Edmund A. Lefevre *49

Edmund A. LeFevre of Wilmington, Del., died April 27, 2006. He was 81.

After graduating from Allendale School in 1942, LeFevre served in the Army Air Corps as an officer. He received a bachelor's degree from Hamilton College in 1947, then earned a master's in English from Princeton.

LeFevre taught secondary school English for 34 years, including 10 years at the Pingry School in Elizabeth, N.J., and 22 years at the Tatnall School in Wilmington. He was head of the English department at both schools. After his retirement, he taught for many years at the Academy of Lifelong Learning in Wilmington.

His wife, Nancy, writes that he "had a deep affection for Princeton, because he spent more time doing his graduate work there than he did on his undergraduate campus."

In addition to his wife, LeFevre is survived by two children and three grandchildren.