F. STANLEY BOYER '60 died August 14, 1997, at the age of 60. After graduating from SPC, he earned his master's degree in science education at the University of Utah, and received associate degrees in business administration and administration of justice at Lower Columbia College in Longview, Washington. Stan taught school in various grades from elementary to the college level in Portland, Oregon; Longview; and Arlington, Washington. He was an officer for the Rainier, Oregon, Police Department in the 1970s, and also worked with Century 21 Real Estate since the early 1980s. Stan is survived by his wife of 38 years, DOLORES BOYER '60; six children; and three grandchildren.
RALPH CROMWELL '50 died September 3, 1997, of complications from heart surgery. He was 70 years old. After graduating from SPC in physics, Ralph earned a master's degree at the University of Washington and worked for 15 years at the UW Applied Physics Laboratory. He became a favorite with students at Washington's Mercer Island High School, where he taught math, physics and electricity from 1969 until his retirement in 1985. Ralph was a familiar figure practicing takeoffs and landings at airstrips around the Puget Sound, and driving his 1954 green jeep on Queen Anne Hill. He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Jeanne; his sons RALPH CROMWELL JR. '73 and ROBERT CROMWELL '76; his daughter, LAURIE CROMWELL '82; and two grandchildren.
IRENE PARNELL GILLIARD, CASCADE COLLEGE '42 died September 19, 1997, in Maui, Hawaii.
VIRGINIA HART '64 died March 15, 1997, in Kirkland, Washington. She was 54. After graduation from SPC, Virginia later earned a master's degree in early childhood education. She taught grade school in Edmonds, Washington; Sultan, Washington; and Bedford, England. Since 1980, she was employed as a social worker for the Department of Social and Health Services in Bellevue, Washington. Virginia loved reading, travel, people, conversation and children. She is survived by her mother, three brothers and two stepsisters.
FRANK HOLECEK '47 died May 31, 1997. He is survived by his wife, Helen.
ELVA MCALLASTER, professor at SPC between 1948 and 1956, died August 12, 1997, in Greenville, Illinois. She was 74 years old. Born in Kansas, Elva graduated from Greenville College in 1944 and went on to earn a master's degree and Ph.D. from the University of Illinois. She taught in rural schools and at SPC before returning to Greenville College where she was professor of English from 1956 until her retirement in 1988. She was poet-in-residence at Greenville from 1988 to 1997.
MINNIE ARLENE PETERSON '47 died August 2, 1996. From 1947-1968, she served as a Baptist General Conference missionary in Assam, India, beginning a girls' Bible school there. When missionaries were expelled from India, she briefly served at the Bible school in Cebu, Philippines. Minnie went on to work at several retirement homes in Minnesota, Washington and Oregon.
JEANNETTE PRUSCHANSKY '41 died August 21, 1997. After graduating from the University of Washington, she earned her master's degree at SPC and then taught art in the Seattle Public Schools for 33 years. Teaching was her passion and she inspired several generations of Seattle students and their families. Jeannette was an active member of the Women's University Club; St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral; The Antiquarian Society; English Speaking Union; Washington State Retired Teachers Association; and Delta Kappa Gamma, a teaching honorary society. She also volunteered at the Museum of History and Industry, teaching a weekly class.
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