In Memoriam

The O.C.B.P. Alumni Association sadly announces the passing of the following alumni. HOF indicates a Hall of Fame honoree.

2023:

William “Bill” H Pugh IV – 1956 (HOF) (May 23, 2023)

Charles Bowman – 1956 (HOF) (April 10th, 2023)

Warren North – 1953 (HOF) (January 2023)

Bill Morrow – 1948 (HOF) (January 2023)

2022:

Joe Kennedy – 1955 (December 2022)

Russ Leary – 1934 (HOF)(October 2nd, 2022)

Lindsay Zweibel – (July 1st, 2022)

Tom Swenk – 1957 (June 2022)

Art Ford -1955 (June 1st, 2022)

Tom Newnam – 2004 (March 13th, 2022)

Jerry O’Connell – 1960 (March 8th, 2022)

Bob Warren – 1959 (February 15th, 2022)

Tom Oves – 1951 (HOF)(February 12th, 2022)

Frank (Buzz) Kohler 1954 (January 31st, 2022)

Joe Schmitt – 1957 (HOF)(January 25th, 2022)

James Haines – 1943 (January 12th, 2022)

2021: 

Patrick Lavin – 1974 (December 31st, 2021)

Bill Patterson – 1952 (December 25th, 2021)

Frank Schiesser – 1943 (HOF)(January 28th, 2021)

John Luchsinger – 1956 (July 16th, 2021)

2020: 
Greg Browne – 1986 (January 1, 2020)
Chuck Betson – 1970 (HOF)(May 15, 2020)
Steve Green – 1970 (May 19, 2020)                                

Chet Derr Jr – 1962 (HOF)(August 28, 2020)

James Kirk – 1979 (November 15, 2020)

2019:
Bill Goulburn – 1945
Bill Geisdorf – 1966 (April 22, 2019)
Tim Sullivan – 1974 (June 2019)
Kirk Alexy – 1977  (September 15, 2019)

2018:
Patty Giesecke – 1969 (April 2018)
Sam McDowell – 1947 (HOF)(June 2018)
Kjell Christianson – 1959 (June 26, 2018)
George (Spike) Beitzel – 1944 (July 2018)

2017:
Bob Dilworth – 1958
Ed Howe – 1960
Ed Brown – 1952
Paul Geithner – 1949 (HOF) (August 1, 2017)
Jay Hitchcock – 1967 (January 2017)
Lou Schoener – 1954 (HOF)(March 12, 2017)
Bill Potterton – 1946 (September 2017)
John McLaughlin – 1965 (August 2017)
Tom Ashley – 1977 (September 2017)

2016:
Bill D’Arcy – 1945 (HOF)(December 7, 2016)
Bob Schwab – 1952 (HOF)(April 24, 2016)
Larry Stedem – 1959
Des Nunan – 1973

2015:
Bernard “Buz” Belle – 1955 (March 2015)

2014:
Tom McInerney – 1951

2013:
Scott Burns – 1974 (April 2013)
Tom Morrison – 1979 (April 2013)

2012:
Lynwood Mintzer – 1936 (January 2012)
Joseph McNichol – 1969 (June 2012)
George Lafferty – 1938 (HOF)(July 2012)

2010: Arnold Jones – 1965 (May 2010) Don Dietsch – 1941 (May 2010) Jack Gale – 1945 (July 2010) 2009: George Allen – 1951 (July 2009) Ray Phillips – 1954 (August 2009) Ed Wagner – 1952 (July 2009) William Marks – 1945 (August 2009) 2008: Jack McAfee – 1963 George Weissberg – 1944 (HOF) 2007: Fenton “Coach” Carey – 1939 (HOF)(Febraury 2007) Ed Keenan, Sr. – 1950 George Dungan – 1941 Ed McDowell – 1951 2006: Blair Weir – 1977 (2006) James “Butch” Macallister – 1943 (HOF)(December 2006) Tom Ciccone – 1958 (March 2006) Bill Reichle – 1956 Carroll Wille – 1970 2005: Joseph Flanagan – 1945 (March 2005) Robert Marts – 1941 (April, 2005) Jim Forr – 1969 (August 2005) 2004: Bob Thompson – 1962 (April 2004) John Hoeveler, MD – 1966 (April, 2004) Bob Holmes – 1966 (May 2004) 2003: Matt Ryan – 1948 (March 2003) Jack D’Arcy – 1940 2002: Harvey Jones – 1998 (March 13, 2002) Charles Ireland -1927 (July 6, 2002) Robert Moncrief Al McKee – 1936 (August 1, 2002) 2001: Olaf “Swede” Drozdov – 1931 (HOF) Alfred “Bud” McKinley – 1959 (HOF) (May 11, 2001) Dan Dixon – 1943 Joe Sweeney – 1943 George Cooper – 1950