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Volume 12, Issue 1May, 2001



Some Have Left Us

The following alumni are known to have died in recent years. Those listed in previous newsletters are omitted here. Some information is incomplete. If you have more information, or unreported deaths, please advise the AHSAA.


Class

Name

Date of Death

Place of Death

`13Elliott, Bernice D. (Nowlin)12/31/00Tucson, Ariz.
`22Roberts, Mabel Esther (Shepard)01/03/01Soda Springs, Ida.
`25Morrison, Marjorie (Acheson)03/08/00Winter Park, Fla.
Eness, Ernest T.01/01/96Ames, Iowa
`26Eisele, Ada Carrie (Rayness)11/04/00Gaithersburg, Md.
`27Kelley, Katherine (Lange)01/11/00Ames, Iowa
`28Petersen, Baetrice (Orning)11/25/00Minneapolis, Minn.
`30Pleshek, Edith02/01/01Silver City, Minn.
`32Keltner, Benjamin J.04/13/01Eau Claire, Wisc.
Nelsen, William C.02/23/01Ames, Iowa
`33Mack, Mary Gail (Forman)02/04/01Baltimore, Md.
Parks, Doris Coretta (Horning)11/15/97Tampa, Fla.
Hug, Harris Conrad01/20/01Kent, Wash.
`34Clem, Glen Ford04/19/01Ames, Iowa
Cafferty, Miriam (Moses)08/19/00Peoria, Ariz.
Olinger, Lola Fern (Smith)05/15/01Ames, Iowa
`37Sailsbury, Martha F. (Swartz)11/30/00Ames, Iowa
`38Holloway, Esther Jeanne (Butler)01/18/00Granger, Iowa
`40Bradley, Bettie Jean (Blosser)06/17/00Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
`41Wallace, Robert Louster01/29/00?
`43Robertson, Deane01/16/00Sacramento, Calif.
Buchanan, John Alexander11/21/99Saratoga, Calif.
`44Cole, Arlene Elizabeth03/13/01Story City, Iowa
`46Frangos, Wilma Jean (Burnham)05/09/01Ames, Iowa
Mallam, Edward Duncan08/13/00Maplewood, Minn.
`48Sass, David William11/07/00Denver, Colo.
Sheesley, John Wesley02/23/01Reno, Nev.
`49Kelley, Donald Lee02/27/01Davenport, Iowa
`51Martin, Lois (Robertson)09/07/98?
`65McCay, Robert Dale, Jr.01/06/01Creswell, Ore.
`68Hadaway, Nancy (Houge)04/05/01Rochester, Minn.
`71Graden, Vicki Lynne (Stevenson)12/21/00Lincoln, Neb.
`73Shank, Edward George11/30/00Eureka Springs, Ark.
`74Van Fossen, Kenneth M.05/13/01Ames, Iowa
StaffBuss, Wilbur Orland12/23/00Boone, Iowa



Memorials

The Ames High School Alumni Association has received the following memorials since the last newsletter. Memorial funds go into the Memorial Scholarship Fund for AHS seniors.

In memory of Robert D. Allbaugh `42 by James W. Allbaugh `47

In memory of Margaret (Evvard) Batman `31 by Homer C. Batman `31

In memory of Robert L. Wallace `41 by Willard P. Puffett `39

In memory of Marjorie (Dunlap) Schluss `29, Betty (Norris) Dunlap `33, Zac Roy Dunlap `34 by Margo (Dunlap) Reep `61

In memory of Bernice Sills `43 by Paul C. Vance `43

In memory of David William Sass `48 by Robert C. Amme `48

In memory of James D. Smith `46 by Mary (Smith) Hanger `43

In memory of Everett G. Ritland (staff), Cornelia "Nikki" (Lindstrom) Buck `42, Robert Mulcahy `41 by H. Brown Otopalik `42




After 22 years, The Truth

Manzella (Groth) Fitch `32 and Clarence Stahlman `32 were the parents of Nancy (Stahlman) Spangler `52. They went to their graves with doubts but never knew what really happened on that fateful day in Colorado on December 30, 1978. The bodies of Nancy, her 17-year-old son, David and 15-year-old daughter, Susan were found in the Spangler home. A suicide note led authorities to believe this had been a double murder-suicide. The remains of the three were later brought back to Ames for burial.

Headlines in the October 5, 2000, Denver Post cleared the air. A terminally ill Robert M. Spangler `51 had confessed to murdering two wives and his two children. He stated that "he didn't like family life and murder was easier than divorce." His third wife died while they were hiking in Grand Canyon on Easter Sunday, 1993. Spangler was indicted for her death in Arizona. He has since been convicted and sentenced to life in prison.

The death of Nancy and her children affected a number of people with Ames High connections. This is not the type of story that generally appears on these pages. Nancy Stahlman had a lot of friends who remember her fondly. We felt this story needed to be told.

Jack Smalling `58




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