Class Notes

Dorothy Ann Lee, 81, who worked in the University Residences office for more than 20 years, on May 17, 2019.

Irwin J. LeCocq, 94, a World War II veteran of the Army Air Corps, retired president of People’s Bank, and former member of the WWU Board of Trustees and the Western Foundation board, among many other community leadership roles, on March 14, 2019. 

Charles Ernest Dreiling, 76, who taught biochemistry at the University of Nevada, on Jan. 13, 2018, in Foresthill, California.

Wendy Ann (Webster) Birdwell, 75, on Feb. 9, 2018.

Karen Marie Gilda, 77, of Bellingham, on July 9, 2019.

Gerald D. Probst, 83, a U.S. Marine Corps vet and a urban planner who worked for King County, San Diego, and the Department of Natural Resources, then after retirement served on several natural disaster deployments with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, on Nov. 23, 2018, in Olympia.

Clark Allen Philbrick, 82, a longtime teacher in Montesano and Hoquiam, on Aug. 10, 2019, in Montesano.

John Thomas Howgate, 85, a Navy veteran and Fulbright Scholar who taught history and driver’s education at North Kitsap High School, on June 29, 2019.

William Charles Murphy, 88, retired principal of Blaine High School who later worked with Border Brokerage Co. and supervised cannery crews in Bristol Bay, Alaska, on May 28, 2019.

Glenn C. LaFave, 88, a Korean War veteran who had a long career in banking, most recently in Vancouver, Washington, on April 18, 2019. 

Murella (Koert) De Vries, 85, who taught junior high in Anacortes and Vancouver and volunteered for the Lynden Pioneer Museum, on July 20, 2019.

Laurance E. Lowry, 86, a U.S. Navy veteran, retired history teacher in Bellevue High School, and three-term president of the Bellevue Education Association, on March 3, 2018, in Seattle.

William Lloyd Garrison, 91, a longtime school teacher, coach and administrator in the Oak Harbor, Battle Ground and Shoreline school districts who also served on the Oak Harbor Planning Commission and Stanwood/Camano School District board, on Sept. 7, 2019.

1948 – Marjorie (Gray) Hadden, on Aug. 27, 2018, in Seattle.

Thomas Kjos Sagmiller, 64, a former Coast Guard captain and civil engineer who worked for several corporations and traveled the world, on April 27, 2019, in Lafayette, California.

Michael Knutsen, 68, a real estate agent and active community volunteer, on July 26, 2019.

Robert Franco, 75, a retired federal diversity specialist who served in the Vietnam War as a Navy medic, on April 10, 2018, in Virginia. Mr. Franco was one of the first graduates of the College of Ethnic Studies and served in the Civil Service Commission, Department of Veterans Affairs and in the Office of Personnel Management as a senior executive offering diversity training to military leaders on bases around the world.

Barbara Alice Harrison, 68, who taught, mainly first grade, for a 30-year career in Guam, Washington and Oregon, on May 31, 2019, in Hermiston, Oregon.

Constance S. Williams, 98, on Jan. 7, 2018, in Bellingham.

Lloyd T. “Tom” Hansen, 73, who taught for 34 years in the University Place School District, built and restored wooden boats, and worked with his brothers on innovative boat design, on Aug. 6, 2019.