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Thomas Harry Taylor ’39

Only weeks after he was admitted to the Masonic Home in Elizabethtown, Pa., where he had long been seeking a retirement apartment, Tom died May…

Francis Andrew Ambrose ’39

Frank died Oct. 10, 2006, at his home in Lincoln Park, N.J. After graduating from Temple University Medical School, Frank settled in Paterson, N.J. He…

C. Frank Kireker Jr. ’39

Frank died in his sleep Sept. 6, 2006, at a nursing home in Ridgewood, N.J. He was 88. He came to us from Montclair Academy…

Oliver Howard Reeder ’39

Ollie died of pneumonia Aug. 17, 2006, at his home in Towson, Md. A chemistry major and member of Phi Beta Kappa at Princeton, he…

Henry Lawton Wightman Jr. ’39

Hank died peacefully Oct. 25, 2006, at his home in Wimberly, Texas. A member of Terrace Club at Princeton, he majored in politics and participated…

Robert Henry Dicke ’39

When Bob died Mar. 4, 1997, of complications from Parkinson's disease, we lost a most distinguished classmate, and the world of science lost a widely…

John Wheaton Mayers ’39

Jack died Mar. 10, 1997, in Atlanta, after carrying on with never a complaint through three years of kidney dialysis complicated by vascular problems. He…

Thomas Kirby Roche ’39

Tom died Feb. 12, 1997, at his home in Muttontown, N.Y. He had been involved in the practice of law in NYC and Washington, D.C…

Philip Russell Warner ’39

Phil died Dec. 18, 1996, in Ft. Myers, Fla., at a hospital near his residence at Shell Point Village Retirement Home. He had had a…

William Crocker Parsons ’39

Bill died suddenly, apparently of a stroke, on Dec. 13, 1996, at his new home in Ardmore Pa., to which he had moved only six…

Henry David Richardson ’39

Henry died May 26, 1996, at Hilton Head Island, S.C., where he had lived since his retirement in 1972. A longtime resident of Summit, N.J…

Thomas Gaynor Blake ’39

Gaynor died of an aneurysm Aug. 28, 1996, at a hospital in St. Louis County, Mo., where he had lived for many years. Founder and…

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