We moved last November to a retirement community in northern New Jersey and a couple of weeks later went down to our winter golf condo in Naples, Florida. Due to Covid-19, we’re still there at this writing. Best way to reach me is through our email and cell phone number below.

Sonny “Rem” Drury died from Covid-19 in May. He enjoyed talking with people and as our chronicler handled Class Notes for many years. He and Colin Stewart, who went on to the Olympics, were brought up in Hanover and anchored the championship Dartmouth ski team.

Sonny traveled the world for Gulf Oil, ending up in Houston, where, virtually blind and tapping his cane, he commuted from home to work by bus until his retirement. His wife, Joan, passed away last year. His daughter, Susan, was able to spend some time with him before he died and noted how, as always, he was uncomplaining, patient, and appreciative of others. 

Bob Pilsbury died of Covid-19 May 12 in the Bedford, Massachusetts, VA hospital. He was brought up and went to school in Newton, Massachusetts, and was drafted into the Army during his freshman year at Dartmouth. He went to officer candidate school and served with valor as a lieutenant during the Korean War, during which he was awarded three Bronze stars.

Following in the footsteps of his father and a cousin, Bob was a natural-born piano player. At family outings the three of them would play one after the other their own improvisations of popular and older songs and melodies. Music was his passion, and after Dartmouth he went on to study at the New England Conservatory of Music and then take a master’s from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. During these years and while he was establishing a psychotherapy practice, he was a part of the jazz scene in Boston. He then joined the nationally known Black Eagle Jazz Band for the mainstay of his music career.

—Dave Kurr, 603 Mountain Ave., Apt 331, New Providence, NJ 07974; (781) 801-6716; djkurr@verizon.net