Mystic Shrine

William M. Johnston '50

07/16/2021

William M. Johnston passed away peacefully in his sleep on July 16, 2021.

Born in Champaign, Illinois on October 26, 1928, Doc, as he was known to family and friends, was a proud member of the basketball team for Champaign High School, especially when the team won the high school state basketball championship in 1946.

Jeffrey Alan Strickland '76

07/15/2021

Jeffrey Alan Strickland, 67, of Seattle, died Thursday, July 15, 2021.

He was born June 21, 1954 in Wichita, Kansas, the son of Billy Dean and Jean Strickland.

He attended Guilford High School in Rockford, Illinois were he was a defensive tackle and recorded the most tackles in a season. Jeff also placed 11th in State of Illinois 185 lbs class in wrestling. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity and graduate of University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana.

George Bogie Redmon '65

02/01/2021

George Bogie Redmon ‘65, passed away on February 1, 2021, at the age of 77 in Glen Carbon, IL.

He is survived by his wife Judie and his son, Kai. He is also survived by his older brother Gant who is a Sigma Rho Beta class of ’59

Bogie grew up in Collinsville and was on the Collinsville High School basketball team in 1961 that went undefeated in his senior year and won the state championship.

Paul B. Uhlenhop '58

01/30/2021

Paul Buscher Uhlenhop, age 84, of Wilmette, died peacefully on January 30, surrounded by family. Beloved husband for 61 years of the late Virginia Louise Uhlenhop, nee Zucks; loving father of Karin Uhlenhop and Jon (Anne) Uhlenhop; dear brother of Michael (Linda) Uhlenhop, Robert (the late Marsha) Uhlenhop, Lola (Tom) McDonald, and Mary (Henry) Hudson; fond Uncle Bud to many nieces and nephews; devoted friend to many. Paul was born in Litchfield, IL, on October 22, 1936, to Paul C.

David G. Cade '62

01/27/2021
David Cade '62 passed away on January 27, 2021.
 
Memorial service will be held at his home-church:
Wednesday March 10, 2021 at 2pm 
The Woodlands First Baptist Church 
11801 Grogan’s Mill Road   The Woodlands, TX 

Calvin DeWeerdt '64

11/03/2020

Calvin DeWeerdt, 78, passed away on Nov. 3, 2020, following a brief illness. Cal was born in Clinton, Iowa, and called Rockford home for more than 55 years. Following graduation from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, he was General Manager at Cudahy Packing Company for many years and transitioned to a decades-long real estate career, which included serving as past president of the Home Builders Association of the Greater Rockford Area.

William A. Stanford '65

10/31/2020

William A. Stanford '65

April 20, 1943 - October 31, 2020

Bill was born in Centralia, Illinois, then moved around the state during childhood due to his father's profession. For college, he chose the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, where he won an R.O.T.C. scholarship that gave him a Navy Commission as well as his Economics degree, with honors, in 1965.

William D. Phillips '49

08/25/2020

William “Bill” Duncan Phillips, 92, loving husband to Ruth, passed away peacefully at his Vienna, VA home of acute congestive heart and kidney failure on August 26, 2020. Bill was born in Springfield, IL, October 24, 1927, to William Wesley and Vineta Childs Phillips. He graduated from Springfield High School in 1945, where he ran track. He graduated from the University of Illinois with Honors in Economics in 1949. While at Illinois he was a member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity.

Phil Yenerich '64

03/29/2020

Phil Yenerich ’64 passed away on March 29, 2020.

Phil was from Mendota and studied Industrial Design at Illinois. He was active in both Star Course and The Illio in his first two years. In his senior year, he served as our chapter president.

Phil received a BFA in Industrial Design and worked in large corporations as a designer. While at IBM, he received 20 patents for his work.

 

Bruce Wayne Wettman ‘70

03/13/2020

Judge Bruce Wettman, 71, of Houston, TX, passed away Friday, March 13, 2020 at Memorial Hermann Hospital. Bruce Wayne Wettman was born in Springfield, Illinois on June 5, 1948 to Betty and Wayne Wettman. Bruce was a gifted athlete, playing quarterback and point guard for Champaign High School. Though offered multiple athletic scholarships by smaller schools, he opted to fulfill his dream and proceeded to make the University of Illinois basketball team as a freshman walk-on. 

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