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Joseph
W. Cobb, 75, died Dec. 21 at Carle Foundation
Hospital, Urbana. Cobb retired from the UI in 1996 as an electronics
engineer at the Beckman Institute after 33 years. Memorials: House
of Refuge, Brocton.
William Eng, 85,
died Jan. 8 at Provena Covenant Medical Center, Urbana. Eng was
a UI professor of architecture, retiring in 1989 as professor
emeritus.
Geraldine “Geri” Rogers Evans, 81,
died Dec. 30 at Wellington Retirement Home, Richardson, Texas.
Evans was a secretary in the elementary education program in the
College of Education, retiring in 1988. Memorials: Geraldine Evans
Memorial, University of Illinois Foundation, Harker Hall, 1305
W. Green St., MC-386.
Pearl Goodman, 81,
died Jan. 8 at Clark-Lindsey Village, Urbana. Goodman was an instructor
at the UI, mainly in the Division of English as an International
Language, for 32 years, retiring in 1993. Memorials: Women’s
Network for a Sustainable Future, c/o Kathy Robb, Hunton &
Williams, LLP, 200 Park Ave., 43rd Floor, New York, NY 10166.
James Knell, 64,
died Dec. 24 at Provena Covenant Medical Center, Urbana. Knell
worked at the UI for 25 years, retiring in 1998 as a bindery worker
foreman for Printing Services. Memorials: American Heart Association
or the American Cancer Society.
Carlos Perez-Manzano, 87, died Dec. 29 at North
Ridge Medical and Rehabilitation Center, Manitowoc, Wis. Perez-Manzano
was assistant professor of health sciences and staff physician
at McKinley Health Center. Memorials: Rahr-West Museum Foundation;
the Manitowoc Symphony Orchestra Foundation; or the Manitowoc
Public Library Foundation.
David Lee Roth, 46,
died Jan. 10 at Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana. Roth was a
laboratory animal technician I at the UI College of Veterinary
Medicine. Memorials: American Cancer Society or United Methodist
Church, Mansfield.
Janice Thea Small, 74, died Dec. 26 at Carle Foundation
Hospital, Urbana. Small retired from the UI College of Education
in 1996. She was a staff secretary for 25 years. Memorials: Hume
Christian Church.
Ruby Sons, 89, died Dec. 21 at Eden Village Care Center, Glen
Carbon. Sons worked as a veterinary medicine clerk for 11 years
leaving the UI in 1973. Memorials: Alzheimer’s Association.
Virginia Gwendolyn Stott Speers,
89, died Dec. 22 at St. John’s Mercy Medical
Center, St. Louis. Speers worked at the UI for about 12 years,
at the Bureau of Economic and Business Research in the College
of Business and later at the UI Press Print Shop and the Institute
of Government and Public Affairs. She left the UI in 1970. Memorials:
First United Methodist Church of Champaign or the American Parkinson’s
Disease Association, Box 8111, 660 S. Euclid, St. Louis, MO 63108.
Memorial
Robert Reid, 64,
died Dec. 15 at his Champaign home. Reid began teaching journalism
at Illinois in 1979 as a visiting lecturer, then joined the journalism
faculty as a professor in 1980. He retired for health reasons
in fall 2003. A memorial will be held in his honor at 2 p.m. Feb.
5 in Plym Auditorium of Temple Hoyne Buell Hall. A reception will
follow in the atrium.
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