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<h2>Obituaries 2008<br /></h2>
<p><a href="#Rutman">·G. Rutman Dies; Was Professor
Emeritus Of Economics<br /></a> <a href="#Brubaker">·H.
Bruce Brubaker Dies; Was One Of The Early Pioneers<br /></a> <a
href="#Robinson">·M. Robinson Dies; Was Retired Director
Of MUC<br /></a> <a href="#Meyer">·V. Meyer Dies; Was
Emerita Professor Of Curriculum And Instruction</a><br /> <a
href="#Bobka">·L. Bobka Dies; Was Emeritus Associate
Professor<br /></a> <a href="#Phillips">·R. Phillips
Dies; Was Instructor In School Of Business<br /></a> <a
href="#Going">·W. Going Dies; Was Emeritus English
Professor And First Dean Of Instruction<br /></a> <a
href="#Owens">·J. Owens Dies; Was Emeritus Professor Of
Curriculum And Instruction<br /></a> <a
href="#Rodgers">·M. Rodgers Dies; Was administrative
assistant at the East St. Louis Center<br /></a> <a
href="#Nimmo">·R. Nimmo Dies; Was Clerk At SDM Dental
Clinic<br /></a> <a href="#Bouman">·S. Bouman Dies; Was
Associate Professor Of Musi</a>c<br /> <a
href="#Hickman">·B. Hickman Dies; Was Retired
Secretary<br /></a> <a href="#Deininger">·L. Deininger
Dies; Was Word Processor Operator<br /></a> <a
href="#Linder">·L. Linder Dies; Was Chemistry Lab
Manager<br /></a> <a href="#GeorgeAnn">·G. Bergschneider
Dies; Was Admnistrative Secretary for The SIUE
Foundation<br /></a> <a href="#cecil">·C. Burrus Dies;
Was Retired Building Service Worker</a><br /> <a
href="#Byington">·S. Byington Dies; Was LPN In Health
Services<br /></a> <a href="#HERDMAN">·P. Herdman Dies;
Was Emeritus Associate SIU School of Dental Medicine
Professor</a></p>
<h2><a name="Rutman" id="Rutman">12/17/08</a></h2>
<h3><br />G. Rutman Dies; Was Professor Emeritus Of
Economics</h3>
<p><br />Gilbert Lionel “Gil” Rutman, emeritus
professor of economics who was chair of that department and
director of what was known as the Center for Economic Education
(CEE), both in the SIUE School of Business, died Dec. 16 at his
home in Edwardsville. He was 73. Rutman's wife, Valerie Meyer,
an emerita professor of curriculum and instruction, died last
month at the age of 63 (see below).</p>
<p>With specialties in economic development, regional and urban
economics, and manpower issues, Rutman joined the Business
Division faculty at SIUE in 1969. He was assistant professor of
economics at West Virginia University at Morgantown from
1967-69. In addition, Rutman had been an assistant professor of
economics at the University of Arizona at Tucson, a research
fellow at Rhodes University in South Africa, and an instructor
at Duke University. He retired from SIUE in 1999.</p>
<p>Rutman earned an associate’s degree in liberal arts, a
bachelor’s in economics and a master’s in
economics, all at Boston University, in 1954, 1956 and 1962,
respectively. He earned a doctorate in economics at Duke
University in 1965. From 1956 to 1959 he served in the U.S. Air
Force as a first lieutenant and then as a captain in the USAF
Reserve.</p>
<p>He was a member of the SIUE Foundation Board and the
Illinois Board of Higher Education and in 1998 was recipient of
the Great Teacher Award from the SIUE Alumni Association, but
voted by former students. He was particularly adept at finding
current examples to illustrate the theories that were discussed
in the classroom and was particularly proud of his work in
GBA300, a course that emphasized the application of theory and
concepts to the problems and issues encountered in the real
world.</p>
<p>From the late 1960s to the early 1990s, Rutman studied
various aspects of the mineworker labor force that was employed
in South African mining. His work was supported by grants from
the South African Chamber of Mines as well as grants from the
U. S. Department of Education and internal funding from the
SIUE Graduate School. This work that was part of a research
program sponsored by the Chamber of Mines led to a quadrupling
of the wages paid to the mineworkers, much of which was
remitted to their families throughout Southern Africa.</p>
<p>He also investigated the labor market for economists, the
development of property rights in the tribal areas of Eastern
and Southern Africa, and the economics of the U. S. railroad
industry that led to the Federal Employers Labor Act (FELA). In
addition to a book and more than 30 articles in professional
journals, Rutman co-authored more than 100 other papers that
were presented before the meetings of virtually all of the
national and regional economics associations in the United
States and several international organizations.</p>
<p>Visitation has been scheduled for 4-8 p.m. Saturday, Dec.
20, at Weber & Rodney Funeral Home in Edwardsville, with
services from the funeral home beginning at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec.
21. Interment will be in Zziller Cemetery in West Roxbury,
Mass. A University memorial service is being planned for after
the first of the year.</p>
<p>Memorials may be made to the Abraham Rutman Fund, c/o the
SIUE School of Business, Edwardsville, IL 62026-1051. Checks
should be written to the SIUE Foundation referencing the Rutman
Fund on the check memo line.</p>
<p><em>Some information for this obituary was written and
submitted by David Ault, emeritus professor of economics and
finance</em> in the School of Business.</p>
<h2><a name="Brubaker" id="Brubaker">12/4/08</a></h2>
<h3><br />H. Bruce Brubaker Dies; Was One Of The Early
Pioneers</h3>
<p><br />Harlan Bruce Brubaker, emeritus professor of
educational leadership and SIUE administrator, and one of the
founding pioneers of SIUE, died Wednesday, Dec. 3, at the
Westmont (IL) Convalescent Center. He was 93.</p>
<p>Brubaker retired from SIUE in 1985 after 26 years of
service. He began his career with the University in 1959 as
coordinator of functions of the General Office at what was then
known as SIU’s Alton Residence Center and assistant to
the president of SIU. He later became assistant to SIU Vice
President for Operations Clarence W. Stephens. He went on to be
named assistant dean of University Extension Services and then
chairman of SIUE's Department of Educational
Administration.</p>
<p>In addition to his service to the University, Brubaker also
was known for his civic and community leadership, as well as
for his love of music and strong religious faith. He was one of
the original founders and members of the Epilepsy Foundation of
Greater Southern Illinois, formerly known as the Epilepsy
Association of Southwestern Illinois. He worked for some 20
years to establish a hospital in Edwardsville and later became
one of the founders of Anderson Hospital in Maryville, for
which he served on that hospital’s board of directors for
20 years. He was a member of the Glen Carbon-New Bethel United
Methodist Church, for which he served in several leadership
positions, and also had been a member of St. John's United
Methodist Church in Edwardsville. Brubaker and his wife, Ruth,
participated with the church choir—he sang and his wife
played the church organ. Ruth herself taught Kindergarten in
Edwardsville for more than 28 years and also taught elementary
school for 10 years in Gary, Ind.</p>
<p>Born May 12, 1915, in LaFontaine, Ind., Brubaker served as a
U.S. Navy lieutenant on an LST1024 in the South Pacific during
World War II. Upon returning home, Brubaker completed his
education, earning a bachelor's at Manchester (IN) College in
Manchester in 1947, a master’s in 1948 and a doctorate in
education in 1952 at Indiana University. It was in 1952 that
Brubaker moved with his family to Oxford, Miss., to become a
professor of education at the University of Mississippi. His
life in Oxford inspired talks he held later at SIUE about his
acquaintance with Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning author
William Faulkner. Brubaker's talks were titled “My
Neighbor, William Faulkner.”</p>
<p>In his early career, Brubaker taught band, orchestra and
chorus at high schools in LaPaz and Gary, Ind. He also served
for two years as principal of Butler (IN) High School. He
belonged to several community and professional organizations,
including Rotary International, the Chamber of Commerce, Phi
Delta Kappa, the National Education Association/Illinois
Education Association, the Illinois Association of School
Administrators and the American Association of School
Administrators. He was president of the Alpha Chapter of Phi
Delta Kappa at Indiana University.</p>
<p>A visitation is scheduled from 4-8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 5, at
Weber & Rodney Funeral Home, 304 N. Main Street,
Edwardsville. The funeral services are scheduled for 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 6, at New Bethel United Methodist Church, 131 N.
Main, Glen Carbon, with burial to follow at Woodlawn Cemetery
in Edwardsville.</p>
<h2><a name="Robinson" id="Robinson">11/24/08</a></h2>
<h3><br />M. Robinson Dies; Was Retired Director Of MUC</h3>
<p><br />Mary Robinson, director of SIUE’s Delyte W.
Morris University Center for 13 years before she retired June
30, died Nov. 22 at The Rehabilitation Institute of St. Louis
after a brief illness. She was 69. Before joining the SIUE
staff in July 1995, Robinson had been director of the Student
Union at Saint Louis University since 1983.</p>
<p>Before her employment at SLU, Robinson held several
positions including consultant to Minact Inc. in Jackson,
Miss., where she was responsible for program evaluation of all
Job Corps Centers operated by Minact; deputy director and
director of training for the St. Louis Job Corps Center;
educational director and director of social services for
Providence Programs Inc., St. Louis; social service supervisor
for the Human Development Corp. of St. Louis; social service
positions with Specialized Services Inc. and the Illinois Youth
Commission in East St. Louis; and activity therapist for the
Department of Mental Health at Alton State Hospital.</p>
<p>Robinson earned a bachelor’s in sociology at what was
then known as Webster College in St. Louis, and a
master’s in social service administration, also from
Webster. She was associated with several professional and
community organizations and boards, receiving SLU’s 1991
Woman of the Year Award, the Mary C. Bruemmer Award in 1993,
also from SLU, and the Alpha Kappa Alpha Woman of the Year
Award for 1993.</p>
<p>Arrangements were pending as of noon Monday, Nov. 24.</p>
<h2><a name="Meyer" id="Meyer">11/7/08</a></h2>
<h3><br />V. Meyer Dies; Was Emerita Professor Of Curriculum
And Instruction</h3>
<p><br />Valerie Meyer of Edwardsville, emerita professor of
curriculum and instruction, died Thursday at Missouri Baptist
Hospital from complications following surgery. She was 63.</p>
<p>Before joining the Education faculty full-time in 1980 as an
assistant professor of secondary education, Meyer had been
employed in elementary and secondary schools in Missouri and
Illinois as a teacher of remedial reading, social studies,
English and art. From 1975-1980, she was at the Venice
(IL)-Lincoln Technical Center teaching remedial reading and
life skills to adults. During that same time frame Meyer was a
visiting lecturer at SIUE. Meyer became an associate professor
in 1986 and a full professor in 1992. She retired from the SIUE
School of Education in 2004.</p>
<p>A native of Oak Park, Meyer earned a bachelor’s in
philosophy and sociology at Marquette University in Milwaukee
in 1968, a master of science in secondary education and reading
at SIU Carbondale in 1972 and a doctorate in educational
leadership at SIUE in 1980. Meyer was author and co-author of
several publications about reading and literacy, and conducted
many workshops throughout Illinois during her career. In 1981,
the Illinois Adult and Continuing Educators Association awarded
her Teacher of the Year for her work in adult literacy.</p>
<p>She is survived by her husband, Gilbert Rutman, SIUE
emeritus professor of economics and finance. Visitation is
scheduled from 4-8 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 9, at Weber & Rodney
Funeral Home in Edwardsville. A service at the funeral home is
scheduled for 10 a.m. Monday, Nov. 10. Memorials may be made in
her name to the SIUE School of Education Development Fund.</p>
<h2><a name="Bobka" id="Bobka">10/22/08</a></h2>
<h3><br />L. Bobka Dies; Was Emeritus Associate Professor</h3>
<p><br />Louis Bobka of Collinsville, emeritus associate
professor of kinesiology and health education, and one of the
pioneer faculty at SIUE, died Oct. 18 at St. Elizabeth’s
Hospital in Belleville. He was 77.</p>
<p>A native of Harrisburg, Bobka attended Harrisburg Township
High School where he lettered in football, basketball and
track, and was co-captain of a conference football team. He
also was named to the All-State team. He was a starter in
football at SIU Carbondale during his freshman year and was
captain of the 1951 team. He served in the U.S. Navy from
1952-56, and was a veteran of the Korean Conflict, interrupting
his college career. He became a research assistant and a
consultant in the Department of Community Development at the
Carbondale campus after he earned a bachelor of science in
education in 1958.</p>
<p>Bobka came to the new southwestern Illinois campus of SIU in
1959 in what was then known as the Department of Health,
Recreation and Physical Education after earning a master of
science in education at SIU Carbondale that same year. After
serving the SIU system for more than 35 years, Bobka retired
from SIUE in 1993.</p>
<p>Visitation is scheduled from 9:30-11 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 23,
with service to follow at Riggin-Pillatsch & Burke Funeral
Home in Carterville. Burial will be in Hillcrest Cemetery in
Carterville. Memorials may be made to Trails West Council for
Boy Scouts in Wood River, the American Diabetes Association or
the Family Hospice in Belleville.</p>
<h2><a name="Phillips" id="Phillips">9/8/08</a></h2>
<h3><br />R. Phillips Dies; Was Instructor In School Of
Business</h3>
<p><br />Robert R. Phillips, an instructor of economics and
finance who won the SIUE Alumni Association’s Great
Teacher Award in 2006, died Friday, Sept. 5, following surgery.
The Great Teacher Award, given annually by the association,
recognizes a faculty member who is nominated directly by
alumni.</p>
<p>Phillips earned a BS in chemical engineering at Washington
University in St. Louis and an MBA at the University of
Illinois. Phillips said he had been employed by several
“high-profile companies,” such as IBM Corp. and
Mars Inc., before joining the economics and finance faculty at
SIUE in 1997. He believed that those experiences, along with
owning a private firm himself, allowed him opportunities to
share real-world examples to illustrate practicalities in
classroom concepts.</p>
<p>There will be a reception honoring Phillips’ life from
3-6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 11, in Room 2316 of Alumni Hall, near
the Economics and Finance offices.</p>
<p>Memorials may be made to the Robert R. Phillips Scholarship
Fund, created by the family, in the SIUE School of Business.
For more information, contact Judy Woodruff, (618) 650.2317, or
by e-mail: <a
href="mailto:jwoodru@siue.edu">jwoodru@siue.edu</a>.</p>
<h2><a name="Going" id="Going">9/8/08</a></h2>
<h3><br />W. Going Dies; Was Emeritus English Professor And
First Dean Of Instruction<br /></h3>
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that make the humanities a lasting, malleable art and
science, acquiescent and philosophically
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<p>William Thornbury Going, who was hired as the first full
professor of English at the old Alton Residence Center in 1957
and the next year appointed the first dean of Instruction and
Academic Affairs, died Sept. 7 at Anderson Hospital in
Maryville. He was 93. Although some would later refer to Going
as the first Provost at SIUE, he would demure, saying he and
the faculty developed the curriculum in those early days of the
fledgling University.</p>
<p>But, there’s no question Going was a significant force
in the evolution of SIUE, including teaching literature after
stepping down from his administrative duties in 1965. He
retired in 1980 as emeritus professor of English Language and
Literature in what was known then as the School of
Humanities.</p>
<p>The quiet educator from Birmingham, Ala., began his career
at Duke University, where he served as a Scholar Fellow from
1936-38. During summer 1938, Going was appointed an assistant
professor at Howard College in Birmingham; he also taught in
that city’s West End High School during 1938-39. He
accepted a position in 1939 as an associate professor of
English at the University of Alabama and continued there until
coming to SIUE.</p>
<p>He received a baccalaureate from the University of Alabama
in 1936, his master’s from Duke and a doctorate in
education from the University of Michigan in 1954, specializing
in 19th and 20th century literature in America and England. He
was devoted all his life to studies in the Humanities. In 1973
Going was honored with the Outstanding Educator of America
Award from the Outstanding Educators of America organization in
Washington, D.C. He also was a prolific author, essayist and
editor.</p>
<p>Going and his good friend, Harold See, also considered
invaluable in garnering grass roots support for establishing
the Southwestern Campus of SIU, each received the
President’s Award of Merit at SIUE in 1992. it was noted
that as dean of Instruction and Academic Affairs Going
recruited and hired faculty, who taught at the early residence
centers and then moved to the Edwardsville campus. During this
time he also established academic standards based on the
premise that teaching and scholarship best flourish as
“intertwined enterprises.” In this regard he served
as a role model for other faculty, teaching courses from
freshman English through graduate seminars and continuing his
scholarly endeavors throughout the years of his administrative
service.</p>
<p>Under Going’s guidance, the faculty developed its
first general education program and created a unified academic
advisement structure to support student learning. He began an
honors program and initiated the campus’ first honors day
during the 1958-59 academic year. According to the bio, Going
strongly supported the view “that if the Southwestern
Illinois Campus was to serve its constituencies properly, it
had to be academically independent; not merely a duplication of
the academic organization in Carbondale.” As a result,
the bio states, the SIU Board of Trustees in 1960 approved an
educational organization for SIUE that created “an
initial structure of academic divisions each led by a division
head. This was the seed from which grew SIUE’s academic
school and department structure” that continued intact
until 1993 with some remnants of that structure enduring.</p>
<p>The Board’s action, the bio continues, “also
recognized that a fundamental reason for establishing the
structure was to encourage the development of curricula
appropriate to this region's needs.” In addition, Going
helped develop independent graduate programs and was
instrumental in locating a nursing program at SIUE. “He
pursued the establishment of other professional programs at
SIUE,” according to the bio, “and helped lay the
groundwork for creating the School of Dental
Medicine.”</p>
<p>In recent years, Going established the William and Margaret
Going Professorship to recognize and honor outstanding faculty
achievement, and continued to keep in touch with SIUE
administrators and faculty. He also was a member of the SIUE
Foundation during his retirement years.</p>
<p>At SIUE’s 2000 Spring Commencement, Going was given a
Doctor of Humane Letters degree. In his genteel southern way he
charmed the audience with a humorous dissertation about how
SIUE had a connection to the old Shurtleff College in Alton,
because after closing and becoming part of the new campus of
SIU, many of its professors continued as SIUE faculty. Because
of that continuity, Going reasoned, Shurtleff’s founding
date of 1827 was shared by SIUE; therefore, making it older
than the University of Illinois by some 40 years.</p>
<p>Going was preceded in death by his wife, and, at his
request, there will be no memorial service. Memorials may be
made to the William and Margaret Going Professorship endowment
through the SIUE Foundation, SIUE, Edwardsville, IL
62026-1082.</p>
<h2><a name="Owens" id="Owens">8/1/08</a></h2>
<h3><br />J. Owens Dies; Was Emeritus Professor Of Curriculum
And Instruction</h3>
<p><br />James L. Owens Jr. of St. Louis, emeritus professor of
Curriculum and Instruction, died July 26, just four days before
his 71st birthday. A lifelong educator, Owens began his career
in 1960 as a teacher in the Pruitt School in St. Louis, after
graduating with a bachelor’s in elementary education at
what was known then as Harris Teachers College in St. Louis. He
earned a master’s in educational administration at the
University of Illinois in 1967.</p>
<p>After leaving Pruitt, Owens became coordinator of the
elementary student teaching program at the U of I until 1970.
That year he became director of special programs at the old
State Community College in East St. Louis. Owens joined the
SIUE School of Education in 1970 and went on to earn a
doctorate in elementary education from Saint Louis University
in 1971. He retired from SIUE in 2002 after 32 years of service
to the University.</p>
<p>Visitation is scheduled from 9-10:30 a.m. tomorrow, Aug. 2,
at St. James AME Church, 4301 St. Ferdinand, St. Louis, with a
KAPPA Fraternity Service following until funeral services at
11.</p>
<h2><a name="Rodgers" id="Rodgers">7/2//08</a></h2>
<h3><br />M. Rodgers Dies; Was Administrative Assistant At The
East St. Louis Center</h3>
<p><br />Maggie Rodgers, a retired administrative assistant at
the East St. Louis Center, died at 2 p.m. Wednesday, July 2.
She had just turned 61 on June 14. A graduate of Lincoln Senior
High School in East St. Louis in 1965, Ms. Rodgers received a
certificate from the Mildred Louise Business College. She was
employed at Stanley Photo Co. in St. Louis from 1965-66. She
joined the East St. Louis Center staff in August 1966 and
retired Dec. 31, 2001.</p>
<p>Visitation is scheduled until noon today, July 7, at Kings
Chapel, 89th and State Sts., East St. Louis (across from the
Post Office). Funeral services will follow. Burial will be in
Sunset Gardens of Memory in Millstadt.</p>
<h2><a name="Nimmo" id="Nimmo">6/27/08</a></h2>
<h3><br />R. Nimmo Dies; Was Clerk At SDM Dental Clinic</h3>
<p><br />Rebecca “Becky” Nimmo of Godfrey, a clerk
in the SIU School of Dental Medicine Main Clinic, died March 10
at St. Anthony's Health Center in Alton. She was 61 and a
member of the First United Methodist Church of Godfrey, where
she sang in the choir for 25 years, and was a member of the
Order of Easter Star Chapter 775.</p>
<p>She earned an associates degree at Anna-Jonesboro (IL)
Community College in 1964 and graduated in 1978 with an
associates in dental tech from Lewis and Clark Community
College. She also attended what was then known as Belleville
Area College, now Southwestern Illinois College. Nimmo was a
clerk for Melbourne Mfg. in St. Louis from 1965-66, a bill
estimator for what was then known as D'Arcy-McManus &
Masius from 1967-69, a production edtimator from 1969-1970 at
Alton Boxboard. She joined the SIU School of Dental Medicine in
1978 as a dental assistant and retired in 2007 after nearly 29
years of service.</p>
<p>Burial was in Valhalla Memorial Park in Godfrey; Gent
Funeral Home in Alton was in charge of arrangements. In lieu of
flowers, memorials may be made to the First United Methodist
Church of Godfrey.</p>
<h2><a name="Bouman" id="Bouman">6/23/08</a></h2>
<h3><br />S. Bouman Dies; Was Associate Professor Of Music</h3>
<p><br />Sandra Sliker Bouman, associate professor of music,
died June 22 at her home in St. Louis after a valiant fight
against breast cancer. It has been said that Bouman’s
work at SIUE was marked by a drive to improve the quality of
instruction in her field and to diversify opportunities for
professional development, culminating in the creation of a new
certificate program in vocal pedagogy aimed at the needs of
working school teachers. She was 68.</p>
<p>Serving as a judge of the Metropolitan Opera’s
Regional Auditions in Minneapolis, and conducting a workshop
with the St. Louis Symphony Chorus, Bouman also was central to
an expansion of the Opera Theatre of St. Louis’s
“Artist in Training” program for high school
students as that program expanded into Southwestern
Illinois.</p>
<p>A native of Philadelphia, she was reared in York, Pa., and
attended Penn State University. For several years, she taught
elementary and secondary music in the public schools of
suburban New York and continued her studies at the Juilliard
School. She took extra work in New York as a professional
choral singer with the Camerata Singers and the Collegiate
Chorale. She was in the choir that Leonard Bernstein utilized
in a recording of his <em>Chichester Psalms</em> with the New
York Philharmonic.</p>
<p>Bouman returned to Penn State in 1965 to earn a
master’s and an MFA in music. In 1967 she began a college
teaching career at Johnson State College in Vermont, where she
remained until 1986. She also held an appointment on the voice
faculty of Middlebury College from 1972 through 1978, and at
Dartmouth College from 1979 through 1996. In 1975-76 she earned
a diploma in French vocal music at the Ravel Academy in
southern France, studying with the renowned teacher, Pierre
Bernac. Later, Bouman coached extensively with the renowned
John Wustman in Champaign, Ill.</p>
<p>Singing extensively in concert, performing solo vocal
recitals, operas, oratorios, and chamber music well into her
sixties, Bouman appeared in productions with Vermont Opera
Theatre, Opera North, Dartmouth Summer Theatre, and, in 1995,
in Robert DeCormier’s production of Viktor
Ullmann’s <em>The Emperor of Atlantis</em>, which toured
Vermont before a final performance in New York’s Merkin
Hall. In 1991 she joined the voice faculty at the University of
Vermont, remaining there until her move to SIUE in 1996. During
that period, Bouman was a soloist with the Panama National
Symphony, and she began regular appearances for 10 years as a
featured soloist at the International Music Festival in Pitten,
Austria.</p>
<p>A memorial service is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Wednesday,
July 2, at Christ Church Cathedral in downtown St. Louis, with
refreshments to be served afterward at the Cathedral. In lieu
of flowers, contributions may be sent to the Vocal Performance
Music Student Assistance Fund at SIUE or to the Opera Theatre
of St. Louis Artist in Training Program. For more information
about or assistance with making a gift to the SIUE fund,
contact Marilyn Marsho, director of development for the College
of Arts and Sciences, (618) 650-5048.</p>
<h2><a name="Hickman" id="Hickman">6/17/08</a></h2>
<h3>B. Hickman Dies; Was Retired Secretary</h3>
<p><br />Barbara Hickman, formerly of Edwardsville and a
retired secretary in the Department of Sociology and Criminal
Justice Studies, died Sunday, June 15, at her home in Oakville,
Mo. She was 67. She began her career as a secretary at the SIU
School of Dental Medicine in 1992 and went on to become a
secretary in Sociology, where she retired in 2006</p>
<p>Visitation is scheduled from 4-7 p.m. Wednesday, June 18, at
Paynic Home for Funerals in Rosewood Heights. Funeral services
are scheduled for 10 a.m. Thursday, June 19, at Saint Paul
Epsicopal Church in Alton, with Fr. David Boase officiating.
Burial will be at Moro Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the
American Cancer Society or the American Diabetes
Association.</p>
<h2><a name="Deininger" id="Deininger">6/17/08</a></h2>
<h3>L. Deininger Dies; Was SIUE Health Services Nurse</h3>
<p><br />Laura Deininger, a nurse in SIUE Health Services, died
June 11 at St. Luke's Hospital in Chesterfield, Mo. Deininger,
46, originally from Staunton and a lifelong resident of Worden,
had been on sick leave since March 3. She had enjoyed
volunteering for church, club and civic activities, especially
those involving her children.</p>
<p>Deininger first came to SIUE as a word processing operator
in 1987. She earned an associate’s degree at Lewis and
Clark Community College in 1988. She left SIUE in 1995 and went
on to earn an LPN in 1996 and an RN two years later, also at
L&C. She joined Rosewood Home Health in 1999 until she
became a nurse in SIUE Health Services the following year.</p>
<p>Burial was in Worden City Cemetery. Memorials may be made to
the Worden Christian Church.</p>
<h2><a name="Linder" id="Linder">5/15/08</a></h2>
<h3><br />L. Linder Dies; Was Chemistry Lab Manager</h3>
<p><br />Louis Linder of Belleville, retired lab manager in the
Department of Chemistry, died at Memorial Hospital in
Belleville on May 7, three days before his 92nd birthday and
after a long illness. Before joining the SIUE staff in 1971,
Linder had been with Alcoa Aluminum as a research chemist for
25 years. His accomplishments led to membership in the Society
of Applied Spectroscopy, with one term as its treasurer, and
inclusion in as <em>Who’s Who of Men of Science</em>. He
retired from SIUE in 1986 after 15 years of service.</p>
<p>Linder attended Westminster College in Fulton, Mo., and
Saint Louis University, as well as Washington University in St.
Louis, where he graduated with a bachelor of science in
Chemistry. He then served in the U.S. Army from 1944 to 1946
under Douglas MacArthur at the invasion of the Philippines, as
well as during the occupation in Japan. After the war, Linder
briefly was employed at the Eagle-Picher Lead Company before
joining Alcoa.</p>
<p>He was a member of the East St. Louis United Methodist
Church and later joined the Signal Hill United Methodist
Church. Linder also was a lifetime member of the Memorial
Hospital Auxiliary and participated in “Meals on
Wheels.”</p>
<p>Burial was at Mount Hope Cemetery in Belleville. Memorials
may be made to Signal Hill United Methodist Church or to the
American Lung Association.</p>
<h2><a name="GeorgeAnn" id="GeorgeAnn">4/30/08</a></h2>
<h3><br />G. Bergschneider Dies; Was Administrative Secretary
for The SIUE Foundation</h3>
<p><br />George Ann Bergschneider, retired administrative
secretary for the SIUE Foundation, died April 27 at Anderson
Hospital in Maryville. She was 78. She joined the University in
1961 as a secretary in the Office of Student Affairs and went
on to hold secretarial positions with Student and Area
Services, International and Area Services, the Systems Office
and the Foundation. She retired in August 1987 after 26 years
of service.</p>
<p>A 1947 graduate of Edwardsville High School, Ms.
Bergschneider was employed for a year at United Shoe Machinery
in St. Louis and then joined Associated Services, a collection
agency in Edwardsville, for more than 10 years.</p>
<p>Visitation is scheduled from 4:30-8 p.m. today, April 30, at
Weber and Rodney Funeral Home in Edwardsville, where the Rev.
Sheryl Palmer will officiate at services at 11 a.m. Thursday,
May 1. Burial will be in Sunset Hill Memorial Estates in Glen
Carbon. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society or
the Metro East Humane Society.</p>
<h2><a name="cecil" id="cecil">3/24/08</a></h2>
<h3><br />C. Burrus Dies; Was Retired Building Service
Worker</h3>
<p><br />Cecil Burrus, a retired building service worker, died
March 12 as a result of a fire at his home in Wood River the
day before. He was 83. His wife, Patricia A. Achuff Burrus,
also died as a result of the fire that broke out while the
couple was asleep. The couple’s daughter-in-law and
granddaughter escaped the blaze, according to <em>The
Telegraph</em> newspaper. Firefighters from three departments
were called to the scene.</p>
<p>Cecil Burrus joined the University in 1980 as a building
service worker I in what was then known as Plant Operations,
later known as Facilities Management. He retired in 1989 as a
building service worker II. Before joining the University
staff, Burrus had been in sales with ServiceMaster Carpet
Cleaning, the Edwardsville Creamery and Marie’s Party
Chalet.</p>
<p>He was a graduate of Edwardsville High School.<br /></p>
<h2><a name="Byington" id="Byington">3/14/08</a></h2>
<h3><br />S. Byington Dies; Was LPN In Health Services</h3>
<p><br />Sharon Byington of Alton, a licensed practical nurse
in Health Services, died Jan. 29 at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in
St. Louis. She was 58.</p>
<p>Before coming to SIUE in 1995, Byington had been an LPN at
St. Anthony’s Health Center in Alton, Community Memorial
Hospital in Staunton and at Bethalto Care Center. She earned an
LPN at the Olin Vocational School of Practical Nursing in 1976.
She was placd on disability leave at SIUE in 2003.</p>
<p>Burial took place at Valhalla Memorial Park in Godfrey;
memorials may be made to the New Wine Family Church Missions
Fund.<br /><br /></p>
<h2><a name="HERDMAN" id="HERDMAN">1/25/08</a></h2>
<h3><br />P. Herdman Dies; Was Emeritus Associate SIU School of
Dental Medicine Professor</h3>
<p><br />Peter R. Herdman, emeritus associate professor at the
SIU School of Dental Medicine, died Friday, Jan. 25. He was
64.</p>
<p>A native of Eastchester, N.Y., Herdman had been a resident
of Jacksonville, Fla., since 2003 after retiring from the SIU
School.</p>
<p>A staff sergeant in the U.S. Army Medical Corps and a
Vietnam veteran, Herdman earned a doctorate in anatomy at Saint
Louis University in 1976, then taught neuro anatomy at the SIU
School for 27 years. Before coming to SIU dental school in
Alton, Herdman attended New York University from 1961-65 and
earned a bachelor of science in biology at Parsons College in
1967. He went on to earn a master’s in anatomy at Saint
Louis University in 1972.</p>
<p>From 1967-68 Herdman was a research assistant at SLU and
then St. John’s Mercy Hospital. From 1975-76 he was an
assistant professor at SLU Medical School.</p>
<p>The family requests memorials be made to the American Cancer
Society, 1430 Prudential Dr., Jacksonville, Fla. 32207.</p>