Constance Emerson “Connie” Crooker, 68, author of Melanoma Mama and co-author of Doc Jackson’s Letters Home: A Combat Medic’s 1968 Letters from Vietnam, died Friday morning, April 10, 2015 at her home. Born July 23, 1946 in Portland, Maine, the daughter of the late Rev. Charles W. Crooker and Elizabeth (MacGregor) Crooker Bates. She received…
William Lowell Putnam, III (“Bill”) died December 20, 2014 in Flagstaff AZ at the age of 90. Putnam was a prominent alpinist, broadcaster, and, for 26 years, Sole Trustee of the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, AZ founded by his great uncle Percival Lowell. Bill Putnam was born in Springfield, Massachusetts on October 25, 1924, the…
Harry Adams, of Wichita KS was born on Jan. 19, 1932, son of Norman I. Adams II and Genevieve Sloan Adams . He died peacefully in the early morning of Dec. 18, 2014. Harry is survived by nieces, Pam Adams and Sarah Adams Hayden; nephews, Norman Adams IV, and Daniel Adams. At the time of…
Harry S. Stephenson, 100, of Cape Elizabeth, passed away at his home on Saturday, Nov. 1, 2014, surrounded by his family. Mr. Stephenson was born in Derby, Vt., on Nov. 8, 1913, the son of Joseph and Alice (Errington) Stephenson. His family moved to Gorham, N.H., when he was two. Harry worked for many summer’s…
Eleanor (Petie) Van Everen, 79, of Lafayette, CO died peacefully on October 20, 2014. Petie was born February 28 (1935) in Beverley, MA and raised with two older sisters (Ruthie and Elizabeth) by her wonderful parents Eleanor and Maurice Goodridge. She worked at the Appalachian Mountain Club in New Hampshire where she met the love…
Fred Preston died on Friday, Oct 3, 2014, at age 84 surrounded by the love of his children and his wife of 48 years. Fred was a selfless, deliberate, and generous father and husband as well as an avid outdoors-man, innovative educator and an accomplished conservationist. He passed peacefully on a crisp sunny “mountain day”…
Barbara (Polk) Washburn of Lexington, formerly of Cambridge and Belmont died Sept 25, 2014. Beloved wife of 66 years to the late H. Bradford Washburn Jr. Loving mother of Dorothy Dundas of Newton, Edward Washburn of Lexington and Elizabeth Cabot of Belmont. Also survived by 9 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren. Donations may be made…
William D. “Mack” Beal, Jr. of Jackson, N.H. died at his home on August 26, 2014. He was 90 years old. Mack was born in Boston, Massachusetts, April 20, 1924, the eldest son of Beatrice Starr and William D. Beal. He attended The Brooks School and Harvard University. He later trained at Columbia University’s Officer…
Catherine Brentani Stallard of Lexington, Mass, formerly of Arlington and Concord, died July 4th, 2014, age 47. Beloved wife of 9 years of Mark R. Stallard. Loving daughter of Patricia Brodie of Concord and the late Giampiero Brentani. Sister of Christine, William and Deborah Brentani. Also survived by several nieces and nephews. Cathy worked at…
Dr. Brooks Van Everen, 80, of Lafayette, CO died in his home May 7, 2014 surrounded by loved ones. Born April 15, 1934 in Boston, MA to Louise Brooks Van Everen and Frank Hansen; he worked at the Application Mountain Club in New Hampshire before serving in the Army during the Korean War. He married…