Class Notes

Bill Roe, 69, a revered assistant coach and a fixture in the track & field and cross country program for the last 35 years, who was nationally and internationally known for his involvement in the administration of those sports, on Feb. 28, 2020, in Victoria, B.C., where he was making final preparations for the North American, Central American, Caribbean Athletics Association Cross Country Championships.Roe coached distance runners for the Vikings. His athletes set more than 20 school records and earned numerous NAIA and NCAA All-America honors. 

Albert Charles Shaw, 84, chair of the Music Department from 1978 to 1998, on Oct. 14, 2019, in Bellingham. Before coming to Western, Dr. Shaw served as dean and director of the schools of music at Pacific University in Oregon and Illinois Wesleyan University. During his time in the U.S. Navy, he was conductor of the U.S. Naval Aviation Band and Chorus in Pensacola, Florida.  

Duane Wilcox, 75, a retired lieutenant with the Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office, on Jan. 18, 2019.  

Kathryn “Kit” O’Connor, 72, a retired teacher of 31 years in Olympia and Bellingham, on Sept. 5, 2019, in Bellingham. 

Michael Harmon Davenport, 75, a professional musician and music teacher in Bellingham, Yakima and Tacoma schools and in his own studio, on June 30, 2019, in Tacoma. 

Leonard Charles Blauvelt, 78, who worked for the Nisqually Indian Tribe and at Yelm High School, on July 11, 2019. 

Karen Dee Barnard, 71, a retired third-grade teacher in the Snohomish School District, on Jan. 10, 2019.

James William Abbott, 72, who worked as a lawyer and later in commercial construction and development, on Oct. 15, 2019.

Margaret Gayle Inouye, 73, a retired librarian, on Oct. 16, 2019, in Hilo, Hawaii.  

Darlene Joy Page, 80, a retired teacher, on Nov. 15, 2019, in Bellingham.  

 Dennis W. Graham, 77, a retired elementary teacher for the Kelso School District, on Oct. 25, 2019.

Mary “Pat” Call, 100, a retired teacher and community volunteer who served in the Women’s Air Service Pilots during World War II, on Oct. 17, 2019.

 Lance Van Brocklin, 79, retired from Trident Seafoods in Alaska operations quality control, on Oct. 22, 2019.

Rudy Baerg, 87, retired music faculty member at Columbia Bible College and the founder of the Valley Festival Singers in Abbotsford, B.C., on Sept. 17. 

Patricia May Skene, 76, a retired teacher who worked in Federal Way, Walla Walla, Beaverton and Saudi Arabia, on Oct. 10, 2019, in Beaverton, Oregon.  

Ann Margaret Donovan Moore, 78, a retired middle school English teacher in Anacortes, on Nov. 4, 2019, in Olympia.

Evelyn Larsen, 92, a retired teacher in Sacramento, on Oct. 25, 2019, in Provo, Utah.

Katherine Grace (Hicks) Green, 71, who worked as a police and ambulance dispatcher and later a substance abuse counselor, on June 30, 2019, in Kent.

Lance Harris, 60, a painting contractor who sometimes worked as a stuntman in the entertainment industry, on Feb. 1, 2019.

 Larry Keith Jones, 67, who ran a newspaper distribution business in Whatcom County and wrote a book about his humanitarian work in El Salvador, on June 14, 2019.