The General Theological Seminary Necrology

May 2025 – February 2026

We lift up before God those sometime students of the General Theological Seminary who have died in the past year, commending them to God’s mercy and giving thanks for their lives and ministries.

Bishop Craig Anderson, Dean and President of The General Theological Seminary

Class of 1952

Vern Edward Jones

Class of 1954

John Bassett Moore Frederick
Charles Gomph Newbery

Class of 1958

Robert Avon Bennett
Frank Stanley Cerveny, Bishop

Class of 1959

William George Burrill, Bishop
G. David Deppen

Class of 1961

Richard Edward Iwick

Class of 1964

Warren August Schaller, Jr.
Jack Marvin Tench

Class of 1965

Phillip Ross Strange

Class of 1967

Gary Dean Hand

Class of 1968

Elwyn Joseph Mackov

Class of 1970

Richard Elliott Brewer
David Rolland Fargo
Alan Bruce Mackillop
Richard A. Pugliese

Class of 1972

Phillip Laine Blansett

Class of 1973

Michael Johl Relyea

Class of 1974

Anthony F. M. Clavier

Class of 1975

James Christopher Berg

Class of 1978

James A. Maronde

Class of 1980

Barclay Lenardo Stoute

Class of 1981

Polly McWilliams Kasey

Class of 1982

William Derek Shows

Class of 1983

John Charles Powell

Class of 1986

Frank Joseph Wallner

Class of 1988

Kevin Patrick Joseph Coffey

Class of 1990

David Harold Hermanson

Class of 1991

Lois Sherburne Bartlett

Class of 1992

Diane J. Souder

Class of 1993

Elizabeth Alison Scully

Class of 1995

Linda Lee Breitung Moeller

Class of 1996

George E. Kent, D.D.
Edward Thomas Payne
James William Warnke

Class of 1997

Lynn Cecelia Homeyer Ramshaw

Class of 1998

Cate Waynick, Bishop

Class of 1999

Wendy Josephine Miller

Class of 2001

David Hermanson
Elizabeth Ellen Ostuni

Class of 2004

Donna J. Larson

Class of 2009

Christina Virginia Nord

Class Unknown

Carlos Alberto Plazas, D.D.

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