Marshall L. Posey ’27

Marshall L. "Mitch" Posey died of heart failure Jan. 23, 1997, at Meadow Lakes in Hightstown, N.J. He was '27's assistant treasurer and served on its executive committee. From 193742, he was '27's treasurer.

Mitch came to us from Andover and at Princeton was a member of the freshman track team, varsity track squad, Tower Club, and served as associate photographic editor of the Princetonian. He roomed in Holder Hall with John Ely.

Upon graduation he worked in NYC with C. F. Noyes Co., real estate brokers, and Whitehouse & Co., stockbrokers. In 1939 he joined the Royal Crown Bottle Co., of Trenton, becoming its president.

From 1933-68 he lived in Short Hills, N.J., in a house he designed. He spent summers on Fishers Island, N.Y. Mitch retired in 1947 to pursue two hobbies, photography and the study of architectural history, especially old houses in the 13 colonial states. He moved to Princeton in 1968 and to Meadow Lakes in 1987, when he developed coronary problems

He married Alice Littlefield in 1933. She died in 1966. In 1968 Mitch married Suzanne Thompson, widow of John Thompson '26. Mitch is survived by Suzanne, his children, Marshall and Ann, six grandchildren, and 10 great-grandchildren.

The class extends its sympathy to them in the loss of a genial classmate.

The Class of 1927