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Margueritte (Conner) Cook, '44, died Sept. 28. She served in the mission field in Brazil with her husband, Reuel Cook, '39, from 1946 to 1961. She is survived by three daughters and one son, eight grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Carol (Gardner) Klein, '45, died May 30. Following her marriage to Gerald Klein, x'45, she became a full-fledged farm wife in Edwall, Wash., and taught school in Sprague, Wash., for 18 years. She is survived by her husband of 62 years, four sons, a sister, 13 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. G. Bernard (Nobby) Gwinn, x'46, died March 20. In 1949, he began his own residential and commercial construction company, G.B. Gwinn Construction, in the Seattle area. He is survived by his wife, Patricia (Kreins) Gwinn, x'47, two daughters and a son, a sister, Barbara (Gwinn) Antes, '50, a brother, William Gwinn, '50, and numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Norman Dorpat, '49, died April 4. For 32 years, he was employed as a human-resources director and management trainer at Washington Water Power, in Spokane. He is survived by his wife, Donna Dorpat, '49, six children, 19 grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. Robert Kohlstaedt, x'49, died April 2. He owned Spokane Auto Freight until 1951 and then acquired Taylor Distributing and River City Distributing, both wholesalers of major appliances. He retired in 1989. He is survived by his wife, three daughters, including Karen (Kohlstaedt) Dunlop, '97, and five grandchildren.

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