Purdue obituaries

A list of obituaries of recent and retired Purdue faculty and staff.

Merrilee Kaye Shoaf, 65, died May 3. Materials Management and Distribution.

Linda Lee Vanderkolk, 69, died May 4. Visual and Performing Arts.

Charles William Brown, 96, died May 6. Office of the Dean of Men.

Kay McKee, 80, died May 8. Purdue University Student Health Service.

Patricia A. Williams, 85, died May 13. Bursar’s Office.

Chunhua Zhang, 44,  died May 15. Assistant professor of botany and plant pathology.

David L. Filmer, 88, died May 23. Biological Sciences.

Franz J. Frederick, 84, died May 26. Professor emeritus of educational technology.

Vernard L. Foley, 82, died May 28. Associate professor of history.

Noel Kenneth Reen, 88, died May 30. Purchasing.

Donald Joseph Bloom, 87, died June 4. Purdue Pharmacy.