NCRA member Michelle Lynn Grimes, a freelance reporter from Villa Park, Ill., passed away Thursday, May 11. She was employed by Planet Depos in St.…
Posts published in “In Memoriam”
The Sun-Sentinel, Deerfield Beach, Fla., posted an obituary on April 29 announcing that retired NCRA member Mary Geus Fabrize passed away on April 12 in…
Edward (Ed) M. Wontor, 89, passed away at his home in Sun Lakes, Ariz., on Feb. 27, 2017. Wontor worked as a court reporter in…
An obituary for retired NCRA member Jonathan D. “Rus” Weathers was posted on March 16 by PalmBeachPost.com. Weathers, a former firm owner, was active in…
The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Ky., reported on Feb. 4 that NCRA member Virginia Lee Klapheke passed away. Klapheke was instrumental in reactivating the Kentucky Shorthand Reporters…
Longtime member Jerry Kelley, RPR, CRR (Ret.), passed away earlier this week, according to family members. Kelley was an early advocate of realtime and served…
Retired court reporter and former NCRA member Eugenie Harris Fitzhugh, RPR, Plymouth, Mass., passed away Dec. 29, according to an obituary posted by iBershires.com. A…
The Cape Cod Times reported on Dec. 27 that NCRA member Paula Ershler Hogan, a freelance reporter from Harwich, Mass., passed away on Dec. 21.…
On Dec. 24, the Las Vegas Review posted an article announcing the passing of NCRA member Eric Nelson, RMR, CRR, a freelance reporter from Reno.…
With Ray DeSimone’s passing, I have lost a dear friend personally, and the loss is also to the court reporting profession at large. When I…
The GazetteXtra reported on Nov. 11 that retired NCRA member Robert E. Harrington, RPR, passed away Nov. 9 in Elkhorn, Wis. Harrington worked as an…
Robert J. “Jim” Hartnett, resident of Oak Park, Ill., formerly of Western Springs, and owner of Hartnett & Catellani, a court reporting firm in Chicago,…
On Sept. 23, 6-9 p.m., court reporters are invited to share memories and photos through Facebook to remember James (Jim) Woitalla, RDR, CRI. The online…
JoEllen Dicken of Haymarket, Va., unexpectedly passed away on Sept. 7. Dicken was the Director of the U.S. Senate Captioning Office for several years. Prior…
James A. Woitalla, RDR, CRI, of Minnetonka, Minn., passed away on Aug. 12. He was 58. A principal in Herbert L. Peterson & Associates as…
Our dear friend and colleague Carole A. Bartkowicz of Elmwood Park, Ill., passed away on July 18, 2016, after a yearlong battle with cancer. Carole…
NCRA mourns the loss of three members: Carole Bartkowicz, RPR, CMRS, a freelance court reporter from Elmwood Park, Ill.; Kelly Ann Powers, RMR, an official…
Kelly Ann Powers, RMR, was born December 9, 1958, and died unexpectedly of a heart attack on July 18, 2016. Kelly was a graduate of…
NCRA member Carole Bartkowicz, RPR, CMRS, passed away July 18 after a long battle with cancer. Bartkowicz, a freelance court reporter from Elmwood Park, Ill.,…
NCRA member Kelly Ann Powers, 57, an official court reporter from Kaukauna, Wis., passed away unexpectedly on July 18. Powers served as an NCRF Trustee…