In Memoriam

Mary Ellen Nichols Johnston ’45, Owasso, Oklahoma, died Aug. 16, 2023

Doris Streckfus Kinsolving ’49, Shelbyville, Kentucky, died July 5, 2023

Margaret Crim Riley ’49, Lexington, died July 20, 2023

David L. Alexander ’53, Jacksonville, Florida, died Oct. 5, 2023

Barbara Burns Ruff ’53, Lexington, died July 5, 2023

Patti Harned Weller ’53, Fort Smith, Arkansas, died July 19, 2023

Crystal Vote Coulter ’54, Westerville, Ohio, died Oct. 20, 2023 

Neil G. Barry Jr. ’56, Middlesboro, Kentucky, husband of Pauline Hamlett Barry ’56, father of Neil G. Barry III ’81, grandfather of Neil G. Barry IV ’08, died July 4, 2023

Jane Jordan Sage ’56, Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, died Oct. 6, 2023 

Harold Dunn ’56, Lancaster, Kentucky, died May 19, 2023

Ronald E. LeBleu ’57, Avon, Connecticut, died Oct. 12, 2023

Thelma “Tucky” Lewis Abel ’58, Tampa, Florida, died Sept. 23, 2023

Edward I. Ackall ’58, Fort Worth, Texas, died June 22, 2023

James H. Florence Jr. ’58, Lexington, died June 14, 2023

Sarah Thompson Johnson ’61, Tullahoma, Tennessee, died Oct. 27, 2023

Michael R. Lester ’61, Tiptonville, Tennessee, died Sept. 27, 2023

Patrick O’Donnell ’64, Lake Oswego, Oregon, died May 18, 2023

Donald Peterson Jr. ’64, Alliance, Ohio, died July 16, 2023

Jacqueline Wash Woodward ’65, wife of Thomas A. Woodward ’63, died Nov. 28, 2023

John S. Conklin ’66, The Plains, Ohio, husband of Cynthia Sheets Conklin ’68, brother of Ruthann Conklin Bow ’68 and Alfred R. Conklin, Jr. ’64, died Aug. 9, 2023

Robert Kilbourn Jr. ’71, Berea, Kentucky, died Nov. 4, 2023

David Talbott ’72, Lexington, died July 13, 2023

Rhema Mitchell Gorman, ’73, Lexington, died Nov. 17, 2023 

Tom Watts ’73, Lexington Park, Maryland, husband of Katherine Daugherty Watts ’71, died Sept. 8, 2023

Robert D. Hammet ’74, Winchester, Kentucky, died Oct. 3, 2023

David P. “Bear” Marthey ’75, Jonesboro, Arkansas, died Sept. 6, 2023

Phyllis Pruitt Heilman ’76, Charlotte, North Carolina, died Dec. 5, 2022

Daniel A. Simons ’78, Richmond, Kentucky, died Nov. 20, 2023

Donald H. Combs ’79, Pikeville, Kentucky, husband of Leslie Combs ’81, father of Elizabeth Combs ’08 and Don Combs III ’13, died Sept. 15, 2023

James J. Goodpaster ’80, West Frankfort, Illinois, died Oct. 19, 2023

Carl A. Penske ’80, Lexington, died Aug. 5, 2023

Andrea Friedman Doren ’81, Noblesville, Indiana, died Aug. 1, 2023

Joey L. Milburn ’81, Harrodsburg, Kentucky, died Oct. 6, 2023

Susan E. Scott ’82, Lexington, died Nov. 26, 2023

Robert D. White ’91, Nicholasville, Kentucky, died June 10, 2023

Amey Lowdenback Bartlett ’95, St. Paul, Minnesota, died Aug. 4, 2023 

Roger C. Elledge II ’99, Sikeston, Missouri, died Sept. 30, 2023

Craig Bowden, former psychology professor (1991-98), Neshkoro, Wisconsin, died Nov. 16, 2022

Alex G. Campbell Jr., Lexington, lifetime member of the board of trustees and father of Zandy Campbell ’85, died Aug. 15, 2023

Ann Kilkelly, former English professor (1983-91), Blacksburg, Virginia, died Sept. 9, 2023