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Spring 2024 Issue

In Memoriam


By W&M Alumni Magazine

Below are the names of members of the William & Mary community whose passing was reported between Nov. 6, 2023, and Feb. 1, 2024. To report a death or submit an obituary, please call 757-221-1167 or email alumni.magazine@wm.edu.

In our annual Sunset Ceremony during Homecoming & Reunion Weekend, we honor members of the William & Mary community who passed away during the year. To view a recording of the 2023 Sunset Ceremony, please visit homecoming.wm.edu/sunsetceremony.

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Undergraduate Alumni

Susie Gray Seay Henzie ’46 of Los Angeles, California, died April 1, 2022.

Betty Gardner Coumbe ’48 of Naples, Florida, died December 28, 2023.

Karl Henry Zickrick ’48 of Denison, Texas, died July 28, 2022.

Richard Garland Drake ’49, M.Ed.'53 of Richmond, Virginia, died January 12, 2024.

Audrey Allein Hoistma ’49 of Baltimore, Maryland, died November 9, 2023.

Jeanne Wright Massaro ’49, P ’73, P ’83 of Pearl River, New York, died December 10, 2023.

Howard “Snookie” Carter Robertson Sr. ’49 of Reedville, Virginia, died December 20, 2023.

Lee Riggins Rich ’50 of Yorktown, Virginia, died December 28, 2023.

Barbara Alabaster Hoover ’51 of Wilmington, Delaware, died December 2, 2023.

Paul Edward Webb Jr. ’51 of Virginia Beach, Virginia, died December 8, 2023.

Douglass Townshend Bolling Jr. ’52 of Flossmoor, Illinois, died December 21, 2022.

Freddy Ann Bailey Clark ’52, P ’85 of Richmond, Virginia, died January 10, 2024.

Robert “Bob” A. Cattell ’53 of Burke, Virginia, died October 7, 2022.

John “Jack” Henry Parker IV ’54 of Kilmarnock, Virginia, died November 14, 2023.

Peggy Joyce Hedrick Deierhoi ’55 of Jupiter, Florida, died January 23, 2024.

Bettie “Betsy” Henly James Simmons ’55 of Saluda, Virginia, died November 14, 2023.

James Nimmo Hubbard III ’56, M.Ed. ’57 of Newport News, Virginia, died December 22, 2023.

Charles Anderson Sullivan Sr. ’56 of Vero Beach, Florida, died November 8, 2023.

Lawrence “Larry” Bartlett Babcock Jr. ’57 of Fairview, North Carolina, died December 22, 2023.

Richard “Dick” Stuart Bell ’57 of Lititz, Pennsylvania, died December 13, 2023.

Mary Kay Bush DeVita ’57, P ’88 of Branford, Connecticut, died January 14, 2024.

Alonzo “Kit” Andrew Kittinger ’57 of Cary, North Carolina, died October 19, 2023.

Sollace Molineux Bommer ’59, P ’87, G ’22 of Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, died October 31, 2023.

May Sue Reese Glasco ’59 of Virginia Beach, Virginia, died December 30, 2023.

Lynn McDaniels Jackson ’59 of Fishers, Indiana, died January 4, 2024.

Thomas “Tom” Lee Law ’59 of Raleigh, North Carolina, died July 9, 2023.

Betty Bernard Alby ’60 of Pelham, Alabama, died December 25, 2023.

Gary Alan Sterner ’60 of West Hartford, Connecticut, died December 6, 2023.

Karl Forest Gretzinger ’61 of Marietta, Georgia, died November 5, 2023.

Jethro Meriwether Hurt III ’61 of West Palm Beach, Florida, died November 9, 2023.

David Joseph Gatti ’62 of Columbia, South Carolina, died November 12, 2023.

Jeffrey McKenzie Graham ’62, B.C.L. ’65 of Colorado Springs, Colorado, died December 12, 2023.

Sandra Hancock Martin ’62, P ’89 of Montvale, New Jersey, died November 8, 2023.

Terry Dee Kester ’64 of Canby, Oregon, died October 25, 2023.

Thomas James Kirkup ’65, P ’92 of Henrico, Virginia, died January 17, 2024.

Jerry Lawrence Garner ’66, P ’92 of Midlothian, Virginia, died January 25, 2024.

Carolyn “Kay” Drinard Grinnan ’66 of North Chesterfield, Virginia, died December 13, 2023.

Margaret Gay Northway ’67 of Lantzville, British Columbia, died January 15, 2024.

Rabbi David Harry Ellenson ’69, L.H.D. ’08 of New York, New York, died December 7, 2023.

Edward “Ed” Carroll Bryant ’71 of Washington, District of Columbia, died May 1, 2023.

Ralph “Chip” Lynnwood Crews ’71, P ’08 of Williamsburg, Virginia, died January 13, 2023.

Loyd Dennis Rawls ’72 of Newport News, Virginia, died January 12, 2024.

Linda Kay Beaver Rice ’72, M.Ed. ’75 of Manakin Sabot, Virginia, died August 5, 2023.

Borislav “Boro” Djordjevic ’73 of Annapolis, Maryland, died November 26, 2023.

Lucas Arthur Snipes ’73 of Troutville, Virginia, died June 19, 2023.

John Wright Finta ’74 of Vienna, Virginia, died January 14, 2024.

Susan Catherine Mingee ’77, M.A.Ed. ’86 of Hampton, Virginia, died November 11, 2023.

Hulon Lavaughan Willis Jr. ’77, P ’13 of Chesterfield, Virginia, died January 16, 2024.

Alexander Kirkand Kennedy ’79 of Towson, Maryland, died November 7, 2022.

William “Clark” Joseph Clark Evans ’82, P ’16 of Buckhannon, West Virginia, died December 19, 2023.

Charles Robert Carson ’86 of Canton, Georgia, died December 6, 2023.

Donald “Pete” Peter Stewart ’89 of Charlotte, North Carolina, died October 27, 2023.

Michael “Mike” Sherman Rodgers ’92 of Atlanta, Georgia, died November 30, 2023.

Robert Martin Sawyer ’99 of New York, New York, died November 6, 2023.

Sonia Rajiv Kinkhabwala ’21 of Glen Ridge, New Jersey, died December 15, 2023.

Aidan Kennedy McCool ’22 of Henrico, Virginia, died December 29, 2023.

Graduate Alumni

Doris Moore Shea M.Ed. ’62, C.A.S.E. ’71 of Richmond, Virginia, died January 15, 2024.

Kenneth G. Butler M.Ed. ’70, C.A.S.E. ’76 of Hampton, Virginia, died November 23, 2023.

Alice Taylor Seaman M.A.Ed. ’75 of Suffolk, Virginia, died November 23, 2023.

Patricia “Pat” Clifton Harwood C.A.S.E. ’76, Ed.D. ’76 of Henrico, Virginia, died December 13, 2023.

Thomas Damien Johnson M.Ed. ’76 of Richmond, Virginia, died December 13, 2023.

Reid Hardeman Mitchell M.A. ’79 of New Orleans, Louisiana, died November 20, 2023.

Lorraine Diane Fortner J.D. ’81 of Miamisburg, Ohio, died January 2, 2024.

Karen Brand McNeil Ed.S. ’89 of Hampton, Virginia, died January 10, 2024.

Kendall D. Kim M.B.A. ’04 of Bronx, New York, died December 26, 2023.

Former Faculty & Staff

Betta Labanish of Williamsburg, Virginia, died January 6, 2024.

Donald Joseph Messmer of Richmond, Virginia, died November 15, 2023.

Friends of W&M

Henry Alfred Kissinger of Connecticut, died November 29, 2023.

Carole Ann Kraemer HON ’23, P ’94, G ’26 of Paradise Valley, Arizona, died December 4, 2023.

Hon. Sandra Day O’Connor of Phoenix, Arizona, died December 1, 2023.

Bonnie Lee Nunnally HON ’04 of Richmond, Virginia, died September 14, 2023.

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