Class Year: 1960

Mary Alice Marosy ’69 Berlino

Berlino, Mary Alice TROY Mary Alice Berlino, 73 of River Road in the Town of Schaghticoke, died on Tuesday, March 30, 2021, in the loving care of her husband Joe. She was born in Perth Amboy, N.J., the daughter of the late Stephen and Marie Clancy Marosy. Mary Alice was a graduate of Hope College… Continue Reading →

Raymond Fylstra ’69

Raymond A. Fylstra, age 73, of Hinsdale, died February 25, 2021. Beloved husband of Charlotte Fylstra, nee Buis, for 52 years; devoted father to Helen Fylstra, Margaret (David) Jaglowski, Henry (Stacy) Fylstra; loving grandfather to Penelope & Florence Jaglowski; dearest brother to Daniel (Hilary) Fylstra, David (Shirley) Fylstra, and Mary (Cameron) Artigue; loved by many… Continue Reading →

Loren Reynolds ’69 McCaleb

Loren Meredith McCaleb (Reynolds), age 74, of Fennville, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, May 12, 2021. She was a graduate of Muskegon Heights High School in 1965 and received her BA from Hope College in 1969. Loren spent many years as a research librarian in Douglas, where her love of reading dovetailed with her dogged… Continue Reading →

Betty Whitaker ’62 Jackson

Betty Whitaker ’62 Jackson recently selfpublished her 27th book available on her website since her retirement from her 40-year secondary school teaching career. She and her sisters, Ellen Whitaker ’65 Conrad and Dorothy Whitaker, have recently been inducted into the DAR, tracing their Scudder family roots back to the Revolutionary War period. She won First… Continue Reading →

Joseph Mayne ’64

Joseph Mayne ’64 retired last summer from the department of mathematics and statistics at Loyola University Chicago. He was a Loyola faculty member for 48 years and served two terms as chair of the department. He conducted the Loyola Chamber Orchestra for 27 years and presented 92 orchestra concerts at Loyola. In retirement he and… Continue Reading →

Darrel Staat ’64

Darrel Staat ’64 edited a book titled Virtual Reality in Higher Education: Instruction for the Digital Age, which was co-published by Rowman and Littlefield Publishing Group and the American Association of Community Colleges. The chapters were researched and written by graduate students in the Higher Education Executive Leadership Program. This is his sixth published book. Continue Reading →

Joan DeJager ’66 Flikkema

Joan DeJager ’66 Flikkema was featured in the summer 2021 issue of Forum, the Calvin Theological Seminary magazine, in the article “Looking Back & Looking Ahead, Commemoration of the 25th anniversary of Women’s Ordination in the CRC.” She was a founding member of the Committee for Women in the Christian Reformed Church and helped establish… Continue Reading →

Alan Jones ’69

Alan Jones ’69 had a new book, Living up to Your School Mission Statement: Reforming Schools from the Inside Out, released in November. The book is the last in a series on school reform and instructional leadership (Becoming a Strong Instructional Leader, Teachers College Press; Teaching Matters Most, Corwin Press; and The First 100 Days… Continue Reading →

Suzanne Evans ’60 Neckers

Suzanne Evans Neckers, a teacher whose classroom ease translated well to her volunteer work as a docent in the galleries of the Toledo Museum of Art, died Thursday in her Perrysburg Township home. She was 82. She had Parkinson’s Disease, a condition diagnosed in 2007, said her husband, Douglas C. Neckers, a distinguished professor emeritus… Continue Reading →

Daryl Siedentop ’60

It is with sadness that we share the news that Professor Daryl Siedentop passed away July 15, 2021. Our friend and colleague Daryl Siedentop was born on July 28, 1938. The love of his life Roberta (Bobbie) Siedentop was a primary physical education teacher whom Daryl met while she was studying at Ohio State. They… Continue Reading →

James Larsen ’60

Jim was born August 9, 1937 to Walter and Hazel (Schoenberg) Larsen. He grew up with them and his sister, Linda, in Muskegon Heights, Michigan. They have all preceded him in death. On August 14, 1957 he married his BMW (beautiful, magnificent wife) Mary Jean (Rokos). He earned a B.A. from Hope College then he and Mary… Continue Reading →

Janet Rietveld ’62 Fishbain

Janet (Rietveld) Fishbain, 80, of Madison, passed away on Saturday, June 26, 2021, after a short battle with pneumonia, at St. Mary’s Hospital. Born Jan. 18, 1941, in Chicago Heights, Ill., to Isaac and Elizabeth (Bardwick) Rietveld, Janet spent her youth on the family farm riding her horse, participating in 4H, and spending time with her extended Rietveld family.… Continue Reading →

Janet Rietveld ’62 Fishbain

Janet (Rietveld) Fishbain, 80, of Madison, passed away on Saturday, June 26, 2021, after a short battle with pneumonia, at St. Mary’s Hospital. Born Jan. 18, 1941, in Chicago Heights, Ill., to Isaac and Elizabeth (Bardwick) Rietveld, Janet spent her youth on the family farm riding her horse, participating in 4H, and spending time with her extended Rietveld family.… Continue Reading →

Kristin Blank ’63 Lucas

Kristin E. Lucas Hillsdale Dec. 22, 1941 July 12, 2021 Kristin E. Lucas, age 79, of Hillsdale, passed away peacefully on Monday, July 12, 2021, at Hospice of Lenawee in Adrian. She was born December 22, 1941, in Three Rivers, Michigan to Edmund and Blanche (Bauserman) Blank. Kristin married Paul Lucas on June 15, 1963,… Continue Reading →

Arlen Tenpas ’63

Arlen Bruce Tenpas, 79, of Waupun, passed on to Eternity early morning on Tuesday, July 27, 2021, after a year-long battle with lymphoma. Arlen was born on Dec. 15, 1941, in Fond du Lac, Wis. He is the son of Willard and Doris (Rens) Tenpas and the brother of Ronald Tenpas. He is survived by… Continue Reading →

Sharon Dykema ’64 Habben

Sharon Jane Habben of Morrison, IL, died Sunday June 27, 2021 at St. Anthony Medical Center in Rockford, IL. Cremation rites have been accorded. Sharon was born January 25, 1942, in Morrison, IL, to Clayton and Thelma (Renkes) Dykema. She graduated from Morrison High School in 1960 and in 1964 she graduated from Hope College… Continue Reading →

Leslie Van Beveren ’64

Les (Leslie) Van Beveren of Chicago, IL, Holland, Okemos and East Lansing, MI and Estero, FL, passed away in his home surrounded by close family on July 30, 2021. He was born in Chicago, Il, to Marten and Ann (Horak) Van Beveren. Les is survived by his wife Carol of 68 years, daughters Lynn Heline,… Continue Reading →

Christian Van Lonkhuyzen ’64

Christiaan Van Lonkhuyzen, 79, of Central Lake and Spring Arbor, passed away on July 31, 2021 at Munson Medical Center. Chris was born on March 9, 1942, in Arnhem, Netherlands, the son of Gerrit and Jacoba (Riksen) Van Lonkhuyzen. In 1955, he immigrated to the USA when he was 13 years old, the oldest of… Continue Reading →

John Elliott ’65

The Rev. John D. Elliott Jr. (Jack), former pastor of Greenville Community Church and longtime resident of Edgemont, passed away on June 30. He was 80 years old. His wife Ruth, of 58 years, children and grandchildren were by his side. Born on April 20, 1941, in Detroit Michigan, to John D. Elliott Sr. and… Continue Reading →