Davenport Plumer Jr. ’28

Davenport Plumer died Mar. 28, 1998. He grew up in Ambler, Pa., and attended Gilman School. At Princeton he majored in history and belonged to Tower Club. Shortly after graduation he married Ann Worthy; they had two children, Davenport III and Virginia Crook. That marriage ended in divorce. In 1942 he married Susan Heist, who survives him. He was an investment banker for 35 years with Fidelity Trust Co. (now First Union), specializing in estate planning. He was an active member of the Princeton Club of Philadelphia.

During WWII, he was in the Field Artillery, stationed in England, France, and Germany. Dav held the rank of lieutenant colonel and was awarded the Bronze Star.

Dav lived for many years in Blue Bell, Pa., in Whitpan Township, where he was on the board of supervisors and the municipal improvement authority, through which the Wissahickon Park in West Ambler was established. In later years he was a strong supporter of the Lycoming House in Germantown, a small retirement home for ladies. He also served on the board of Woods School, a private residential and vocational center for developmentally disabled and brain-injured children.

He was the grandfather of seven and great-grandfather of six. The class expresses its sympathy to his widow and family.

The Class of 1928