Strategic Communications and Marketing News Bureau

Deaths

Kenneth J. Frantz, 77, died June 8 at the Champaign County Nursing Home, Urbana. He retired as a university library security guard. Memorials: Carle Hospice and the Champaign County Nursing Home.

David Ledbetter Nanney, professor emeritus of biology in the School of Life Sciences, died June 4 at Clark-Lindsey Village in Urbana. Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, June 11, at the Chapel of Saint John the Divine, 1011 S. Wright St., Champaign.

Joyce F. Norris, 82, died June 6 at Clark-Lindsey/Meadowbrook Renewal Therapy Center in Urbana. She worked for 16 years for the university in the personnel placement office. Memorials: Boys Town USA, 200 Flanagan Blvd., P.O. Box 8000, Boys Town, NE 68010; or The St. Vincent DePaul Society.

Jessica Giannerini-Thomas, 37, died May 23 in Urbana.She served as a coordinator of the Illinois Youth Survey with the Center for Prevention Research and Development, part of the School of Social Work.

Marjorie Lou Castle, 89, died May 24 at Champaign County Nursing Home, Urbana. Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 11, at Grace Lutheran Church, 313 S. Prospect Ave., Champaign. Before her retirement, Castle was employed by the university as a groundskeeper. Memorials: Alzheimer’s Association

Roy J. Charles, 93, died June 1 in Urbana. Charles worked as a machinist for the university’s School of Life Sciences for 32 years. Memorials: Marine Corps League, care of VFW Post 630, Urbana, or the Alzheimer’s Association.

Norman D. Busboom, 80, died May 27 at Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana. He retired from the university as an electrical engineer.

Walter W. “Buddy” Holt, died April 29 in Champaign. He retired from the university’s physical plant services.

Robert J. Silver, 85, died May 14 in Sebring, Fla. He retired as the supervisor of the university’s print shop.

Bryan D. Stewart, 85, died May 21 at Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana. Stewart retired from the university.

Read Next

Life sciences Photo of Michael Ward standing in tall grass on a riverbank.

How are migrating wild birds affected by H5N1 infection in the U.S.?

Each spring, roughly 3.5 billion wild birds migrate from their warm winter havens to their breeding grounds across North America, eating insects, distributing plant seeds and providing a variety of other ecosystem services to stopping sites along the way. Some also carry diseases like avian influenza, a worry for agricultural, environmental and public health authorities. […]

Announcements Marcelo Garcia, professor of civil and environmental engineering at The Grainger College of Engineering.

Illinois faculty member elected to National Academy of Engineering

Champaign, Ill. — Marcelo Garcia, a professor of civil and environmental engineering in The Grainger College of Engineering, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering.

Social sciences Male and female student embracing on the quad with flowering redbud tree and the ACES library in the background. Photo by Michelle Hassel

Dating is not broken, but the trajectories of relationships have changed

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — According to some popular culture writers and online posts by discouraged singles lamenting their inability to find romantic partners, dating is “broken,” fractured by the social isolation created by technology, pandemic lockdowns and potential partners’ unrealistic expectations. Yet two studies of college students conducted a decade apart found that their ideas about […]

Strategic Communications and Marketing News Bureau

507 E. Green St
MC-426
Champaign, IL 61820

Email: stratcom@illinois.edu

Phone (217) 333-5010