Marie R. Lucas, supervisor of accounting administration in the Corporate Controller's Office, from Aug. 1, 1959, until her retirement July 1, 1979; died Nov. 3, at the age of 82.
Erika M. Martz, secretary in the College of Medicine, The Hershey Medical Center, from Nov. 1, 1970, until her retirement Nov. 1, 1985; died Oct. 15. She was 76.
Marjorie A. McKown, manager, housing and foods at Penn State Erie, from March 1, 1971, until her retirement April 1, 1983; died Oct. 4, at the age of 78.
Katherine A. Raiser, academic adviser in the College of the Liberal Arts, from Aug. 1, 1978, until her retirement Sept. 1, 1984; died Oct. 23, at the age of 46.
John T. Shultz, computer technician in the College of Engineering, from June 1, 1956, until his retirement Feb. 1, 1984; died Oct. 18. He was 78.
Doris W. Thomas, senior extension agent in the College of Agricultural Sciences, from July 1, 1963, until her retirement Feb. 1, 1994; died Oct. 3, at the age of 70.
William Arthur Vogely, professor emeritus of mineral economics and a Phi Beta Kappa, died Oct. 31 at the age of 75.
Vogely received a bachelor's degree from Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, and a doctoral degree from Princeton University in Princeton, N.J.
From 1974 to 1991, he was professor of mineral economics at Penn State, serving as chairman of the department from 1975 through 1988.
Before coming to Penn State, he worked for the Internal Revenue Service, the Interior Department and the Bureau of Land Management. In addition, from 1971 through 1973 he was director of the Office of Economic Analysis and in 1974 he served as acting deputy assistant secretary of energy and minerals with the Interior Department.
He was the author of many books and publications and received many awards.
Memorial contributions may be made to the William Vogely Award Fund, College of Earth and Mineral Industries, Department of Mineral Economics, University Park, Pa. 16802.
Alan L. Warefield, electrician A in the Applied Research Laboratory, from May 1, 1963, until his retirement Oct. 1, 1991; died Oct. 23, at the age of 68.
Merle W. Wert, storeroom clerk/stock selector in Business Services, from July 6, 1964, until his retirement May 5, 1983; died Oct. 17. He was 74.
Erika Zalem, laboratory technician A in the College of Agricultural Sciences, from 1966 until his retirement in 1986; died Sept. 6, at the age of 54.