The court reporting community lost one of their own on Jan. 15, 2018. Bettye King Menck of Shelbyville, Tennessee, was one of the last pen…
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NCRA member Brenda L. Ray, RPR, a freelance court reporter from Apopka, Fla., passed away on Jan. 17. Formerly from Wauwatosa, Wis., Ray owned and…
The Hartford Courant reported on Jan. 16 that Allan Liljehult, West Hartford, Conn., a retired official court reporter and former member of NCRA, died Jan.…
By Jennifer Sati As we all cherish our memories of Jim Woitalla and relish every single moment we spent with him, his legacy continues through…
Past NCRA member Eleanor Ruth Hennessy Pinard Ross, of Westfield, Pa., passed away Sept. 4. Throughout her career, she worked for the Portland, Maine, bankruptcy…
Barbara Lynn Schneiter Jackson, RPR, CRR (Ret.), Flagstaff, Ariz., passed away on June 18. Read more.
The Sun-Sentinel reported on June 17 that retired NCRA member Alan Roberts, FAPR, RPR, passed away in Boca Raton, Fla. Roberts was a past president…
The Houston Chronicle reported on June 14 that former NCRA member Mike Clepper of Houston, Texas, passed away on June 2, after a brief battle…
The Heritage Florida Jewish News posted an obituary on May 19 for Arlene Phyllis Sommers, past president of the Florida Court Reporters Association and a…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
Anita Paul, RPR, CRR, CBC, CCP, CRI, CPE (Ret.), of Las Vegas, Nev., long-time realtime speaker and trainer, passed away on Nov. 2. Many reporters…
The State reported on April 14 that NCRA member Jane Garnet LaPorte, of Columbia, S.C., passed away on April 12. LaPorte, who was 64, was…
Nathaniel Weiss, a polymathic court reporter in the New York City courts for 70 years, passed away on Dec. 21, 2015, at the age of…