New LAA Approved: Theta Epsilon Alumni Association

The Kappa Kappa Psi Alumni Association is very pleased to announce that the Theta Epsilon Alumni Association has been recognized as an official Local Alumni Association. This is the KKPsiAA’s 62nd Local Alumni Association, and the third approved for the 2017-2019 biennium. Congratulations, Theta Epsilon AA, and welcome!

Craig Allan Stevens (Alpha Rho) 1975-2018

Craig A. Stevens, was born March 27, 1975, in Vinita, Oklahoma to Louie and Linda (Hale) Stevens. He graduated from Vinita High School and attended college at Northeastern State University. He passed from this life on February 22, 2018, at the St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa, after a sudden illness.
His life was music. He played, sang, listened to and taught music his entire life. At the time of death, he was teaching at Saied Music in Tulsa.
He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Clyde and Lilly Stevens and Glenn and June Hale.


Survivors include: his parents, Louie and Linda Stevens of Bernice; his wife Dana, of the home, step-children, Katy, Hattie and Brewster, all of the home, two sons, Caden and Taylor, both of Carthage, Missouri; one sister, Becky Garoutte and husband Randy of Owasso, one brother, Jeff Stevens and wife Margaret of Belle Plaine, Kansas, numerous nieces, nephews and other relatives.


The celebration of life service will be held on Tuesday, February 27, 2018 at 1:00 PM at the First United Methodist Church of Vinita, with Rev. Randy Little officiating. Interment will follow at the Fairview Cemetery in Vinita. Online condolences may be made at www.highsmithfh.com. Friends may give to the City Lights (Night Lite Ministry) 7204 S. Birch Ave. Broken Arrow, OK 74011. Arrangements are by the Burckhalter-Highsmith Funeral Home of Vinita.

Thomas J. Whelan, III (Gamma Alpha) 1957-2018

Thomas Joseph Whelan III, 61, died unexpectedly at his home in Richmond, Texas, on Thursday, February 8th.  Better known by his family as Tommy, he was born January 29, 1957 in Denver, Colorado.  His parents, Thomas Jr. and Patricia Whelan would later move to Wichita Falls where Tommy graduated from Notre Dame High School in 1975, and then from Midwestern State University in 1979.  At Notre Dame, Tommy was active in the Boy Scouts, played soccer, and loved playing in the high school band.

At MSU, Tommy’s major was radiologic technology and he was recognized with the Mallinckrodt Award for scholastic excellence and also was the recipient of the Carter McGregor Health Science scholarship.  He would later join as a associate faculty member while at the same time participating the Kappa Kappa Psi Honorary Music fraternity where he served as treasurer.

Tommy loved adventure and camping, spelunking, sky diving.  He was a licensed pilot and flew himself to many speaking engagements.  This all worked in his favor with his love for science, travel, and educating others.  Several times his expertise took him to Central America on “Mercy” trips teaching others about the equipment they needed in sonography.  He was sought after as an educator in the fields of echocardiography, abdominal OBGYN, vascular ultrasound, emergency medicine and critical care ultrasound from different parts of the world including Egypt, China, Qatar, Arabia and he even taught at Harvard.  Currently he was employed as a ultra-sonographer for AMN Health Services.

Tommy is survived by his wife, Jennifer whom he married in Athens, Texas, and one son, Trevor Joseph Whelan.  His mother Patricia Disheroon and step-dad, John, and his step-mother, Annie Whelan all live in Wichita Falls.  He was preceded in death by his brothers, Grady and Michael, one sister Susan Marie and his grandparents Grady and Marie Cantrell, and also his father who died just a month ago.

The funeral liturgy will be celebrated Saturday, March 3, 2018 at Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Chapel at 11:30 a.m. with Deacon Jim Bindel as celebrant.

The family has requested that memorials be made to the Notre Dame High School Band.

Gerald Edward Bradshaw (Alpha) 1926-2017

Gerald Edward Bradshaw met his Savior Jesus Christ face to face on December 16, 2017. There to greet him as well, were his wife Jeanette, sister Allene, parents Claude and Nell, and a rich heritage of family and friends who shared his love of the Lord.

Gerald was born on May 20, 1926 with twin Allene Bradshaw in Memphis, Tennessee. Gerald and his family moved back home in 1938 and he was graduated from Stillwater High School in May 1944 followed by enlistment in the Army Air Corps where he was stationed in Germany with occupational forces. Following V-E Day, Gerald returned to Stillwater, finished his Business degree and was graduated from Oklahoma A&M College in 1949.

His business career in Stillwater formally began upon graduation from OAMC when he joined the Henry Campbell Insurance Agency. Gerald purchased the agency in 1953 and owned and operated it for 60 of its 83 years in existence. In 1956 he married Anna Jeanette Foster and enjoyed fifty-seven fabulous years with his soulmate.

As a young and engaged businessman in Stillwater, Gerald thrived on projects where vision and resources were needed. He and his father Claude were instrumental in the establishment of the Baptist Student Union on the Oklahoma State campus in 1965, which is still serving OSU students today. Bradshaw served the business community in a variety of leadership roles, including Chamber of Commerce, Board of Education, Oklahoma Jaycees, Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity, American Legion, Masonic Lodge, Independent Insurance Agents of Oklahoma, First and Eagle Heights Baptist Churches as well as through the work of the Stillwater Industrial Authority and Payne County Economic Development board.

Father of three, Gerald modeled the importance of civic engagement, balanced with an unwavering and steadfast support of his family and friends. Gerald will be missed by many, including son David Bradshaw and eldest daughter Ann Bradshaw of Houston, daughter and son-in-law Sara and Steve Ray and their children Adam and Katie of Stillwater as well as countless extended family and friends.

Memorial gifts in lieu of flowers are encouraged to be given to the Stillwater Community Center Foundation, Stillwater Christian School, Stillwater Medical Center Foundation or the Foster-Bradshaw Family Scholarship at Oklahoma Baptist University.

A celebration of Geralds life will be held at Eagle Heights Baptist Church, in Stillwater, Oklahoma at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, December 21 with a reception following. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, December 19, 2017 and Wednesday, December 20, 2017 from 9:00am to 8:00pm at the funeral home. Arrangements under the care of Dighton-Marler Funeral Home.

Mark S. Kelly (Beta Kappa) 1926-2017

Mark S. Kelly, 91, of Bowling Green, Ohio passed away Monday November 20, 2017.

Mark S. Kelly, Director of Bands Emeritus served Bowling Green (Ohio) State University as Director of Bands from 1966 to 1994. Following service in the navy in the Pacific during WWII he attended the University of Iowa. Prior to coming to BGSU, Mr. Kelly taught for fifteen years in the Iowa communities of Clarinda and Centerville and one year at the University of Iowa as a Graduate Assistant Director ofBands.

His services as a conductor/clinician were widely sought and the BGSU Symphonic Band, under his direction, appeared regularly on state, regional and national conference stages. He kept track and looked forward to following the lives and careers of the students.

He held membership in many professional music organizations and served as President of both the American Bandmasters Association and the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic. Upon his retirement, the BGSU Board of Trustees, by way of student nomination, voted to name the instrumental rehearsal room, the Mark S. Kelly Instrumental Rehearsal Hall.

He was preceded in death by his parents Frank L. Kelly and Lulu E. Graham Kelly and his wife, Helen Kelly. He is survived by daughters Karen Kelly (Van Wert), Martha (Bruce) Jewell, Bowling Green and Barb (Allen) Hayden, Bowling Green. Grand children are Andrew Jewell, Alex Jewell, Stephen Hayden and Kelly Hayden.

A memorial service will be held next summer. Dunn Funeral Home, 408 West Wooster St. in Bowling Green is assisting the family with arrangements.

In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the American Bandmasters Association Foundation, also, through the BGSU advancement fund, the Mark S. Kelly Scholarship, or, the Helen Kelly Service Above Self scholarship.

To share an online condolence or fond memory with the Kelly family, please visit
www.dunnfuneralhome.com

David R. Wilburn (Epsilon Delta) 1949-2017

David R. Wilburn of Glendive, Montana, passed away on Thursday, November 9, 2017 after dealing with cancer for two years. Visitation will be held from 1:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M. and from 6:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. on Tuesday, November 14, 2017 at Silha Funeral Home in Glendive. A wake will follow at 7:00 P.M. with Deacon Bob Ackerman officiating. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, November 15, 2017 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Glendive with Father Francis Schreiber, Father Dan Berg, and Deacon Bob Ackerman officiating. Rite of Committal will be held in St. John’s Cemetery in Beach, North Dakota. Silha Funeral Home of Glendive has been entrusted with the arrangements.

David married Colette Samuels in Beach in 1974. They lived in Denver, Colorado for eight years before moving to Glendive, where he and Colette ran an insurance business for the last 35 years.

David was preceded in death by his father; and one brother.

David is survived by his wife of 43 years, Colette; his children Suzette (Elliott) Sondag of Houston, Texas, John (Laura) Wilburn of Lakewood, Colorado, Paul (Mandie) Wilburn of West Fargo, North Dakota, and Bryan (Maura) Wilburn of Fargo; 10 grandchildren; and his mother, sister, and three brothers, all of Texas.
Memorials in David’s name are suggested to St. Paul Catholic Newman Center, 1141 North University Drive, Fargo, ND 58102.

Remembrances and condolences may be shared with the family at: www.silhafuneralhome.com.

 

Roderick Lemont Cameron (Kappa Lambda) 1995-2017

Roderick Lemont Cameron, 22, of Durham, died Thursday, November 2, 2017, at Duke University Hospital. He was the son of Calvin and Anita Cameron and the brother of Jamison Cameron (Elizabeth).

He was a 2013 graduate of Southern High School, where he was a member of the Spartan Legion Marching Band, FBLA, and PTSA. He attended Winston-Salem State University, where he was a Management Information Systems major, a member of the Red Sea of Sound Marching Band, and a member of the Kappa Lambda Chapter of KKPSI national band fraternity.

He was an active member of Mount Vernon Baptist Church, where he served as choir member, usher, missionary, Sunday School student, musician, and church league athlete.

In addition to his parents and brother, he is survived by one niece, one nephew, six aunts, and one uncle.

Funeral services for Roderick will be held Wednesday, November 8, 2017, at Mount Vernon Baptist Church, 1007 South Roxboro Street, Durham, at 12 noon with the Rev. Jerome J. Washington, Ph.D. officiating. The family visitation will start at 11:00 AM. Interment will be at Glenview Memorial Park.

Arrangements are entrusted to Scarborough & Hargett Celebration of Life Center, Inc. Online condolences may be expressed at www.scarboroughhargettcelebration.com

Published in HeraldSun from Nov. 5 to Nov. 6, 2017

New LAA Approved: Epsilon Lambda Alumni Association

The Kappa Kappa Psi Alumni Association is very pleased to announce that the Epsilon Lambda Alumni Association has been recognized as an official Local Alumni Association. This is the KKPsiAA’s 61st Local Alumni Association, and the second approved for the 2017-2019 biennium. Congratulations, Epsilon Lambda AA, and welcome!

Please Welcome Greg Boike as the Newest Member of the Kappa Kappa Psi Alumni Association Board of Directors!

Brothers, the AABOD would like to introduce you to our newest member. We are very excited to welcome Greg Boike to the Kappa Kappa Psi Alumni Association Board of Directors.  Please help us congratulate and thank Greg for his continued service to the fraternity.

The AABOD would also like to extend its most sincere thanks to all of the applicants who submitted materials for this position. It truly highlighted the amazing individuals who we have the privilege to call Brothers and members of our alumni association.

2017-2019 Kappa Kappa Psi Alumni Association Goals and Action Items

Dear Brothers of the Kappa Kappa Psi Alumni Association,

We are very pleased to share with you our goals and action items for the 2017-2019 Biennium. During the 2017 National Convention in Orlando, the incoming and outgoing members of the Kappa Kappa Psi Alumni Association Board of Directors worked together to set forth a series of goals that would guide our continuing initiatives as our organization develops and grows. With the passing of our new KKPsi Alumni Association Constitution, this board has dedicated itself to increasing our transparency and fostering engagement among our membership.

Toward that end, we invite you to look over our Goals and Action Items, which can be found below.

We look forward to hearing your feedback and remain incredibly excited to continue our work collaboratively designing a future for the Kappa Kappa Psi Alumni Association.

AEA,
The 2017-2019 Kappa Kappa Psi Alumni Association Board of Directors

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