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F R I E N D S
Joseph Kelly
, Ph.D., of Haddonfield,
N.J., April 26, 2013. A former
executive director of the Pennsylvania
Humanities Council, he received an
honorary doctorate in humane letters
from Lycoming in 2011.
John Schreyer
, of Nashua, N.H.,
March 15, 2013. He was a member of
Lycoming’s board of trustees from
1978-87.
1938
Marion (Rice) Wirth
, of Williamsport,
Pa., May 2, 2013. Among survivors is
her husband,
Charles Wirth Sr. ’38
, and
son,
Charles Wirth Jr. ’74
.
1939
Charlotte (Adelman) Kotzen
, of
Sarasota, Fla., Sept. 13, 2012.
Lois (Davidson) Wallace
, of
Mechanicsburg, Pa., Jan. 21, 2013.
1940
Richard Donovan
, of Jersey Shore, Pa.,
March 4, 2013.
1946
Portia (Grover) Hall
, of Penney Farms,
Fla., Feb. 22, 2013.
1947
Betty (Taggart) Boettger
, of Chenango
Forks, N.Y., March 29, 2012.
Ruth (Lorrah) Henry
, of Richmond,
Va., April 20, 2013.
1948
Donald Turner
, of Medford, Ore.,
Dec. 10, 2012.
1950
Janet (Brown) Johnescu
, of Sebring,
Ohio, May 11, 2013.
1951
John Cogswell
, of Santa Barbara, Calif.,
Sept. 3, 2012.
William Kay
, of Clinton, N.Y., April 5,
2013. Among survivors is his wife,
L.
Jeanne (Umble) Kay ’48
.
E. Scott Newcomer
, of Selinsgrove, Pa.,
March 20, 2013.
1952
Harry D’Addio
, of Lemoyne, Pa., April
14, 2013.
Charles Heiney
, of Allentown, Pa., May
21, 2013.
1955
Joseph Moglia III
, of Spring Lake, N.J.,
May 9, 2013.
1956
Henry Lewis Long ’48 ’56
, of
Carlisle, Pa., March 16, 2013. He was
the ninth child and last surviving son of
former Lycoming president, Dr. John W.
Long, and Mildred Lewis Long.
He was born in Old Main on Sept.
30, 1929, and graduated from both
Dickinson Prep and Lycoming College,
and went on to earn a master’s in
education from Penn State University.
He was an elementary school principal in
various towns throughout Pennsylvania,
and was an active member of the United
Methodist Church and the Sierra Club.
He served in the Air Force from 1949-52.
He is survived by his wife, Betty
Overdurf Long, and five daughters,
including
Cynthia Brown ’79
and
Joanne Fenstermacher ’80
;
five sons-in-law, including
Peter
Drew Fenstermacher ’79
, and six
grandchildren. Also surviving is a sister,
Jean (Long) Dunkleberger ’47
, and
many nieces and nephews.
A memorial service was held June 29
in Clarke Chapel. He was buried in the
Long family plot at Wildwood Cemetery
in Williamsport, Pa.
1957
John Whitehead
, of Montoursville, Pa.,
April 9, 2013.
1958
Norman Fritz
, of Palmyra, Pa., July 14,
2012.
1959
Frank Sullivan Jr.
, of Montoursville,
Pa., March 5, 2013.
1960
Lois (Dangle) Beach
, of Cogan Station,
Pa., May 2, 2013.
Joseph Brungard
, of Alfred Station,
N.Y., Feb. 18, 2013.
The Rev. Dr. Richard Handley
, of
Elkhart, Ind., May 16, 2013.
Jan Kuczma
, of Keymar, Md., June 16,
2013.
1961
Kathleen (Knapp) Holt
, of Victor, N.Y.,
May 13, 2013.
1962
Harold Hopkins
, of Roaring Branch,
Pa., June 18, 2013.
1963
Thomas King
, of Montoursville, Pa.,
April 26, 2013.
1965
The Rev. Dr. Robert Edgar ’65 ’81H
,
of Burke, Va., April 23, 2013. Edgar was a
member of Lycoming’s board of trustees
from 1984-87 and received an honorary
degree and the Outstanding Alumnus
Award in 1981 and 2008, respectively.
For the past five years, Edgar was
president and CEO of Common Cause, a
nonpartisan organization in Washington,
D.C. A Democrat, Edgar was a six-term
Pennsylvania congressman. He also was
president of the Claremont School of
Theology in California and served as
secretary general of the National Council
of Churches.
He earned a master’s in divinity from
the Drew Theological School in 1968. He
was an ordained minister in the United
Methodist Church.
Edgar is survived by his wife of 48
years, Merle, three sons, along with his moth-
er, two brothers and eight grandchildren.
1966
Robert Ballinger III
, of Philadelphia, Pa.,
April 30, 2012.
1972
Eleanore (Weston) McCoy
, of
Williamsport, Pa., March 30, 2013.
1978
Beatrice Rucker
, of Philadelphia, Pa., Feb.
11, 2013.
1985
Ralph Phelleps Jr.
, of Camp Hill, Pa., April
20, 2013.
1994
Susan (Hoegel) Jorgensen
, of Hainesport,
N.J., March 20, 2013.
1995
Louis Colquitt
, of Williamsport, Pa.,
April 14, 2013.
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