Obituaries

Bernice Meier, 95, who worked for WSU Health and Wellness Services from May 1974 to June 1983 when she retired, died Dec. 4, 2017.

FEDERAL WAY, Wash. – Clyde Martinez Quintana, 91, passed away Jan. 20, 2018, in Federal Way at home with the company of family members. Clyde passed away from complications associated with his heart. He worked for the WSU Physical Plant Paint Shop from July 1973 to June 1989.

Delbert A. Kessler, who worked for Facilities Services at WSU Pullman from December 1989 to August 2001, died Saturday, Dec. 30, 2017, in Lewiston. He was 83.

RICHLAND, Wash. – Walter E. Wilson, who taught computing and retired WSU Tri-Cities, died Jan. 7, 2018 after battling Alzheimer’s disease. He was 83.

PULLMAN, Wash. – Harold W. Dodgen, a retired WSU professor of chemistry, passed away Nov. 26, 2017, at the age of 96.

Carolyn Kay Ravenscroft Smith, who taught math at WSU Pullman from August 1989 to May 2014, passed away Dec. 7, 2017, surrounded by her children at Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane.

MOSCOW, Idaho – Kathleen M. Oller, who worked at WSU Pullman from March 1985 to February 2009, died Dec. 17, 2017, at her home in Moscow, Idaho. She was 72.

Sheryl Jenkins, who worked at WSU Pullman from September 1986-February 2013, died Dec. 10, 2017.

Keith Jackson, who was widely regarded as the ‘voice of college football’ by several generations, died Friday, Jan. 13, in Los Angeles.

PULLMAN, Wash. – Stanley Eugene Buckley, who worked at WSU Pullman from September 1977-May 1990 as a physical plant truck driver, died Dec. 10, 2017 at Pullman Regional Hospital.