Lawrence "Lonny" Heffron ’47

Lonny died of cancer on Feb. 9, 1997 at Columbia Portsmouth Regional Hospital in Portsmouth, N.H.

Lonny was born and raised in Greenwich, Conn. He graduated from the Salisbury School and matriculated at Princeton in July 1943. He left Princeton to join the Navy, where he served as a radio operator in Guam, Mariana Islands. Lonny returned to the university after the war, becoming a member of the Quadrangle Club, but he left Princeton in 1948 to become associated with the Shell Oil Co., where he worked for 22 years in marketing and operations.

In 1975, he founded the Sea-3 Inc. of Newington, N.H., a propane importing company, where he served as e.v.p. until his death. He was a trustee of the Portsmouth Historical Museum and originated the Portsmouth Harbour Trail. He was an avid skier and sailor.

Though Lonny attended few class functions, he always had a great affection for Princeton and its excellent educational standards. The class extends its deepest sympathy to his wife, Elizabeth Thompson; his sons, Peter, Stephen, and Timothy; his daughter, Anita Fisher; his 10 grandchildren; his brother, John '43, and his sister, Cynthia McAdoo.

The Class of 1947