Richard A. Colver ’58, of 57046 Hummingbird Ct., Goshen, IN 46528, died on January 20, 2001. His wife informed us that he passed away only a few days after a successful mitral valve replacement.

Ron Pettegrew ’56, originally from Upper Arlington and most recently living in Denver, Colo., died May 18, 2001, after a short illness following the discovery of severe complications from prostate cancer. Upon notifying us of his death, Ron’s son Parke wrote “… my father cherished his memories with his fraternity brothers and spoke warmly of the 1994 reunion you […]

Charles L. “Johnny” Ecker ’56, died May 13, 2001, after a long illness. He was a dear classmate of the editor as both pledged in 1952 and graduated from OWU in 1956. “Charlie” was one of the Ohio River boys from Gallipolis (along with Halliday, Thomas and Dailey), who found their way to Delaware in the 1950s. […]

Jim Graham ’51 died in a one-car auto accident on May 20, 2001. The accident occurred in Montana only a few miles from the site of an accident that took the life of his son, Ben, 16 years earlier. Jim had spent that day at The Ben, one of two golf tournaments held each year in memory of this […]

Thomas Orr Jr. ’48, of 1069 Dean St., Schenectady, NY 12309, died on December 22, 2000. He was a retired pastor.

Richard A. Gregg ’45, of 6979 Winkler Rd., #322, Fort Myers, FL, 33919, passed away on August 12, 2001. As reported by his wife, Lucile, he was a 50-year member of Beta Theta Pi. He graduated from OWU in 1947 after service with the U.S. Navy in World War II. Besides Lucile, Richard is survived by a […]

John F. Mansfield ’40, of 1449 Tewksbury Cir., Cuyahoga Falls, OH, 44221, died of a heart attack on April 29, 2000.