Tim Mabon died Aug. 9, 2013, in Kennebunk, Maine, his longtime maternal family’s homestead, where, since his retirement in 1982, he had been an active churchman, community volunteer, and golfer. He was 86.
Born in Pittsburgh, he attended Shady Side Academy. After serving in the Army, he graduated from Princeton in 1949 with a bachelor’s degree in economics. His business career was entirely with St. Louis-San Francisco (Frisco) rail lines.
Tim’s wife, Joan (née Ingwersen), and their five daughters lived all over — both because of his career as a railroad executive and because Joan, who survives him, is an ordained Presbyterian minister and church administrator. Family homes were located in St. Louis and Kansas City, Mo.; Rochester,
N.Y.; Fort Smith, Ark.; Freehold, N.J.; and Sydney, Australia.
Tim’s survivors include four daughters, Mary, Margaret, Nancy, and Janet, and their spouses; nine grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. His daughter Elizabeth died in 2012. Tim’s father, Thomas Mabon Sr., was a member of the Class of 1913.