Lucille Bluford
Lucile Bluford, 91, editor and publisher of the Kansas City Call and a champion of the civil rights movement, died June 13 after a brief illness. Bluford joined the Call as a reporter in 1932 after graduating from KU. She took over as publisher in 1955. In 1990, she received the Distinguished Service Citation, the highest honor awarded by KU. Bluford was the second African-American student to major in journalism at KU.

Robert Bruce Burke
Robert Bruce Burke, 50, Lawrence, died June 15. He was office manager for counseling and psychological services at KU’s Watkins Memorial Health Center. Survivors include his mother, Frances Mary Burke, Prairie Village; two brothers, James, Topeka, and Ric, Lawrence; and two sisters, Patricia A. “Tish” Adams, Lenexa, and Kathy Cone, Wichita Falls, Texas. The family suggests memorials to the American Heart Association.

Mary Lillian Graves
Mary Lillian Graves, 64, Burlingame, died June 17 in Wichita. She worked as a housekeeper for the KU Housing Department. Survivors include a son, Samuel Edward Herrington, Phoenix; two daughters, Betty Ann Hill, Des Moines, Wash., and Linda Kay Hunt, Wichita; seven grandchildren; and several great-grandchildren.

William Joyce Griffith
William Joyce Griffith, 94, died July 5 at Pioneer Ridge Retirement Community. He was director of the Center of Latin American Studies at KU from 1970 to 1975 and retired in 1977. He collected publications about Central America, and they are housed in the Griffith Collection at KU’s Spencer Research Library. Charles Stansifer, who served as Griffith’s legal guardian in the absence of surviving family members, suggests memorials to the Griffith Collection at the library or the Endacott Foundation of KU Retirees Club.

Edythe Lorraine Nightingale
Edythe Lorraine Nightingale, 74, Lawrence, died June 16 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. She previously had retired from KU as a cook. Survivors include her husband, Richard Nightingale Jr.; a son, Rick, Lawrence; two daughters, Carol Gonce and Sheila Supancic, both of Lawrence; two brothers, Jack Keller, Neodesha, and Bill Keller, Toledo, Wash.; a sister, Lois Bernard, Neodesha; eight grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. The family suggests memorials to the American Kidney Foundation.

Carol Ann Rouviere
Carol Ann Rouviere, 46, Lawrence, died June 18 in Silver Lake. She had been employed as an accountant for KU. Survivors include her husband, James; her parents, George and Doris Reamer, Silver Lake; and three brothers, Dennis Reamer, Burlingame, Kenneth Reamer, Delia, and Jeffrey Reamer, Silver Lake. The family suggests memorials to Reinisch Rose Garden at Gage Park, Topeka, or to the oncology unit at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

George T. Thomas
George T. Thomas, 93, Lawrence, died June 14 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. He drove buses for 40 years and often drove for KU students and the baseball and men’s basketball teams. Survivors include a son, Mike, Spring Hill; two daughters, Rosemary Crouch, Lakewood, Colo. and Pat Wiggins, Maquoketa, Iowa; two brothers, Fred, Loveland, Colo., and Edwin, Louisburg; a sister, Catherine Kirby, Grand Junction, Colo.; eight grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.