Obituaries

These are the most recent alumni obituaries. To report a death, please contact alumni records at (603) 646-2253. To view obituaries by class year, select from the drop-down menu:

July-August 2021

Robert Carl Lahmann ’66

Robert Carl Lahmann ’66 passed away on February 26, 2019, after a 1.5-year battle with cancer.

July-August 2021

Thomas Thorburn Flannery ’67

Thomas Thorburn Flannery ’67 of Pittsburgh died on April 9.

July-August 2021

Charles Sterling Lenth ’68

Charles Sterling Lenth ’68 of Boulder, Colorado, passed away peacefully from natural causes on December 12, 2020, surrounded by family.

July-August 2021

John Bacon ’71

John Bacon ’71 died on March 16 of heart failure, leaving his wife, Susan, a children Alex and Kate. John was born in Pittsburgh and grew up in Concord, Massachusetts.

July-August 2021

Benjamin W. Simmons Jr. ’75

Benjamin W. Simmons Jr. ’75 passed away March 17 at his home in Bangor, Maine.

July-August 2021

Peter Jeton ’76

Peter Jeton ’76—linebacker, lacrosse player, grape picker and stomper, private-equity maven, banker, Texas Rangers fan, scout leader, husband, father, and friend—passed away April

July-August 2021

Franklin Minerva ’79

Franklin Minerva ’79 died peacefully of cancer on April 20 in New York City. Frank was born on June 23, 1957, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

July-August 2021

Mark Gorman ’83

Mark Gorman ’83 died February 25 following a long battle with cancer. Mark came to Dartmouth from Glens Falls, New York.

July-August 2021

Kathleen Marshall Diekroeger ’84

Kathleen Marshall Diekroeger ’84 died peacefully at home on March 19 in Woodside, California, surrounded by family.

July-August 2021

Audrey Verona Dorch ’89

Audrey Verona Dorch ’89 passed away on February 24 in Seattle with daughter D.J. and son Zach by her side. Verona graduated from Thomas Edison High School in Queens, New York.