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INSIDE ILLINOIS • Oct. 15, 2009 (Vol. 29, No. 8) [ Email | Share ]
Edward Dow Boose, 90, died Oct. 7 in Olney, Ill. Boose worked at the UI for 33 years, retiring in 1980 as a chemical and electrical engineering technician. Memorials: St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital.
Walter Allen Carlson, 81, died Oct. 6 at Country Health Nursing Home in Gifford, Ill. Carlson worked at the UI for 32 years, retiring in 1989 as an electron technician with the department of theoretical and applied mechanics. Memorials: Parkinson’s Foundation, Country Health Nursing Home or Gifford Methodist Church.
Marion Hulmes, 78, died Oct. 2, at Provena Covenant Medical Center in Urbana. He worked at the UI for 31 years, retiring in 1986 as an electrician with audio/visual aids. Memorials: American Cancer Society.
Louise Mary Jones, 76, died Sept. 26 at her home in Champaign. Jones worked in the Office of Admissions for 35 years, retiring in 1997 as an admissions and records officer III. Memorials: Fortman-Jones Fund in the UI Foundation, or the Champaign-Urbana Kiwanis Club’s Challenger Baseball League, 109 Karadan Drive, Mahomet, IL 61853.
Robert E. Thomas, 87, died Aug. 20 at Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana. Thomas joined the School of Music faculty in 1962. He established the Lincoln-Thornburn Demonstration Center, a research/demonstration/observation center for the training of music teachers. Thomas retired in 1989 as a professor emeritus of music education. Memorials: Robert E. Thomas Endowment Fund, UI Foundation. (Online at www.uif.uillinois.edu/gifts/startgiving.asp.)
Bennie D. Williamson, 76, died Oct. 9, at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Williamson retired in 1997 as a housing maintenance inspector with the Housing Division. He worked at the UI for 37 years.
