James McCormick II ’30

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James McCormick II, of Dewitville, N.Y., died Aug. 1, 1996, in Westfield MemoriaI Hospital.

He was born July 27, 1908, in Ellicottville, N.Y., a son of James and Georgia Mudgett McCormick.

McCormick was a graduate of Easton H.S. and Phillips Exeter. He had been employed as an over

water construction engineer with Creole Petroleum Corp. in Maracaibo, Venezuela, for 23 years, and was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church, in Mayville, N.Y.

Surviving are his wife, Mildred Knauff McCormick, whom he married in 1942 in Charleston S.C.; three sons, James M. III, Thomas, and Patrick; a grandson, James M. IV; four granddaughters, Theodora Titus, Sara Scott, Mary Courtney, and Riley; and a sister, Margerie Krell.

The class extends its deepest sympathy to the family.

The Class of 1930

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