David Wentworth Emmons ’47

David Wentworth Emmons ’47 of Stuart, Florida, died on June 22. He grew up in Kennebunk, Maine, and attended Kimball Union Academy in Meriden, New Hampshire. He majored in history. After service in the Navy in WW II and in the Army in Korea, he attended Boston University Law School, graduating in 1951. He returned to Kennebunk, where he practiced law for 30 years. He served on the board of directors of the Kennebunk Savings Bank and was a member of the Rotary Club and of the Arundel Yacht Club in Kennebunkport. In retirement he moved to Florida, where his hobbies were playing golf and fishing. He is survived by four sons and a daughter as well as a cousin, Warren Wentworth ’53.


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New Bishop
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