Faculty and Staff

Faculty and Staff News of Record: Obituaries May 21, 2009

-- Isabell A. Breon, utility maintenance worker in the Office of the Physical Plant, from Aug. 1, 1962, until Sept. 1, 1977; died April 23 at the age of 93.

-- James R. Fehlner, professor emeritus of chemistry at Penn State Worthington Scranton, from Sept. 1, 1978, until Dec. 1, 2003; died April 10. He was 64.

-- Harry L. Fleck, maintenance worker in the Office of the Physical Plant, from Jan. 5, 1974, until Jan. 16, 1987; died April 11, at the age of 82.

-- Bertha M. Ford, nutrition advisor in the College of Agricultural Sciences, Lancaster County Cooperative Extension, from April 1, 1981, until May 1, 1991; died April 2. She was 78.

-- John W. Hamilton, assistant professor of management development in the Division of Outreach and Cooperative Extension at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, from April 1, 1972, until Oct. 1, 1985; died April 25, at the age of 86.

-- Beatrice L. Hyde, janitorial worker in Office of Physical Plant, from Jan. 11, 1956, until her retirement April 13, 1973; died May 8. She was 99.

-- Walter K. Johnson, equipment operator in Office of Physical Plant, from Dec. 15, 1957, until his retirement Oct. 1, 1991; died May 9, at the age of 79.

-- Donald E. Kline, professor emeritus of materials science in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, from July 1, 1954 through June 30, 1956, and Aug. 16, 1961, until his retirement July 16, 1985; died April 25. He was 80.

-- Elsa C. Lisle, senior assistant librarian in University Libraries, from Sept. 1, 1947, until her retirement Oct. 1, 1973; died May 7. She was 95.

-- Robert E. Newnham, ALCOA professor emeritus in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, from Aug. 1, 1966, until his retirement Jan. 1, 1998; died April 16 at the age of 80.

-- Richard I. Pletcher, instrument and meter technician in the Office of Physical Plant, from Feb. 11, 1974, until his retirement Sept. 23, 1994; died April 26. He was 68.

-- Thelma E. Spagnoletti, food service worker in Housing and Food Services, from Jan. 5, 1976, until her retirement May 28, 1991; died April 23, at the age of 79.

-- Lucy M. Williams, staff assistant VI in the College of Agricultural Sciences, from Jan. 1, 1962, until her retirement April 1, 1993; died April 30. She was 66.

-- Margaret T. Young, applications programmer analyst in Information Technology Services, from Jan. 3, 1977, until her retirement Jan. 5, 1988; died April 27, at the age of 83.
 

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