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In Memoriam
Katherine Tinsley,
associate professor emerita
Katherine Tinsley, 59, associate
professor emerita of history, died
June 5 of injuries suffered in a
traffic accident. She retired in May
after teaching American history at
Manchester for 26 years. She trained
future social studies teachers and
worked tirelessly to improve student writing, scheduling one-on-
one meetings with nearly every student. For many years, she and her
husband, Matt Hendryx, who also retired this year from MU, mentored
international students, taking them on trips in the region so that
they could learn more about our culture. She shared with many
her love of food, theater, art and rigorous scholarship.
Dr. Tinsley earned a bachelor’s degree from Indiana University
and a master’s from University College in London. She completed
a Ph.D. in history from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by her parents, a sister
and a brother.
Sue Upshaw,
pharmacy student
Sue Upshaw, a third-year pharmacy
student, died in a traffic accident on
Sept. 16, 2017, in Fort Wayne. She was
born Jan. 4, 1981, in Phoenix, Ariz.,
and had earned a bachelor’s degree in
chemistry from Arizona State University.
She is survived by her spouse, Releen
Upshaw; her father, Calvin Upshaw; brothers Taylor Upshaw and Jesse
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Ballesteros; paternal grandmother Marian Upshaw; and maternal
grandparents, Jesus Ernesto and Maria Socorro Ballesteros. She
was preceded in death by her mother, Maria Ballesteros.
Her family and friends remember her as kind, funny and smart
and, most of all, loved by everyone who knew her.