MEMORIALS

Richard Howard Demaree ’39
Dick died at home in West Long Branch, N.J., on Mar. 6, 2001, after a lengthy illness. From the day he opened his practice in…
Gardner Fordyce Gillespie Jr. ’39
"Spider" died Mar. 25, 2001, of post-polio syndrome at a hospital near his assisted living home in Chester, Conn. He had been having trouble walking…
Wallace Wylie Judd ’39
Wylie died Feb. 5, 2001, of a massive heart attack. He and Vera, his wife of 61 years, had just moved in November to Adamstown…
Richard Bernard Wathen ’39
Dick died Mar. 14, 2001, near his longtime summer residence in Maine. Born in Jeffersonville, Ind., he served for 18 years in that state's legislature…
John Stanley Bell ’39
After a year of illness, John died of a massive stroke on Feb. 13, 2001, in Milwaukee, where he had lived all his life. After…
George Burnham Calkins Jr. ’39
Burnie died at a hospital near his home in Bethesda, Md., on Feb. 16, 2001, following a stroke. A mechanical engineer, he exercised his skills…
William Cleever Darcy Jr. ’39
Bill died Dec. 30, 2000. For many years he and his wife, June, had divided their time between their home in Rochester, Minn., and at…
Nelson Pierce James ’39
Nels died Nov. 5, 2000, in Kirkwood, N.Y. For many years he had been the owner of his own travel bureau serving the area in…
Louis Petito ’39
Lou died Jan. 26, 2001, at a health care center in St. Petersburg, Fla., near his home in North Redington Beach, where he and Estelle…
William Henry Lippitt ’39
Bill died Dec. 8, 2000, at Candler Hospital in Savannah, where he had practiced general surgery for 35 years before he retired in 1982. After…
Frederic Leake Jr. ’39
Ted died July 7, 2000, in Beaufort, S.C., where he had moved after he retired from a 40-year association with NL Industries (National Lead) located…
Percival Dewitt Oviatt Jr. ’39
After a long illness, "Bud" died on Aug. 30, 2000, in Rochester, N.Y., where he was born and lived all his life. He earned his…
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