This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: WHL44 Surnames: DERBY, SHEFFIELD, GRAHAM, MONROE, CARSON, LUKOWSKI, WESSENDORF Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.kalamazoo/22557/mb.ashx Message Board Post: DERBY, Stanley K. Of South Bend, IN Passed away peacefully on March 29, 2008, surrounded by his family. He was born in Bangor, Michigan September 12, 1920, to Glenwood and Hazel (Sheffield) Derby. On December 9, 1943, he married Jean Graham Derby, who preceded him in death, as did his son, Robert G. Derby. He is survived by his brother, David N. Derby and his children, Linda Derby Monroe and Kenneth D. Derby. He is survived by three grandchildren, Christine Carson, Susan Monroe Lukowski, and Daniel Monroe; and six great-grandchildren, Sydney and Sam Carson, Daphne Monroe-Wessendorf, Simon and Ramona Monroe Lukowski and Olivia Monroe. Dr. Derby served in the Army Air Corps in North Africa and the Mediterranean Theater during World War II. When he returned to America, he continued his military career in the Air Force Reserve, retiring with the rank of Colonel in 1976. He was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal in 1977 by President Carter. Upon completing his PhD at the University of Michigan, Dr. Derby joined! the faculty of the Physics Department at Western Michigan University in 1955. He retired in 1984, and then returned to teaching in 1986 and was named Professor Emeritus. In 1978, he received the Alumni Award for Teaching Excellence. Dr. Derby's major field of study within Physics was Optics, and he developed teaching and research programs at WMU for the then-emerging fields of Spectroscopy, Lasers, and Holography. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to Milton Adult Day Services of South Bend, the Abrams Planetarium of Michigan State University, or the "WMU Foundation - Physics Department", in care of Langeland Family Funeral Home. Visitation will be held at 5-8 PM on Wednesday, April 2 and before the memorial services at 1 PM on Thursday, April 3rd at the Langeland Family Funeral Home, 622 South Burdick St., Kalamazoo, Michigan. www.langelands.com 269-343-1508 Published in the Kalamazoo Gazette on 4/1/2008. (Posted by a VOLUNTEER-NO family connection) Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.