Richard Edie ’26

DICK EDIE, longtime resident of Yonkers, N.Y., died on Dec. 27,1989 at Devon Manor, a retirement community in Devon, Penn., a victim for more than six years of Alzheimer's Disease. Dick came to Princeton from Mercersburg, was a member of Charter, and after graduation took his law degree at Columbia. Following several years with a law firm in Yonkers, Dick hung out his shingle, and for more than 25 years was a solo practitioner and later counsel to several shopping centers. He gave untold hours to St. John's Riverside Hospital in Yonkers. He served in various offices until 1972 when he became president, a position held with distinction until 1978. Dick had other outside interests including golf, which he loved.

In 1936 Dick and lzme Newbery were married, but this marriage was terminated by her death in 1954. In 1966 Dick married Lola Sigafoos, who died in 1980.

Dick had numerous friends in the class, who joined his family in grieving his long illness. He was a fine person and we extend to his family our profound sympathy. Dick is survived by two sons, Dr. Richard'59 and Beverly; a daughter, Mary Smith; by brothers Robert and John '36; a sister, Mary Small; and by four grandchildren, including Richard Edie'85.

The Class of 1926