Edward V. Twiggar II ’63

Ed, a general surgeon for nearly five decades in the community where he grew up, died March 16, 2016, of cancer at home in Shamokin, Pa.

At Princeton, Twig majored in chemistry, sang in the Glee Club, and wrestled for two years. He chaired the Orange Key publicity committee, joined Cloister, and roomed with Ed Barrow, DeRochi, Einstein, Jaramillo, and Larry Kelley. He earned a medical degree from Penn, was an Air Force major at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, and then went home to begin his career.

Ed thrived on involvement in the everyday life of a smaller community. He was devoted to Boy Scouting — a Scout leader throughout his life and a fixture at Scout camp, even last summer as he battled illness. He led the community effort to save the local hospital when the state withdrew taxpayer support. Ed was a church elder, founded a model-train club, and was a Chamber of Commerce and civil-service official. He served as sports-medicine physician for the local school district, and actively took part in the Elks, Masonic Lodge, Kiwanis, and American Legion. He also was president of Shamokin Area Industrial Corp.

The class shares its sorrow with his wife, Liz; sons Edward “Ned,” Andrew, and Jonathan; grandchildren Lorelai, Greyson, Sophie, Molly, Katie, and Luke; and sisters Sarah “Sally” Werntz and Judy Reinhardt.