Frederick Strembeck Wermyss Jr. ’32

FRED DIED June 13, 1992, at Addison Gilbert Hospital in Gloucester, Mass., near his hometown of Rockport. On the morning of his funeral, three days later, Lyclia, his wife for the past 56 years, also died. This was a double blow to their family and to their many friends.

After graduating from Princeton, Fred engaged in banking and other businesses until WWII. He served as captain with the 119th Field Artillery Group in France and Germany, and was awarded five combat stars and an Air Medal for 35 missions as artillery air observer. Thereafter, he took a road less traveled by and became an innkeeper, a vocation in which he excelled due to his abilities and genial personality. He purchased two inns in Rockportthe Yankee Clipper, in 1946, and the Ralph Waldo Emerson, in 1965and with Lydia and their two children lie was active in the management of these facilities for the rest of his life. In our 25th yearbook he related his satisfaction in keeping his guests 'fed and happy" and in bringing "rest and relaxation to a lot of my fellow men." Fred was also active in community affairs both in Rockport and in Sarasota, Fla., where he and Lydia spent winters.

Fred is survived by his daughter, Barbara W. Ellis; his son, Gary L.; and five grandchildren. To all of them the Class extends its deep sympathy in the loss of one who served his fellow man so well.

The Class of 1932