Deaths

[A listing of deaths of which word has been receivedwithin the past month. Full notices may appear in thisissue or may appear in a later number.]

Richardson, Guy '96, Dec. 9 Jones, Albert D. '98, Dec. 8 Buck, Burton W. '00, Nov. 22 Davis, Howard C. '06, Dec. 8 Fields, Charles W. '07, Nov. 17 Fisher, Louis E. '07, Dec. 3 Keith, Roy H. '08, Nov. 15 Solomon, Frank '09, Dec. 1 Powers, Leland '10, Dec. 15 Sault, Robert E. '11, Dec. 11 Therrien, Zotique W. '14, Nov. 7 Worcester, Chauncey M. '16, Nov. 30 Newell, Herman W. '20, Dec. 19 Bishop, Harold H. '23, Nov. 11 Rigby, Lisle C. '29, Nov. 7 Wallace, Frank M. '30, Nov. 29 Genewich, Anthony '37, Nov. 18 Remington, William W. '39, Nov. 24 Klaus, Henry Jr. '40, Nov. 13 Cross, Harold N. '05th, Nov. 11 Sills, Kenneth C. M., LL.D. '18, Nov. 15 Gavit, John P., L.H.D. '35, Oct. 27

1896

GUY WALDO RICHARDSON died on December 9, at a nursing home in Brookline, Mass., where he had been ill for some time with cancer. His home was at 104 Robinwood Ave., Jamaica Plain.

He was born in East Haverhill, N. H., December 9, 1873, the son of George Washington and Ellen (Ruddick) Richardson. He prepared for college at Tilton School. Guy spent only the first term of freshman year with our class and then transferred to Boston University where he graduated in 1897. He was always active in the alumni affairs of Boston University and was at one time president of the College of Liberal Arts alumni association.

In 1907 Guy became secretary of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and in 1909 became editor of the magazine Our Dumb Animals, positions he held until his retirement in 1943. A writer, lecturer and national authority on Abraham Lincoln, he was a member of the Boston Authors thors Club, London Authors Club and the Field and Forest Society of Boston. He was also a director of the Metropolitan Federal Savings and Loan Association.

In 1909 Guy was married to Nina L. Jaynes who survives him.

1900

BURTON WINTHROP BOCK died suddenly from a shock at his home, 324 Myrtle St., Manchester, N. H. on November 22.' He had been in ill health for a long time and had been hospitalized in early November.

He was born in Manchester, N. H., January 19, 1878, the son of William E. Buck, Superintendent of Schools in Manchester, who received an honorary degree (A.M.) from Dartmouth in 1886. He was graduated from the Manchester High School and in 1896 entered Dartmouth, where he was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa.

Burton's business career was in the care and development of Manchester real estate property which he inherited from his family. He was an active member of the Franklin Street Congregational Church. Outside of his work, his church and his family, his chief interest was probably in the field of financial statistics. He had evidenced an interest in the investment policies of Dartmouth.

In a letter written just a year ago to one of the 1900 class officers, he revealed that since childhood, he had been the victim of many physical ailments and that in recent years his vision had been severely impaired, all of which had limited and restricted his activities, including attendance at class gatherings and taking part in the civic and other affairs of Manchester.

In 1920, Burton married Sarah May Buffum of East Weymouth, Mass. who survives him with their daughter Mary and her two daughters, Sarah and Kathryn. Mary was married in 1946 to Owen Roger Smith (Harvard 43), a captain in the U. S. Air Force who, with his family, has been stationed in Tokyo since May, 1950.

Services for Burton were held in Manchester on November 26. Burial was in Piscataquog Cemetery, East Manchester.

JOHN FRANKLIN MOODY died on October 26 at Togus (Maine) Veterans Hospital. He was born at West Sumner, Maine, on March 24, 1878, and entered college from Edward Little High School in Auburn. He was a member of Theta Delta Chi and for three years a member of the varsity track team (mile and two mile). At the end of junior year, he transferred to Colby College from which he was graduated in 1900.

John was one of the five 1900 men (Chapman, Hutchinson, Moody, Snow and Teague) who enlisted in the Spanish War. As far as we know they all were members of Company E, 1st N. H. Volunteers.

For a number of years after graduation, John taught school. He was graduated from the University of Maine Law School in 1907. He practiced law in Auburn, Maine, for a few years and then resumed teaching. For a short time, he was associated with Zach Murray '00 in Florida real estate.

John once described himself as "something of a hermit." This description was based on the fact that, in his later years, he spent his summers at his camp on Shagg Pond in Redding, Maine. When hunting season arrived, he would move to another camp at Dead River and remain until December. He would then return to Hebron for the winter. At these camps, weekends and vacations, he would entertain groups of young people, with whom he canoed, fished, hunted and climbed mountains.

Of late years, after a stroke, his out-of-doors life was curtailed. Occasional reports would come in from him at the Veterans Hospital at Togus in summer, and in winter, from the Veterans Home at Kecoughtan, Va.

He is survived by his wife Alice, a nephew and a niece.

1901

WILLIAM HENRY ANDRUS died on August 24 at Ransomville, N. Y., after an intermittent illness of about nine months. He had been spending the summer in Wilson near the home of his son.

Born in New Britain, Conn., on December 24, 1878, he attended Dartmouth briefly as a member of the Class of 1901. After leaving Dartmouth he worked as a bookkeeper for several companies in central Connecticut. He married Julia E. Smith in 1903.

In the fall of 1907, he and his wife moved to Cambridge, Mass., where he began the study of osteopathy that was to become his life's work. In 1909 he transferred to the School of Osteopathy in Kirksville, Mo., graduating in June 1910. After spending some six months in Toronto he joined forces with another osteopath, Dr. L. C. Kingsbury, to form a partnership. They practised in Hartford, Conn., for the next twenty-five years.

Following a serious illness that extended over several years, he retired from active practice in 1935. From that date he spent winters in Florida and summers in Connecticut, keeping busy with gardening, farming, fishing and many handicraft hobbies. During his younger years he was very active as a Mason, achieving the rank of 32nd degree.

He is survived by his wife who is presently living at their winter home in Melbourne, Fla., and by a son, Donald '36, who lives in Wilson, N. Y.

RALPH WELLINGTON GRANT was a member of this class freshman year, coming to Hanover after graduating from the Portland High School. Very little is known of his life since leaving college. He was admitted to the Augusta (Maine) State Hospital in 1923 and passed away there October 19, 1954.

1903

PHILIP LOWELL BROWN of 36 Saxon Road, Newton Highlands, Mass., died at the Newton Wellesley Hospital on November 6. The funeral was held in Amesbury, Mass., where Phil was born on October so, 1881. In college he was a member of Sigma Chi and on the track team.

Phil was connected with the United Shoe Machinery Corporation for many years, and on his retirement was repair manager. He was active for many years in the National Guard as commander of the old 110th Cavalry Unit and was first commander of the 180th Field Artillery Company. He saw service on the Mexican border in 1916. In 1934 Phil was raised to colonel and was assistant commandant of the training school. He was the leader in restoring the Boston horse shows under National Guard auspices and in instituting indoor polo for guardsmen. A member of AF and AM, Phil was past worthy master of Fraternity Lodge.

Phil is survived by his wife, the former Susan Babb; his son Emmons '33; and two brothers, Joseph of Detroit and Leonard of Amesbury.

1904

CHARLES FRANCIS MCKNIGHT died at St. Mary's Hospital, Kansas City, Mo., on October 29. He was born October 5, 1880, in Hiawatha, Kansas, and for the past 45 years had resided in Kansas City where he was engaged in the lumber industry and made his home at 5745 Grand Ave.

In college, Mac was one of the bright boys of the class - Phi Beta Kappa and Commencement speaker, a - Phi Kappa; and his closest associates were the Rufus Choate Scholars.

After leaving college, Mac entered the lumber business, first in Vanderworst, Ark., then in Oklahoma City and in Kansas City, Mo., in the employ of the Ingham Lumber Co. He later formed his own company, the McKnight Lumber Co., of which he became president, and retired in 1945.

A member of the Country Club and the Congregational Church, Mac took an active interest in Boy Scout work, and at one time was a scoutmaster. During World War II, he served on the Regional War Labor Board, and the Office of Price Administration.

As a Commencement speaker, one of Mac's sentences is remembered by your secretary:

"In a few days, we shall snap ties we fain would not have broken. Succeeding years will come and go. Reunions will be held, but some of us will never return." Mac did come back once - to the 25th reunion - but few classmates have had the pleasure of seeing him in the past fifty years. Quiet, studious, Mac was held in high esteem and affection. To his family, the class sends its sincere regrets and respect.

Mac is survived by his wife, the former Ida Barnes, and by a son Frank B. McKnight '31. His son George, a member of the Class of 1935, died in 1941.

1907

CHARLES WEEKS FIELDS died at his home, 26 Alba Road, Wellesley Hills, Mass., on November 17. He had had a coronary attack a few years ago and in September of this year suffered a paralytic stroke, which caused his death. Funeral services were held at Waterman's, Kenmore Square, Boston, on November 19. The class was represented by its Secretary, Harry McDevitt, Gus Wiswall and Bill Smart. Burial was in Bath, N. H.

Charles was born on January 14, 1883, and was reared in Bristol, N. H. He prepared for college at the New Hampton School.

In college he roomed for four years with Bill Smart '07, who had been his classmate at New Hampton. Arthur Meservey '06 was a third occupant of the suite at 19 Reed Hall for three years.

Although Charles had been a prominent athlete in prep school, in college he attended strictly to his studies, attaining Phi Beta Kappa standing, and a B.S. degree. He was a member of the S.A.E. Fraternity. He was much admired by all who knew him in college.

After graduation Charles immediately entered the employment of Baird & Bartlett, Inc., wholesalers of paper boxes and other industrial paper products, at 63 High St., Boston, where he worked for over 46 years, or until his last illness. At his death Charles was a part owner, a director and president. The marked financial success of this company was due in no small degree to Charles' industry and business acumen.

Shortly after leaving college he married Ora Morse, of New Hampton, a classmate in prep school, who survives him together with a sister Mary Fields of Bristol, N. H. Charles was a Mason for many years.

His life was devoted to his home, his business and his immediate circle of friends. By his death Dartmouth has lost a devoted alumnus, and '07 has lost an outstanding member.

LOUTS EDWIN FISHER died at his home 6 Beech St., Hopedale, Mass., on December 3.

Lou was born in Burlington, Vt., November 6, 1880, the son of Franklin H. and Francis (Greene) Fisher. He was with the class only part of freshman year, when he transferred to the University of Vermont. A few years ago he was made a member of the Golden Circle of Alpha Tau Omega at Dartmouth.

In 1912 Lou became connected with the Draper Corp. in Hopedale, Mass., and remained with them as an inspector until his retirement. In his youth Lou had played semiprofessional baseball in the Blackstone and Mill leagues.

On September 4, 1920, he was married to Ada Andrew who survives him with their son Robert L. Fisher.

1910

RALPH ARTHUR SHERWIN passed away on October 30 at his home, 50 Linden St., Wellesley, Mass. He was stricken with a coronary thrombosis in May 1949 but was able to return to active work the following November. At the funeral held on November 1 in St. Andrews Episcopal Church, the Class was represented by Norm Cushman.

Shing Sherwin was born in Orange, Mass., July 9, 1887, son of H. Arthur and Carrie (Rogers) Sherwin. He prepared for Dartmouth at Orange High School. In college he was a member of Sigma Chi, played on the class basketball teams in freshman and sophomore years, and was a member of the Press Club, representing the Springfield Union.

After graduating from Thayer School in 1911. Shing began his connection with the Aberthaw Construction Co., in Boston. Leaving that company in 1922, he went with the Kardex Co. in Springfield. After three years he entered the employ of the Hedge & Matheis Equipment Co. in Worcester where he remained for thirteen years. From 1938 until 1949, Shing was with the Wellesley Colonial Garage and Building Co., being forced to give up his work there when stricken. When he was able to return to some activity he went with the Wellesley Press and remained with that company until he was fatally stricken.

Shing spent many years in active Boy Scout work and was a leader of the Worcester group which attended the National Scout Jamboree in Washington. He was a Gold Key scoutmaster, so honored by the national headquarters for his work in Worcester from 1926 to 1938. He continued his Scout activity with the St. Andrews Church troop in Wellesley. He was also an instructor in first aid and safety for Worcester Chapter, American Red Cross. He was a member of the Dartmouth Club of Worcester, the Worcester Society of Civil Engineering, and a former vestryman in St. Luke's Episcopal Church of Worcester.

On October 23, 1914, he was married to Myra Douglas in Winthrop, Mass. His survivors are his widow; his son Richard H. '38; two sisters, Helene and Mrs. Mildred Bigwood, both of Orange; and four grandchildren.

1913

HAROLD HODGDON SHEDD died suddenly on October 25 at his home in Hampstead, N. H., of a coronary thrombosis. He had spent the day as usual in his business affairs: after dinner sat down with Marion to watch television and died without warning of any sort.

He was born on January 6, 1892, in Haverhill, Mass., son of Frances Martha Hodgdon and Fred F. Shedd and prepared for Dartmouth at the Haverhill High School.

After graduating he entered the grocery business which had been the business of his grandfather, where he remained all his life, at one time running three stores under the name of the Boston Beef Co., in Haverhill and Hampstead.

He married Marion Ayer of Haverhill in 1916, who survives him. They had no children.

Harold was very active in Masonry, a member of Saggahew Lodge, Pentucket chapter, of which he was high priest; Haverhill Council; Haverhill Commandery, Knights Templar, holding high offices; Merrimack Valley Council, Princes of Jerusalem; Merrimack Valley Lodge of Perfection, a 32nd degree Mason and a former trustee of the Masonic Temple.

While Harold did not attend many class reunions he was a very loyal alumnus. Some years ago he joined with his brother, Dr. Karl E. Shedd '16, in presenting to the College a complete set of the works of Daniel Webster, an autographed edition.

He was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Bradford, Mass. Besides his wife he is survived by two brothers, Dr. Karf E. Shedd of Athens, Ga., and Clifford E. Shedd of Philadelphia; and several nieces and nephews.

1914

ZOTIQUE WILFRED THERRIEN was killed in an automobile accident on November 7 in Seattle, Wash. He was born in Manchester, N. H., September 27, 1890, and after attending Manchester High School, entered Dartmouth, graduating in 1914. He was a member of Delta Tau Delta.

In September 1921 he married Marguerite Paulding in Chicago, who with their son John P. Therrien, survives him.

Zut had been connected with the motor trucking industry for many years and for the last fourteen had been the manager of the Fruehauf Trailer Co. in Seattle, where he resided at 2221 Eastmont Way.

JOSEPH HENRY BEER died on September 19, 1953, on a train en route from New York to Florida.

Joe was born in Vienna, Austria, on January 21, 1892. He spent four years with the class, but never kept in close touch with his classmates. During World War I he served as a lieutenant in the Infantry, and afterward was for many years associated with M. & H. Beer, manufacturers of ladies neckwear, in New York City. He later moved to Florida. The College has no record of his family or survivors.

1915

ARCHIBALD OWEN died on December 28, 1953, in California. Barney had been a patient for some time at the Wadsworth Veterans Hospital, in West Los Angeles.

He was born in Carthage, Ill., On October 17, 1890. In college Barney was a member of Psi Upsilon. During World War I he served in the Marine Corps from December 6, 1917, to February 15, 1919. From that time he was in business in Los Angeles, but did not keep in close touch with the class.

Barney is survived by his wife Marie, of 2495 North Gower St., Hollywood, Calif.

1923

HAROLD HUTCHINSON BISHOP passed away on November 4 at his home, 4012 Cedar Lake Rd„ Minneapolis, Minn. Bish will be long remembered for his many contributions during his college years to the Dartmouth Outing Club, in which organization he served as chairman of many important committees until his senior year when he was its president. Under his guidance, the D.O.C. expanded its activities and several new cabins were added to the chain. He was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa.

On graduating from Dartmouth he went into the banking field, becoming affiliated with the Minnesota Loan and Trust Co. and later vice president of I. M. Dain and Co investment bankers.

Harold married Dorothy Crewe of Rochester, Minn., in 1925, who survives him with their two children: Nancy (Mrs. Robert H. Miller) and John '53, a second lieutenant in the Army who is attending an Army Intelligence School in Baltimore.

Bish was a great sportsman. I visited him in July on my way East from Montana. He told me then he was spending one half of his time during the summer months at his cabin in Wisconsin where he did considerable trout fishing. He had written the secretary bringing him up to date on the Minneapolis-St. Paul class members.

C. T. B.

1927

ABRAHAM COHEN, better known to us as "Butch," died at Mt. Sinai Hospital, Miami Beach, Fla., on November 2, following a heart attack.

He was married on August 26, 1934, to Harriet Bacharach, and they were aboard the Morro Castle, on their honeymoon, when the ship caught fire off the Jersey coast in one of the worst marine disasters in history. He and his wife awoke at 3:15 A.M. to find the passengers in confusion and smoke pouring from the upper structure. They donned life belts, and after helping to awake the other passengers, jumped forty feet from the afterdeck into the water. They swam for six hours before reaching the ropes put out to mark the beach limits for swimmers at Point Pleasant, N. J., where they were pulled from the sea and taken to a hospital. His wife was a championship swimmer and suffered no permanent physical damage from this ordeal, but Butch was not in the fine physical condition that he had always maintained while in college, and the long swim put a great strain on his heart, from which he never fully recovered.

Butch was born in Hartford, Conn., on April 6. 1905, the son of Simon and Bessie Cohen. He entered Dartmouth from Dean Academy in the fall of 1923. While in College he was a member of Pi Lambda Phi and Green Key, and played on the freshman and varsity football team, the freshman and varsity basketball team, and the varsity baseball team.

After graduation from Dartmouth, he became a partner in the Grand grocery chain in Connecticut. In the fall of 1948, primarily for reasons of health, the family moved to Florida, where they resided at 3483 Chase Ave. in Miami Beach. Although he had moved to Florida for his health, his energetic disposition would not permit him to remain idle, and he soon was busily engaged in real estate and home building activity, which he continued until the time of his death. While he had never been really well since the time of the Morro Castle disaster, he had been able to live a fairly normal life, and his death came as a severe shock to his family and friends.

In addition to his wife Harriet, Butch is survived by a daughter Susan, 13, and a son Robert, 9; his mother, and three brothers. He will be sadly missed by his host of friends in the Class, and our deepest sympathy is extended to his family.

1929

LISLE CYRUS RIGBY died suddenly on November 7 at his home, 72 Prospect St., Amsterdam, N. Y., at the age of 48.

Lisle was born in Coneville, Pa., moved to East Rochester, N. Y., when a child, and graduated from high school there before coming to Dartmouth. He unfortunately had to leave college at the end of freshman year.

He moved to Amsterdam, N. Y., about eight years ago and, at the time of his death, was circulation manager for the SchenectadyUnion Star.

He is survived by his daughter Deirdre, of Rochester: his mother, Mrs. Elsie Rigby, of East Rochester; his sister, Mrs. Loretta Kostecke, of East Rochester; and his brother, Leo L. Rigby, of Buffalo. He was a member of Amsterdam Union Lodge, F & AM.

1930

FRANK MACFARLANE WALLACE died at his home, 107 Hawley Ave., Port Chester, N. Y., on November 29. Police reported that he shot and killed himself with a .22 calibre rifle and that he had been despondent because of illness.

Wally, who was born in Pittsburgh on June 7, 1907, attended Cleveland Heights High School, was graduated from Culver Military Academy and thereafter attended Clark School in Hanover. He was with us at Dartmouth in Hanover only until 1928, and during that time was a member of Phi Kappa Psi. He later attended New York University.

For a period of four years Wally was connected with the Union Club of Cleveland. Thereafter he was manager for two years of the Orchard Lake Country Club in Pontiac, Mich., was the assistant to the president of the Hotel New Yorker and for a period of four years thereafter was general manager of the Bonnie Briar Country Club in Larchmont, N. Y. At the time of his death he was training director of the F. & M. Schaefer Brewing Company in Brooklyn, having joined that organization in 1945 as sales executive in charge of sales personnel training.

Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Eleanor FryWallace, to whom Wally was married in 1939, and his mother, Mrs. Margaret MacFarlane Wallace.

1937

ANTHONY GENEWICH died on November 18 at the Veterans Hospital in Jamaica Plain, Mass. His home was at 20 Lynn End Road, Lynn, Mass.

Tony was born in Lynn on September 5, 1912, the son of John and Mary (Kadas) Geniawicz. While attending English High School in Lynn Tony became one of the all-time greats among Lynn athletes. He was named "all scholastic" fullback and was New England high school shot-put champion. Following high school Tony attended Clark School be" fore entering Dartmouth.

Tony was one of the most popular men in the class, being a member of Psi Upsilon, Dragon and Green Key. As a member of the track team he was intercollegiate shot-put champion. His football career was cut short after one year by a knee injury.

After graduation Tony was for a time supervisor for the National Youth Administration and then was connected with the Callaway Mills. During the war he served for four years in the Army Intelligence Corps. On his discharge in 1945 he became Director of Athletics and Guidance at Brewster Academy. In 1952 he returned to Lynn to become teacher of algebra and mechanical drafting at Cobbett Junior High School. As evidence of Tony's place in the hearts of his associates in Lynn, when, during his long illness, frequent blood transfusions were necessary, a stream of friends would converge on the hospital to offer blood for Tony.

On August 8, 1948, Tony was married to Natalie Amanti, who survives him with his mother, Mrs. Adam Russell, two sisters and two brothers. To them the class extends its sincerest sympathy.

1940

HENRY KLAUS JR. died of a heart attack at his home on Stoney Ridge Road, Saddle River, N. J., on November 13.

He was born in Union City, N. J., October 20, 1918, the son of Dr. Henry and Ruth (Gulden) Klaus. He prepared for college at New York Military Academy and Phillips Exeter. He was with the class only freshman year, when he transferred to Lafayette. He later received his B.S. degree from New York University.

Henry was an engineer and manufacturer's agent with offices in New York City.

He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Frances Mullen Klaus; three children, Henry Philip, Joan and John Williams; and by his parents.