LePage WSU and Pullman Ties
We know Joyce was a Pasco, Wash., local from previous articles.
However, were you aware the LePage family had a rich connection and history tied directly to the university?
Side Note: I cannot disclose the names of suspects or persons of interest; however, her old roommate also had a compelling connection to the school when Joyce disappeared.
The following information was shared by Bruce LePage, Joyce’s brother.
Joyce LePage’s Family Connection to WSC / WSU
Grandparents:
Grandfather, Chester R. Ham, Business accounting Professor from 1927-1949. Died of heart damage.
Grandmother, Beulah Ham, Substitute housemother at all women’s dormitories. Main duty…checking in co-eds at the 10:00 p.m. curfew. Later, Secretary to Dr. Culbertson, Chemistry Dept. Head.
Step-grandfather, Cecil Sarchet, Chemistry Department ‘Chemicals storekeeper’. After grandfather died, grandma married Mr. Sarchet.
My mother and her siblings:
Uncle Vernon Ham attended WSC but took a job in the Aleutian Islands at the outbreak of WWII. He retired as a surveyor for the U.S. National Park Service.
My mom, Florence (Ham) LePage, finished sophomore year at WSC and was then recruited to work at Hanford.
Uncle, Leland Ham, was drafted into the Korean War conflict and spent two years in the military. He then attended one year at WSC.
Aunt, Mildred (Ham) Schilson, graduated from WSC with a Bachelor of Arts degree and went on to be a high school ‘business education’ teacher.
Myself, and siblings:
Sister, Phyllis LePage, graduated from WSU with a Business Administration degree.
Sister, Joyce LePage, finished three years at WSU and was headed toward a degree in English Literature.
I attended WSU with a major in Agronomy but did not graduate.
Brother, Steven LePage, graduated from WSU with a degree in Economics.
Time for you to get involved
I need assistance locating the address Joyce and her old roommate once shared.
If anyone would have information or names of someone I could contact in Pullman or Whitman County about locating an address that no longer exists, please send the information my way.
Joyce and her old roommate lived off of Oak St in Pullman, Wash., in 1971.