Joseph M. Spencer ’40

Joseph Spencer, of Lake Wylie, South Carolina, died Nov. 3, 2000, at Presbyterian Hospital in Charlotte, N.C. He was 86. He came from a Princeton family, including his father, Frank N. Spencer 1905, and his brothers, Ridgeway '30, Frank Jr. '33, and Harold '37.

Joe was originally in the Class of 1937, but his college years were interrupted and he graduated with a degree in biophysics in 1940. He served in the U.S. Army during WWII. He worked for the Steel Services in Richmond, Va., and became treasurer of Southern Machine in 1950. Joe and his wife, Maude, particularly enjoyed their life at River Hills Plantation, just south of Charlotte.

While at Princeton, he was an avid runner; his gentle spirit and subtle mind touched many who knew him. Joe remembered with special fondness classmates Bill Shand and Tak Takami. Good books, good music, philosophy, trains, golf, and family — those interests illuminated his life.

To his wife, Maude Farley Spencer; his daughter, Susanna S. Horner; four sons, Joseph, Jr., David B., Edwin N., and Thomas S., his brother, Frank N., Jr.; his two sisters, Polly S. Groves and Jane S. Burke; and 11 grandchildren, the class extends its sincerest condolences.

The Class of 1940