Deaths

(This is a listing of deaths of which word hasbeen received since the last issue. Full notices,which are usually written by the class secretaries,may appear in this issue or a later one.)

CLASS OF 1885

Fred Horace Weston died January 28 at his home in Springfield, Mass., after an illness of six weeks.

He was a son of Horace and Sarah (Dake) Weston, and was born in Windsor, Vt., April 7, 1863. Two brothers are graduates of Dartmouth, Dr. George D. Weston '84 and Dr. Charles A. Weston '96, both now living in Springfield. He fitted for the Chandler Scientific Department at Windsor High School. He was a member of the Vitruvian, now Beta Theta Pi, fraternity, and vice-president of his class; he was prominent in college athletics, being six feet tall and possessed of a splendid physique; he won several medals in athletics, and was a member of Dartmouth's first football team; he delivered the campus address on Class Day.

The first year after graduation he was engaged in farming with his father at Windsor. He then entered the employ of Joseph Whitcomb and Company, cigar manufacturers and wholesale tobacconists in Springfield, Mass. He worked his way up in that company until he was made manager, nearly 25 years ago, which position he continued to hold until his last illness.

Mr. Weston was a man who made many friends. He was very active in Masonic and Odd Fellow circles, where he received many honors, being eminent commander of the Springfield Commandery of Knights Templar, and past grand master of De Soto Lodge of Odd Fellows. He was a regular attendant at Faith Congregational Church.

April 23, 1895, he was married to Elizabeth Capron of Albany, N. Y., who survives him. Their son, George Fred, is a student at Dartmouth in the class of 1923.

George Eldredge Melendy of Orange, N. J., died March 25 of Bright's disease, after a short illness, at St. Petersburg, Fla., where he and his sister were spending the winter.

He was born in New York city October 9, 1864, being the son of George Boutell and Abby (Eastman) Melendy. He prepared for the Chandler Scientific Department in Dr. Chapin's Collegiate School in New York. He was a member of Phi Zeta Mu, now Sigma Chi, and was its representative on the Aegis. He took the first Wead prize for freehand drawing.

After graduation he entered the office of a New York architect as draftsman, and remained practically in one office for seven years, becoming head draftsman and preparing himself for the architect's profession, which preparation was supplemented by study abroad.

In 1892 he opened an office in partnership with Charles H. Detwiller, Columbia '85, in New York city. In 1904 this partnership was dissolved, and he opened an office for himself in Orange, N. J., where he continued in active and successful practice for the rest of his life.

He was a member of the American Institute of Architects, the Architects' League of New York, and the Sketch Club of New York, and a charter member of the Orange Camera Club, of which he was president two years and for many years on its board of governors. In 1911-12 he was president of the Thayer Society of Engineers. He was also a member of the New Jersey Automobile and Motor Club. For more than twenty-five years he was an active member of the First Presbyterian Church of Orange, serving as a member of its board of trustees and for many years as librarian of its Sunday school.

Mr. Melendy never married, and is survived by his sister, Miss Helen E. Melendy, who for many years made her home with him. He was very cordial and friendly, and a loyal and enthusiastic son of Dartmouth.

The funeral services were held at his late home on March 30, and the interment was in the family lot at Amherst, N. H.

CLASS OF 1901

Carlton Adelbert Porter died at his home in Auburn, N. Y., February 20, of spinal meningitis, after a brief illness, which was not considered alarming until a few hours before its fatal termination.

The son of Carlton Adelbert and Mary Louise (Miller) Porter, he was born in Rochester, N. Y., October 13, 1874. He came to Auburn with his parents in 1883, and prepared for college at Auburn High School. He was a member of the class of 1901 during its entire course, and was well liked by his classmates, though very quiet and retiring.

For a time after graduation he was in the employ of a lumber firm in Buffalo, N. Y., and in 1903 returned to Auburn and engaged in the lumber business with his father. Since the latter's death in 1906 he had conducted the business, under the name of the C. A. Porter Company.

He was a charter member of the Trinity Methodist Episcopal church, and was a member of its board of trustees. He had been superintendent of its Sunday school, in which during the past year he had taught a class of young men. For many years he had been a member of the board of directors of the Y. M. C. A., and at the time of his death was president of the board. He had also served as treasurer. He was a member of the Masonic order, and of the Chamber of Commerce. He acted as treasurer for the State Sunday School Association during the intensive Bible school campaign conducted several months since, and was active in all welfare movements in the city.

In 1902 Mr. Porter was married to Fanny Alley, who survives him, with their three children, Marcus Alley, Julia Elizabeth, and John Carlton.

CLASS OF 1904

Louis Dearborn Fauteaux died at his home in the Paramount Apartments in Denver, Colo., February 10, of pneumonia, after an illness of ten days.

He was born in Boston, Mass., January 30, 1883, his parents being Louis George Alexander and Susan E. C. (Mulloy) Fauteaux. He prepared for college at the Roxbury Latin School. He was a member of Phi Gamma Delta.

Soon after graduation he went to Denver and entered the employ of the Colorado Telephone Company, holding positions in the contract and traffic departments and rising to the position of commercial engineer. In 1913 he became commercial engineer for the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company, which position he held at the time of his death.

Mr. Fauteaux was a member of Oriental Lodge, A. F. and A. M., of Colorado Commandery, Knights Templar, and of El Jebel Temple of the Shrine. He was also a popular member of the University Club of Denver.

August 2, 1919, he was married to Ella Louise Warner, a teacher of Denver, whose parents were Gray and Carrie (Griswold), Warner.

The funeral services were held on February 12. The body was cremated, and the ashes interred in Denver.