Classes of the 1960s
Vaugh Dale Rigby (D.D.S. ’63) retired in 2016 and loved all of his 53 years serving people. He still enjoys riding his snowmobile at 90 years old in the beautiful Utah mountains through the wonderful snow.
Keith R. Acheson (D.D.S. ’68) is retired. He is currently living the dream on a ranch with elk and goats. He has good health, a great wife and grandkids and one great grandchild.
John W. Killip (D.D.S. ’68) just celebrated his 80th birthday. He was diagnosed with Myeloma 15 years ago. He has had a second bone marrow transplant and has been in remission for five years.
John Ladas (D.D.S. ’68) volunteers at Burr Oak Missouri Department of Conservation center.
Morris Talbert (D.D.S. ’68) has been married 62 years and has three children. His son is a physician, one daughter is an emergency R.N. and his other daughter is a teacher. He has eight grandsons. He retired in 2008 and is enjoying the good life.
Classes of the 1970s
John Andreas (D.D.S. ’73) is staying healthy and feels fortunate. He and his wife, Suzanne, have four children and grandkids that live in Wisconsin, Illinois, Montana and Kansas. He rotates time between St. Louis and Boulder, Colorado. He and Suzanne celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary and he retired in November 2019.
Norman Buebendorf (D.D.S. ’73) continues to play banjo and tennis and expects to retire Summer 2023.
Ronald D. Canta (D.D.S. ’73) retired after 47 years. He and his wife have two children, Gabe and Liza, and one grandchild. His pleasures are golf, boating, reading, Democratic politics, fishing and walking. He serves as the dental director for Premera Blue Cross of Washington and Alaska.
Robert (Rob) E. Moses (D.D.S. ’73) retired in 2008 and is loving watching his 11 grandkids grow up.
Jerry Ogilvie (D.D.S. ’73) has four grown children – all gainfully employed! He and his wife, Annie, have eight grandchildren. He enjoys retirement and spends some time as an alderman for the city of Lotawana, Missouri.
Nevin Waters (D.D.S. ’73) was diagnosed with Leukemia in 2004 and had a stem cell transplant in 2005.
William (Doug) Burch (D.D.S. ’78) married Danel Cotner (B.S.D.H. ’79) and they have three daughters (Danica, Devon and Darci) and five grandchildren. He still practices two days per week and enjoys hunting and fishing!
Ken Guest (D.D.S. ’78) retired in 2013 and he and his wife of 53 years, Suzie, travel a lot. They have been involved in the lives of their six grandchildren (all in Salina, Kansas) and are active in local and church activities. Ken exercises 3–4 times a week and enjoys pickleball. He’s been into cryptocurrency for 5+ years and would enjoy talking with other fans. He looks forward to seeing all his 1978 classmates soon!
Gordan E. Stuart (D.D.S. ’78) retired in Sept. 2018 after becoming a Florida resident in 2017. He is president of the Fulton Fishing Club in Fulton, Missouri. He also has two hotrods, a 1923 Ford T-Bucket and a 1926 Ford T Panel truck, which always wins at the car shows.
Classes of the 1980s
Mike Abels (D.D.S. ’83) still practices part time, and for the last six years, has been a full-time faculty member at A.T. Still University’s School of Dentistry and Oral Health in the St. Louis Clinic, working as the Comprehensive Care Unit Director.
Lawrence (Larry) Ayers, III (D.D.S. ’83) retired from private practice in December 2021. He married his spouse, Kelly, in May 1979 and they have four children, two grandchildren and two grand dogs. His present career is handyman and experimental aircraft builder.
Ritchie D. Beougher (D.D.S. ’83) sold his practice after 34 years and opened a new one in 2023, called Smilemaker of Texas.
Rita M. Burnett-Ferguson (D.D.S. ’83) was appointed by Gov. Laura Kelly to the Kansas Dental Board in April 2021. She is still golfing and learning guitar and enjoys traveling with her spouse (you know who) for AAMOS activities.
Fred Christman’s (D.D.S. ’83) wife passed away in 2018 and he sold his practice in 2019. He is now building rental houses in Columbia, Missouri. He continues to farm 600 acres in Illinois and spends time restoring antique cars, like his 1953 Mercury. He misses dentistry, his patients, associates and his classmates.
Keigm Crook (D.D.S. ’83) retired a few years ago and is enjoying trying to improve his golf game as well as traveling a little, hunting a little, fishing a little, flying some and — most importantly, playing with his grandkids.
Carl H. Dahlquist (D.D.S. ’83) retired in July 2022, sold his practice to his son and is enjoying time with his 19 grandchildren.
Jane Grove (D.D.S. ’83) made a career change and went back to private practice at Lifetime Dental Care in Hays, Kansas in July 2022. She misses seeing students on rotations from A.T. Still and UMKC School of Dentistry!
Dee Holman (D.D.S. ’83) retired from active practice and moved to Colorado in 2013, taking a position with Pima Medical Institute (a medical, dental, veterinary technical school). She taught dental assisting and enjoyed it immensely. Now fully retired, she has returned to Kansas to be close to family, which she also enjoys immensely, living with an old cat and a new puppy!
Gary Ledford (D.D.S. ’83) is currently enjoying retirement in the north woods!
Mike Lutz’s (D.D.S. ’83) son graduated in the D.D.S. Class of 2022 and currently serves in the U.S. Navy. Upon completion of his military service, he will join Mike in their California, Missouri, practice.
Rick D. Smith’s (D.D.S. ’83) oldest son, Zachary T. Smith, was married on Oct. 16, 2021 and his youngest son married April 25, 2022. Rick’s wife, Wendy, retired from teaching in May 2018. He sold his practice to Dr. Jordan Weber and is now an associate.
Daniel Stamos (D.D.S. ’83) welcomed his daughter, Kate Edwards, as partner in his endodontic practice, Creekwood Endodontics, and is proud to announce his son, Patrick, has successfully opened his own solo endodontic practice in Columbia, Missouri, Stamos Endodontics, which has been open for three years. Daniel also welcomed two granddaughters in the past few years. Patrick’s daughter, Brooke Kathryn, is almost 3, and Kate’s daughter, Charlotte McKenzie, is 2.
Kevin Wade (D.D.S. ’83) practices orthodontics in Washington, Missouri. He has three kids, nine grandchildren and has been happily married for 43 years.
Stephen B. Williams (D.D.S. ’83) retired from the military as an OMHF pathologist to include activity at AFIP, then retired recently from Incyte Diagnostics in Spokane Valley, Washington, and is now living with his wife in southeastern Utah.
Nancy Addy (D.D.S. ’88) was inducted into FACD.
Roger D. Buzbee’s (D.D.S. ’88) son, Broch Ryle, joined his practice in 2021 and he is very excited to have him there.
Jay W. H. Cook (D.D.S. ’88) celebrated 37 years of marriage and has a new granddaughter from his daughter in Charleston, South Carolina. His middle son will work after graduation from Pitt and his youngest son is in high school. He is still practicing in Overland Park, Kansas.
Michelle Deutch (D.D.S. ’88) is still practicing. Her son has a 3-year-old son named Simon Allen. Her daughter has a 2-month-old daughter named Gemma Sterling.
Mark Jensen (D.D.S. ’88) is still working and enjoying life!
Tom Kemlage’s (D.D.S. ’88) son, Andrew, graduated from UMKC School of Dentistry in 2014 and they have been in practice together since.
Classes of the 1990s
Mark Fernandez (D.D.S. ’93) is in a private group pediatric practice in St. Louis and enjoys participating in international medical dental mission trips to Nepal and Honduras.
Daniel Van Buskirk (D.D.S. ‘98) has practices in two locations. His 22-year- old twin sons are in their first year of dental school at Creighton University in Omaha. His 25-year-old son is living his best life as an EMT, soon to be paramedic, and is enjoying being a homeowner. Daniel and his wife, Paula, enjoy flying in their airplanes and being a part of the aviation community.
Classes of the 2000s
Amy Nery Schulte (D.D.S. ’03) is an orthodontist in Springfield and Lebanon, Missouri.
Sara Vizcarra (D.D.S. ’03) is triple board certified in dental sleep medicine, cranio facial pain and oral AADSM + ACP.
Jefferey Zeller (D.D.S. ’03) is a captain serving in the United States Navy.
Amy Vespa (D.D.S. ’08) is living the Florida dream, raising her 4-year-old son, Nickolas, with a growing practice.
Classes of the 2010s
Anthony Altomare (D.D.S. ’13) and his wife, Kelsey, have two children,
Nora (3) and Margot (1). Anthony practices with his father in Leawood, Kansas, and teaches part time at the UMKC School of Dentistry.
Clark Channey (D.D.S. ’13) has been in private practice for nine years in Prairie Village, Kansas, has been married for five years and has a three-year-old daughter and a two-year-old son.
Amy Le Cave (D.D.S. ’13), a board- certified pediatric dentist (2016), has three kids: Ava, born Dec. 10, 2014; Austin, born Sept. 12, 2017; and Duke, born Dec. 8, 2020.
Hallie Lillmars (D.D.S. ’13) and wife welcomed their fourth son, Conrad Jay Wagner on Oct. 31, 2022, who joins older brothers Hank (8), Benji (5) and Davis (2).
Erin Wayne (D.D.S. ’13) got married in 2020 and had a baby boy in May 2021.
Brett Parrott (D.D.S. ’18) was married on Nov. 6, 2020, and lives in Columbia, Missouri, in a beautiful home and spends a lot of time at his lake house. He has a German Shepard, Stella, owns an award- winning Aspen Dental office and flips homes for Air BnB.