Theodore G. Kane ’48

Ted died peacefully Feb. 23, 2015, in Exeter, N.H. He was 90. All of his family was at his side, except Carroll, his wife of 67 years, who died in 2013.

Ted graduated from Groton in 1942 and entered Harvard, but left after his freshman year to enlist in the Navy. He landed from an LST on Omaha Beach in the second invasion wave of June 1944, then was pulled out and sent to Officer Candidate School at Trinity College and Princeton, from which he graduated in 1948.

After they were married, the Kanes lived in Princeton. Ted commuted to Chase Manhattan Bank in New York while Carroll taught at Miss Fine’s School and Princeton Day School. Their three children were born and grew up in Princeton.

His 50-year business career was in banking, first at Chase Manhattan Bank and then for a few years in Sewickley, Pa., while he was at Pittsburgh National Bank (where he said that his “golf game started in earnest”). Then the Kanes returned to Princeton, “a wise and happy decision.” The family spent many vacations on Chappaquiddick Island, Mass. Ted organized many class trips and mini-reunions, and was active in fundraising. After retirement, he was treasurer for various community and volunteer organizations.

Ted’s survivors include sons Ted Jr. and Richard, daughter Katherine Baxter, eight grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren.