John Henry Blodgett Jr. ’49

Jack died peacefully on Feb. 12, 2002, in Winterport, Maine. He was 74 and had suffered from dementia for the past two years. He prepared for Princeton at Belmont Hill School and served in the Coast Guard during WWII. At Princeton he majored in psychology and was a member of Tiger Inn. He served as commodore of the yacht club and was on the executive committee of the Middle Atlantic Intercollegiate Sailing Assn.

Jack owned and operated the Boston travel agency Raymond and Whitcomb until he retired in 1983. Afterwards, he remained active in a variety of small business interests in Marblehead. His great love was sailing, and he often competed in national and international yacht races. He was the past commodore of the Pleon Yacht Club and Corinthian Yacht Club in Marblehead, Mass. He was also active in skiing and traveling.

Jack was married twice, to Nancy Watson Blodgett, the mother of their four children, and to Charlene Grace Blodgett. He is survived by two daughters, Heidi Vissering and Doris Hearty; two sons, John and David; and seven grandchildren. The class extends it sincere sympathy to them on their loss.

The Class of 1949