W. Boardman Jones Jr. ’37

Ardent Princetonian and ever-cheerful Boardie Jones died Nov. 21, 1998. His wife of 53 years, Becky, survives him, as do daughters Becky and Muffy and four grandchildren.

At Deerfield he was active in publications, sports manager, and manager of the Glee Club.

He majored in politics at Princeton and was a member of the Triangle Club, Theatre Intime, and Tower Club (v.p.), as well as an editor on the Dink and Bric-a-Brac.

Boardie took off for globetrotting a year after graduation, including hunting lions in South Africa, before joining Gaylord Container Corp. as a cost accountant. In 1942, however, he became a Navy flier, doing reconaissance in the Pacific and ferrying Naval brass. He joined Mercantile Trust in 1958 and retired in 1980 as vice-chairman of the board and in charge of the trust department. He ran our class insurance and for years was on the class council.

The Class of 1937