Retirees Association

Obituaries

Lou Falkner
Feb 28, 2019
Lou Falkner, who died Feb. 23, 2019, wrote his own obituary. "I hope you all remember me by my smile, my stories — a few factual and others foible and fable. You can tell of my German heritage, but you couldn't tell me much. Please remember to help each other and to help the stranger in the street, even if only with a smile."
Scot Woolley
Jan 31, 2019
Scot Woolley was a gifted musical director/arranger/composer, superb pianist, and impactful music professor/vocal coach who died Jan. 26, 2019, in Cincinnati. He was serving in his seventh year as music director at Wright State.
John Fleischauer
Jan 21, 2019
He served as the chief academic officer at numerous colleges, including as dean of academic affairs at Mount Union College and most recently as provost of Wright State University. He passed away Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019.
Dec 31, 2018
As a training and supervising psychoanalyst, Dr. Rena Kay was a beloved teacher and mentor to psychiatric residents and psychoanalytic students. She died Dec. 28, 2018.
Barbara Musselman
Dec 18, 2018
Barbara Musselman passed away on Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018. She had worked as a police dispatcher for the Oakwood Police Department and later retired from Wright State University as a dispatcher.
Cecile Cary
Dec 2, 2018
Cecile Williamson Cary passed away on Sunday, Nov. 25, 2018. Along with her husband, the late Dr. Norman Reed Cary, she was a founding member of the English Department.
Nov 19, 2018
He proudly retired as a law enforcement sergeant with the Wright State University Police Department. He passed away Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018 at Soin Medical Center.
Julian Gomex Cambronero
Nov 17, 2018
Julián Gómez-Cambronero, who died Nov. 12, 2018, carried out outstanding scientific work in the fight against cancer, including discovering a key protein that plays a critical role in the development of breast cancer tumors and the spread of the disease to the nearby lungs.
Nov 14, 2018
Dr. Agna's life was full of adventures, courageous and bold stances, and dedication to making medical care a right for all citizens in the U.S. He passed away on Nov. 6, 2018.
Nov 13, 2018
A nationally published poet, Mary loved her family, her friends, her farm, her horse Scooter, her students (many in touch since kindergarten), most of her colleagues, Shakespeare, her yoga pals, cruises with “A Prairie Home Companion,” going with Threshold Choir to Bali and singing to the elephants, her farm collie, Haiku, her house cat, Princess, her water garden out the back door, a good gin and tonic and dancing in the kitchen. A lifelong member of the Southern Poverty Law Center and Planned Parenthood, Mary loved this life and life loved her. She died on Nov. 4, 2018.

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