Obituaries
In Loving Memory.
Recent Obituaries
(Reported to the Alumni Office or Recently Found)
Carl Leon Toon, '64, passed away on November 1, 2025, in Collierville, Kentucky. Lifetime Member. New
James Edward Wolfer, '69, passed away on October 31, 2025, in North Kansas City, Missouri. New
Dwain Pederson, Former Counselor and Teacher, passed away on October 18, 2025, in Omaha, Nebraska. New
Troy Paul Reeves, D'88, passed away on October 7, 2025, in Gretna, Nebraska. New
Robert J. "Bob" Curtin, '58, passed away on September 28, 2025, in Lenexa, Kansas. Lifetime Member and former BTNAA Board Member. New
Honorable Judge William Dean Maddux, '53, passed away on September 18, 2025, in Chicago, Illinois. Lifetime Member, former President BTNAA, longtime Trustee Boys Town National Board of Directors. New
Dale L. Bumgardner, '78, passed away on September 9, 2025, in Elkhorn, Nebraska. New
Bryan (Donovan Ray Gatus) Monday, '53, passed away on September 4, 2025, in Nashville, Tennessee. New
Glenn Francis Diaz, D'80, passed away on August 24, 2025, in Lincoln, Nebraska. New
Dennis Dean "Denny" Ratzlaff, '88, passed away on August 4, 2025, in York, Nebraska. New
Vincent Porfidio Castro, D'66, passed away on July 22, 2025, in Lawrence, Kansas. New
Patrick Gerard Grierson, '76, passed away on July 19, 2025, in Oregon City, Oregon. New
Colin Patrick Robertson, '69, passed away on July 14, 2025, in Cleveland, Ohio. New
Betty Critchley, Wife of Marty Critchley, '78, passed away on June 25, 2025, in Janesville, Wisconsin. New
Robert Edward "Bobby" Gutierrez, '62, passed away on June 24, 2025, in Kansas City, Missouri. New
Leo Joseph McCarthy, MD, FRCP Edin/Ire passed away on May 12, 2025 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Former employee & generous donor to the BTNAA Scholarship Fund. New
Richard D. Kellerhals, D'44, passed away on May 5, 2025 in Bloomington, Illinois. New
Michael Joseph Tapio, D'76, passed away on May 1, 2025, in Omaha, Nebraska. Lifetime Member. New
Robert Ladislav "Bob" Vacha, Former High School English Teacher, passed away on April 18, 2025, in Omaha, Nebraska. New
Robert Duane Keeder, '63, passed away on April 11, 2025 in Columbia, South Carolina. Lifetime Member, Former President, BTNAA. New
Dr. Patrick T. McGinnis, Ed.D, Retired School Superintendent, passed away on February 25, 2025 in Omaha, Nebraska. New
Theodore Franz "Ted" Rouse, D'57, passed away on February 23, 2025 in Elk River, Minnesota. Former Family-Teacher. New
Ashley Shameeka Burks, '06, passed away on February 22, 2025 in Rockford, Illinois. New
Gene Carson Gilmore, D'59, passed away on February 20, 2025, in Papillion, Nebraska. New
Lennis Burl Kimbrel, Jr., D'91, passed away on February 6, 2025 in Omaha, Nebraska. New
Anthony Pierre Tucker, Sr., '75, passed away on February 3, 2025 in Omaha, Nebraska. New
Donald Ray Farmer, '55, passed away on January 31, 2025 in Bartlett, Tennessee. Lifetime Member. New
Arthur Henry "Art" Mollison, '66, passed away on January 14, 2025 in Sacramento, California. Lifetime Member.
Joseph H. Ortega, '47, passed away on January 11, 2025, in Schertz, Texas. Lifetime Member, Former BTNAA President, Former Boys Town Director of Personnel. New
James Henry Labelle, '70, passed away on January 7, 2025, in Humble, Texas. Lifetime Member. New
Charles Phillip Olivas, D'68, passed away on October 26, 2024, in Las Vegas, Nevada. New
Tony Corndel Flowers, Sr., D'81, was killed in a car accident on July 26, 2023 near Mondamin, Iowa. New
Charles Edward Bushey, '56, passed away on March 30, 2022, in Freeport, Illinois. New
David Edward Hurtado, '55, passed away on August 22, 2021, in Kansas City, Missouri. Lifetime Member. New