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Dorothy (Loring) Stanley

Nov 28, 2015

Dottie Loring Stanley

Dottie Loring StanleyDorothy (Dottie) Loring Stanley, 75, of Prescott, AZ, formerly of Wellesley, MA, passed away on November 28, 2015. Dottie was the daughter of Violet and Edward Loring. She is survived by her loving son Scott Stanley of Sedona, AZ; her brother Richard Loring and his wife Joyce of Raleigh, NC; her brother Richard Loring and his wife Kathy of Holliston, MA, and several nieces and nephews.

Dottie graduated from Wellesley High School with the class of 1958. Over the years Dottie worked for the Shipley Company, Honeywell and Prime Computer. She then moved to California to be close to her son and her favorite place, the beach.

Dottie was a devoted dog lover and adopted her beloved Chihuahuas. Her zest for life and love of friends will be missed.

Please make any donations in Dottie's memory to the dog shelter of your choice.

Published in The Wellesley Townsman from Jan. 12 to Jan. 21, 2016.

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Note from Cathy Chapman, your Webmaster - I will miss Dottie tremendously as she and I grew fondly as friends over the past 16 years. If it were not for her this web site may not exist. Her dedication to the constant updates was incredible down to every last detail. Love ya always girl!



David LeBaron Nickerson

Nov 1, 2014

David LeBaron Nickerson

David LeBaron Nickerson of Ormond Beach, Florida (formerly of Massachusetts) died at his home on November 1, 2014 after a long illness. Born January 23, 1940 in Cambridge, Massachusetts to Eleanor B. (Drew) and Ripley E. Nickerson Sr. David is survived by his four children: Michelle, David, Karen and John; and his eight grandchildren: Amina, Cole, Brynne, Chayton, Haley, Stephen, Ashley and TJ. Predeceased this year by brother Ripley E. "Ned" Jr. of Indiana, David is survived by brothers, Bradford D. of Southborough, MA and Nathan C. of Kennebunk, Maine.

David made friends and established a home in communities everywhere he went. He enjoyed the ocean, fishing, playing volleyball, the camaraderie of many social groups and traveling up and down the east coast in his beloved Mazda Miata visiting family and friends.

He will be missed by dear friends, Judy, Donna, Bob, Mark, Skip, Bill, Rex, Paul, Tony the Cat and many others.

David is a United States Marine Corps veteran. He worked in technology for Honeywell, Raytheon, GTE Government Systems; later working for First Security Services and Hawaiian Tropic. Per his request, his ashes will be spread over the ocean, with a U.S.M.C. memorial plaque placed by his mother's grave at Mayflower Cemetery in Duxbury, MA; a town where David spent summers on the beach with his family as a boy.

A memorial for family and friends will be held at a later time. Memorial contributions may be made to Angels Have Whiskers, P.O. Box 274, Barberville, FL 32105 or www.AngelsHaveWhiskers.org .
 
Published in Daytona Beach News-Journal on Nov. 11, 2014


James Annis Adam

Jan 2, 2014

James Annis Adam

Adam, James Annis 73, of Harvard, MA, passed away on Jan. 2, 2014. Husband of Patricia (Hughes) Boudreau of Harvard, & the late Evelyn (Skitzki) Adam. Father of Jeffrey K. Adam of Hope Mills, NC, Michael S. Adam & wife Nita of Katy, TX, & Rebecca L. Tremblay of Merrimack, NH. Grandfather of Darren S., Lyndon C. & Alayna M. Adam, & step-grandfather of Adam & Jess Taberner. Brother of Martha Colwell of Plainville, MA & the late Douglas Adam. Step-father of Ryan P. Boudreau of Ashland & Renee B. Cather of Thetford Center, VT. US Navy vet. Vietnam Era.

Memorial service Wed. Jan. 8th at 1:00pm at the Wellesley Hills Congregational Church, 207 Washington St. (Rte 16) Wellesley. Interment in Woodlawn Cemetery, Wellesley, will be at a later date.

In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to benefit Hematology-Oncology at Beth Israel Cancer Ctr. Checks are payable to the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Ctr., attn. Development, 300 Brookline Ave, Boston, MA 02215. In the memo line please add "In memory of James Adam to benefit Hematology-Oncology."

Donations also can be made online at http://www.bidmc.org.
Memorial gifts to the Mass Audubon Society, Attn. Development, 208 South Great Rd., Lincoln, MA 01773, online at  www.massaudubon.org are also appreciated.

You can find James Memorial page at www.actonfuneralhome.com .
Published in The Boston Globe on Jan. 5, 2014
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Mary Ann Mahaney

November 17, 2013

Mary Ann Mahaney

WAREHAM – Mary Ann (Mahaney) Sullivan, 73, of Wareham, died November 17, 2013 at home while surrounded by her loving family. She was the daughter of the late Joseph and Mary (Hanley) Mahaney. She was born in Natick and raised in Wellesley.

Mrs. Sullivan worked as a Sign Language Interpreter for the Archdiocese of Boston and Providence, RI, and at Boston Catholic Television and at Bridgewater State College.

Survivors include her children, Robert H. Brooke, III of Londonderry, NH, Cheryl A. Dunbar of Ellicott City, MD, Brooke Kanal of Southboro and Donald M. “Matthew” Sullivan of Buzzards Bay; her sister, Kathryn J. Coughlin of Littleton; her brother, John Mahaney of S. Hamilton; 4 grandchildren, Joshua, Jay and Jennifer Dunbar of Maryland and Sadhya Kanal of Southboro.

Her funeral Mass will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 22, 2013 in St. Paul’s Church, 502 Washington St., Wellesley. Burial will follow in Immaculate Conception Cemetery, Marlborough. There are no visiting hours. Donations may be made to Boston Catholic Television, P.O. Box 9196, Watertown, MA 02471.

You may pay tribute and sign her Memory Book at: http://www.ccgfuneralhome.com/obit/mary-ann-sullivan

 


Paul Farnham

June 3, 2013

Paul Farnham

Paul Farnham was born on April 16, 1940 and passed away on Monday, June 3, 2013. Paul was a resident of Elizabeth, Colorado.

You may pay tribute and sign his Memory Book at: http://www.tributes.com/show/Paul-B.-Farnham-96003696



Diane M Stratford Kelley

January 04, 2013

Diane M. Stratford Kelley

Diane Stratford KelleyKelley, Diane M. (Stratford) of Wellesley Hills and Pocasset passed away on January 4, 2013. She was the beloved wife of Joseph J. Kelley and devoted mother of Lisa Tyburski and her husband Edward of Carlsbad, CA, Kathleen J. Lyons and her husband Daniel of Newbury, MA, Kristen M. Heald and her husband Jonathan of Bedford, NH, and Jennifer J. McGonagle and her husband Dr. Matthew McGonagle of Wellesley. She was the sister of Michael Stratford of Wellesley, the late Catherine Yahres and Jane Baghai. She was the daughter of the late Evelyn and James Stratford and is survived by 13 grandchildren.

Funeral services provided by the George F. Doherty & Sons Funeral Home, 477 Washington St. (RT. 16) WELLESLEY,  on Wednesday, January 09, at 9AM. Funeral Mass will be held in St. Paul's Church, Wellesley, at 10AM. Relatives and friends kindly invited. Visiting hours Tuesday, January 08 from 4-8PM. A private burial will be held Thursday at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Arlington.

Diane was a graduate of Wellesley High School Class of 1958 and Wellesley College Class of 1962. She was also a member of Wellesley Country Club, Wellesley College Club, and Wellesley House and Garden Club.

Donations may be made in Diane’s memory to The Alzheimer Association, 480 Pleasant St., Watertown MA 02471.


Joan Morison Bennett

April 24, 2012

Joan Morison Bennett


Christopher O Holman

April 2, 2012

Christopher O. Holman

HAMILTON – Christopher O. Holman, of Hamilton, went to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Monday, April 2, 2012, at his place of residence.

He was born on March 9, 1939 in Wellesly, Mass. the son of the late Lester O. Holman and Jean Holman Simpson.

Chris was raised in Wellesley where he graduated from High School in 1958, after which he joined the USMC. Following serving in the Marines he worked as an apprentice in the machine shop in Massachusetts. He then moved to San Jose, Calif. where he attended San Jose State College. During the Vietnam conflict Chris worked on top secret military projects for the Itek Corporation.

When there he met Betty Caver and they married on July 27, 1963. Tired of city life he and his family moved to Hamilton in June 1969. In the early 1970s he started Holman Machine Shop. He worked on various projects such as making optical parts for radiation therapy equipment that are used worldwide.

Chris was an avid military collector and gunsmith. He loved to target shoot, hunt and watch the wildlife. He was a lifetime member of the NRA, supported the Bitterroot Humane Association, and attended the House of Praise Church in Victor.

He is survived by his wife Betty of Hamilton; daughter, Lora and husband Robert Eschenbacher of Spokane, Wash.; two granddaughters, Kelsey Knight of Spokane, Wash. and Lindsay Knight of Hamilton; son, Jeff Cargile of Hamilton; sister, Ann (Ev) Keech of Devon, Pa.; brother, Steve Holman of NorthEast, Md.; numerous nieces and nephews.

A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 7 at the Daly-Leach Chapel in Hamilton with Pastor Jim Andrusky officiating. A reception will follow in the Daly-Leach Community Room. Condolences may be left for the family at www.dalyleachchapel.com.

The family suggests memorials to the Bitterroot Humane Society, P.O. Box 57, Hamilton, MT 59840.

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Gordon Ryerson Williams Jr.

February 17, 2012

Gordon Ryerson Williams Jr.

Gordon Ryerson Williams, Jr. Age 71 of Wayland passed away Feb. 17, 2012. Loving husband of Tobey (Churchill) Williams, father of Nancy Chaffee and her
husband Mark Chaffee of RI, and Gordon R. Williams III of Vermont. 

Also survived by his grandchildren Tyler Chaffee and Emma Chaffee. A celebration of his life will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 28 at 11 a.m. in the Concord Funeral Home, Belknap and Thoreau Sts, Concord. Internment private. Gifts in his name may be made to: The Fenn School, 516 Monument Street, Concord, MA  01742 or The Lake Mansfield Trout Club Memorial Fund, 4400 Nebraska Valley Road, Stowe, VT  05672.

To share a memory, leave a condolence, view obituary or for directions, visit www.concordfuneral.com .



Carolyn Young Worthington

July 3, 2011

Carolyn Young Worthington

Carolyn Young Worthington, 70, beloved wife of Frank M. Worthington, and mother of Kenneth B. Worthington, passed away on Sunday, July 3. She was surrounded by her family at Morristown Memorial Hospital as she succumbed after a nearly four-year battle with ovarian cancer.

Carolyn grew up in Wellesley, Mass., and was a longtime resident of New Vernon, N.J., and Vero Beach, Fla. She graduated from Garland Junior College in Boston, and the University of New Hampshire, and earned a master's degree from the College of Human Ecology at Cornell University. A registered dietitian, Carolyn ran a successful executive recruiting agency, Carolyn Worthington Associates, for 33 years, focusing on the health care and hospitality industries.

An avid golfer, she was a member of numerous clubs, including Morris County Golf Club, the Indian River Golf Club, Hawks Nest, and Quail Valley River Club. An active, vibrant individual, Carolyn was also a member of the Morristown Club, Park Avenue Club, New Vernon Garden Club, and Indian River Garden Club. She also volunteered for the Kaleidoscope Committee for the Morris Museum.

A descendant of Rev. Daniel Wilkins, a Pilgrim and a founder of the Amherst, N.H., Congregational Church, she was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and Colonial Dames of America.

Mrs. Worthington also leaves behind a sister, Lois Jane Young of Wellesley, Mass.; a daughter-in-law, Julie Creswell, and two grandchildren. A service was held in New Vernon, N.J.


Joan Rayner Boulanger

August 10, 2011

Joan Rayner Boulanger


 
Kennebunkport, ME

Joan Rayner Boulanger was born in Germantown, PA, daughter of James and Evelyn Rayner and attended Wellesley High School, Wellesley, MA and graduated from Centenary College in New Jersey. She worked as an executive secretary for the director of the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston, MA. Later she traveled to Hawaii and was employed as a medical secretary at the Straub Clinic in Honolulu. After her return to the mainland, she accepted a position as an office manager and surgical assistant for a Pediatric Surgeon at the Newton, Wellesley Hospital.

In 1965 she married Pierre Boulanger of Wellesley Hills, MA and had two children residing for over 20 years in North Andover, MA. When the children grew older, she became involved in local volunteer activities completing a course in Pastoral Care of the Sick and Elderly at Merrimack College and working in that field for several years.

After retiring to their summer home in Kennebunkport, Maine, she became actively involved in The Seacoast Garden Club, Kennebunkport Historical Society and the Town's Nurses Council. She was a member of The Church On The Cape in Cape Porpoise, Maine.

She leaves behind her husband, Pierre, daughter Danielle, son John, son-in-law Christian Ebbrecht, grandchildren Bryan and Chloe of Kennebunk, ME, daughter-in-law Lynn and grandchild Claire of Melrose, MA, sisters Karen McComb and brother-in-law Dennis of Scottsdale, AZ, Marcia Brimhall and brother-in-law Norman of Rock Hill, SC, brother-in-law Paul Boulanger of Holliston, MA and several nieces and nephews.

A celebration of Joan's life will be held on Saturday, August 20, 2011 at 2PM at The Church On The Cape in Cape Porpoise with Rev. Ruth Merriam presiding. A private interment will be held in Arundel Cemetery.

Should friends desire, donations in Joan's memory can be made to The Joan Boulanger Memorial Scholarship, c/o Veritas Academy, 2700 Post Road, Wells, ME 04090

Arrangements are in care of Bibber Memorial Chapel, 67 Summer Street, Kennebunk, ME. www.bibberfuneral.com


Donald Preston Stevens

March 28, 1940 - August 20, 2010

J DONALD PRESTON STEVENS

Don, who never married, was an Air Force veteran. He was one of the first employees hired by FEDX to start up operations at Boston's Logan Field. While working for FEDX, he initially lived at the family homestead with his mother; some of you will remember this as the location of the Defenders Car Club workshop. When his mother
sold her property, Don moved to East Boston to be closer to Logan Field.

Don worked 30 years for and retired from FEDX. He was a plane loading supervisor, who did not need a calculator to do his job; like the younger guys on the crew.

Don was a regular pipe smoker and an occasional cigar smoker who contracted esophageal cancer after retirement. After being diagnosed, he moved to Boulder to live with a cousin and died 6-months later at the age of 70.

I was searching for Don off-and-on over several years and finally tried an obituary search web site. I was surprised to find Don listed on a Boulder mortuary web site. I talked to his cousin and to his younger brother Russell (WHS 1964) to get all of this information. So ironic that Don lived and worked in the Boston area... and we were unable to locate him sooner.

REST IN PEACE, DON

Dick Emerson
06/17/12



Ann Morris Loring

July 15, 2010

Ann Morris Loring

Age 70, of Hockessin, DE, formerly of Simsbury, CT, died on Thursday July 15, 2010.

Ann grew up in Wellesley, MA and was a 1958 graduate from Wellesley High School in Massachusetts. In 1962 she graduated from Connecticut College where she received her B.A. degree in history. She taught third grade in the New London, CT public schools from 1962-1963. She also taught at the Eglin Air Force Base elementary school from 1963-1965 and the West Middle School in Hartford, CT from 1965-1969.

She also worked at Arrowhead Nurseries from 1969-1976, Delaware Nature Society from 1977-1990 and the Mount Cuba Center from 1990-2009.

Ann was active in Child and Family Services in the Hartford area. After moving to Delaware, she became a docent at Winterthur for two years before devoting herself full-time to the Nature Center as receptionist, guide and store manager. In 1990, she became a docent at the Mount Cuba Center. Her passion in life was teaching, both to children and adults.

She was predeceased by her daughter, Jocelyn in 2009 and by her granddaughter, Amelia in 1997. She is survived by her husband, Ed of Hockessin; son David and his wife, Kelly and their children, Sierra, Carson, Nolan and Savannah, all of Cincinnati, OH; granddaughter, Caroline Ritchie of Hockessin; and informally adopted sister, Joyce Stark of Ramona, CA.

Funeral services will be private. A memorial service will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contributions to Catholic Charities, 2601 W 4th Street, PO Box 2610, Wilmington, DE 19804.

For online condolences, please visit:

CHANDLER FUNERAL HOMES & CREMATORY
www.chandlerfuneralhome.com
(302) 478-7100

June 13, 2010

Esther Juliani (Mabel Jordan)

Memorial service: 3 p.m. Sunday, June 13, in the chapel of Forest Ridge Funeral Home in Hurst. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Memorials: In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the American Legion Auxiliary in Bedford. Esther was the oldest of four siblings, all raised in Wellesley Hills, Mass., and was a 1958 graduate of Wellesley High School. Mrs. Jordan was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary, Unit 379, in Bedford for many years and was a past officer. Mrs. Jordan loved to cook, read and quilt, often making many items for raffle for her beloved auxiliary. Mrs. Jordan was preceded in death by her parents, Mabel Worth Juliani and Nicholas W. Juliani of Wellesley Hills, Mass.; her nephew, R. Scott Holbrook of Fort Collins, Colo.; and her brother-in-law, Harold Lusk of Watauga.

Survivors: Left behind to cherish her memory are her husband, James W. Jordan of Euless; children, Laura Sheehan-Barron, D.C. and husband, Ted, of San Fransico, Calif., William Charles "Chuck" DeFlumeri of Arlington; grandchildren, Nicholas W. DeFlumeri and H. Mitchell De-Flumeri of Dallas and Kayla M. Page and husband, Wade, of Mabank; great-grandchild, Layla M. Page of Mabank; stepdaughter, Barbara Barrett and husband, Mark, of North Richland Hills and their children, Danny, David and Amanda; stepson, Larry Jordan and wife, Vicki, of Fort Worth and their children, Colton and Alexa; and siblings, Jean G. Holbrook and husband, Robert, of Buda, Diane Lusk of Watauga and Nicholas W. "Bill" Juliani and wife, Susan, of Framingham, Mass. Forest Ridge Funeral Home Hurst, Texas 817-285-7777.


April 3, 2010

Ronald O. Bartlett

Ronald Bartlett passed away on Saturday, April 3, 2010. He was born in Boston, MA on May 6, 1940. After graduating in 1958 from Wellesley High School, Wellesley, MA, he enlisted in the United States Army. He successfully completed a course in neuropsychiatric procedures and was promoted to Medic Specialist First Class in 1959. Following his service, he went on to graduate from the University of Oklahoma in 1964 with a degree in economics. He later relocated to Denver, Colorado, where he was employed by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. He moved to Phoenix, Arizona, in 1998 and retired from HUD in 2005.  He was a founding member of the Gold Canyon Lion's Club and also a member of the Payson Humane Society.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Chester F. Bartlett and Mary A. (Walsh) Bartlett; and a grandson, Joshua Johnson, of Moffat, CO. He is survived by his loving wife, Deanya Bradley Bartlett; two sisters, Nancy Rutley (Peter) of Yarmouth Port, MA; and Leslie Kaczowka (Henry) of Longwood, FL; a daughter, Veronica E. Bartlett of Littleton, CO; four stepdaughters, Shonda Johnson (Gordon) of Moffat, CO; Cecilia Curtis (Glenn) of Evergreen, CO; Sandra Dee Hayes of Crestone, CO; and Shannon Lynn Zaun (Geoff) of Greenwood Village, CO; seven step grandchildren: Cresta Blocker (Ben) of Livermore, CO; Bo Ward of Lakewood, CO; Jack Ward of Crestone, CO; Kelly Curtis of Evergreen, CO; Peter Zaun of Greenwood Village, CO; and Kyle Curtis of Evergreen, CO; two step great-grandchildren, Alyssa Ginger of Moffat, CO; and Vanessa Blocker of Livermore, CO; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Services will be held on Thursday, April 8, 2010 at 11:00 AM in the National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona located at 23029 North Cave Creek Rd., Phoenix, Arizona. The phone number for the National Memorial Cemetery is 480-513-360 Ron loved animals and always owned pets.

Ann L Mills

July 23, 2009

Ann L. Mills

MILLS, Anne L. Of Waltham, died July 23, 2009 after a long illness. Ms. Mills was raised in Wellesley, and lived most of her life in Waltham. She worked as the facilities business manager for Brandeis University in Waltham, MA, retiring in July, 2002 due to illness. She was an avid reader and a life long Boston sports enthusiast. She loved to spend time at her cottage named "Camp Someday" on Miles Pond in Concord, VT.

Ms. Mills was a member of the Wellesley Eastern Star and the Humane Society of the United States. She was the daughter of the late Ralph and Ivon (Bryant) Mills; sister of Jane M. O'Neil and her husband Joseph of Port Charlotte, FL; aunt of Susan E. Bowler of West Nyack, NY and her companion Richard Rossi of Needham, MA, Deborah J. Bowler of Punta Gorda, FL, Philip G. Bowler and his partner Robert Dompier of Merrimac, MA. She is also survived by her grandniece, Shea McDonough of Arlington, MA, dear friend, Christine Barnes of Wellesley, MA, many cousins, and her beloved 16 year old cat, "Tippy."

A memorial service will be held on August 3rd, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. at the Wellesley Congregational (Village) Church, 2 Central Street, Wellesley. A reception will be held immediately following the service at the Church. Contributions may be made in memory of Anne L. Mills to the Tippett Home, c/o VNA Care Network & Hospice, Development Office, 5 Federal Street, Danvers, MA 01923. J.S. Waterman & Sons & Waring Wellesley 781-235-4110

Gary P. Lapham

May 14, 2009

Gary P. Lapham

DURHAM, N.H. - Gary P Lapham, 70, of Mill Rd, died at Hyder Family Hospice House, Dover, May 14, 2009.  Born in New York, NY on Oct 9, 1938, he was the son of Ralph P Lapham and Edna Daunbacher. Raised in West Concord, MA and Wellesley, MA., after graduating high school he served his country in the USAF from 1958 to 1962.  He married June Walsh in 1967 and had two sons Mark Lapham and Budd Lapham.  Throughout his life he owned several businesses including Dedham Exxon, L&L office repair, and was a Mac and Matco Tools salesman.  He moved to Durham, NH in 1977.  He remarried in 1994 to Nancy Jo Davis who passed on Nov 1, 2008 at 70.

He is survived by his two sons, Mark Lapham of Durham, NH and Budd Lapham and wife Justina Lapham; three grandchildren, Savannah Lapham, Zachary Lapham and Klaudia DeLorey; sister, Gail Butters of CO; nieces, Dana Berger of CT and Leslie Wallace of CO; nephew, Andy Butters of CT.

The family will receive friends on Tuesday June 9, 2009 from 5 to 7 pm at Kent & Pelczar Funeral Home, 77 Exeter Street, Newmarket, NH.  Family burial, Tuesday June 9, 2009, 1pm, at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery Concord, MA.

Should friends desire, memorials may be made to Seacoast Hospice 10 Hampton Rd, Exeter, NH 03833 or Hyder Family Hospice House, 285 Country Farm Rd, Dover NH 03820.
Visit www.kentandpelczarfh.com for more information.

Robert City

March 13, 2009

Robert Douglas City

CITY, Atty. Robert Douglas Of Boston, March 13, 2009. He was an attorney and partner in City, Hayes and Dissette, P.C. of 50 Congress St., Boston, an avid sailor, cross-country skier, cook and lover of books, art and music. He is survived by his wife, Julie S. Crozier, children Emma, Christopher and his wife Elizabeth of Belmont, Katherine Daisley and her husband Joseph of Plymouth, and brother Kenneth R. City and his wife Kathy Egan-City of Oldsmar, FL. Visiting hours are Wednesday, March 18 in the Blackington, Conroy & Hayes Funeral Home, 1479 Washington St. (Rte. 16), WEST NEWTON from 4:00 - 8:00 P.M.

A Funeral Service will be at the Newton Cemetery Chapel, 791 Walnut St. Newton Centre, Thursday, March 19 at 11:00 A.M.. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Center for Melanoma of the Massachusetts General hospital Cancer Center. ( www.massgeneral.org/give/donate Blackington, Conroy & Hayes F.H. 1-800-585-6939


Suzanne Smith

March 13, 2007

Suzanne Smith

Suzanne Smith of Grantham, NH, born September 17, 1940, daughter of Roger P. and Eunice A. Smith of Wellesley MA, and sister Averill Pappalardo, deceased, former wife of Bruce Slader.

Suzy is survived by a sister Sara Fogg and her husband Robert of Wellesley MA, nephew, Gary Pappalardo of Brookline MA, niece, Jeanne Quinn and her husband Shaun and children Oshun and Xander of Greenland NH and nephew, Robert Fogg III and his fiancé Melissa Wallace of Manchester NH.

Suzy attended grammar school in West Hartford Ct and Wellesley MA, graduated from Wellesley High School in 1958 and attended Middlebury College and Boston University.

She earned bachelors and masters degrees from the University of Rhode Island.

Suzy worked as a Programmer/Analyst/Consultant for the Academic Computer Center, University of Rhode Island; Narragansett Bay Data System, Narragansett Bay Project; SEARCH (Rhode Island Health Services Research); Computer and Information Services, Brown University; Central New Hampshire Community Mental Health Services; and for the last 12 years in Information Services at Dartmouth Mary Hitchcock Hospital. She retired in December 2005. Throughout her career she served on many committees and wrote numerous technical presentations and publications in her field.

She lived near water most of her life and loved to sail, canoe, kayak and windsurf. She also worked in jewelry, photography and was an avid reader.

There will be an internment in Cedar Hill Cemetery in Hartford CT and a service of remembrance at the chapel at Dartmouth Mary Hitchcock Medical Center at times yet to be determined. 

Memorials in her name may be sent to:

Grantham FAST
P. O. Box 80
Grantham NH. 03753
And
New London Hospital Ambulance Service
273 County Road
New London, NH 03257


James S. Duffy Jr.

November 08, 2006

James S. Duffy, Jr.

James S. Duffy, Jr., 66, of 356 Sun Valley Dr., Leola, passed away Monday, November 6, 2006 at Lancaster General Hospital after a brief illness.

He was a son of Noella Bisson Duffy of Cape May, N.J., and the late James S. Duffy, Sr. He was married for 46 years to Judith L. Kandler Duffy.

Mr. Duffy was a self-employed sales representative for several HVAC manufacturers over the years.

He attended Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, New Holland, and enjoyed gardening, yard work, and local politics. He was a member of the Christian Businessman's Committee.

Also surviving are: four children, James S. Duffy, David M., husband of Cindy Horst Duffy, both of Leola, Kerry, wife of Neal Swartley, of Royersford, and Christopher R., husband of Cathy Latschar Duffy, of Brownstown; 11 grandchildren; seven siblings, Carole, wife of Gordon Florian, of Ridley Park, Steven Duffy of Landisburg, William, husband of Mariann Duffy, of Ocean City, N.J., Jackie, wife of Jack Gasbarro, of Pittsburgh, Kathy, wife of Bob Slocum, of Baldwinsville, N.Y., Richard, husband of Ella Duffy, of Villas, N.J., and Brian, husband Karen Duffy, of Lancaster.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, 150 Water St., New Holland, on Saturday at 11:00 a.m. Friends may visit with the family from 9:30 to 11:00 a.m. at the church on Saturday.

Kindly omit flowers.

Contributions may be made to the Hospice of Lancaster County, P.O. Box 4125, Lancaster, PA 17604-4125


Debbie French

June 21, 2006

Deborah (French) Cassis, 65, of Westerly, R.I.

WESTERLY, R.I. -- Deborah (French) Cassis died peacefully June 21, 2006, at Westerly Hospital. 

She was the wife of Ernest P. Cassis.

Born in Boston, the daughter of the late John and Joanne (McGill) French, she was a florist and a certified Ikebana instructor, and taught Ikebana locally at Westerly High School. A member of the Ikenobo Ikebana Society of Boston and the Ikenobo Ikebana Society of the N.Y. Tachibana Chapter, she had done the Ikebana demonstration at the 19th annual Newport Black Ship Festival.

Mrs. Cassis was a past president of the Friends of Ringwood Manor in New Jersey. She served on the Tuxedo Volunteer Ambulance Corps in Tuxedo Park, N.Y., and was a volunteer at Harmony Therapeutic Riding Center in Hopkinton, R.I.

She will be remembered for her devotion to family and community and her passionate love of nature and gardening.

Besides her husband, she leaves two children, Stephen W. Chapin of Natick, and Cynthia C. Kuchenbecker of Monroe, Conn.; two grandsons, Bret and Tyler Kuchenbecker; and her siblings, Charles French of Durham, Maine, Andrea Kelly of Newton and Frederick Kelley of Virginia.

A memorial service will be held at a later date.  Visiting hours will be held Sunday, June 25, from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m., at the Buckler-Johnston Funeral Home, 121 Main St., Westerly.  Memorial donations may be made to the Boston University School of Medicine, Amyloid Research Fund (www.bu.edu/amyloid), 715 Albany St., k-503, Boston, MA 02118, with checks payable to Amyloid Research Fund.

A special note from Bob Luby:

Edward J. Giovanella

March 5, 1994

Edward J. Giovanella, 54

Edward J. Giovanella, of Medway, formerly of Wellesley, died March 5, 1994, at the MetroWest Medical Center/Leonard Morse Campus in Natick.  He was 54.

Born in Wellesley, Mr. Giovanella was a resident of Medway for the past 27 years.  For the past 16 years, he was the owner and president of Weld-Braze, Inc., a Bellingham-based manufacturing and fabrication company of steel tubing.

He graduated from Wellesley High School in 1958 and attended North-eastern University.  From 1957 to 1963 he served with the 267th Communications Group of the Massachusetts National Guard in Wellesley.

Mr. Giovanella was a communicant of St. Joseph's Church and a former member of the Medway and Bellingham Business Clubs.  He was also a member of the Minutemen, Cape Cod and MARCON chapters of the Model "A" Ford Restoration Club of America.  While active in these organizations, he was the recipient of many awards and the first person in the United States to receive the national MAFCA award. 

He is survived by his wife, Jo-Ann (Arsenault) Giovanella of Wellesley; two sons, John E. Giovanella and Christopher J. Giovanella and Christopher's wife, Marlene Giovenella, all of Medway; two sisters, Virginia Pollock of Cotuit and Lois Treacy of Peabody; one granddaughter, Ashlee Ann Giovanella of Medway; and several nieces and nephews.  He was the brother of the late Francis J. Giovanella of Medway.

A funeral Mass was said March 9 at St. Joseph's Church in Medway.  Interment was in the Lake Grove Cemetery, Holliston,  Arrangements were by the Crowley Funeral Home in Medway. Memorial donations may be made to the Rev. William C. Burckhart Scholarship Fund, c/o St. Joseph's Rectory, P.O. Box 557 Village Station, Medway, Mass. 02053.

Marjorie Sjulander

1940 - 1983

Marjorie M. Sjulander Horning Smith

MARLBORO — Marjorie M. Sjulander Horning Smith, age 43, passed away Sunday, December 25, 1983 at Marlborough Hospital in Massachusetts after a long illness. Marjorie was born January 2, 1940 in Boston Massachusetts, where she lived for 16years. The daughter of Kathleen Crossman Sjulander and Nil’s O. Sjulander Sr. Marjorie was a sales clerk for many years at Zayre Corp in Natick. She attended Wellesley High School where she graduated in 1958.

She moved to Natick shortly after graduating where she married John T. Horning with whom she had 4 children. Some time after divorcing she married David W. Smith and moved to Marlborough MA.

Marjorie leaves behind her husband David smith with whom she had 2 children.  She leaves behind her 6 children Walter P., Michael F., Richard A., and Deborah A Horning Wheeler, Monica L., and Melinda M. Smith, and 2 grandchildren Stephanie and Jake Wheeler; all of Marlborough Ma.  She also leaves behind her parents Kathleen and Nil's Sjulander Sr. in Madison Connecticut; two brothers Nil's Sjulander Jr. of Clinton, Connecticut and Donald Sjulander of Madison Connecticut; a sister Karen Sjulander Thompson of Chepachet, RI and several nephews and nieces.

The funeral will be held at 10am December 27th at Sullivan fitzgerald Funeral Home, 378 Lincoln St. The Rev. Bruce G. Flanagan will officiate.

Robert McCadam

Manchester (N.H.) Union Leader - Friday, January 12, 1979

Robert McCadam, 38

KEEN - Robert W. McCadam, 38, of 23 Ridgewood Ave., formerly of 34 Dartmouth St., Laconia, died yesterday morning at Cheshire Hospital after a brief illness.  He was born in Milford and attended Wellesley Hills High School, Wentworth Institute and Boston University.  Mr. McCadam received his master's degree from Plymouth State College and resided in Laconia for the past seven years prior to moving to Keene last August.

Mr. McCadam had taught school at the Gilford Middle High School, and was presently a sales engineer for Hope Company of Fitchburg, Mass. 

He was a member of the First Unitarian Church of Laconia, and had attended the Unitarian Universalist Church of Keen. 

Members of his family include his wife, Mrs. Krisanne (Riley) McCadam of Keene; one son, Seth R. McCadam of Keene; one daughter, Miss Kendra R. McCadam of Keene; his mother, Mrs. Jean Limrick, and stepfather, William E. Limrick, both of Pompano Beach, FLa.; one brother, Douglas McCadam of Vail, CO; and one sister, Miss Barbara McCadam of Cincinnati, OH.

A memorial service for Mr. McCadam will be conducted tomorrow afternoon at the First Unitarian Church of Laconia.

The will be no calling hours.  Those who wish may make contributions in Mr. McCadam's memory to the Diabetes Association-New Hampshire Affiliate, 22 Center St., Concord 03301, or to the Cardiac Care Unit of Cheshire Hospital, 580 Court St., Keene 03431.

The Fletcher Funeral Home of Keene is in charge of the arrangements.

Martha Gress

November 3, 2005

Martha Gress Payne, 64;

PAYNE, Martha Gress, 64 died Thursday, November 3, 2005 at her home at Dockside, Charleston, SC.

The relatives and friends of Ms. Martha G. Payne are invited to attend her Memorial Service and reception to celebrate her life on Saturday, November 19, 2005 at 3:00 p.m. at Dockside, 330 Concord Street.

After living for many years in Connecticut where she held a series of executive positions in the communications and marketing field with major companies, she moved to Charleston in February 2003. Among the corporate positions she held were Assistant Vice President and later vice President for Corporate Communications and Public Affairs with CIGNA Corporation in Bloomfield, Conn; Senior Vice President for Marketing and Corporate Communications for The Advest Group, a brokerage firm in Hartford, Conn, and Head of Marketing Communications for health plans and retirement services for Aetna Incorporated in Hartford.


Ms. Payne served on the board of the Connecticut Valley Girl Scouts and the Antiquarian and Landmarks Society in Hartford. She was President of the Literacy Volunteers of America in Hartford and a member of the Governor's Coalition for Literacy. In Charleston, Ms. Payne worked in sales at Saks Fifth Avenue. Actively interested in the community, she supported the Gibbes Museum of Art, The Charleston Symphony and the Footlight Players.

Ms. Payne is survived by her beloved godson Jacques Lowry-Payne Oliver and his wife Leah of Washington, D.C. her parents W. George and Virginia Gress of Sarasota, Florida, a sister Bonnie Dallinger of Wapiti, Wyoming and nieces Rebecca and Caitlyn . In lieu of flowers the family requests contributions be made to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, 1247 Lake Murray Blvd., Irmo, SC 29063. Arrangements by JAMES A. McALISTER, INC. 766-1365. Visit our guestbook at www.charleston.net/deaths.


Published in the Charleston Post & Courier on 11/5/2005.

Virginia E. DeBello

November 2, 2000

Virginia E. Mead , 60; raised in Wellesley

Virginia E. (DeBello) Mead of Clifton Park, N.Y., formerly of Wellesley, died Oct. 27, 2000, at the Ellis Hospital in Schenectady, N.Y. She was 60.

Born and raised in Wellesley, she was the daughter of Laura A. (Vara) DeBello of Wellesley and the late Albert DeBello.

Mrs. Mead was the owner and operator of The Peddler's Wagon in Scotia, N.Y.  She was the wife of the late Robert E. Mead.

Besides her mother, she is survived by three children, James Cypers of Ballston Spa, N.Y., Dean Cypers of Clifton Park, and Tamara Cypers of Schenectady; three grandchildren, Jonathan, Jamie and Nathan Cypers; two sisters, Cecelia Bourette of Wellesley and Linda Dexter of Framingham; and two brothers, Sidney DeBello of Berlin and David DeBello of Norfolk.

Interment was private in Woodlawn Cemetery, Wellesley. Arrangements were by the George F. Doherty and Sons Funeral Home, Wellesley.

Linda J. Chamberlain Knizek

October 7, 1999


Linda Jane (Chamberlain) Seaholm Knizek of Woodland Park, Colo., formerly of Wellesley, Lexington and Waltham, died recently at her home.

 

Born in Cambridge, she was the daughter of the late Reginald and Mildred (Gardner) Chamberlain. She was the wife of Sidney Knizek of Woodland Park.

 

Besides her husband, she is survived by a daughter, Robin (Mrs. Michael) Gegg of Chesapeake, Va.; three grandchildren; and a brother, Lt. Col. Peter S. Chamberlain, USAF, Ret., formerly of  Wellesley.
 

Mrs. Knizek had been employed as a micro-electronics specialist at the Bendix Corporation in Waltham and later at NCR Corporation in Colorado.


Funeral arrangements through the Mitchell Funeral Home of Natick will take place at the convenience of the family. Interment will be in Woodlawn Cemetery, Wellesley.

 

Memorial donations may be made to the American Cancer Society, Massachusetts Division, Inc., 30 Speen St., Framingham, MA 01701.

Alan H. Bishop

October 2, 2002

Alan H. Bishop, 62; raised in Wellesley

Alan passed away suddenly, from a heart attack.  He was a some time resident of Atlanta, Georgia.

He is survived by two children, daughter Ashley and son Alan, Jr.,  and 3 grandchildren.

Donald D. DeFazio

December 4, 1999

 

Donald D. DeFazio of Wellesley, Dec 2, 1999, Donald D. DeFazio.

 

Former husband of Joan E. (Hansberry) DeFazio.  Devoted father of Lynn A. Solomon of Milford, Lisa M. Parella of Douglas.  Son of Elizabeth (Gillis) DeFazio of Wellesley and the late Mario "Mike" DeFazio.  Brother of Mario DeFazio of Southboro, Roberta Savoia of Natick.  Also survived by 6 grandchildren.

 

Funeral from the George F. Doherty  & Sons Funeral Home, 477 Washington St (Rt 16), Wellesley, Saturday at 8:15 AM.  Funeral Mass in St Paul's Church, Wellesley at 9 AM.  Relatives and friends kindly invited.  Visiting hours 4-8.  Interment St Mary Cemetery, Needham.

 

Donations may be made in Donald's memory to the American Cancer Society, 30 Speen St, Framingham, MA 01701.

Richard P. Doyle
 

August 6, 2002

Richard P. Doyle of Dover, formerly of Wellesley Hills, August 6th.

Beloved husband of Mary Beth McGaw. Devoted father of Lorine Doyle of Madison, WI, Roger Doyle of WA, Wat Pah Nanachat, Thailand, Jason McGaw Doyle and Alicia McGaw Doyle both of Dover. Brother of John Doyle of Seal Harbor, ME and the late Barbara Bower. Son of the late John Doyle and Alice (Coska) Doyle.

Late Graduate of Wellesley High School Class of 1958, Boston College Class of 1962 and Masters of Education, Framingham State University. Late Chemistry teacher for the Braintree Public Schools for 30 years. Late employee of Metro West Medical Center Laboratory, Member of the National Science Teacher's Assoc.

Visiting hours at the George F. Doherty and Sons Funeral Home, 477 Washington St., (Route 16), WELLESLEY, Friday 2:00- 4:00 and 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.  Memorial Service at the Dover Church, 17 Springdale Ave., Dover, Saturday, August 10th at 3:00 p.m. Rev. John A. Nelson will officiate. Relatives and friends kindly Invited. Interment private.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Dover Church, 17 Springdale Ave., Dover, MA 02030 or the American Cancer Society, 30 Speen St., Framingham, MA 01701.

George F. Doherty and Sons Wellesley 781-235-4100
Published in the Boston Globe from 8/7/2002 - 8/8/2002.

Robert Keene

From Gary Lapham:

Bobby was one of my best friends and an all around good guy. We had done allot together.

About his black Mercury convertible. When he got it, it had an automatic transmission and he wanted to change it over to a stick shift. But before we removed it , he wanted to beat it to an inch of its life, and have some fun doing it. We torqued it up, lots of burn outs, reverse, drive, everything. The auto didn't break, but the rear end did. Now we had to change transmission and rear end too. After many skinned knuckles and a box of band-aids the job was complete. We took it down route 9, all the new gears were humming along just fine, and we were happy. Bobby decided to put the top down, pressed the button, top goes up about half way, the wind caught it and bends it back over the trunk, barking the support spars, and now dragging the ragtop down the road. God I hate to see a grown kid cry. After that the convertible became a fair weather car. Rainy days it spent in the garage. I think he sold it before the snow flew.

After high school, Bobby, an out of town friend and I drove out to California. We had big plans to make new lives for our selves and collect our pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Well that didn't happen. After two months, in the middle of the night , we packed up and left the state, owing back rent and phone bill. We came home with our tails between our legs and no money. It was one of the best learning experiences I've ever had. Bobby went on to higher education and I went into the Air Force.

Jimmy Yotz, that's an other chapter. I did get to say , good by, him.  Nancy Miller , too.  I'm disturbed about how many of our classmates we've lost.

Be well, be safe, be happy & have fun.

Don McNutt

From Tom Curry:

     I will never forget the day when I walked into Miss Brown’s Fifth Grade Room at the Hardy School and was introduced to our new classmate, Donald McNutt.  The first thing I thought was…..”Now I’m not the only skinny, tall kid in the class any more!”  Don and I developed an immediate friendship as we had similar interests, as well as the fact that we lived near each other.  We would ride our bikes through Wellesley, or down Route 9 into Overbrook and Natick as well as hiking through the woods that began at the end of Cleveland Road with our trusty guide Sandy, my cocker spaniel. Don loved sports and in particular, basketball.  After class, he and I would team up against Bob Porter and Tom Loss.  Somehow, they usually got the better of us and it really got Don upset when we lost, as he was a real competitor.  As for me, I really didn’t care, but I would go flat out to make him happy when we won. As we entered Junior High, we went our separate ways but kept in touch.  It would be Track that would bring us back together and now I would be competing against Don for the first time….and it was tough!  Unlike Don, I had developed a “bon vivant” attitude towards most everything and it would be Don who would shame me into going to practice, when all I really wanted to do was to screw off!  In spite of myself, it was Don who made me a better runner and he and I would usually finish First and Second in the 220.  It didn’t really matter who won, as long we finished in that order. Don had two qualities that made him special…. conscientiousness, and more importantly, the desire to do the right thing.

      In April I received a phone call from Don.  We had not talked for 45 years.  At least an hour passed while we caught up with each other’s lives and talked about Wellesley High School.  Although he was under a lot of stress due to personal matters going from Decatur to Colorado, he was excited about the Reunion and the opportunity to see us after all of these years. His enthusiasm was so contagious that it affected me as well.  We promised to keep in touch by email and would resume our reunion in July.  I guess that reunion will have to wait as we have lost a really nice guy who was very anxious to see everyone in July.  There will be a face missing in the crowd as I have lost an old friend who had made me a better person in a troubled time of my life.   

 

From Linda Hall Steward:

Just to let you know that I did make it to the life celebration for Don McNutt.  I was able to talk with Jane, Heather (grand daughter) and his son Don.  I saw the lovely flowers that Dick Emerson had sent from our class.  There were actually 2 bouquets from him.  I explained who I was and that I was there to show respect for Don and the family.  I left her some money in lieu of flowers or a donation to Don's favorite charity.  I am so glad I went.  It was a sunny day, the mountain views were spectacular and the family, although under the stress of sadness, were obviously comforted by the folks who came there to honor Don. I was given an "In Memory" card showing Don's picture and the following script:

     Until Then                          

We've shared our lives
these many years.
You've held my hand;
You've held my heart.

So many blessings, so few years
  Yet for a moment,
  we must part.

The memories you've given me
  are times I've shared
  with my best friend.
  I'll held them, love
  right here they'll be
  until we share our lives again.   


Thought I would pass this news on to all who may have known Don better than I.  


James H Yotz

March 24, 2003

James H. Yotz, 63, of Galena, passed away Monday, March 24, 2003 at his residence.

Jim was born December 3, 1939 in Winchester, Massachusetts and graduated from Wellesley H.S.  Mr. Yotz was a retired driver for Yellow Freight and enjoyed boating, traveling, Harley Davidsons, and helping friends and neighbors.

He is survived by daughter, Jennifer (Brent) Fuller and grandsons Daniel and Michael of Lewis Center; sister, Valerie (Dan) Minzer of Haiku, Hawaii and niece Bronwyn Yotz of Wailuku, Hawaii.

Memorial Service will be held 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 26, 2003 at RUTHERFORD-CORBIN FUNERAL HOME, WORTHINGTON CHAPEL, 515 High Street, Worthington, OH. Rev. Michael Petty officiating.

Contributions may be made to Mt. Carmel Hospice, c/o Mt. Carmel Health Foundation, 793 W. State St., Columbus, OH  43222 in his memory.

 

Note from Larry Daloz, Posted 5/16/03

I had planned to write into this a bit anyway today, so an email from Dottie Loring stirs additional poignancy.  It leaves me regretting that I never contacted him [Jim] for I did have a pretty good guess that the Yotz in Ohio was probably him and had considered writing.  I never did, however, because ... because .... It felt too distant.  He and I had little contact after I went to Nobles and he dropped out of Scouts.  It had been a classic "chumship"; the sort of two-kid, reciprocal relationship we have in pre-adolescence, before the teen years bring on a new capacity for holding multiple relationships and a new self-consciousness.  It hd never mattered that he was less successful at schoolwork than me, but those things did begin to matter later, and the gap just grew too large.  Then he went off to Mount Hermon School and we lost touch.  I don't think he ever went to college.  Or at least that's the story I have told myself.  So why try to get back in touch?  Now, hearing this, I am sorry I never wrote.  Hearing how he lived his life, I know I need not have been so skittish.  We'd both have been touched.

I remember his house almost as well as him--a big, dark, Tudor affair perched on a hummock on the edge of what must have been a five-acre lot.  It was always dark inside and smelled of cigarette smoke.  In the living room was the first TV set in the neighborhood.  It squatted in the corner; the single round eye shuttered behind glossy cherry wood lids.  We would watch Kula, Fran, and Ollie in the late afternoons; amazed that we could have movies in our very own homes.  Almost instantly the radio's Captain Midnight, Sergeant Preston, Superman, and even the Lone Ranger were obsolete.

His father was short, curly-haired, a little scary, and artfully profane.  He was the only father in our neighborhood who swore in front of us kids.  I was vaguely awed and perversely impressed with that.   But he was instrumental in organizing the other fathers to create "the field"; a strip of his own property that they cleared for us to play on.  It became the mythic locus of our neighborhood games--baseball especially, but football too, and general tumult.  His mother was lean and uncommunicative.  she chain-smoked Pall Malls and lived on in their house after Yotzie's father died in his 50's.  It was her "cigs" that Yotzie used to swipe for us to retreat with under the bridge where we would smoke them and feel accomplished because we never got sick the way they said we would.

Yotzie was always the grease in our gang, the one who slicked an argument with a silly remark or diverting move.  And when first I heard someone use the term "accident-prone", it was Yotzie my mother was talking about.  His was the first broken ankle in my world, and later the first broken wrist.  His was the first cast I signed when for reasons I have since lost, once covered his entire leg.

They say that among the various kinds of friends one should have is the one who is just always there.  That's who Yotzie was.  If I called out of a blue and sunny Saturday morning to find a friend to explore the day with, he was there.  And we'd take off, maybe picking up another kid or two, on what we used to call a "wild goose chase", just heading where the spirit led.  Once he and I took off on our bikes toward Weston and ended up calling home from a gas station somewhere in Sudbury near what I only years later learned was Walden Pond.  That's what we did in those days--just took off.  Getting home again was never in doubt.  We never looked back.  The adventure was all.  Travel on Yotzie!

Note from Al Hughes, Class of 1957 posted 5/16/03  

It's funny how you remember certain things about individuals but the one thing that I remember distinctly about Jimmy was the day a registry cop was in the parking lot after school.  The cop was asking who owned what cars and wanted them to start them up so he could check for loud mufflers.  Every one including me said they didn't know who owned any cars. Not Yotzy.  He went over and started his station wagon and revved up the loud pipes and everyone cheered as he got a ticket.

Note From Tom Curry, Posted 6/23/03:

It’s amazing how you can pick up a relationship with someone after 41 years!  As the last people were leaving our 41st Reunion, I was chatting with Dottie Loring.   We decided to keep in touch by email and place each other on our respective Joke Lists.  Dottie told me that Jim was quite ill and was home bound, so I asked if she thought he might like me to email him and send along my jokes as he had just acquired a computer.  Dottie thought that would be a good idea.  I emailed Jim and we exchanged what had happened to us over the past 41 years.  That was in June of 1999.  From that day on, we would send each other the most outrageous….and occasionally….the most obscene jokes you could imagine.  It was great to find that I had found someone whose mind was as “sick” as mine.  Having an extended Joke List, I would selectively send Jim’s to others who would appreciate them.  With my brother-in-law at Cornell, the material was varied and was very funny!  Jim’s, however, were the BEST!  Occasionally, he would preface one by saying that “You’re the only one I know that I can send this one to!…don’t send it along to Dottie!”  I had planned to drive to Montana and visit Chris Holman and was going to stop at Jim’s for a couple of days.  Unfortunately, my wife became very ill and the trip was cancelled.  We would keep each other informed about ourselves as Jim went into the hospital a number of times and would tell me he’d email me after he returned home.  He was hoping that he could make our next Reunion, but knew his condition might not allow him the chance. 

I suspected something was wrong earlier this Spring when I had not heard from Jim.  When my emails began to be returned as his mailbox was full, I knew that there was definitely a problem.  Then I received Dottie’s email about his passing….the one email that I did not want, or really expect to receive.  I had lost a very good friend….someone who I was closer to at the end of life than I had been when we were kids.  I have not removed Jim’s email address for my computer and I have no intention of doing so.  Whenever I go through my address book to send along a particularly outrageous joke, I’ll say to myself…”Jim would have loved this one!”                          


David W. O'Brien

January 23, 2000

David W. O'Brien

David W. O'Brien passed away on 1/23/2000 while awaiting a liver transplant in Omaha, NE.  David was a professor of political science at Washburn University in Topeka, KS and executive director of the Governor's Committee on Criminal Administration in KS.

 

Josselyn MacPhail Randall

Dottie,

I guess it is my place to inform you and the rest of your classmates that, my wife Josselyn MacPhail Randall, passed away last October 11.  She was diagnosed with lung cancer which had already spread to her brain on June 27 and died October 11.  I'm sure her
friends would like to be informed.

Dick Randall

Grace Cononi

 

 

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