In Memoriam, May - June 2022

Edwin D. Akers Jr., age 88, of St. Louis, on Feb. 5, 2022. Akers was a corporate litigator at Thompson Mitchell Douglas & Neill as well as Gallop, Johnson & Neuman. He graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and joined The Missouri Bar in 1961. Akers served in the U.S. Army.

Norman M. Arnell, age 89, of Overland Park, KS, on Dec. 8, 2021. Arnell practiced law in Kansas City for more than 50 years at Margolin & Kirwan as well as Morrison Hecker – later Stinson LLP. He graduated from the University of Illinois School of Law and joined The Missouri Bar in 1957.

Jeff H. Bess, age 30, of Springfield, on Sept. 14, 2021. Bess was a lawyer in the Springfield area. He graduated from the University of Washington School of Law and joined The Missouri Bar in 2018.

Lori L. Bockman, age 62, of St. Louis, on Feb. 14, 2021. She joined The Missouri Bar in 1985.

Darren K. Cann, age 56, of Charleston, on Sept. 16, 2021. Cann served as prosecuting attorney for Mississippi County. He joined The Missouri Bar in 2003.

Monte Paul Clithero, age 68, of Springfield, on Jan. 16, 2021. Clithero served as a trial lawyer for 45 years. He graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and joined The Missouri Bar in 1978.

James S. Collins II, age 83, of Clemmons, NC, on May 20, 2021. Collins owned The Law Offices of James S. Collins II and practiced law for more than 50 years. He graduated from Washington University School of Law and joined The Missouri Bar in 1961.

Timothy L. Curran, age 79, of Milwaukee, WI, on April 27, 2021. Curran worked for nearly 40 years as a journalist with the Associated Press. He graduated from the University of Kansas School of Law and joined The Missouri Bar in 1997.

William Charles Dale Jr., age 91, of Clayton, on Feb. 21, 2021. Dale joined The Missouri Bar in 1953.

Jefferson Wayne Norton Davis, age 61, of Nevada, on Jan. 15, 2022. Davis practiced law in Topeka, KS, after graduating from Washburn University School of Law. He joined The Missouri Bar in 2008.

Karen Marie DeLuccie, age 64, of Independence, on April 12, 2022. During her 40-year legal career, DeLuccie was a partner at Paden, Welch, Martin and Albano before partnering with her husband to start DeLuccie & O’Hara Law Offices, LLC. She graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law and joined The Missouri Bar in 1982.

Audrey Verona Dorch, age 53, of Renton, WA, on Feb. 24, 2021. Dorch was executive vice president and chief legal officer of Providence Health. Prior to that, she served as executive vice president, chief legal officer, head of government affairs, and corporate secretary at Peabody Energy in St. Louis. She graduated from Harvard Law School and joined The Missouri Bar in 2016.

Bernard Jay Dowling, age 60, of Belleville, IL, on May 15, 2021. Dowling was a partner at Clayborne & Wagner. He graduated from Saint Louis University School of Law and joined The Missouri Bar in 1989.

Lois M. Drossman, age 86, of Maryland Heights, on Oct. 23, 2020. Drossman owned Lois M. Drossman, P.C., and joined The Missouri Bar in 1986.

Michael H. Dunker, age 51, of St. Louis, on Jan. 14, 2021. Dunker joined The Missouri Bar in 2011.

Joe. E. Edwards, age 72, of Oklahoma City, OK, on Sept. 24, 2021. Edwards worked at several law firms, most recently Crowe & Dunlevy. He graduated from Oklahoma City University School of Law and joined The Missouri Bar in 2006.

Rebecca L. Elliston, age 60, of Carl Junction, on March 2, 2022. Elliston opened a law office in Stockton, as well as served as Cedar County prosecuting attorney and public defender. She graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and joined The Missouri Bar in 1989.

Hon. David Jeffery Ferman, age 61, of Wildwood, on Jan. 13, 2022. Ferman served as public defender and night court judge, as well as operated his own private practice. He graduated from the University of Missouri and joined The Missouri Bar in 1986.

Hon. Samuel Donald Frank, age 59, of Unionville, on Dec. 18, 2021. Frank opened a law firm in Putnam County and practiced for 20 years before serving as associate judge of Putnam County. He graduated from the University of Oklahoma School of Law and joined The Missouri Bar in 1990.

George Patrick Garrett, age 72, of Edmond, OK, on Jan. 2, 2022. Garrett operated a law office and was an administrative law judge for the Oklahoma Department of Human Services. He graduated from Oklahoma City University School of Law and joined The Missouri Bar in 1979. Garrett served in the U.S. Air Force Reserves.

Donald W. Giffin, age 91, of Kansas City, on Sept. 26, 2021. Giffin was a trial lawyer and partner at Spencer Fane LLP. He attended Yale University School of Law. Giffin joined The Missouri Bar in 1954. He served in the U.S. Army.

Bert Michael Godding, age 54, of Kansas City, on Feb. 18, 2022. Godding worked in the public defender’s office before starting his own firm, where he worked for over 22 years. He graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law and joined The Missouri Bar in 1993.

Hon. Carl Gum Jr., age 89, of Raymore, on Feb. 22, 2022. Gum was a lawyer and circuit court judge. He joined The Missouri Bar in 1960.

Kathleen S. Hall, age 68, of Kansas City, on April 11, 2021. Hall worked as a lawyer before serving as the full-time chaplain at Bishop Spencer Place. She joined The Missouri Bar in 1998.

Charles Martin Hart II, age 85, of Chambersburg, PA, on Feb. 9, 2022. Hart was president of Insurance Concepts, Inc. He graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and joined The Missouri Bar in 1962. Hart served in the U.S. Air Force.

Hon. James R. Hartenbach, age 80, of St. Charles, on April 1, 2022. Hartenbach served as a judge for the Circuit Court of St. Louis County and joined The Missouri Bar in 1966.

John G. Holland Jr., age 66, of Cairo, IL, on June 24, 2021. Holland practiced law in Alexander County in Illinois for 31 years. He graduated from Southern Illinois University School of Law and joined The Missouri Bar in 1996.

Raleigh West Johnson, age 87, of Gilbert, AZ, on Feb. 26, 2022. Johnson practiced law for more than 35 years. He graduated from Columbia University School of Law and joined The Missouri Bar in 1983.

Robert L. Johnson, age 71, of Duncanville, TX, on Dec. 9, 2021. Johnson served as a defense lawyer with American Family Insurance for 22 years. He graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and joined The Missouri Bar in 1983.

Dewey R. Jones, age 84, of Woodridge, IL, on April 8, 2021. Jones joined The Missouri Bar in 1971.

Vonne Karraker, age 52, of Farmington, on March 21, 2022. Karraker started her own firm, Manley, Karraker & Karraker P.C., and served as a staff lawyer with Legal Services of Southern Missouri. Karraker graduated from Case Western Reserve University School of Law and joined The Missouri Bar in 2004.

Terrence O. Kelly, age 76, of Los Angeles, CA, on Aug 27, 2021. Kelly was a partner at McKenna & Fitting as well as Roers & Wells. He graduated from New York University School of Law and joined The Missouri Bar in 1999. Kelly served in the U.S. Marines in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps.

Jerome “Jerry” Kraus, age 82, of St. Louis, on March 26, 2022. Kraus practiced law for more than 50 years. He graduated from Washington University School of Law and joined The Missouri Bar in 1963. Kraus served in the U.S. Army.

John Thomas Long, age 71, of Godfrey, IL, on Jan. 28, 2022. He was CEO and vice chairman of Argosy Gaming Company and chairman of the board and principal shareholder of First National Bank of Grant Park and First Community Bank of Godfrey. He graduated from the Southern Methodist University School of Law and joined The Missouri Bar in 1977. Long served in the U.S. Army.

Christel E. Marquardt, age 84, of Topeka, KS, on March 8, 2020. Marquardt was a partner at Cosgrove, Webb, and Omen before starting her own practice – Palmer, Marquardt and Snyder. She was also the first woman president of the Kansas Bar Association. She graduated from Washburn University School of Law and joined The Missouri Bar 1992.

Charles F. Marvine Jr., age 73, of Shawnee, KS, on Jan. 4, 2022. Marvine practiced in corporate and tax law in the Kansas City area. He graduated from the University of Kansas School of Law and joined The Missouri Bar in 1977. Marvine served in the U.S. Army.

David James Massa, age 66, of Maryville, IL, on Oct. 15, 2021. Massa practiced business law for 40 years and was a partner at Bryan Cave LLP before joining Gallop, Johnson & Neuman, L.C. He graduated from the Yale University School of Law and joined The Missouri Bar in 1979.

Hugh McPheeters, age 79, of St. Louis, on Jan. 26, 2022. McPheeters was a partner at Bryan, Cave, McPheeters and McRoberts. He graduated from Washington University School of Law and joined The Missouri Bar in 1967.

John G. “Jack” Meyer, age 73, of Lubbock, TX, on Jan. 19, 2021. Meyer practiced law in Tiptop, Perryville, and Union, as well as served as Perry County prosecuting attorney and Franklin County assistant prosecutor for 39 years. He graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and joined The Missouri Bar in 1973.

Hon. Arthur F. Miorelli, age 90, of St. Louis, on March 1, 2022. Miorelli practiced law before serving as associate circuit court judge. He later served as a senior judge for the State of Missouri. He graduated from Washington University School of Law and joined The Missouri Bar in 1954. Miorelli served in the U.S. Army.

Richard A. Moran, age 90, of St. Charles, on Dec. 7, 2020. Moran worked as a lawyer for Shelter Insurance for more than 30 years. He graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and joined The Missouri Bar in 1957. Moran served in the U.S. Navy.

John R. Murphy Jr., age 81, of Kansas City, on Aug. 26, 2020. Murphy practiced law in the Kansas City area for 50 years. He joined The Missouri Bar in 1966.

Timothy S. O’Grady, age 50, of Fairview Heights, IL, on Feb. 6, 2021. O’Grady practiced primarily in family law. He graduated from Oklahoma City University School of Law and joined The Missouri Bar in 1995.

Jeffrey H. Pass, age 78, of St. Louis, on April 30, 2021. Pass was a partner at Lewis Rice. He graduated from Harvard Law School and joined The Missouri Bar in 1967.

Linda Louise Roediger, age 71, of Kirkwood, on Jan. 15, 2022. Roediger joined The Missouri Bar in 1994.

Charles M. Schmidt, age 94, of Chesterfield, on July 30, 2020. Schmidt practiced law for several decades and joined The Missouri Bar in 1949.

Ann Marie Seward, age 65, of Deerfield Beach, FL, on Aug. 3, 2021. Seward worked at private practices in Tucson, AZ; Las Vegas, NV; and St. Louis. She graduated from the University of Arizona School of Law and joined The Missouri Bar in 1991. Seward served in the U.S. Air Force in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps.

Jackson L. Smith, age 88, of Colorado Springs, CO, on July 24, 2021. Smith owned a law firm in Louisiana, MO, before moving to Colorado Springs. He worked in the Colorado Springs city attorney office before serving as general counsel to Colorado Springs Memorial Hospital. He graduated from the University of California School of Law and joined The Missouri Bar in 1967. Smith served in the U.S. Air Force.

Henry Meade Summers Jr., age 85, of St. Louis, on May 26, 2021. Summers graduated from the University of Michigan School of Law and joined The Missouri Bar in 1961.

Reed F. Steele, age 86, of Kennesaw, GA, on Sept. 13, 2021. Steele joined The Missouri Bar in 1962.

James D. Stevens, age 76, of Nappanee, IN, on Sept. 2, 2021. Stevens worked in the Oklahoma employment security commission and as a procurement attorney at Tinker Air Force Base. He graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and joined The Missouri Bar in 1969. Stevens served in the U.S. Air Force for 28 years and worked in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps.

Thomas M. Tepe Sr., age 76, of Cincinnati, OH, on Oct. 16, 2021. He joined The Missouri Bar in 1971.

Hon. Todd Thornhill, age 61, of Springfield, on April 8, 2022. Thornhill served as chief judge of the 31st Judicial Circuit for nearly 30 years. He graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and joined The Missouri Bar in 1987.

Paul K. Travous, age 61, of St. Charles, on May 8, 2021. He graduated from Saint Louis University School of Law and joined The Missouri Bar in 1998.

Robert T. Williams, age 46, of Broken Arrow, OK, on Aug. 13, 2020. Williams worked at Creative Planning in Overland Park. He graduated from the University of Tulsa School of Law and joined The Missouri Bar in 2017.

Christopher H. Wilson, age 66, of Swannanoa, NC, on April 9, 2021. Wilson practiced law with a focus on computer software and hardware transactions. He graduated from the University of Florida School of Law and joined The Missouri Bar in 1986.

William L. Vaughan III, age 78, of Glendale, AZ, on July 17, 2021. He joined The Missouri Bar in 1973.