This website displays notices of alumni deaths reported to the college, along with comments from the Carleton community. They are ordered by when the college was notified of their passing, most recent first.
Browse by class year or major, or enter a search term below. Search terms can include a specific name, a first name, or last name. A search of a specific year will provide a list of alumni who passed in that year. A search of a date (formatted January 1, 2020) will provide a list of alumni who passed on that date.
LeSetta Odoroff ’60 P84 P88 W60
April 4, 2025
Louise Witman ’71 P78
April 18, 2025
Marcus Johnson ’60
June 21, 2024
Randolph Rankin ’70
March 16, 2022

Shirley Black ’51
May 13, 2021
David McCaleb ’66
August 30, 2023

Jeffrey Thorkelson ’62
October, 2023
Louis McMurray ’53
March 26, 2025
Martha (Gettinger) Larson ’61
April 5, 2025
William Keye ’65
April 10, 2025

Joseph Radinsky ’23
April 11, 2025

Georgiana (Starks) Harris ’55
April 13, 2025
Matthew Bertash ’59
Marilyn (Frees) Hoghaug ’58
February 28, 2024
Ronald Bogard ’68
October 14, 2024

Virginia (Lorenz) West ’49 W49
March 11, 2025
John Davis ’80
October 10, 2021
Lawrence Cohn ’65
March 27, 2025

John Faber ’59
April 5, 2025
Helen (Wheeler) Swain ’54
February 5, 2025
David McGarvey ’53 P77
March 9, 2025
Larry Olin ’50
Nancy (Garbutt) Newton ’53
October 25, 2022
Joan (Anderson) Schafer ’49
April 29, 1995