Frederick Donald Sperry ’30

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Don died July 6, 2002, after a long illness.

He was a Navy veteran of WWII and a member of the Military Order of World Wars.

After he retired from the First New Haven National Bank, he was a volunteer driver for the American Red Cross and served as treasurer for the Animal Welfare League. He was a member of the First Church of Christ of New Haven and a resident of Hamden, Conn.

Don is survived by his wife, Virginia Walker Sperry; his sister, Lois Sperry Murray; his children, Frederick, Virginia Engelhard, and Taber Hamilton III; six grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. Gifts may be given in his memory to the Princeton University General Scholarship Fund.

The Class of 1930

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