William Valentine Winslow Jr. ’39

Bill died May 2, 2002, in Sykesville, Md. His wife, Charlotte, wrote that he was an Alzheimer's patient, still living at home, having poor short-term memory but lots of happy memories of the past. When he developed thyroid cancer, he had an operation from which he could not recover.

Bill had retired from insurance and management as director of the Agency Corporate Home Office for Prudential in 1970. He then became a tennis pro at various clubs in the area. After three hip replacements he had to give up his beloved tennis. But, as he told us in our 50th book, in the next four years he became enough of a golfer to shoot a nine of 39, thus reaching one of his goals. With homes in Millburn, N.J., and Silver Bay on Lake George, N.Y., he was always active in civic affairs. He could not get to our 60th reunion, but at that time he was taken to see grandson Andrew Funderburk '99 graduate summa cum laude in economics, which he enjoyed immensely. We offer Charlotte, their three daughters, nine grandchildren, and 15 great-grandchildren our sincere sympathy.

The Class of 1939