Obituaries | 1970-1979

Seth F. Kaufman ’70 passed away on December 19, 2023 at the age of 75. A full obituary can be found here.  

Steve Beauchamp ’77 passed away on July 1, 2023. A full obituary can be read here.

Lloyd M. Mueller ’73 passed away on June 10, 2023. A full obituary can be read here.

Jon S. Berk ’72 passed away on August 10, 2023. A full obituary can be read here.

Josephine “Josette” D. Hendrix ’76 passed away on April 1, 2022. A full obituary can be read here.

Randall “Randy” C. Brown ’74 passed away on April 20, 2023. His brother wrote:

I’m writing to let you know that my brother Randy ’74 passed away on April 20, 2023, due to complications from a stroke that he suffered on Christmas Day of 2021. At his death, Randy lived in Boulder Creek, California.

After Wesleyan, Randy worked at a variety of jobs, and resided in Staten Island, San Francisco, and North Carolina. He returned to California about 30 years ago. Randy was the author or co-author of several books and pamphlets about the history of the greater Santa Cruz area and was a regular speaker at historical gatherings. He was also passionate about the history of baseball, in particular, the Negro Baseball leagues. At his death, he was researching the earliest history of some of those teams.

Randy is survived by his three younger brothers, Bert of Santa Cruz, California, Curtis of Taiwan, ROC, and Greg ’80 of Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, and Palm Springs, California.

Greg Brown, ’80

Donald P. Spencer ’77, P’13 passed away on December 14, 2022. A full obituary can be read here.

Stephen Diaz Gavin ’77 passed away on September 10, 2022. A full obituary can be read here.

William “Bill” J. Gustus ’74 passed away on September 19, 2022. A full obituary can be read here.

John “Jack” S. Walkenhorst DVM ’72 passed away on November 1, 2022. A full obituary can be read here.