CLASS OF 1944 SAD NEWS PAGE
OBITUARY and ILLNESS REPORT
10/30/08
Dave Patterson died Sunday October 26, 2008 When more info is available I will post it here.
9/30/08
Merle Hagen phoned to report the death of his wife Emmy Lou on 8/24/08. I am sure the class joins me in expressing sorrow at learning this.I received a green card from Marie McWilliams saying, "Frank X. McWilliams '44
Frank has gone to the Greater Beyond." Don Hiltz's son phone to tell me his father Don has died on 9/3/08 after suffering a small stroke the day before at his doctor's office. He passed away the next day at the hospital in Hartford. The class extends it sympathy to Mary and his family.
8/1/08
We received word that Donald Burnham died July 26, 2008 after a fall. No further information at this time.
7/30/08 We just learned of the deaths of two more classmates in June.John Christian Roberts died 6/20/08 and Daniel Clakr Kingston passed away June 24th.
The class sends it sympathies to their families
7/5/08 The college sent word that Flavel Blashfield Beattie (Buzz) passed away August 9, 2003. No additional information is available at this time.6/26/08
Jack Tope's wife Mary died and he has a new address in an assisted living facility:
Cedar Hill
92 Cedar Hill Road Windsor, VT 05030
Phone 802-674-2254 He no longer has email.
4/14/08
Betty Musser advised me today of the deaths of three more classmates:
Joseph A. Maleno, Jr., Edward B. Price, Jr. and Rudolph G. Whitten, Jr. MD
Their obituaries will appear in the next DAM.
3/30/08
Today we learned of the death of Robert Rader on 3/25/08. Bob was very active with our class and we shall miss him. We send our sympathies to Doris and his family.
2/09/08
We have received word of the deaths of more of our clasmates. their obituaries will appear in the next issue of the DAM.
Walter Warren Archer, Michael Allan Costa, H. Wiley Hitchcock, Ph.D., Carroll Leonard Holman, Richard George Lesser, John Edward Mock, MD, Ernest Frederic Rice, George Hutcheon Pert, Herbert Furman Storfer, Lawrence Winstanley Widdecombe, and Rudolph G. Whitten. We are saddened to learn of these deaths and the class extends its sympathy to their families.
11/30/07 Monte Basbas sent this obit for Jay Downing who died 11/14/07
Cape Elizabeth—Jay Herbert Downing died peacefully on November 14,
2007 at The Cedars in Portland, surrounded by his family. He was born in
Littleton, N.H. on August 11, 1921 and was the only child of Herbert and Ida
Downing.
Jay graduated from Littleton High School, and then
attended Kimball Union Academy in Meriden, N.H. for a post-graduate year. He
attended Dartmouth College for one year before enlisting in the air training
course offered to Dartmouth students when the US declared war in 1941. He was
commissioned a lieutenant in the Army Air Force and received his pilot's wings
in June 1943. He was shot down behind enemy lines in Italy in October 1943,
successfully evading capture by living in mountainous caves with another
serviceman for 7 Vz months. They rejoined the forces in June 1944 when
the Allies invaded Italy. Jay continued to serve in the Army until his honorable
discharge in October 1945, whereupon he received a certificate of valor for
engagement in 5 combat missions in the Mediterranean theater of air battle, as
well as an Awards of Air Medal and an Award of Purple
Heart.
On July 21, 1944 he married Mary Grey of Southern Pines,
N.C. They returned to Littleton, N.H. in 1945 following Jay's discharge from
military service. He became proprietor of his father's Ford dealership, which he
ran from 1945 to 1969. In 1969, he became a motor vehicle supervisor for the New
England Telephone Co. and stayed with that company until he retired in 1986. He
was the father of Mary Ann Downing Butson of Littleton and Thomas Jay Downing of
Cape Elizabeth.
In Littleton, Jay was a member of All Saints Episcopal
Church and the Littleton Lions Club. He loved animals, and throughout the years
had Morgan horses and numerous other animals. Jay also had a passion for
gardening and was very proud of his vegetable gardens. In later years, he
experimented with growing perennial and annual flowers, as well as fruit-bearing
trees and bushes. When he and Mary moved to Cape Elizabeth in 1990, he became
actively involved in his grandsons' lives, often attending all of their sporting
practices and games in one season: soccer, basketball, lacrosse, and baseball.
In fact, one year he received the "grandparent of the year" award for attending
all of his grandson Peter's lacrosse practices and games.
One of the highlights of his later years came at the age
of 82 when he and other veterans were invited to speak about their war
experiences to cadets at the Falcon Heritage Forum at the US Air Force Academy
in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He and his family were proud of this invitation
and opportunity.
Jay is survived by his wife of 63 years; his son and
daughter; their spouses, Donna and Donald; his grandsons, Peter and David; his
step-grandchildren, Eva and Josh; and his step-great-grandchildren, Mackenzie
and John Michael.
A celebration of Jay's life will be held . at All Saints Episcopal Church in
Littleton, N.H. for family and friends. In lieu of
flowers, the family asks that you consider a memorial donation in Jay's name to
the American Cancer Society or to Riding to the Top Therapeutic Riding
Center, 1545 Intervale Road, New Gloucester, Me. 04260
11/08/07 Word has come of the death of Jay Densmore. The class extends
its sympathy to Marty and to his son and daughter.
7/18/07 We have learned of the death of Donald A Comes Jr.
Our sympathies to his family from the class.
6/22/07 We have received notice of the deaths of the following classmates.
1. Frederic Wier Cambell Jr. 4/29/07
2. John Brant Eaton 5/27/07
3. Matthew James Finn 2/14/07
4. Howard George Johns 5/29/07
5. Charles H. Schumaker 4/9/07
6. George H. Troxell Jr. 6/18/07 (Died Unexpectly)
More information will be in the Dartmouth Alumn Magazine
The class is saddend to learn of these deaths and sends its sympathy to the families.
5/26/07 Warren (Sully) Sullivan died in Englewood, NJ 5/23/07. He was a
publishing executive instrumental in establishing overseas markets for
American books after World War II. During the war he served as a US Navy
underwater specialist, first training with the Scouts & Raiders, then serving as a Frogman in the Pacific theater. He was President of the Macmilian Co. and later Barnes and Noble Booksellers. He is survived by his wife Madeleine (Terry) and four children: a daughter Kathleen and triplet sons, Peter, William and Jeffrey. In lieu of flowers, contributions in his name
may be sent to Alumni Fund , Dartmouth College, Class 1944 A celebration of his life is planned for early Fall. The class extends its sympathy to his family.
5/07/07 Charles Schumacher died April 9, 2007. If more info is received
it will be posted here. As always the class sends its sympathy to his family.
1/19/07 Word has been received that Richard S. Rice died in Dec. 2006.
The class sends its sympathy to his family.. If more information is received
it will be posted here.
12/21/06 Monte DuVal died of a massive heart atttack 12/05/06. Services were
held at the University of Arizona DuVal Auditorium and were broadcast live to the Phoenix branch of the UA Medical school. He was to move into his new home he built in Tucson, but died the day before the move. The class sends its sympathy to his family.
12/13/06 Four more class mates have died :
Robert Earl Williamson died 9/8/06
Earl W. Rose died 9/29/06
Norm Simpson died 11/12/06
Frank H. Burns died 11/14/06
I have no further information at this time but will post same as soon
as it is received. The class sends its sympathies to their families .
5/25/06
Joseph McDyer McDevitt died April 26, 2006. His time as a member of our
class was interrupted by WWII. He served as a Marine Naval Air Corps
pilot in the South Pacific. He spent his career as a building contractor and
helped to develope communities throughout northern California. He was also a founding owner of the National Football League franchise in Oakland in 1960. Joe was didicated to his family and enjoyed travel and many golf courses around the world. He loved books, music, film and Irish history.. travel and culture. His ready smile warmed any room he entered. His generous spirit and open hand helped many and his storytelling and laughter became a familiar pleasure for all who knew him. The class sends its sympathies to his family.
Henry Cheves Hyde was killed in a tragic automobile accident May 18, 2006. He served as a naval aviator in the Pacific Theater in WWII and
was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medals for air/sea
rescue missisions. His pioneeringe spirit led him from the corporate world to rural Vermont as early as 1950 where he and his wife Ellen
raised three children in Chester Vt. He was associated with Bryant Grinder Corp. in Springfield Vt. for many years. He is survived by his
wife Ellen, a son and two daughters,a brother and sister and four grandchildren. A memorial service is planned for a later date. Memorial
gifts may be made to the Londonderry Rescue Squad, Londonderry,Vt
05148. Our class is saddened to learn of this tragic death and
extends its sympaties to his family.
1/15/06 We learned today that William W. Paine Jr. died and Herb
Wolff died 12/7/05. The class sends its sympathies to the
Paine family and to Polly Wolff and family. When more information
is received it will be posted.
1/13/06
We have received word that Bethune (Duff) Duffield died recently. When more details are known they will be posted
here.
My college roommate for many terms and dear friend Chuck
Richardson passed away Thursday January 5th. He'll be
sorely missed by many of his classmates. A memorial service
will be held for Chuck next summer in Dover, NH.
The class sends its sympathies to members of the Duffield and
Richardson families.
1/20/06
Chuck's obiturary is posted here.
Charles Curtis Richardson died peacefully at his home in Vero Beach, Florida on January 5, 2006.
Chuck was born in Dover, NH. He graduated from Dover High School in 1939 and attended Phillips Academy, Andover, for one year before following his brother Fred ’43 to Dartmouth, where he was a member of Theta Delta Chi. He graduated in June of 1943 with the class of ’44. He then trained at Harvard Business School to become a Supply Officer with the U.S. Navy. He served in the Pacific until 1946. After the war he held management positions before working as a stock broker with Paine Weber in Cleveland, Ohio, for ten years. In 1963, he co-founded and eventually served as president and chief executive of the Green Valley Development Company which built the retirement community south of Tucson, Arizona. He was involved in various other real estate ventures and served on the boards of companies including Fairfield Communities and the Seattle-based Laird Norton Company and the Laird Norton Trust Company. In Tucson he actively supported the Museum of Art and the Arizona Theater Co. and was on the board of the Symphony Society. He was a dedicated member of the Dartmouth Club of Tucson and an inspired alumni interviewer. An avid bridge and tennis player, Chuck loved singing songs, discussing politics, reading about history and traveling. He will be remembered for his adventurous spirit and love of a challenge, his friendliness, his love for and loyalty to friends and family and his legendary baked stuffed lobster.
Chuck spent summers overlooking the beach in Drakes Island, Maine and eleven years ago made his winter home on another beautiful stretch of the Atlantic coast in Vero Beach. He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Rebecca S. Richardson; a daughter, Holly Richardson-Streese of Hanover, Germany; sons Charles C. Richardson Jr.’80 of Jamestown, RI and Andrew S. Richardson of N. Key Largo, FL; and four grandchildren. A nephew, Bradley F. Richardson’79 also graduated from Dartmouth.
Gifts in Chuck’s memory may be made to the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, Ft. Pierce, FL.
Arthur H. Kiendl Jr.
Arthur Herbert Kiendl Jr died in his home in Castine, Maine on March 2, 2005
He was the ninth headmaster at Mount Hermon and the last to serve in
that capacity before the school’s merger with Northfield.
Although his tenure from 1963 to 1971 was a stressful time for both
school and country, fraught with civil unrest and intergenerational
differences, Kiendl looked back on his eight years at Mount Hermon as
one of the highlights of his life.
His undergraduate years at Dartmouth were interrupted by World War II. In his early 20's he was a captain in the Army Air Corps and served in the China-India-Burma theater. After graduating from Dartmouth in 1947 he taught English,. history, and geography and coached skiing at Cooperstown Academy. In 1951 he earned an MA from Columbia in higher education administration, which he also studied at the University of Chicago. Kiendl returned to Dartmouth for nine years as director of counseling, assistant dean, and associate dean of the college. From 1958 to 1963 he was dean of students at the University of Colorado. From 1971 to 1979 He was president of the Cranbrook School in Michigan. Kiendl later became headmaster of Nichols School in Buffalo, NY until he retired in 1981. In his retirement in Castine, ME he enjoyed boats and being with people, and served on the faculty advisory board at Maine Maritime Academy.
NMH teacher Phil Schuster credits Kiendl with being the glue of the school during the turbulent 60's. “His character enabled him to carry on without losing his enthusiasm for nurturing young people or his focus on the mission of the school. He was down to earth, good-humored, direct. And he knew how to listen”. He was legendary for learning the first name of every new student early in the school year. He routinely joined teachers in the faculty lounge and circulated through the dining hall at meals. Every afternoon he dropped by the gym and playing fields to support athletes and coaches.
He is remembered for painting the campus doors deep red– the school colors– to raise school spirit and for introducing crew as a school sport. He also led the school through the demanding process of preparing for the merger with Northfield. In announcing his resignation Kiendl concluded, “Every man has to do what he wishes to do with his life. I hope that each one of you will try to do what I’ve tried to do with mine, and that is to live with honor, humility and humor.”
Kiendl’s first wife, Jean, and second wife Alice predeceased him. He is survived by his daughter Deborah Kiendl McLaughlin ‘65,son Arther H. Kiendl III, stepson Kenneth Lewis, and grand children Jesse Kiendl’93 and James and Alex McLaughlin. A niece and nephew Rachael ‘95 and Ryan’93 Champaigne, also attended NMH. Gifts in Kiendl’s memory may be made to the Trinitarian Congregational Parish of Castine P.O. Box 108 Castine ME 04421.
4l16/05
Merle Hagen reports that John Morse died
4/13/05 . He had been ill for quite a while.
A memorial service is being held today in
Texas. The class will miss John and extends
sympathy to his family.
3/21/05
Word received today that Donald T. Oakes died 2/10/05. Our sympathy to Betty and the family. I have no more details at this time.
3/12/05
Five more classmates have passed on.
They are Irl Rose, John Cordell, and Al Howland,Wally Olin, and Art Kiendl, who died 3/2/05. Art served as Assoc. Dean at Dartmouth from 1948-1957. The class sends its sympathy
to all family members.
I have no further information at this time.
7/24/04
Steve Tate reports that Dud Wilson died
three days after returning to South Carolina
from our 60th reunion. We have no further
information at this time.
4/25/02
Word just came in that Allen E. Howland died very recently. Our sympathy to wife Dorothy. More information will soon be available from
Dave Nutt.
4/2/04
We just learned that Al Winkler and Jack Haffenreffer died in March. Our sympathy to Jean and Priscilla and families.