Japikse, Carl (5/13/2025)
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Richard H. Jordan, an internationally known Arctic archaeologist and Professor of Anthropology at the University of Alaska-Fairbanks, died of a heart attack at his home in Fairbanks on January 19, 1991. Alaska was Dick's birthplace and spiritual home. He graduated from high school near Scranton, Penn., and joined us after a year as an exchange student in Holland.
Katz, Jeffry Allen MD, age 68, passed away in the arms of his wife of 42 years, Carole on August 6, 2015 with his sons, David (Naomi) and Jeremy (Anna). He valiantly fought 4 different cancers in his lifetime.
From The '69Times:
I am sorry to report Tom’s passing on September 23. Rick Willets provided the following from the Federal Reserve Bank website:
Dr. John V. Kelsey, 71, a retired officer in the United States Public Health Service died October 15th at his home in Chevy Chase, MD of natural causes. Known as “Jack” to his family and “Jake” to friends and colleagues he was born in Annapolis, MD on October 20, 1947. His father was Lt. Col. USMC John V. Kelsey who died when he was 10.
We do not have a published obituary, but he has a Wall of Honor profile in the National Air and Space Museum in Washing, DC.
* Born 20 September 1947 in Orange, VA.
* ROTC Dartmouth College.
* Trained as navigator in Pensacola, FL.
William H. Kinschner passed away suddenly on March 26, 2014 at the home of a friend in Timisoara, Romania. Bill’s wife of 45 years, Bonnie, predeceased him earlier that year after a brief battle with bile duct cancer.
PETER WESLEY KITSON died on November 22, 1989, in Hartford Hospital, near his home in Glastonbury, Connecticut, after a short illness. He leaves his wife, Cheryl, and children Nicole and Jeffrey (105 Stanley Drive, Glastonbury 06033, (203) 659-8859).
Unfortunately, we have been unable to find a formal published obituary for Guyon, or Chip, as he was known to us.
The following information has been collected and contributed by classmates:
Chip received his undergraduate Bachelor of Arts degree from Dartmouth College in 1969 and a Master of Arts from Columbia University in 1971.
We do not have a published obituary.
Dear friends,” reads Oscar Romero's card, “it saddens me to report that Peter Komanecky died in Washington, D.C., of AIDS–related complications on August 30, 1992. He is survived by his lover Radames Lozada of Alexandria, VA, his parents, Paul and Eve Komanecky of Binghamton, N.Y., and brothers.”
A photo of his gravestone in the Mount Comfort Cemetery in Alexandria, VA is included below.