Marriages
Updated on: 5.18.2022
Rebecca Gerecke ’10
and Alan Grant Wilson, Jr., Nov. 13, 2021.
Births
Updated on: 6.23.2023
Carmen Kremitzki Umberger ’13
and Ryan Umberger welcomed a son, Atticus Michael, on Jan. 5, 2023.
Updates
Updated on: 9.9.2020
Alexander Gardner ’16
graduated from a rigorous program at St. Louis University School of Medicine. He recently began his four-year residency at the Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, at Ft. Sam Houston as a Captain in the US Army Medical Corp.
Updates
Updated on: 8.1.2019
Chris Bichsel '89
Chris Bichsel was recently promoted to the rank of captain for the Quincy Fire Department in Quincy, Ill.
Sympathy
Updated on: 8.1.2019
Geoffrey Pruitt '88
Illinois College extends its sympathy to Geoffrey Pruitt on the death of his father, Don Pruitt ’59, on February 2, 2018.
Updates
Updated on: 8.1.2019
Marcia Short '86
Marcia Short retired from Illinois College as executive director of development and alumni relations after 31 years of service to her alma mater.
Updates
Updated on: 8.1.2019
Dr. William Schlosser '84
Dr. William Schlosser is an adjunct professor on the Oral-Medical Connection at SIU School of Medicine in Springfield, Ill. He is also on the Sangamon County Medical Society Community Health Committee, a local committee for the Illinois State Dental Society 2018 II Mission of Mercy.
Sympathy
Updated on: 8.1.2019
Fr. Geoff Horton '86
Illinois College extends its sympathy to Fr. Geoff Horton on the death of his father, Professor Bill Horton, on September 27, 2017.
Updates
Updated on: 8.1.2019
Janice Sigrist '83
Janice Sigrist is the superintendent of kindergartens with Vanke, Shanghai DTD Education in Shanghai, China. She is also the founder of Bright Start Academy and an educational consultant with Little Adam technologies. J.C. Wise is the assistant golf coach at Knox College in Galesburg, Ill.
Sympathy
Updated on: 8.1.2019
Beth Horton Hilleke '83
Illinois College extends its sympathy to Beth Horton Hilleke on the death of her father, Professor Bill Horton, on September 27, 2017.
Updates
Updated on: 8.1.2019
John Jackson '82
John Jackson was inducted into the Illinois High School Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame on April 7 in Champaign, Ill. The former Plainfield High School-Central Campus head football coach is a 34-year veteran educator and coach. He is currently serving as an assistant coach at Naperville North High School in Naperville, Ill.
Updates
Updated on: 8.1.2019
Jay Eckhouse '78
Jay Eckhouse retired from Illinois College as head baseball coach after 18 years of service to his alma mater.
Sympathy
Updated on: 8.1.2019
Deborah Steirholz Heinrich '77
Illinois College extends is sympathies to Deborah Steirholz Heinrich on the death of her mother, Eula Gerdes Stierholz ’56, on March 8, 2018.
Sympathy
Updated on: 8.1.2019
Bob Trimpe '76
Illinois College extends its sympathies to Bob Trimpe on the death of his wife, Lynda Stewart Trimpe ’79, on January 20, 2018.
Updates
Updated on: 8.1.2019
Carole Ornellas Finchum '76
Carole Ornellas Finchum retired from the Illinois Secretary of State’s Department of Business Services after almost 40 years of employment.
Sympathy
Updated on: 8.1.2019
Joan Tholen Lunsmann '75
Illinois College extends its sympathy to Joan Tholen Lunsmann on the death of her husband, Les Lunsmann, on January 24, 2018.
Updates
Updated on: 8.1.2019
Jim Spizzo '74
Jim Spizzo is pursuing his life-long interest in photography since retiring from the practice of law after 35 years. His photographs have been included in several juried art exhibits to date. He most recently had a photograph included in a mixed media exhibit that opened at the University Club of Chicago on March 12.
Sympathy
Updated on: 8.1.2019
Paula Johnson Lemmon '74
Illinois College extends its sympathies to Paula Johnson Lemmon on the death of her husband, Loren Lemmon ’76, on March 8, 2018.
Sympathy
Updated on: 8.1.2019
Marcy Bramley Burrus '71
Illinois College extends its sympathy to Marcy Bramley Burrus on the death of her husband, Tom Burrus ’71, on October 28, 2017.
Updates
Updated on: 8.1.2019
Jim Proffitt '70
Jim Proffitt retired from Illinois College as assistant professor of business administration after 16 years of service to his alma mater.
Updates
Updated on: 8.1.2019
Jim Alexander '69
Jim Alexander completed his 101st marathon when he ran the Little Rock Marathon in March 2018. He also participated in the Frostbite Short Course Series of races in St. Louis over the winter in which he placed second in his age group.
Sympathy
Updated on: 8.1.2019
Johanna Meyer Horton '67
Illinois College extends its sympathy to Johanna Meyer Horton on the death of her husband, Professor Bill Horton, on September 27, 2017.
Sympathy
Updated on: 8.1.2019
Edward Horton '53
Illinois College extends its sympathy to Edward Horton on the death of his brother, Professor Bill Horton, on September 27, 2017.