![]() After Joanne received her bachelor’s from Grinnell, she married Thomas Collins in 1950. Survivors include four children, 13 grandchildren, and 12 great-grandchildren. He received a Grinnell Alumni Award in 1999 and was named the Elgin Image Awards’ lifetime achievement winner in 2007. He authored 17 local histories about Elgin. He enjoyed traveling with Fran, touring museums and national parks, and reading. He was a founding member of the Elgin Area Historical Society and the Elgin Sports Hall of Fame Foundation. Mike served as a member of the Elgin City Council, 1963–1967, and mayor of Elgin, 1967–1971. He married Frances Clark Alft ’49 in 1950 and taught in Elgin, Illinois, schools for many years. A Phi Beta Kappa at Grinnell, Mike earned a master’s at Syracuse University and was a John Hay Fellow at Yale University. ![]() 7, 2022, Riverside, California.Įlmer “Mike” Alft ’49, Nov. She is survived by her three children six grandchildren brothers, Harry “Bud” Crowl ’55 and Richard Crowl ’57 and sister-in-law, Anne Beuckman Crowl ’57. She was a tireless volunteer, holding leadership positions in several organizations. She practiced as a speech therapist later in her life. They moved to Baltimore, where she taught school for two years, then stopped working to raise her three children. After graduating from Grinnell, Doris earned her master’s in speech pathology at the University of Nebraska. Survivors include two sons, four grandchildren, and two great- grandchildren.ĭoris Crowl Kirhofer ’47, Jan. She is survived by six children, 19 grandchildren, and 17 great-grandchildren. She also attended evening and Saturday classes at Marycrest College for eight years and graduated in 1968 with a bachelor’s in art. Bette volunteered for many organizations, including parent teacher associations, the Visiting Nurse Association, Cub Scouts, and Dad’s Club baseball. ![]() She married Richard in 1944 they settled in Davenport, Iowa, and raised six children. Bette met Richard Gadient ’44, at a dance before attending Grinnell for one year. She is survived by a daughter, a son, and six grandchildren.īette Horst Gadient ’44, Dec. Marge volunteered for Camp Fire Girls, the American Field Service, PEO, her churches, and at Rogue Valley Manor. Marge loved being outdoors, and she and Byron enjoyed traveling. She married her second husband, Byron Ertsgaard, in 1970. Margery graduated from Grinnell with a major in sociology. Survivors include a niece, Ann McMurray Balderson ’62 and nephews, Thomas McMurray ’64, David McMurray ’76, and Scott McMurray ’79. In her retired life, she loved traveling and enjoyed many international trips.īarbara McMurray Rickey ’42, Sept. Elliott, who was serving at the Pentagon. Robertson of Wyoming and served as his executive secretary in Washington, D.C. Shortly after World War II, she joined the office of Sen. In 1942, she married Jack Savage, who was killed in the battle of Okinawa in 1945. Beatrice attended Grinnell and Denver University in Colorado. 24, 2021, Tucson, Arizona.īeatrice Giles Elliott ’42, March 25, 2022, Holmes Beach, Florida.
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