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1964 Shirley (Mulford) Antak lives in Spokane and enjoys the dual role of educator and artist. She is the illustrator of a new children's book, Until We Meet Again, which deals with memorymaking, important relationships, loss and healing. The book is due to be published early this summer. Shirley and her husband, Ed, enjoy making memories with their 16-month-old granddaughter, Addy.
Gail (Huntriss) Bolton died March 28 in Spokane. Born in Canada and raised in Bellingham, Wash., she attended Whitworth in 1959-60, majoring in art. After her 1960 marriage to Harvey Bolton, '61, who joined the college's board of trustees in 1994, she devoted herself to raising her family and was deeply involved in church activities, gardening and painting. She is survived by her husband; her children, Cheryl Williams, Bill Bolton, '94, and Jill Rogers; her sister; three grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Sandra (Bishop) Demko, '60, died Oct. 25. She taught school and was a counselor at several Washington state schools until her retirement in 1991. She is survived by a daughter, two sons, two grandchildren, one sister and two brothers. Grace (Olson) Frederick, '63, died Jan. 24. A lifelong resident of Spokane, she was an elementary-school teacher for 26 years before retiring in 1989. She is survived by her husband of 58 years, Albert Frederick, '70; two daughters and four grandchildren, including Bryan Depew, '04 (and his wife, Tara (LaShaw) Depew, '02), and current Whitworth student Derek Taylor, '07. Alan Kaul, '64, died Dec. 22 . During a career that spanned 33 years, Kaul produced hundreds of stories for NBC Nightly News, The Today Show and the MSNBC cable network. He won numerous journalistic honors, sharing in NBC's two Edward R. Murrow awards for his work on the coverage of Mother Teresa's death in 1997 and the 2003 arrest of serial snipers who terrorized residents of Washington, D.C. He also won an Overseas Press Club Award for coverage of the 1999 crisis in Kosovo. He is survived by his wife, four children, and four grandchildren. Leota (Clinesmith) Jantz, '66, died Dec. 7. She taught at Washington state schools in Harrington, Odessa, Walla Walla, Ritzville and Lind until her retirement in 2003. She is survived by her husband, Gary Jantz, '65; her daughter, Dione Jantz, '93; her son; a brother, Roy Clinesmith, '67; a sister; and numerous nieces and nephews. Charles DeVore, '67, died Oct. 28. He was a clinical psychologist in Mukilteo, Wash., handling issues involving substance abuse, anger management, and troubled children and families. He is survived by his wife, one daughter, and four grandchildren.
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