Obituaries
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Charlotte Ann Green, 70, Office of the Bursar
Charlotte Green of Brookville passed away Sunday, April 8, 2018, at Hospice of Dayton.
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Ruthann Knudson, 77, Assistant Professor, Anthropology
Ruthann Knudson, 77, an educator, author, consultant, manager, and community activist, died on Sunday, March 25, 2018 of a stroke at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, Washington. Ruthann resided for many years in Great Falls, Montana.
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Robert Arthur Stein Sr., 98, Wright State University Benefactor
Robert “Bob,” Arthur Stein, Sr. 98, died Feb. 15, 2018, at his home in Longboat Key, Fla. He was born in Chicago, Ill.. May 29, 1919. He attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, majoring in mechanical engineering and was made a member of the Mechanical Engineering Honorary Society. After graduation, he moved to Dayton,…
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Ronald C. Fetzer, 74, Associate Professor, Communication
Ronald Charles “Ron” Fetzer, Ph.D., age 74, of Germantown, Ohio, passed away Tuesday, March 20, 2018, surrounded by his loving family. Affectionately known as Doc RC, he was a beloved teacher and mentor during his teaching career of 51 years. He taught in the WSU Department of Communications from 1980 to 1996, and later served…
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Fredric D. Jefferson, 67, Head Men's Golf Coach
Fredric D. Jefferson, 67, passed away March 17, 2018 in Eaton, Ohio. Fred was born August 12, 1951, in Richmond, Ind., the son of Thelma (Silvers) Rautsaw and Fredric E. Jefferson. He was a 1969 graduate of Eaton High School and a graduate of Wright State University.
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Imogene B. Horne, 79, Senior Accounting Clerk, School of Medicine
Imogene B. Horne, 79, of Boiling Springs, SC, died Feb. 26, 2018, at Soin Medical Center. Imogene graduated from Chapman High School in the class of ‘57 where she played on the basketball team and later attended Winthrop College on a basketball scholarship. She married Jim Horne and lived in the Philippines, Germany, New York,…
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Sally McGranor Evans, 83, Director, Student Services
Sally McGranor Evans, 83, an early pioneer in the development of Wright State University, died of natural causes in her sleep, Feb. 26, 2018. She was born Jan. 2, 1935, to David John McGranor and Pearl Ball McGranor. She was born at home in the same house as her mother in a small mining town…
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Charles J. Hartmann, Jr., Professor of Law
Dr. Charles J. Hartmann, emeritus professor of law, died in Tampa, Florida, on Feb. 20, 2018. A native of Missouri, Dr. Hartmann was a graduate of Washington University and the University of Missouri School of Law. He arrived at Wright State as legal advisor to the university and its first president, Dr. Brage Golding, before…
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Cheryl L. Aubin, 62, Instructor, Nursing
Cheryl L. Aubin, 62, Instructor in the School of Nursing, passed away unexpectedly on Jan. 26, 2018, while at home in Dayton, recovering from knee surgery. She spent her career as an ER nurse helping thousands of others during their most vulnerable times. As an educator at Wright State University, she shared her decades of…
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William Roger Johnson, III, Computer & Telecommunications Services
William Roger Johnson, III, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, January 26, 2018. William had served in the United States Navy and had retired from the Computer and Telecommunications Services at Wright State University. He was preceded in death by his father William Roger Johnson Jr. and son William Roger Johnson IV. He is survived by…
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Patsy Lou Wilson Falkner, 84, Office of the Registrar
Patsy Lou Wilson Falkner, 84, was born on May 4, 1933 at home, Glomawr, Perry County, Ky., to parents Richard Rickett and Troy Gibson Rickett. Her early childhood was spent in Tinsley, Ky. She came to Dayton in 1944 and received her high school diploma at Northridge H.S. in June 1950.
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Judy Preston, 64, senior accountant at Boonshoft School of Medicine
Judy Preston, retired senior accountant, died on Dec. 16, 2017. She worked for Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine for more than 30 years. Preston was born in Paintsville, Kentucky, on Feb. 3, 1953. She graduated from Kettering Fairmont East High School in 1972. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Accounting from Wright…
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