Minor Characters
Hazel Crosby
Hazel is H. Lowe Crosby’s wife and a motherly, America-loving middle-aged woman. She is excited that John is a Hoosier (from Indiana).
Claire Minton
Claire is Horlick Minton’s wife. She and Minton are described as “lovebirds” and seem so tightly knit that John describes them as being in a “duprass”—a karass made for two. She dies when one of the San Lorenzian aircraft crashes into the cliffs while engaging in a ceremonial fly-by.
Edward McCabe
McCabe is one of the modern founders of San Lorenzo alongside Bokonon. He was a deserter from the U.S. army and originally planned to travel to Miami, but washed ashore San Lorenzo with Bokonon. They tried to start a utopia together, which they soon realized wouldn’t work.
Harrison C. Conners
Conners is Angela’s incredibly handsome husband and president of a shady government tech company called Fabri-Tek. It’s strongly insinuated that he only married her to get access to ice-nine.
Miss Faust
Miss Faust is Dr. Asa Breed’s assistant at the research laboratory. She shows John the lab that Dr. Hoenikker used to work in. Her name is an allusion to a famous folktale in which a man sells his soul to the devil in exchange for infinite wisdom.
Miss Pefko
Miss Pefko is an administrative assistant to one of the researchers at the Research Laboratory of the General Forge and Foundry company.
Marvin Breed
Marvin is Dr. Asa Breed’s brother and works at the tombstone salesroom by the cemetery where Dr. Hoenikker is buried. He was in love with Dr. Hoenikker’s wife, Emily Hoenikker.
Emily Hoenikker
Emily Hoenikker was Dr. Hoenikker’s wife. She died giving birth to Newt.
Sherman Krebbs
Sherman Krebbs takes John’s apartment while he is away conducting research. He leaves it in a terrible state, with the cat dead too. John calls Sherman his “wrang-wrang”—a person who provides a Bokononist an example with the kind of life or avenue not to follow.
Stanley
Stanley is Frank’s servant at his home on San Lorenzo.
Dr. Vox Humana
A Christian minister who attends "Papa" Manzano as he approaches death. However, "Papa" refuses his services, as "Papa" declares himself to be a Bokonist.