Rhys died peacefully on July 18, 2001 at his home in Dorset, Vt., after a two-year battle with cancer. The overflowing attendance at his funeral in Manchester was a testament to the esteem in which he was held in the local Manchester/Dorset community, and to his close ties with classmates.
Rhys was born on Sept. 9, 1939 in New York, but lived most of his life in Dorset. He came to Princeton from the Taft School. Rhys was a history major, member of Charter Club, and the managing editor of The Daily Princetonian. After graduation, Rhys attended Columbia Law School and after a short stint in New York returned to Vermont and opened his own law practice. He married his second wife, Kathie Marron-Wall, in 1984.
Community was important to Rhys. He was Dorset town moderator for 15 years, member of the Dorset school board, president of the board for the local high school, president of the Dorset Players, and usher of the Zion Episcopal Church in Manchester. The Vermont Bar Assn. also recognized Rhys for his pro bono work. Rhys was the moving force in the founding of a summer community in Vermont's Northeast Kingdom some 30 years ago.
The class extends its deepest condolences to his wife, two children, two stepchildren, and friends.
The Class of 1962