John B. Gargalli II ’60

John — “Gargles” to all his friends — died June 7, 2018, after a yearlong struggle with a succession of medical issues.

He came to us from the William Penn Charter School in Philadelphia. At Princeton Gargles played freshman football and baseball and joined Cannon, where he served as social chairman during his junior and senior years. He majored in economics. His entrepreneurial instincts eventually drew him into partnership with an old friend in jewelry manufacturing and sales, where he worked and prospered for 28 years.

Shortly after his new business career began, Gargles met Suellen, whom he married in 1983. With her two children by a previous marriage, he became a family man. Together they became enthusiastic sailors and in time undertook extended trips up and down the East Coast. They converted to power boating in recent years and continued their argosies until his illness intervened.

A charter member of The Legends, Gargles was devoted to Princeton. He considered his admission (an unacknowledged University error, he contended) the best break he ever had. He repaid it by working tirelessly for the school, and particularly hard for the Dan Sachs Scholarship. We all regret his passing.