A Poem
I loved my friend.
He went away from me.
There’s nothing more to say.
The poem ends,
soft as it began.
I loved my friend.
-Langston Hughes-
…sending warm thoughts,
Ron Winter, Rockford, now Seattle
Posted on February 22, 2010 at the passing of Kraig Kint.
Deceased Jefferson Class of 1974 Alumni
This listing is kept with reverence, but data-reporting can be faulty. Alumni have been declared erroneously and resurrected. A good faith effort is attempted. Please help keep our listings up to date. Please use the Update Form to report any misinformation or to add any news.| Name First Maiden Last | Deceased Date | Cause of Death |
|---|---|---|
| Dawn Anderson Scarbrough | 10/10/2012 | Cancer |
| Shawn Baxter | 04/27/2017 | Unreported |
| Micki Berry Geiger | 07/04/2004 | Types I Diabetes |
| Rick Box | 01/01/1982 | Accidental Poisoning |
| Steven Box | 01/01/1982 | Sudden illness |
| Galen Bridge | 10/12/2013 | Accidental Fall |
| Toni Brown | 01/01/1993 | Murdered- domestic abuse |
| Douglas Cohen | 03/05/2020 | Illness |
| Scott DiBenedetto | 08/01/1979 | Work-related Auto Accident |
| John Douglass | 09/08/1986 | Suicide |
| Ralph Ellison | 09/17/1973 | auto Accident |
| Merianne Herbig Larrabee | 03/22/2023 | Illness |
| Janice Holman Sell | 03/21/2020 | Illness |
| Kevin Johnson | 03/14/2015 | Brief Illness |
| Michael Johnson | 12/16/2019 | Heart Ailment |
| Kraig Kint | 02/19/2010 | Unreported |
| Robert Krusemeier | 11/28/2004 | Heart Attack Complicated by Type I Diabetes. |
| Timothy Larson | 03/31/1999 | Unreported |
| Barbara Lewis Howard | 09/05/2008 | Lengthy Illness |
| Jean Martin | 02/22/1999 | Heart Attack |
| Brenda McCandless Jewett | 02/02/2004 | Illness – pneumonia |
| Shirley McDonald Jenkins | 12/28/2001 | Acute Bronchial Pneumonia aggravated by Asthma |
| Robert Mehe’ula | 12/20/2009 | Unreported |
| Ronald Neff | 01/01/1994 | Unreported |
| Donna Nordman | 01/23/2003 | Aortic aneurysm |
| Vanessa Parks Fell | 07/13/2018 | Cancer |
| Harold Peters | 07/14/1987 | Accidental Overdose |
| Rosemary Peterson | 12/05/1979 | Murdered |
| Paul Pike | 11/4/2020 | Stomach Infection |
| Sara Rasmussen Lindsay | 02/06/2000 | Illness – Ovarian Cancer |
| James Ridgeway | 08/21/1986 | Illness – Brain Cancer |
| Bob Sabbe | 03/29/2021 | Sudden illness |
| Lisa Schmidt Beebe | 07/20/2013 | Cancer |
| Glenda Sockwell | 07/01/1997 | Illness – Brain Tumor |
| Henry Staniek | 04/21/1993 | Illness – Cancer |
| Gerald Stemkoski | 03/31/2014 | Unreported |
| Susan Tate | 04/07/1972 | Auto accident |
| Valerie Wentz Bissman | 06/27/2018 | Cancer |
| Ron Winter | 05/13/2022 | Unreported |