hill, a girl, Josephine, born Oct. 28, 2019. They reside in Harford.
Blake ’08 and Dannica (Bunkers) ’10 (M.S.) Hoffman, a boy, Kendrick, born Feb. 6, 2020. They reside in Brookings.
Bradley ’09 and Kelsey Pick, a girl, Addyson, born Dec. 21, 2019. They reside in Sioux Falls.
Brady ’12 and Elizabeth (Metcalf) ’11 Jackson, a boy, Travis, born Dec. 13, 2019. They reside in Whiteman, Missouri.
Brady ’14 and Hailey (Peterson) ’15/Pharm.D. ’17 Will, a boy, Kamden, born Nov. 14, 2019. They reside in Volga.
Brian ’99 and Amanda (Warner) ’05 Wiertzema, a girl, Clara, born Nov. 8, 2019. They reside in Ellsworth, Minnesota.
Brittany (Bunkers) ’11 (M.S.) and Chris Paclik, a boy, Kyler, born Dec. 12, 2019. They reside in Sioux Falls.
Cayla (Christiansen) ’09 and Robert Graves, a girl, Tressa, Feb. 7, 2020. They reside in Platte.
Chet ’07 and Maria (Benson) ’13 Vander Velde, a boy, Carson, born Nov. 5, 2019. They reside in Sanborn, Iowa.
Christian ’14 and Maggie Bergheim, a boy, Harlan, born Dec. 20, 2019. They reside in Lawton, Iowa.
Darcie (Beier) ’10 and Austin DuFrain, a boy, Benton, born Oct. 2, 2019. They reside in Platte.
David ’08 and Olga Sturzenbecher, a girl, Katherine, born Dec. 25, 2019. They reside in Sioux Falls.
David ’17 and Marilyn (Salfer) ’16 Wick, a girl, Lydia, born Aug. 19, 2019. They reside in Wabasso, Minnesota.
Dawn (Hull) ’96/M.S. ’98 and Avery Zahn, a girl, born Dec. 11, 2019. They reside in Sioux Falls.
Drew ’15 and Catherine (Creech) ’14/Pharm.D. ’16 Kraft, a boy, Asher, born Dec. 17, 2019. They reside in Wessington Springs.
Eric ’12 and Taylor (Van Laar) ’14 Schramm, a girl, Amelia, born Oct. 18, 2019. They reside in Mitchell.
Holly (Gaspar) ’10/M.S. ’15 and Nicholas Simon, a boy, Knox, born Dec. 3, 2019. They reside in Madison, Wisconsin.
Jacob ’17 and Sarah (Post) ’16 Bierstedt, a boy, Aiden, born Aug. 5, 2019. They reside in Edgerton, Minnesota.
Jacqueline (Adams) ’13/Pharm.D. ’15 and Christian Larson, a girl, Mabel, born Dec. 17, 2019. They reside in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota.
James ’10 and Ashley (Schulte) ’08 McMahon, a boy, Benjamin, born Jan. 17, 2020. They reside in Sioux Falls.
Jason ’09/Pharm.D. ’11 Stubbe and Megan (Rice) ’08 Timmer-Stubbe, a boy, Justin, born Dec. 23, 2019. They reside in Sioux Falls.
Jayson ’13 and Alexa (Vanden Bosch) ’11 Tillma, a girl, Skyler, born Oct. 25, 2019. They reside in Brookings.
Kama Konda-Varilek ’13/M.S. ’15 and Brandon Varilek, a girl, Audie, born Aug. 20, 2019. They reside in Harrisburg.
Katie (Richards) ’10 and Jake Riffe, a girl, Reagan, born Oct. 29, 2019. They reside in Owatonna, Minnesota.
Kyle ’12 and Anna (Schroeder) ’13 Heronimus, a boy, James, born Jan. 6, 2020. They reside in Sioux Falls.
Lacey (Kruse) ’06 and Jon West, a boy, born July 12, 2019. They reside in Carver, Minnesota.
Logan ’16 and Jillian (Eldridge) ’15 Baldini, a girl, Charlotte, born Feb. 13, 2020. They reside in Flandreau.
Luke ’06 and Kristin (Marshall) ’12 Boe, twins, Logan & Sadie, born Dec. 6, 2019. They reside in Sioux Falls.
Megan (Nannenga) ’10/M.S. ’16 and Austin Schmitz, a boy, Mickey, born Jan. 11, 2020. They reside in Pierre.
Nate ’11 and Carly (Wonnenberg) ’12 Stukel, a boy, George, born Aug. 24, 2019. They reside in Dallas.
Nichole (Hofer) ’09 and Scott ’08 Woizeschke, a boy, Ezra, born Sept. 17, 2019. They reside in Bath.
Robert ’17 and Laura (Klaudt) ’18 Hoiten, a boy, Jace, born Jan. 27, 2020. They reside in Salem.
Simon ’11/M.S. ’13 and Brittany (Richardson) ’15 (M.S.) Kern, a boy, Xander, born Nov. 18, 2019. They reside in Le Mars, Iowa.
Tyler ’12 and Lindsey (Chambers) ’11 Steinkamp, a girl, Claire, born Dec. 16, 2019. They reside in Marion, Iowa.
Tyler ’17 and Ashley (Schwebach) ’18 Currey, a girl, Adelyn, born Jan. 5, 2020. They reside in Wentworth.
General
1977 Terrance G. Alexander retired from the University of Michigan after 41 years in the safety and environmental engineering profession. He resides in Saline, Michigan.
1981 Rand W. Higbee’s play “The Feral Child†won two Broadway World Regional Awards for the Anchorage region in 2019, Best New Play and Best Play (nonprofessional). He resides in Yachats, Oregon.
Deaths
1945 Ruth J. (Ullman) Lofgren of Minneapolis, Minnesota, March 30, 2020.
1946 Phyllis C. (Wheeler) Bunkers of Brookings, Feb. 8, 2020.
1947 Lois M. (Loen) Schulz of Rapid City, Jan. 2, 2020.
1947 Mary Sheila (Casey) Dobbins of Oakland, California, Jan. 10, 2020.
1948 Myron M. Sigaty of Rio Verde, Arizona, Feb. 1, 2020.
1949 Arlo A. Herrick of Shalimar, Florida, March 1, 2020.
1949 Audrey R. (Meier) Vietor of Chancellor, Jan. 24, 2020.
1949 Henrietta Gohring of Brookings, Feb. 16, 2020.
1950 Alan D. Hansen of McPherson, Kansas, March 25, 2020.
1950 Boyd C. Steensland of Canton, Jan. 9, 2020.
1950 Carol L. (Brady) Williams of Denver, Colorado, March 7, 2020.
1950 George F. Nelson of Castro Valley, California, Dec. 13, 2019.
1950 George W. Olsen of Havelock, North Carolina, Jan. 8, 2020.
1951 Barbara A. Revell Dickerson of Oakdale, Minnesota, Dec. 25, 2019.
1951 Merle E. Switzer of Spokane, Washington, Dec. 6, 2019.
1951 Robert P. Larson of Sioux Falls, Jan. 11, 2020.
1951/M.Ed. ’67 Kenneth D. James of Saint Paul, Minnesota, Feb. 4, 2020.
1951 Wendell E. Schwartz of Salem, Oregon, March 31, 2020.
1952 Kenneth R. Linstrom of Rapid City, Jan. 10, 2020.
1953 Curtis D. Motchenbacher of River Falls, Wisconsin, Dec. 26, 2019.
1953/M.S. ’69 David F. Strain of Rapid City, Jan. 2, 2020.
1954 Dean C. Coddington of Highlands Ranch, Colorado, Feb. 23, 2020.
1954 James H. Page of Olivia, Minnesota, Jan. 7, 2020.
1954 Melvin R. Syring of Magnolia, Texas, January 14, 2020.
1954/M.S. ’58 Denton E. Morrison of Sarasota, Florida, Dec. 12, 2019.
1955 Lois J. (Awde) Long of Brandon, Feb. 12, 2020.
1956 Betty A. (Augustad) Larsen of Sioux Falls, Dec. 13, 2019.
1957 Audree Distad Pospisil of New York, Jan. 6, 2020.
1958 Gary A. Gudahl of Salem, March 3, 2020.
1958 Harwood H. Hoeft of Walnut Creek, California, Feb. 5, 2020.
1958 Kermit W. Franzen of Verona, Wisconsin, March 17, 2020.
1959 Dick H. Ver Heul of Ames, Iowa, Jan. 5, 2020.
1959 Gary C. Nies of Martin, Feb. 3, 2020.
1959 James C. Likness of Pierre, Feb. 15, 2020.
1959 Roger N. Iverson of Harrisburg, Dec. 30, 2019.
1960 (Aggie) Wayne A. Bremer of Sibley, Iowa, Feb. 4, 2020.
1960 Carl O. Norberg of Highlands Ranch, Colorado, March 22, 2020.
1960 Kenneth L. Holm of Rapid City, Jan. 15, 2020.
1960 Lyle E. Jarvis of La Junta, Colorado, Feb. 25, 2020.
1960 Marlyn K. Christensen of Mitchell, Feb. 13, 2020.
1961 Allen K. Vann of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, Feb. 15, 2020.
1961 Lawrence P. Springsteen of Riverside, California, Dec. 21, 2019.
1962 Volmer K. Jensen of Chandler, Arizona, Dec. 13, 2019.
1963 Bernard W. Christenson of Pierre, Jan. 31, 2020.
1963 Roger F. Rasmussen of Forest Lake, Minnesota, March 30, 2020.
1964 Stephen H. Allen of Lawrence, Kansas, Feb. 13, 2020.
1965 Donald J. Isaak of Scottsdale, Arizona, Nov. 12, 2019.
1966 Dolores (Butterfield) Ostroot of Brookings, March 8, 2020.
1966 Elaine C. (Dahlgard) Swegheimer of Minot, North Dakota, Jan. 26, 2020.
1967 Lyle J. Hoyme of Lanesboro, Minnesota, March 9, 2020.
1968 Kenneth J. Ross of Huron, Jan. 24, 2020.
1968 Norma K. (Siebens) Wendt of Akron, Iowa, March 24, 2020.
1969 (M.A.) Martin F. Connor of Howard, March 17, 2020.
1969 (M.Ed.) Dennis D. Halseth of Sioux Falls, Jan. 6, 2020.
1969 James C. Brummel of Presno, California, Jan. 5, 2020.
1972 Merlyn D. Smeenk of Harrisburg, Dec. 11, 2019.
1973 Patrick G. Wingen of Vermillion, Feb. 16, 2020.
1974 Cynthia A. Groom-Harry of Ireton, Iowa, April 4, 2020.
1975 Bruce A. Christiansen of Flandreau, Jan. 15, 2020.
1976 Dorothy J. (Christense) Myers of Lincoln, Nebraska, Jan. 16, 2020.
1976 Karen A. Gill of Martin, Tennessee, Dec. 29, 2019.
1976 William R. McDaniel of Montgomery, Texas, Feb. 13, 2020.
1977/M.S. ’91 Janet A. (Kramer) Dickerson of Madison, March 14, 2020.
1978 Patrick A Kirschman of Sioux Falls, March 19, 2020.
1979 Mary E. (Hybertson) Frederick of Sioux Falls, April 6, 2020.
1980 Debra K. Werner-Barnett of Bellevue, Nebraska, Jan. 8, 2020.
1980 Douglas E. Peterson of Rogers, Arkansas, April 3, 2020.
1980 Joseph S. Lavell of Haddon Township, New Jersey, March 31, 2020.
1980 Lizanne L. (Ortman) Bute of Sioux Falls, March 22, 2020.
1981 Shelley A. (Spriggs) Graham of Sioux Falls, Feb. 3, 2020.
1984 Iris M. (Friedrichsen) Thoreson of Marshalltown, Iowa, Feb. 15, 2020.
1985 Renee K. (Lund) Larsen of Arlington, Dec. 4, 2019.
1985 Ronald B. Lee of Rapid City, Dec. 30, 2019.
1986 Keith A. DeWaard of Stickney, March 7, 2020.
1986 Ronald M. Olson of Watertown, Jan. 9, 2020.
1987 (M.Ed.) Catherine J. (Kugler) Weyrens of Stillwater, Minnesota, Feb. 14, 2020.
1987 David A. Haggar of Lander, Wyoming, Dec. 2019.
1991 Laurie A. Tidemann of Sioux Falls, Dec. 25, 2019.
1992 Noelle J. Umback of Brooklyn, New York, Feb. 15, 2020.
1993 Andrew D. Schiller of Redwood Falls, Minnesota, Dec. 27, 2019.
1993 Enid M. (Pohland) Hurley of Athens, Georgia, March 31, 2020.
2003 Rustin G. Olson of Brookings, Feb. 15, 2020.
2007 Nichole G. Anderson of Hartford, Feb. 24, 2020.
2012 LeLand A. O’Connell of Aurora, Feb. 21, 2020.
2018 Trenton E. Hofer of Brookings, Feb. 8, 2020.
Faculty David C. Hilderbrand of Sioux Falls, Feb. 24, 2020.
