Published in a Chicago Tribune Media Group Publication on Nov. 14, 2013 Richard Allen Funke (Dick). March 1, 1947 – November 11, 2013 Dick Funke, dog lover, recreational pilot, do-it-yourself man (stubborn but always right), impatient driver and despiser of anything eggplant, passed away on Monday, November 11, 2013 at the age of 66. Not for the faint of heart, Dick was a man of great passion and intensity. After attending Yale University he joined…
Published in Connecticut Post on Oct. 4, 2013 Eric Young Johnson, Pelican Bay, Daytona Beach, Florida. Born September 27, 1947, Berlin, Germany. Died: September 25, 2013, Daytona Beach, Florida. Son of Arthur W. and Bette S. Johnson. Attended Mount Hermon School (Gill, MA), and Yale University (New Haven, CT) Class of 1969. Lover of history, geopolitics, cultural exchange, travel, creative writing, Pittsburgh’s Pirates and Steelers, motown songs and other soulful music. Long career in food…
Published in The Cincinnati Enquirer on Sept. 19, 2013 Timothy John Quinn passed away peacefully on September 13, 2013 at the Cincinnati Hospice Center in Blue Ash. Mr. Quinn is survived by his wife of 38 years Jane D. Quinn of Madeira; daughter Daria (Randy) Lee of New Orleans; son Joe (Mia) Quinn of Alexandria, VA; son John of Madeira; and grandsons Liam S. Quinn and Timothy J. Quinn of Alexandria, VA. Mr. Quinn was…
Posted on meaningfulfunerals.net: Bill Owens (David William Graham Owens) passed away peacefully on Friday June 21, 2013. Bill, of St Simons Island, is survived by his wife of 43 years, Elizabeth Owens, his children Graham Owens and Sarah (Owens) Jarvis, his grandchildren Arthur Owens (5 months), Beatrice Jarvis (6), Elizabeth Jarvis (3), and Henry Jarvis (11 months); his sister Judy Owens Earl and nieces DeeDee Scharf and Christy Davis. He is predeceased by his mother,…
John Thomas (Thom) Graham, age 65, passed away unexpectedly on November 17, 2012 due to complications from a farming incident. Thom was born on August 11, 1947 in Seattle, and grew up in the Queen Anne area. He went to school at Queen Anne Elementary school, Lakeside School, and then at Andover Phillips Academy, in Massachusetts. He graduated from Yale University in 1969. He was the youngest child of Jack and Marjorie Graham, of Seattle,…
Posted on Cremation Society of New Hampshire tributes: John Garrett Gittzus, MD, 65, of Plymouth, NH, formerly of Somers, CT past away suddenly from natural causes at his home October 15, 2012. He was the beloved husband of 42 years to Carol (Conrad) Gittzus, his best friend and partner. He was born May 16, 1947 in Lynn, MA. He was awarded a full scholarship to St. John’s Preparatory School in Danvers, MA., and graduated from…
Published in Houston Chronicle on Aug. 15, 2012 Ernest Eric Muirhead, Jr., 64, passed away peacefully on August 13, 2012 in Houston. He is survived by his wife Susan, sons Elliot (Kari) and Philip, and grandson William. Eric was born in Dallas in 1947 to Ernest Eric and Mary Louise Muirhead, the oldest of five siblings. He graduated from Cranbrook School, Yale University and Rice University. He married Susan in 1970, and they moved to…
(From the Class Notes) As promised, here is the Jim Schweitzer memorial for Will Bogaty: “Will Bogaty died from complications of leukemia in Sydney, Australia, on June 23. At the beginning of last year, Will was diagnosed with myelodysplasia, a blood disorder that can lead to the cancer. The diagnosis came shortly after Will had retired from heading ExxonMobil in Tokyo and moved to Sydney with his wife Helen and their two children, Sophia and Alexander. Will is…
Published in The Courier-Journal on Mar. 6, 2012 ATHERTON, JOHN MCDOUGAL III, 65, of Louisville, died March 2, 2012 at Hosparus Inpatient Unit. He was a graduate of St. Xavier High School and Yale University. He was predeceased by his father, R. Allan Neblett and his mother, Sarah Anderson Atherton. He is survived by three brothers, Allan (Elsie), Peter (Elizabeth) and Alexander (Carol); and a cousin, Cornelia Yankovich (Bob). He donated his body to the…
Class Notes: Greg Montes writes: “I learned earlier this year that Richard Griest died on December 21, 2011, at Pleasant Hill, California. I often ate lunch and dinner with Richard in Morse College in 1966–69 and we lived on the same floor of Morse Tower in 1967–68. We had many discussions about politics, history, Yale, and other subjects. I and others who knew Richard over the years found him to be very intelligent and good-humored. My parents enjoyed meeting and…
Published in The New York Times on Sept. 21, 2011 HUNTINGTON–Derek Updegraf, 64, longtime Manhattan resident and former President of ZZZ Carpentry Inc., died on September 19th at home in the West Village. Son of John Willard Huntington and Patricia Shaffer Huntington, Derek was born on 26 February 1947 and grew up in West Hartford, CT. He graduated from Phillips Academy Andover in 1965 and Yale College in 1969. At Yale he was a nationally…
Published in GreenwichTime on Aug. 2, 2011 FREDRIC SCOTT LONDON passed away at his home Friday, July 29. Fred was born August 19, 1947 in Bay City, Michigan. He graduated from Phillips Academy at Andover, Yale University, and the Rutgers School of Law. He began his career at the law firm Kirlin, Campbell, and Keating and eventually served for many years as General Counsel of OMI, a shipping firm in New York and Stamford. As…
Posted on the National Cancer Institute Division of Cancer Epidemiology & Genetics website: Dr. Arthur Schatzkin, an outstanding scientist, mentor, and leader in the field of nutritional epidemiology, passed away on January 20, 2011 from cancer. An internationally renowned pioneer in the field of nutrition and cancer and a gifted public speaker, he was a man of great personal and professional integrity who cared deeply about the impact of his work on public health. Dr….
Published in Times Argus on Jan. 28, 2011 Robert Dana Ferris died of stomach cancer in Anchorage, Alaska, on Nov. 6, 2010. He was 64. Born in Montpelier, the oldest of four, to Llewellyn and Kathryn (Herbert) Ferris, he attended schools in Middlesex and Montpelier. One year of his high school career was spent as an American Field Service exchange student in Graz, Austria. In 1968, following three years at Yale University, Bobby took a…
Michael J. Blake, 62, of Wakefield died on Thursday, February 11 at his home. Born in San Pedro, CA on June 21, 1947 he was the son of the late Joseph and Frances (Thompson) Blake. Mr. Blake was a graduate of San Marcos High School in Santa Barbara, CA, class of 1965. He was also a graduate of Yale University, 1969 and Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy at Tufts University, 1973. He served in…
Message from the family on tributes.com – Mr. Lathrop Mead Gates of Kansas City, MO died Monday, July 6, 2009 at his home. Memorial services will be held 2 p.m., Tuesday, July 14, at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 40th and Main, Kansas City, MO; with a reception immediately following. In lieu of flowers the family suggests memorial contributions to St. Paul’s Church, Kansas City Hospice and Palliative Care, or the charity of your choice. Lathrop was born…
