WINTHROP T. LEWIS, an actuary, died May 6, 2003 at age 90. He was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa and received his degree with high distinction in mathematics. He retired as an associate director at the John Hancock Life Insurance Company. Predeceased by his wife, Alma, among those who survive is a grandson, Samuel Lewis ’92.
Dr. REUBEN P. JESCHKE, former college president, minister and long-time educator, died Nov. 20, 2004, at his residence in Salem, Ore. He was 93.
Jeschke, who moved to the Capital Manor retirement community in 1982, was born July 20, 1911, near Volinia in the Russian Ukraine. When he was two, he and his family immigrated to Saskatchewan, Canada, where he lived until 1928.
At the age of 18, Jeschke moved to the United States to study at Colgate-Rochester Divinity School, Rochester, N.Y. He graduated from Wesleyan University, with a bachelor of arts and was awarded a bachelor of divinity and master of sacred theology from Hartford Theological Seminary. He received a doctor of philosophy degree from New York’s Columbia University in 1951 and was awarded an honorary doctor of divinity from Northern Baptist Seminary, Chicago, Ill., and an honorary doctor of humane letters from Sioux Falls College, Sioux Falls, S.D.
Jeschke was president of Sioux Falls College, now the University of Sioux Falls, from 1953 to 1970. He was proud of his leadership of the college during its period of greatest development. He is credited with strengthening the finances of the then-struggling liberal arts college and was a primary motivator in helping the college obtain accreditation. Before assuming the presidency, Jeschke was dean of the college.
His teaching career included a professorship from 1947 to 1952 at the North American Baptist Seminary, Sioux Falls, S.D., where he also served as registrar.
As a Baptist minister, Jeschke served as pastor of the Memorial Baptist Church in New Britain, Conn., 1933-1937; the Fourth Street Baptist Church, now Shroyer Road Baptist Church, Dayton, Ohio, 1937-1947; and the First Baptist Church, Branford, Conn., 1970-1974.
He was listed in Who’s Who in America in 1964. He was the author of two books, Dream of the Pioneers, a history of Sioux Falls College; and My Life and My Family, an autobiography.
He was married in 1935 to Sabina Jacopian of Stratford, Conn. He is survived by his wife, Sabina, two sons, Paul Jeschke of Muir Beach, Calif., and Thomas Jeschke of Panora, Iowa, sisters Walda Kwast, Lansing, MI, and Elva Kuhn of Salem, Ore/, six grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
Private interment will be at Salt Creek Cemetery, Dallas, Ore. The family requests that donations in his honor be sent to the University of Sioux Falls, Sioux Falls, S.D.
EDGAR W. HORTON, 92, a leather-goods businessman, died April 7, 2004. Prior to retiring, he was co-owner of Horton Handicraft in Plainville, Conn., from 1942-1988, along with his brother. He is survived by seven children.
SIBLEY A. HALL, 92, a founder of Fort Worth (Tex.) Gear and Axle, died Apr. 9, 2005. A member of Psi Upsilon, he was the brother of Warren “Rib” Hall ’37. He had also retired from U.S. Rubber/Uniroyal and from the H.H. Brown Shoe Co. In addition to his brother, survivors include his wife, Elizabeth Hall, four children, seven grandchildren, and several great-grandchildren.
WILLIAM H. DOYLE, an attorney and longtime U.S. Foreign Service diplomat, died June 16, 2005 at age 91. He received a law degree from New York University and served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. After he retired from the State Department, he joined Motorola, Inc. Among those who survive are his wife, Barbara Bronson Doyle; three sons, including Michael B Doyle ’72; and a daughter.
DONALD M. DAVIES, who had been a U.S. foreign service consular officer, died Jan. 20, 2005, at age 93. A U.S. Navy veteran of World War II, he joined the foreign service in 1947 and served in Indonesia during its accession to independence and in Algeria during the battle of Algiers. His wife, Martha Birch Davies, predeceased him, and there are no immediate survivors.
DWIGHT H. BURR, a retired teacher and athletic coach, died Nov. 5, 2007, at age 94. He was a member of Delta Tau Delta and received master’s degrees from Columbia and Yale universities. After 40 years of teaching history and English, as well as coaching sports at Caldwell (N.J.) High School, he retired but continued to teach and coach. His wife, Madeline Gilmore Burr, predeceased him. Among those who survive are his sister and several nieces and nephews.
CHARLES H. WARNER JR., 93, the founder and senior partner of the architecture firm Warner, Burns, Toan and Lunde, died Nov. 2, 2004. A member of Eclectic, he also received a degree from Columbia University. He is survived by a son, two grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.
WILLIAM E. WALKER, 94, a retired accountant and the first city treasurer of Clayton, Calif., died June 29, 2005. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi and served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Survivors include his wife, Dorothy Russell Walker, three children, and four grandchildren.
JOHN D. TALBOT, a retired English teacher, died Oct. 19, 2005, at age 94. A member of Eclectic, he was the son of James M. Talbot, Class of 1906, and the nephew of Walter R. Talbot ’17. After a career as a teacher, administrator, and coach of tennis and drama at the George School, he taught in Hawaii. Predeceased by his first wife, Mary M. Starr Talbot, he is survived by his wife, Katey Sullivan Talbot, four children, seven grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, and his brother, Robert L. Talbot ’35.
