in memoriam delbert packard, retired staff nov. 12, 2016 wilma shafer smith, retired staff oct. 5, 2016 irene johnson (harris ’35) oct. 16, 2016 lovina resick (senseman ’41) oct. 11, 2016 betty j. plank (hood ’45), passed away on june 14, 2016. betty was a local historian in the community and published a series in the local paper about ashland history for many years. anne louise miller (gates ’45) passed away on aug. 13, 2016. anne was valedictorian of her 1945 class. after a brief teaching career, she married in 1948 and raised four children. she went back to school in 1968 and earned a masters in library science, and worked in libraries in new york city, upstate new york and vermont. elizabeth rose (yeagle ’46) nov. 2, 2016 retha bechtelheimer (bollinger ’47) feb. 11, 2011 harlon k. jennings ’47 aug. 2, 2016 robert t. hubbard ’49 nov. 1, 2015 james o. gossett ’50 nov. 23, 2016