John Sargent Lathrop ’44

John died July 9, 2007, in Fishers, Ind., outside his hometown of Indianapolis. He was 84.

He came to us from the Park School in Indianapolis, where he was active in publications, football, and basketball. He and Jack McLeod, who also came from Park, roomed together in 131 Henry through 1943. John, whom we also knew as Jack, majored in history, graduated in our accelerated program in 1943, and served as an Army Air Corps captain in the battle for Okinawa. He later joined the John J. Madden Furniture Co. in Indianapolis and served 25 years as its president.

An avid golfer who shot two holes-in-one over the years, he was a charter member of the Crooked Stick Country Club and Innisbrook Golf and Country Club in Florida. He attended Catholic churches in both Indianapolis and Palm Harbor, Fla.

John is survived by Jane, his wife of 60 years; two daughters, Susan Boor and Nancy Brown; three sons, John M., Homer, and Robert Lathrop; 13 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Our condolences go to all the family.