Colley W. Bell Jr. ’45

Colley Bell died Dec. 12, 2011.

He prepared for Princeton at Kent School and joined Cloister Inn. Colley left Princeton to serve with the 1st Allied Airborne Army Command in Europe, where he provided administrative assistance to headquarters.

After returning to Princeton, Colley received a degree from the SPIA in 1947 and joined the National Production Authority in Washington, D.C. Following that brief service, he joined the Margaret Hall School in Versailles, Ky., an Episcopal college-preparatory school for women. He later became a rector and headmaster there.

In 1952, Colley married Charline Stickles, who had just graduated from Smith. They moved to Lebanon Springs, N.Y., where Colley became pastor of the Church of Our Savior. By the time of our 50th reunion in 1995, Colley noted that he had been in the Anglican orders for 40 years.

Colley is survived by Charline, children Colley III and Catherine, and two grandchildren. The class expresses its sympathy to the family.