Edward Crane ’45
Edward Crane ’45 died on May 11. He was born in Burlington, Vermont, and graduated from Dartmouth and the University of Vermont Medical School before serving in the Army and Air Force.
Obituaries Class of 1945
Search Obituaries Prior to 2010James Garnett Torian ’45
James Garnett Torian ’45, loving husband and father of three children, passed away peacefully May 30 at his home in Rancho Santa Fe, California.
Kenneth F. Eldredge ’45
Kenneth F. Eldredge ’45 died on June 8 at The Terraces in Orleans, Massachusetts. He was born and raised in Chatham, Massachusetts.
John Alexander MacDonald Jr. ’45
John Alexander MacDonald Jr. ’45 died on November 25, 2013, after a long decline from Alzheimer’s disease and cancer. John grew up in Waban, Massachusetts, graduating from Newton High School, followed by a year at Hebron Academy.
Robert Livingston Steiner ’45
Robert Livingston Steiner ’45, economist, businessman and senior staff economist at the Federal Trade Commission, died on October 26 in Washington, D.C.
Jerome Leonard Weinstein ’45
Jerome Leonard Weinstein ’45 of Boca Raton, Florida, and Oronoque Forest in West Haven, Connecticut, died July 29, 2013.
Daniel Dechert Carpenter Sr. ’45
Daniel Dechert Carpenter Sr. ’45, formerly of Easthampton, Massachusetts, and Pembroke, Bermuda, died in New Haven, Connecticut, on August 21. He was predeceased by his wife of 65 years, Jane, and their son William.
John W. McCauley III ’45
John W. McCauley III ’45 of Wilmington, Delaware, died of natural causes on November 7, 2012, at the Kendal at Longwood Retirement Community. He was with his entire immediate family when he passed.
George Ehinger Jr. ’45
George Ehinger Jr. ’45 passed away peacefully on April 21 in Wilton, Connecticut. George found true love in his life, first with Marilyn (deceased in 1993), his wife of 40 years with whom he had three children.
Robert Ely Wright Freeman ’45
Robert Ely Wright Freeman ’45 of Stuart, Florida, passed away May 6, surrounded by his family. Born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, Bob lived most of his life in Westfield, New Jersey; Normandy Beach, New Jersey; and Stuart.
David D. Kirkpatrick Jr. ’45
David D. Kirkpatrick Jr. ’45, M.D., of Meadville, Pennsylvania, died April 21 at his residence following a period of failing health. He was born May 20, 1923, in Meadville and graduated from nearby Saegertown High School.
John C. Osborn ’45
John C. Osborn ’45 died on April 13 at the Highlands of Pittsford, New York. He was born on June 12, 1923, and raised in Ithaca, New York.
Marshal L. Wilcox Jr. ’45
Marshal L. Wilcox Jr. ’45, who worked for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey for more than 25 years, most prominently as treasurer, died March 26.
Robert Zildjian ’45
Robert Zildjian ’45, founder of the Sabian Inc. musical cymbal manufacturing company, died of cancer at his home in Brunswick, Maine, on March 27.
Cyrus Gates Allen ’45
Cyrus Gates Allen ’45 passed away February 20. Cy was born and raised in Denver. He graduated from Dartmouth and served as a bombardier instructor in the Army Air Force in WW II.
Louis Van Orden Mills ’45
Louis Van Orden Mills ’45 —a two-term mayor of Middletown, New York, first county executive of Orange County, New York, and founder of the Orange County Land Trust—died December 30, 2012.
Scott Parrot ’45
Scott Parrot ’45 passed away on January 4 in Vero Beach, Florida. He lived most of his life in Massachusetts, growing up in Winchester, raising his family in Belmont and enjoying his early retirement years in Marion.
John Simmons ’45
John Simmons ’45, M.D., died January 26 at his home in Heritage Hills in Somers, New York. After Dartmouth he graduated from New York University in 1948.
Donald Mills Strauss ’45
Donald Mills Strauss ’45 of North Manchester, Indiana, died December 28, 2012, at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Don left high school to enlist in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
Raymond J. Fontana ’45
Raymond J. Fontana ’45 died on January 7 in St. Petersburg, Florida, where he and his wife, Lynda, had a home. He graduated from Classical High School in Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1941 and from Dartmouth in 1945.
Frank M. Hutchins ’45
Frank M. Hutchins ’45, a prominent figure in Rochester, New York, civic life for more than five decades, died of congestive heart failure at Highland Hospital there on December 20, 2012.
William Salvatore Calli ’45
William Salvatore Calli ’45 of New Hartford and Old Forge, New York, passed away unexpectedly September 17, 2012, at State University of New York Upstate Medical University as a result of injuries he incurred in a motor vehicle ac
Howard Benatar Germain ’45
Howard Benatar Germain ’45 died July 19, 2012, in Santa Barbara, California. He had been in and out of the hospital for several months with cancer but died peacefully.
Robert Ross Jr. ’45
Robert Ross Jr. ’45 of Tallahassee, Florida, passed away November 9, 2012, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. He was born in Newark, New Jersey, and came to Dartmouth from Orange High.
Irving Dennison Booth Jr. ’45
Irving Dennison Booth Jr. ’45 died July 26, 2012, at the St. Joseph’s Skilled Nursing Facility in Elmira, New York, after suffering a stroke in August 2011.
William Allen Schmitt ’45
William Allen Schmitt ’45 died on March 27, 2012. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on March 10, 1923, and came to Dartmouth from Washburn High in Minneapolis.
Louis Wiederhold III ’45
Louis Wiederhold III ’45, M.D., of Francestown, New Hampshire, died September 16, 2012, in Bar Harbor, Maine. He attended the William Penn Charter School, graduated summa cum laude from Dartmouth and received his M.D.
Harvey Matson Smith ’45
Harvey Matson Smith ’45 died on January 24 at the Lake West Medical Center in Willoughby, Ohio. He came to Dartmouth from Woodrow Wilson High School in Columbus, Ohio. Matson was born May 29, 1925, in San Francisco.
Earl Gronlund Wise Jr. ’45
Earl Gronlund Wise Jr. ’45 of Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, died June 2. He was born March 9, 1924, in Dallas and came to Dartmouth from Oak Park-River Forest High in Illinois.
James Walter Kehoe ’45
James Walter Kehoe ’45 died of a heart attack December 27, 2011, in Marietta, Georgia, where he had been living in retirement. Jim came to Dartmouth from Senn High School in Chicago.
John Henry Randall ’45
John Henry Randall ’45, M.D., passed away April 17 at his residence in Wakefield, New Hampshire. John was born in Toot Hill, New York, and came to Dartmouth from Staten Island Academy and Wagner College.
Frederick Hollister Campbell ’45
Frederick Hollister Campbell ’45 died December 27, 2011, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, after a long illness. He came to Dartmouth from Friend’s School in Baltimore. Fred joined the U.S.
Arthur Burgess O’Donnell ’45
Arthur Burgess O’Donnell ’45 died peacefully March 9 at John Dempsey Hospital in Farmington, Connecticut. He came to Dartmouth from Naugatuck (Connecticut) High School.
Robert Anton Roberts ’45
Robert Anton Roberts ’45 died February 19. He was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota; resided in Winnipeg and Toronto, Canada; and had come to Dartmouth from Hill School in Pottstown, Pennsylvania.
Rex Felton Jr. ’45
Rex Felton Jr. ’45 of Tiffin, Ohio, died January 7 at St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center in Toledo, Ohio.
Rod Sweeny ’45
Rod Sweeny ’45 of Hagerstown, Maryland, died December 10, 2011, at Reeder’s Memorial Home in Boonsboro, Maryland. He was the husband of Katherine, whom he had met on a blind date from Mount Holyoke in 1943.
Frank Wiley Edmands ’45
Frank Wiley Edmands ’45, formerly of Manchester and Sunapee, New Hampshire, died peacefully November 5, 2011, at home after a brief illness. Frank came to Dartmouth from Holten High in Danvers, Massachusetts.
Robert Martin Schaeberle ’45
Robert Martin Schaeberle ’45 died September 29, 2011, from complications of Alzheimer’s, at an assisted living establishment in Exeter, New Hampshire.
Robert Leonard Allen ’45
Robert Leonard Allen ’45 died September 15, 2011, in Hanover after a long illness. He came to Dartmouth from Bulkeley High in Hartford, Connecticut.
Henry McKinley Barker ’45
Henry McKinley Barker ’45, a longtime Knoxville, Tennessee, resident, died September 16, 2011, at the University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville.
James Francis Houghton ’45
James Francis Houghton ’45, M.D., of Green Valley, Arizona, and Pelican Lake, Minnesota, died of a rare cancer infection June 4. He came to Dartmouth from Lincoln High in Jersey City, New Jersey.
Robert Koslowsky ’45
Robert Koslowsky ’45 of Hooksett, New Hampshire, died May 13. “Kos” had been a resident of Palm Beach, Florida, for 11 years, also living on St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Blair McClenachan ’45
Blair McClenachan ’45 of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, died April 11. He came to Dartmouth from Chester (Pennsylvania) High School. He was a multi-sport athlete in high school as well as at Dartmouth.
Murray Sams Jr. ’45
Murray Sams Jr. ’45, Esq., of Deland, Florida, died August 5 in Hollywood, Florida. He came to Dartmouth from Bowes Military Academy. Murray was in Beta Theta Pi at Dartmouth.
Carl Thurston Tourtellot ’45
Carl Thurston Tourtellot ’45 died December 10, 2010. “Turt” lived recently in Greenville, South Carolina. He came to Dartmouth from Winchester, Massachusetts, and Kimball Union Academy.
James Robert Grant Jr. ’45
James Robert Grant Jr. ’45 passed away peacefully of natural causes at his home in San Diego on May 3. He had come to Dartmouth from West High in Rochester, New York.
Edward Holmead Harte ’45
Edward Holmead Harte ’45, a Texas newspaper publishing executive and conservationist who played an important part in preserving vast tracks of open space and stretches of seashore in his state, died of natural causes May 18.
Raymond Hicks ’45
Raymond Hicks ’45 of Livingston, New Jersey, died at the nearby West Caldwell Care Center on July 5, 2010. He was born ion Washington, D.C., and came to Dartmouth from Peddie School in New Jersey.
Robert Paul Montague ’45
Robert Paul Montague ’45 died November 28, 2010, at his home in Dallas. He was born in Virginia, Minnesota, raised in nearby Duluth and graduated from Lake Forest Academy in Illinois before Dartmouth.
Charles Leonard Zalk ’45
Charles Leonard Zalk ’45 of Minneapolis, Minnesota, died November 11, 2010. He came to Dartmouth from Duluth, Minnesota. He was a member of Pi Lambda Phi, the Dartmouth Outing Club and the Canoe Club.
Charles Benedict Cashin ’45
Charles Benedict Cashin ’45 died November 7, 2008, in Creve Coeur, Missouri. He came to Dartmouth from Wilbraham Academy in Massachusetts, where he played football, hockey and was captain of the baseball team.
Richard Francis Kuhns Jr. ’45
Richard Francis Kuhns Jr. ’45 died in New York City September 6, 2010. He entered Dartmouth from Highland Park High School and was Phi Beta Kappa and in the Handel Society.
William Claudius Portman ’45
William Claudius Portman ’45 of Cincinnati, Ohio, died August 31, 2010. He was inducted into the Army in 1943 and then returned for graduation from Tuck School.
Howard “Tom” Pierce Sawyer Jr. ’45
Howard “Tom” Pierce Sawyer Jr. ’45 died September 15, 2010, in Venice, Florida, his home for the last 25 years. He was born and raised in Fall River, Massachusetts, attended Exeter Academy and Dartmouth, received his M.D.
John Quincy Gooding ’45
John Quincy Gooding ’45 passed away April 12 peacefully at Doctors Hospice of Georgia in Fayetteville. He was the husband of Ethel (Winston), who predeceased him.
Russell Croswell Johnson ’45
Russell Croswell Johnson ’45, M.D., died May 17 in Gainesville, Georgia. “Rusty” came to Dartmouth from Deerfield Academy. After receiving his A.B. from Dartmouth he went on to New York Medical College for his M.D.
Carl Robert Paulson ’45
Carl Robert Paulson ’45 died March 24 at the UMass Memorial Healthcare-University Hospital in Worcester, Massachusetts.
Fred Plum ’45
Fred Plum ’45, M.D., died June 11 in New York City. He came to Dartmouth from Margate, New Jersey, and Atlantic City High School. At Dartmouth he was a member of Phi Gamma Delta.
Donald Mortimer Sisson ’45
Donald Mortimer Sisson ’45 died in his sleep May 3 at Kendal at Hanover. At Dartmouth he was a member of Alpha Theta and worked for The Dartmouth.
John Groff Truxal ’45
John Groff Truxal ’45 died February 16, 2007. He came to Dartmouth from Phillips Exeter and Hanover. He was a member of Phi Sigma Psi and in the Navy V-12 program.
John William Loud White ’45
John William Loud White ’45 of Freeport, Maine, died at Maine Medical Center on April 16, of cancer. John grew up in Portland and Falmouth Foreside, Maine. He came to Dartmouth from Deering High School in Portland.
Vernon Brooks Jr. ’45
Vernon Brooks Jr. ’45 died April 6 at the Fairfax (Virginia) Nursing Center. He was a native of Evanston, Illinois, but came to Dartmouth from White Plains (New York) Senior High School.
Richard Stark Conklin ’45
Richard Stark Conklin ’45 died September 21, 2009, at Valley View Haven near his home in Lewistown, Pennsylvania. Dick came to Dartmouth from Norwalk, Connecticut, and the Taft School.
George Moulton French Jr. ’45
George Moulton French Jr. ’45 died January 23. He came to Dartmouth from Nashua, New Hampshire, as a graduate of Vermont Academy and the son of a member of the Dartmouth class of 1911. George was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa.
Robert Chamberlain Joy ’45
Robert Chamberlain Joy ’45, M.D., died November 5, 2009, at Kendal at Hanover. He was born August 23, 1923, in White River Junction, Vermont. He came to Dartmouth from Proctor High School.
David Lamphere Kendall ’45
David Lamphere Kendall ’45 of Dexter, Maine, passed away of a stroke November 9, 2009, at Mayo Regional Hospital in Dover-Foxcroft, Maine. He grew up “all across the Midwest” before he came to Dartmouth from Boone, Iowa.
Robert Wilson Tirrell Jr. ’45
Robert Wilson Tirrell Jr. ’45, D.D.S., died peacefully December 29, 2009, with his family at his side. He entered the Dartmouth class of 1945, having attended preparatory schools in New England, Germany and New Jersey.
Lisle Carleton Carter Jr. ’45
Lisle Carleton Carter Jr.’45 died September 10, 2009, at Fauquier Hospital in Warrenton, Virginia, of complications from pneumonia. He had been a resident of Flint Hill, Virginia, since the early 1990s.
John Martin Robinson ’45
John Martin Robinson ’45 died peacefully October 26, 2009, in Hanover. He came to Dartmouth from New Hampton (New Hampshire) School.
Paul Joseph Caravatt Jr. ’45
Paul Joseph Caravatt Jr.’45 died April 3, 2009, after a brief illness. While at Dartmouth Paul was active in WDCR radio and the Jack-O-Lantern. He was a member of Zeta Psi and Green Key.
Edward Jenkins Martin ’45
Edward Jenkins Martin ’45 of Boise, Idaho, died October 7, 2008, at a Boise hospital. He came to Dartmouth from Ridgefield (Connecticut) High School. In 1960 he was a purchasing agent for Sperry-Rand in Phoenix, Arizona.
Charles Barnett Williams ’45
Charles Barnett Williams ’45 passed away at home on Shelter Island, New York, on February 27, 2009. Charlie was born in Hankow, China, in 1923.
Loring Wayland Wood ’45
Loring Wayland Wood ’45, M.D., of Venice, Florida, died July 24, 2009. He came to Dartmouth from Worcester, Massachusetts. He spent three years as purser-pharmacist in the U.S. Maritime Service in both the Atlantic and Pacific.
