Bernard Streeper Sayre ’39

Bernie died Feb. 18, 2002, of complications from Parkinson's. He had been living in Cumberland Island, Fla., since moving back to this country from Wiltshire, England, where he lived during his 36 years as a pilot with Pan Am. There, he had the fun of entertaining classmates during our postreunion trip to England in 1974. His years with Pan Am entitled him to free travel during retirement, enabling him to keep up with favorite friends in favorite places — Antigua's Mill Reef Club and Vero Beach among them.

Bernie and Olive Boehm were married in 1941 and had three children, Constance, David, and Christine. Olive died in 1959, and Bernie later married Claire Bouchet de Fareins of Paris, with whom he had two children, Delphine and Stephan. His main satisfaction in life was watching his five children develop and mature. By the time of our 40th, Bernie was married to Julia Parminter, whom he lost in 1996. In our 50th book, he concluded by saying, "I would like to see a wee bit of the 21st century and all that it inevitably will bring." He made it.

The Class of 1939