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Inside Iowa State
January 21, 2000

Deaths

John Helmuth
John Helmuth, former director of international programs at the Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, died Nov. 24 in Kansas City of a heart attack. He was 55.


Jeannette "Jan" Korslund
Jeannette "Jan" Korslund, retired faculty member (1990) in the College of Family and Consumer Sciences, died Dec. 29 in Ames of heart failure. She was 72. Memorials may be made to the Mayo Clinic Foundation or the Jan Korslund Scholarship Fund at Iowa State.


Elwin "E.R." Duncan
Elwin "E.R." Duncan, professor emeritus of agronomy and retired Extension agronomist (1971), died Jan. 4 of heart failure in Bella Vista, Ark. He was 85. Memorials may be sent to the Agronomy Department Scholarship Fund at the ISU Foundation.


William Riley
William Riley, distinguished professor emeritus of mechanical engineering, died Jan. 6 of a heart attack in Ames. He was 74.


Angelina Grove
Angelina Grove, a retired secretary with Iowa State, died Jan. 7 in West Des Moines of a respiratory ailment. Memorial contributions may be made to the Hospice of Central Iowa.


Gerald Parks
Gerald Parks, retired professor of industrial education (1985), died Jan. 7 of cancer in Ames. He was 76. Memorials are preferred to the Israel Family Hospice House, Ames, or the American Cancer Society.


Thelma Krock
Thelma Krock, a retired secretary with Iowa State, died Jan. 10 in Madrid of complications of Alzheimer's disease. She was 75. Memorial contributions may be made to the Cambridge United Methodist Church.

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