obituary

PULLMAN, Wash. – Mel Mundell, a WSU employee in housing and conference services on the WSU Pullman campus from Dec. 1977 to June 2000, died Sept. 19, 2017.

Everett Murray, who worked at WSU Prosser from June 1958 to Nov. 1983, died at home in Prosser on Sept. 4, 2017.

Glenn Ellis Crellin, 66, of Seattle, former head of the Washington Center for Real Estate Research at WSU Pullman from 1993-2012, died May 18, 2017 at his second home in Charlotte, North Carolina with his family by his side.

By Larry Stone, Seattle Times PULLMAN, Wash. – One of the last extensive interviews with Cougars legend Bobo Brayton, in 2013, left an indelible impression of an indomitable man who died Saturday at age 89.

By Adrian Aumen, College of Arts and Sciences PULLMAN, Wash. – Fond remembrances of Erich J. Lear posted by several of his former students on the School of Music’s Facebook page echo the sentiments of many at Washington State University who knew him as a colleague, mentor and friend.

PULLMAN, Wash. – Raymond Albrook, a lifetime resident of the Palouse area, passed away Oct. 1 in Clarkston, Wash., following several months of illness.

By Eric Sorensen, WSU News PULLMAN, Wash. – Richard Daugherty, a Washington State University archaeologist who led the excavation of the Ozette village site, “the Pompeii of America,” and numerous other key Northwest finds, died Saturday of bone cancer. He was 91.

PULLMAN, Wash. – Edwin A. Helmstetter, retired from the College of Education, died Nov. 5, 2013. He worked at WSU 1985-2005 and 2007-11.

PULLMAN, Wash. – Dwight V. Peabody Jr., retired from the Northwestern Washington Research and Extension Center in Mount Vernon, died Aug. 3, 2013. He worked at WSU Extension 1951-1982.

PULLMAN, Wash. – Walfred H. Peterson, retired from political science, died Aug. 10, 2013. He worked at Washington State University 1968-92.