Warren Staebler ’33

Warren died April 27, 2004. He led a very happy, productive, and versatile life.

After attending Hughes High School in his native Cincinnati, he graduated from Princeton with majors in English and French. After brief stints teaching at Perkiomen School in Pennsburg, Pa., and Kansas City University, he married his beloved wife, Patricia Henderson, returned to Cincinnati for his PhD and joined the faculty at Earlham College in Richmond, Ind., where he remained until his retirement in 1977. Warren loved the English language, especially Shakespeare, and took pleasure in the book he wrote on Ralph Waldo Emerson. During WWII he was a conscientious objector and worked in civilian work camps. He joined the Society of Friends and spent two years in Rome and Sicily directing its activities.

Warren and Patricia enjoyed music and played together in string quartets. They loved art and brought many beautiful artifacts back from Europe. His family life was full and happy with music, reading aloud, checkers, and chopping wood. He was a devoted father and grandfather.

Patricia died in 2000. Warren is survived by his sons, Jonathan and Mark, his daughter, Mina Brunyate, and two grandchildren. This Renaissance classmate will be missed.

The Class of 1933