William C. Spruance III ’28

WILL "WUZZY” SPRUANCE DIED Nov. 1, 1993, in Hockessin, Del., where he and his wife, Frances, had moved in 1979. Frances had died in 1988. Wuzzy attended Wilmington Friends School and Princeton Prep School. At Princeton, he majored in mechanical engineering and was a member of Colonial Club.

He spent his entire working career of more than 40 years in the development division of Dupont's engineering department. He was a member of Westminster Presbyterian Church in Wilmington and of the Society of Colonial Wars in Delaware. His ancestors had settled in Delaware in the Colonial Period.

Wuzzy married Frances Lee Miller June 10, 1933. They had two sons, William C. IV '58 and Dr. Spotswood Lee, and four grandchildren. His great enjoymcnt in his retirement years was cruising the land waterway on his motor-sailboat, Apropos. His classmates mourn the loss of a fine gentleman and a good friend, and their sympathy is with his sons and their families.