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:

Sep - Oct 2018

Joel “Ike” Eiserman ’65

Joel “Ike” Eiserman ’65 lost his three-year battle with Lou Gehrig’s disease on April 29. He grew up in Lake Bluff, Illinois, and “came east” to attend Dartmouth.

Sep - Oct 2018

Edward Peary Stafford Jr. ’65

Edward Peary Stafford Jr. ’65 died on November 11, 2017, from an intense and aggressive form of Lou Gehrig’s disease, the College recently learned.

Sep - Oct 2018

John Bennett Chittick ’70

John Bennett Chittick ’70, Ed.D., passed away on April 5, 2017, on Ifalik in Micronesia.

Sep - Oct 2018

Joseph Langdon Holmes ’73

Joseph Langdon Holmes ’73 died on May 26 at the Maplewood Nursing Home in Westmoreland, New Hampshire, after a yearlong battle with brain cancer.

Sep - Oct 2018

Carol R. Spodobalski ’73

Carol R. Spodobalski ’73 died unexpectedly on February 18, 2017, in Philadelphia of complications following surgery for cancer.

Sep - Oct 2018

Clifford Douglas Croom ’75

Clifford Douglas Croom ’75 passed away at the Fort Sanders Medical Center in Knoxville, Tennessee, on March 20 after a battle with cancer.

Sep - Oct 2018

Guillermo Eduardo Heredia Stanley III ’92

Guillermo Eduardo Heredia Stanley III ’92 passed away on January 17, at the age of 47, in Miami Beach, Florida. Guillermo was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.

Sep - Oct 2018

Allison Price Groff ’98

Allison Price Groff ’98 passed away peacefully at her home in Denver on May 8. She passed following a 20-year battle with chronic health issues, including late-stage Lyme disease.

Jul - Aug 2018

John Hopkinson Jr. ’39

John Hopkinson Jr. ’39 of West Hartford, Connecticut, died on January 8. Born on September 12, 1916, he was raised in Farmington, Connecticut.

Jul - Aug 2018

Marvin F. Axelrod ’48

Marvin F. Axelrod ’48, most recently of Dedham, Massachusetts, died on November 2, 2017.