In Memoriam

Remembering fellow dancers who have left us

Anna Aceti – died Oct 27, 2020 (obituary)

Cheryl Anders (nee Tuller) – died Nov 2015 (obituary)

Ron Anderson – died Nov 2008 on vacation, while scuba diving

Pete Andrews – died May 5, 2024 (funeral announcement, UNC Remembrance)

Lilian Antonovics – died many years ago in Wales where she was from. 

Garland Avent – died Nov 8, 2003 (obituary)

Amy Averett – died Dec ,2005

Ben Averett – died Nov 1, 2021 (obituary)

Joy Averett – died Apr 4, 1991 (obituary)

William D. Baasel – died in ~2010

Ken Bain – died Oct 15, 2020 – (obituary)

Jane Bair – died Nov 12, 2012 (obituary)

Joe Bair – died Dec 16, 2023 (obituary)

Will Bullard – died a few years before 2014

Jean Cairns – went to the Great Dance Hall in the Sky in Feb 2005, after a battle with Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.

Emily Carnes – died Jan 8, 2024 (obituary)

Ed Clifford – died May 17, 2002

Mimi Clifford – died Aug 9, 2006

Helga Connery – died May 2, 2010

Marcus Copelan – died in 1999

Any Czerniakiewicz – died May 20, 2004

Bob DeMaine – died Jan 18, 2020 (memorial)

Shawn Donaldson – died Sep 13, 2011 (obituary)

Christopher E. Elliott – died Mar 3, 2016 (obituary)

Anne Fishburne – died Jun 8th, 2005 (obituary)

Haskell Fitz-Simons – died May 12, 2013 (obituary)

Tom Fore – died 2013

Birgitta Gaud – died at Christmas time 2018 (obituary)

George Georgallis – died May 5, 2010 (obituary)

Steve Gilman – died Apr 21, 2017 (obituary)

Florry Glasser – Died Oct 31, 2021 

Denise Glick – died May 31, 2013

David Goldenberg – died Aug 26, 2024 (obituary)

Dave Hargett – died May 17, 2011

Tricia Harrison – died 3/22/2015 (obituary)

Edith Wright Hartley – died 1993

Peter Heiman – died July 2009 (obituary)

Jackie Hermans – died May 31, 2021 (obituary)

Larry Hoey – died July 27, 2000 (obituary)

Rosemary Hoffmann – died Jan 11, 2025 (bio)

Rev. Dr. James D. Hunt, (Jane's husband) – died Jan 12, 2011 (obituary)

Rand Irwin – died Jan 26, 2015 (Diann’s husband) (obituary)

Elisabeth Jezierski – died Jan 30, 2018 (obituary, memorial, pictures)

David Kachuck (Eva Donaldson’s father) – died Feb 12, 2014 (obituary)

Bernard Kaiman – died 2013 Jun 13, 2024 (obituary)

Roz Kaplan – died in 2008

Doris Knecht – died May 26, 2007 (obituary)

Jenovefa "Jenny" Knoop – died Mar 27, 2020 (obituary, comments)

Jerry Kohl – died June 13, 2014 (obituary)

David Kolo – died Jun 13, 2024 (obituary)

John Kuo – died May 8, 2023  (obituary)

Anita LaPlaca – died Jul 11, 2016 (obituary)

Doris Leonard – died May 23, 2022 (obituary, remembrances)

Artura Lobo – died July 13, 2018 (obituary)

Christopher Masters (Formerly known as Dick Schlossel) – died Jun 25, 2020 (obituary)

Elliott Mills – died Oct 16, 2021 (obituary)

Norbert Nevid – died May 27, 2015 (obituary)

Rod O’Connor – died Apr 20, 2022 (obituary)

Francis Parker (Carol’s husband) – died March 2019 (obituary)

Carolyn Pendlebury – died June 3, 2024

Gerri Pomerantz – died Jul, 1998 (obituary)

Bill Popper – died Apr 21, 2009 (obituary)

Bob Quade – died Jan 5, 2023 (obituary, remembrances)

Linda Nelson Quade – died Mar 18, 2021 (obituary)

Jori (Marge) Richter died Dec 31, 2023 (obituary, celebration)

John Robson – died May 25, 2021 (obituary)

Jay Rosenberg – died Feb 21, 2008 (obituary1, obituary2, Jeopardy! archive)

Helen Rulison – died Oct 24, 2009

Selim (Steven) Gunay Savas – died Aug 9, 2006

Shulamith “Shelley” Schlesinger – died Jul 24 2017 (obituary)

Kathy Schoeffler – died Jan 27, 2004

Tsafi Shalev – died Nov 30, 2013

Michael Shannon – died Mar 2009 (obituary Wikipedia, Boston Herald)

Dick Shapiro – died Oct 28, 2007

Skip Shimmin – died 2007

Chuck Smallwood – died Jan 11, 1996 (archive)

Judy Smallwood – died Jun 9, 2020 (obituary, archive)

Sid Smith – died Oct 17, 2018 (obituary)

Zigrida (Ziggy) R Smith – died Oct 18, 2010

Madelyn Smoak – Died Mar, 2022 (obituary, remembrances)

Dirk J. Spruyt – died Dec 4, 2016 (obituary)

Marsha Tai – died May 19, 2024 

George Taylor – died Nov 26, 2018 (obituary)

Wendy Waite – died of cancer Jun 28, 2005

Clark Wang – died Mar 29, 2011 (obituary)

Robert Ward (son of Dot)

Joyce Wingfield – died about 1984

Julian Wingfield – died Oct 10, 2009 (Nevim's husband) (obituary)

Nevim Wingfield – died Nov 11, 2023 (remembrance)

Helen Winslow-Jaffe – died Mar 24, 2014

Dot Ward – died Jan 4, 2023 (remembrances)

Celia Wright – died in 2005

Valerie Yow – died May 23, 2024 (obituary)

Alice Zawadzki – died Jun 30, 2015 (obituary)

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Reference

This list is maintained by Dan Oldman (daniel.oldman@gmail.com). Please send any additions or corrections to him. 

These notes record where Dan got the information