We often wonder what happened to our former West teachers and administrators.

Click on the 'Luncheons' box above for pictures, and a little current news, from some previous Retired West Teachers' Luncheons.

Click on the 'Articles' box above to see reprints of "Teacher Features" and a few "Distinguished Alumnus" articles we have published in
Alumni Occident Newsletters.


If you have information about a former West teacher or administrator,
please contact us as listed in the Alumni Office in the 'Contact Us' area.

We dedicate this to the following teachers and administrators we are aware of who are no longer living.
We thank the June '61 Class who developed the original list for their reunion in 2002. We update it as we learn of additional information.

DECEASED

Terry Baldwin, (December 16, 2008 in Columbus) age 41
Dwight Black,
History, and coached baseball and basketball (February 23, 2003, age 82, in Ostrander, OH. Owner/designer of Mill Creek Golf Course in Ostrander)
Arthur Boles
,
F. E. Bonar
, American History & POD
Dr. Roy Bowen, Dramatics (January 2, 2006 in New York City, age 93. Dr. Bowen went on to teach theater at OSU where he retired with the title of Professor Emeritus in the Theatre Dept. He lived in the Columbus area but had taken a trip to NYC when he took ill.)
Clarence Bower, Biology (March 5, 2003)
Harriette L. Brown, Vice Principal
Arthur E Buchanan, History
I. H. (Admiral) Cammarn, POD
John R. (Jack) Dale '47, Instrumental Music (February 2002 in California)
Robert Darrow, Principal (Aug. 24, 2002 in Columbus)
Frances C. Davis, English
Mozelle Warren Diehl, Commercial courses (January 12, 2004 in Columbus)
Lafe Dodds, Geometry, General Math
Kathryn J. Duff, English
Frances Evans, Latin, Librarian (December 27, 2011, age 89) Had been living at Westminster Thurber in Columbus the last few years after moving from her home in Lincoln Village.
Eugene 'Gene' Fekete, Head Football Coach (April 28, 2011, age 88) Coach Fekete was a member of The Ohio State University Football 1942 National Championship Team, the inaugural Cleveland Browns Team, and a former Assistant Coach at OSU under West Fesler and Woody Hayes.
Howard Ferguson, Physical Education and Health Education
Rufus C. Glass, Biological Science (1983)
Leona Glenn, French
Evelyn A. Hall, Radio, Dramatics, Stage Craft
Margaret Harold, Spanish (April, 2002)
Edna Harrison, History (February 8, 2010, in Columbus, age 102) Per her obituary, Ms. Harrison also taught in Adena Schools.
Mary Heeter, Commercial
Fred Heischman, Algebra, Math
Jim (Jimmie Lee) Hill, Band, Music in the 60s. Was the Band Director when they marched in the Rose Bowl Parade in 1968. (April 10, 2009, in Columbus, age 77)
Adolph (Bud) Kittel, English (October 31, 1996, in Columbus)
Delane Kittel, English (October 10, 2007, in Columbus, age 101) Per her obituary, Mrs. Kittel taught at Bliss College, Grant Junior High, and Steubenville High School in addition to West High. She was also a free-lance writer for some years, principally for the then Dispatch Magazine.
Fred Lehman, Distributive Education
Rosemary Leuchter, English (March 1, 2001) Retired in 1983
Helen Lumley, Librarian
Theodore Mayer, Math (February 13, 2005, in Columbus, age 90)
Tom McCormack
Helen McCormick, History
Charles Meyers, Counselor/coach (August 25, 2010, in Columbus, age 83)
Arthur Miller, Drafting
Velma Millhone, English, Dramatics
Mary Murphy, World History, American History
Diane Rawlins Norman '65, actively teaching at West (October 3, 2008)
M.E "Mack" Pemberton, teacher, coach, administrator (June, 1980)
Forest Rader, West Broad Elementary Principal from 1957 to 1977 (October 29, 2005, in Columbus, age 89)
David P Randall '35, Principal, teacher, coach (March 24, 1980, in Columbus)
Clarence Rittenhouse, began his teaching career in horticulture at West before moving to the Northeast Career Center (October 10, 2010, age 79, in Columbus)
Myron T. Seifert, Sales, English (May 16, 1994, in Columbus, age 90)

Constance Jo Friend Sheppard '64
, taught at West for 23 years. (April 3, 2007, in Columbus, age 60)
Deanna Roberta Darrow Shockney (May 5, 2006, age 64, in Ft. Myers, FL.) taught at West from 1963 to 1968,
Pat Cozad Smart '47, West High nurse (November 8, 2006)
Sidney Smart, Chemistry/Sciences (November 14, 1986)
E. T. Stone, Chemistry
Richard E. Teichert, Fine Arts (1993)
Helen Lousie Collins Ware '47 Jan. Office Secretary (February 3, 2009, in Columbus, age 79)
George Williams, American History
George Wing, West Jr. High (September 30, 2002, in Columbus, age 93) He was also Mayor of Worthington, OH from 1945 to 1955
George Wood, Westmoor teacher from 1961-1987 (January, 2006, in Columbus)
Helen Workman, Girls' Attendance, Typing
Theodore Mayer, Math (February 13, 2005, age 90)