John Kirkman Gurney ’34

Johnny Gurney, formerly managing partner and vice-chairman of the board of Estabrook & Co. in NYC and a resident of Ponte Vedra, Fla., since 1977, died Dec. 7, 1997. He was 87.

John was also a board member of GreenPoint Financial Corp. and Greenwood Cemetery, in Brooklyn. A former resident of Garden City, N.Y., where he grew up, he was a nephew of Ralph Kirkman '07, a cousin of Alex Kirkman (who died in 1989), and a brother-in-law (and college roommate) of Bill Cruikshank (who died in 1985) by virtue of Bill's having married John's sister Esther, known as Essie.

Not long ago Johnny summed up his life in retirement: "Don't do any work. But two boards I was on have by-laws that allow old, retired guys to attend meetings if they don't say anything. For that they pay. For that I go."

Surviving are John's wife of almost 61 years, Jane Peterkin Gurney; one daughter, two sons, two sisters, five grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. To them we offer our sincere sympathies.

The Class of 1934