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The University of Wisconsin Oshkosh Alumni Relations Office has received the following death notices:

’50s

Janet (Trowbridge) Kottke (EHS) ’52, (EHS) ‘54, Waunakee, Jan. 15, 2023

Russell “Dutch” Van Straten (EHS) ’58, Appleton, Feb. 6, 2023

‘60s

Ronald Bittner (LS) ’60, Winter Park, Florida, Jan. 28, 2023

Melvin Bourgeois (EHS) ’63, Mishicot, Jan. 31, 2023

James “Jake” DeMeuse (EHS) ’68, Marinette, Jan. 23, 2023

Carolyn Hansen (LS) ’69, Stone Ridge, New York, Dec. 14, 2022

James Lipsky (EHS) ’61, De Pere, Jan. 11, 2023

Orval Rautmann (LS) ’61, Allouez, Feb. 2, 2023

Robert Sandberg (EHS) ’63, Denmark, Oct. 31, 2022

William Schellpfeffer (EHS) ’68, Fond du Lac, Jan. 28, 2023

MaryAnn Schulz (LS) ’60, (EHS) ’92, Appleton, Feb. 2, 2023

Dale Toltzmann (EHS) ’68, Friendship, Jan. 23, 2023

Beverly “Jane” (Nelson) Wienke (EHS) ’62, Algoma, Feb. 5, 2023

‘70s

Christine (Horvath) Block (EHS) ’71, Mequon, Jan. 2, 2023

Robert Kolinski (LS) ’73, Oshkosh, Jan. 17, 2023

May Naab (EHS) ’71, Madison, Jan. 20, 2023

Sharlee Schaafs-Mittelstaedt (EHS) ’73, Rolling Meadows, Illinois, Jan. 24, 2023

Michael Thacker (EHS) ’76, Neenah, Jan. 31, 2023

‘80s

Charles “Chuck” Fischer (MA) ’82, Little Chute, Feb. 2, 2023

‘90s

John Gibson (LS) ’93, Fort McCoy, Jan. 15, 2023

Friends & Faculty

James Simmons, Chair, Political Science Department 1999-2011, Professor Emeritus 1989-2020, Oshkosh, Jan. 29, 2023

ABBREVIATION KEY

COLLEGES

• AAS — Associate of Arts and Science Degree
• B — Business
• EHS — Education and Human Services
• LLCE  — Lifelong Learning and Community Engagement
• LS — Letters and Science
• N — Nursing

GRADUATE DEGREES

• DNP — Doctor of Nursing Practice
• EdD — Doctor of Education
• GMBA — Global Master of Business Administration
• MA — Master of Arts
• MBA— Master of Business Administration
• MPA — Master of Public Administration
• MS — Master of Science
• MSE — Master of Science in Education
• MSN — Master of Science in Nursing
• MST — Master of Science in Teaching
• MSW — Master of Social Work

If you know of a classmate, family member or other UW Oshkosh friend who has passed away, send an to email alumni@uwosh.edu or call the Alumni Relations Office at (877) UWO-ALUM or (920) 424-3449.