Lawrence P. Mills Jr. ’40

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Larry died March 12, 2008, at his Tryon Estates home in Columbia, N.C. Preparing at Hotchkiss, Tome, and Berkshire, he followed his father, Lawrence Sr. 1912, to Princeton.

He majored in politics, was a football managerial candidate, and was a member of Cannon Club.

He and Elma Finch were married Nov. 14, 1940, at her home in Broadalbin, N.Y. After World War II, Larry joined the family dress-glove business in the same community, where he worked in management positions until his retirement in 1972.

Upon retirement, he and Elma moved to their home in Tryon, where, as he noted in a class-reunion book, he was now the “great outdoorsman,” enjoying bird hunting, fishing, tennis, and gardening with his friends. Larry was a member of the Eccentric Club and the Saratoga Golf and Polo Club.

Elma died in 2007. Larry is survived by his three daughters, Judith Courter, Melinda Lee, and Marcia Wakeman; seven grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. To them, his classmates extend their deep sympathies.

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