Gregory Rumfelt, who worked for Aramark Food Services on campus for 13 years, passed away on Sunday, March 25. Rumfelt, 48, died of a brain tumor.

Rumfelt suffered severe injuries in a car crash in 1981, and he worked hard to live independently, a goal he achieved in 1997. He used an electric scooter for transportation to his job at Wake Forest, and he served as an advocate for people with special needs.

Read the obituary in the Winston-Salem Journal »

A memorial service for Morgan Judd will be held at 5 p.m. March 22 in Wait Chapel. Judd was a Wake Forest freshman when she died on December 6 after a brief illness. Read more about Judd »

A memorial service for Wake Forest junior Derek Palme will be held Jan. 12 in Chester, New Jersey. Palme died this past weekend at his home in Long Valley, N.J.

A memorial gathering will be held from 4-7 p.m. at the William J. Leber Funeral Home at 15 Furnace Road in Chester, N.J. (07930). A memorial service will follow from 7-7:30 p.m.

The University has scheduled a campus service, too.  It will be held at 4 p.m. on Jan. 20 in Wait Chapel.

The family is asking that in lieu of flowers, donations be made in his memory to the Fund for Wake Forest Scholars. To give online, go to the Giving Form, enter your information and pledge, then scroll to the bottom of the form, check “Other” and put either COS546 or Fund for Wake Forest Scholars in the Comment field.

Beulah Raynor (MA ’47), an assistant professor emerita of English who taught from 1946 until 1979 — the longest tenure of any female faculty member, died on Jan. 8 in Winston-Salem. She was 101.

A memorial service will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. in Davis Chapel.

“I don’t know how many students she taught to write — and to write well — but they were many,” said Provost Emeritus Edwin G. Wilson (’43). “And they thanked her and loved her because, despite her unwavering insistence on standards, she was helpful and kind, never giving up on even the poorest student. Many students looked to her as a mother and friend and became close to her.”

Read more about Raynor on the Wake Forest Magazine website »

We regret to inform you that Beulah Raynor, associate professor emerita of English, died January 8 at her Winston-Salem residence. A service of celebration will be held at 2 p.m. January 11 in Davis Chapel in Wingate Hall.

An obituary appears in today’s Winston-Salem Journal.

Alice Webster in 2008

For many years, Alice Webster, as the unofficial goodwill ambassador of the Reynolda Campus, personified the Wake Forest spirit of friendliness and warmth.

A worldly woman and gifted conversationalist, she took a personal interest in each guest, particularly the ones who might be future Deacons. In the Welcome Center, she was the source for information about campus tours and restaurants, but she also provided encouragement and reassurance to those on the verge of a very big decision.

She died on Jan. 4 at the age of 85. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 8, at First Baptist Church on Fifth Street in Winston-Salem.

Read more about Webster on the Wake Forest Magazine site »

Jing Wei (right), husband Yaochun Zhang (center) and their son, Ben

Jing Wei, an employee at Wake Forest, was snorkeling with her husband and several friends Dec. 23 in a lagoon in Aruba when she drowned in an accident that is still a mystery to her husband.

Wei, 48, received a master’s degree in chemical engineering at N.C. A&T. She worked as a technician at the School of Medicine before she landed a job as an instructional technology consultant on the Reynolda campus.

“We are all devastated,” said Simone Caron, the chairman of the history department. Wei maintained that department’s website. “Our department will never be the same without her.”

Read more in the Winston-Salem Journal »

A memorial service for Wei will be held at 2 p.m. on Jan. 15 in Brendle Recital Hall. A reception will follow in the lobby of Brendle Hall.

We regret to inform you that Wake Forest University staff member Jing Wei died Dec. 23 as the result of an accident while vacationing in Aruba with her family. Ms. Wei was an instructional technology consultant supporting the history, political science and philosophy departments.

The University will share additional information with faculty, staff and students when arrangements for a campus service have been decided by her family.

A photo of Morgan Judd accompanied the Cincinnati Enquirer article.

An article in the Cincinnati Enquirer celebrates the life of Wake Forest student Morgan Judd, who passed away after a brief illness on December 6. The article describes Morgan’s passion for dance and the joy she brought to those around her.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to The Morgan Judd Memorial Fund, 3446 Mooney Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45208.

Cristina Yu, 52, died Thursday, Nov. 3, at the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home. Yu worked as a librarian at the Z. Smith Reynolds Library for 22 years, and she was instrumental in organizing the annual Chinese New Year Festival on campus. Her husband, Wei-Chin Lee, is a professor in political science, and one of their daughters, Rae-yao, is a freshman at Wake Forest. Their other daughter, Rae-ling, is a junior at Reagan High School.

Christina’s life will be celebrated at 1 p.m., on Wednesday, Nov. 9, at Brendle Recital Hall, followed by a reception.

Cristina began her work at Wake Forest as a technician in the Art Slide Library in 1988. In 1989, she joined the Z. Smith Reynolds Library team as a technician within the Cataloging Department for a brief stay before moving on to Reference and Interlibrary Loan. It was in Interlibrary Loan that Cristina blossomed as a librarian. She remained a solid contributor to the successes of the Library, the Wake Forest faculty, staff and students. She was a committed advocate for the library patrons, always seeking ways to improve the quality of services her unit provided. Continue reading »