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1966 Jonathan Randolph is retired and living in Kirkland, Wash. He enjoys volunteer work at Puget Sound United Service Organization, at SeaTac Airport and in an emergency-room trauma unit at a hospital near his home.

DEATHs

Bernard Haubold, '60, died Aug. 17. He enjoyed a long career in the fields of advertising, marketing research and graphic arts. He is survived by a son and one sister. Richard Riley, '61, died June 19. He worked in a variety of occupations including industrial engineer, radio announcer, youth pastor, schoolteacher, tennis instructor and day trader. In 1980, he founded the Good News Outreach ministry. He is survived by his wife, Tirzah (Baird) Riley, x'58, a son and daughter, two sisters, and numerous nieces and nephews. Al Pocklington, '61, died Aug. 8. He was the executive director of the YMCA in Hoquiam, Wash., until his retirement in 1998. He is survived by his wife, Jeanette (Richardson) Pocklington, '57, three sons and six grandchildren. John Mincks, '62, died June 27. He is survived by one sister, Jane (Mincks) Vineyard, '61. Thomas Moen, '62, died March 14. Using his degree in business administration from Whitworth, he worked as an assistant manager and administrator of convalescent centers in Spokane and Idaho Falls, Idaho, until 1976. For the next five years, until his 1981 retirement, he was an insurance agent for Prudential Insurance Company of America. He is survived by his wife, one daughter, two sons, a stepdaughter, two stepsons, 13 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Evelyn (Gusinde) Stearns, '62, died March 6. She taught for 18 years at Spokane's South Pines Elementary School and retired in 1989. She is survived by a son and two daughters. Peggy (Aungst) English, '63, died July 30. Charles Frerichs, '63, died Sept. 9. Early in his career, he was a missionary in Lima, Peru, with the Association of Baptists for World Evangelism. In 2002, he and his wife moved to Washington and started three Spanish-speaking ministries under Baptist Home Missions. He is survived by his wife, two daughters, a son, four stepchildren, eight grandchildren, 12 step-grandchildren, two sisters, one brother and numerous other family members. Michael Peterson, '65, died April 17. Drafted by the Edmonton Eskimos to play in the Canadian Football League, he eventually left professional sports to become a stockbroker and, later, to pursue other business interests. He is survived by two children and four grandchildren. James Bois, '67, died April 17. He was a teacher and coach at Idaho schools in Kamiah and Emmett. He is survived by his wife, one daughter, a granddaughter, and a brother and sister. Ronald Shaffer, '67, died Feb. 11. He was a teacher and administrator in Spokane's Central Valley School District for 27 years. He is survived by his wife, two sons, six grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Gladys (Ross) Douglass, '69, died July 3. She lived in the Spokane Valley for 54 years and worked as a nurse and teacher. She is survived by two daughters and three grandchildren.

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