Mike Folz (mfolz@q.com) e-writes: “I’m going around the world again. Mostly because I can. Or can I? Knees and back and maybe mind are getting feeble. Here’s the plan: Circumnavigate Iceland, then Åland Islands and Finland, then Georgia for Abkhazia, then the Nakhchivan enclave of Azerbaijan (don’t ask), then Kurdish Iraq, then Bangladesh, then Brunei and Sarawak. Anyway…
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JOHN CHARLES CROCKETT, SR. 1946 – 2013 John Charles Crockett, Sr., 67, of Prairie Village, Kan., passed away peacefully at home on December 10, 2013, after bravely battling cancer. John was born June 17, 1946, to Charles Allen and Annie Marie (Brewer) Crockett at Norfolk Naval Hospital in Portsmouth, Va. He attended Pembroke Country Day School in Kansas City, Mo., and earned a B.A. from Yale University in 1969. He began his career as a financial analyst…
Rives Coleman Chalmers, M.D., was born in Atlanta, GA, on May 13, 1947. He graduated from Westminster High School in 1965. He attended Yale University where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Chemistry in 1969. He earned a Doctorate of Medicine from Emory University in 1973. After a year of medical internship at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, he joined the United States Air Force as a flight surgeon. In 1978, he began an orthopedic residency program…
(from http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/ctpost/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=168517444) John C. S. Hutchinson, age 66, of Stratford, beloved husband of Pamela Kundrat Hutchinson, passed away on Thursday, November 14, 2013 in Bishop Wicke Health Care Center in Shelton. Born on August 19, 1947 in Isle of Wight, England, he was the son of the late A. Spencer & Mary Pauline (Dearnley) Hutchinson. Mr. Hutchinson was a U.S. Navy veteran during the Vietnam Era. Before his retirement, he was a staff accountant with the Greater…
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…
Your scribe wrote this column while listening to Bill Owens’s “Round and Round” track on his Wildflower Bouquet CD with Missile Records. Here is his music life story from the website https://www.musicpage.com/billowens: “Singer-songwriter and guitarist for over 59 years, I have signed a record contract with Missile Records, and have just released “Round And…
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…
These items empty the mailbag. Send news! Jack Lantz (Jack.Lantz@muc.miyachi.com) e-writes: “The exciting news is that Hotei Publishing has just published a book, sponsored by Scripps College, on our Japanese woodblock print collection, titled Genji’s World In Japanese Woodblock Prints. We believe the book is the definitive discussion and presentation of the Genji woodblock…
Your scribe has received a short note from Peter Burr. I have edited it slightly for clarity, and I apologize if I have introduced any confusion. Peter writes: “I am currently living at Blaire House of Tewksbury, Massachusetts. I have received 100 percent military pension for service in Vietnam.” I suspect the left-out word in the last sentence is disability. We all hope for your speedy recovery, Peter. News…
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,…
Bruce Mazo, after prodding from your scribe, has submitted this report: “I have relocated myself and my firm, Secure Retirement Advisors LLC, to Brookline, Massachusetts. My office is at Coolidge Corner in an historic building above CVS and Dunkin’ Donuts! After 15 years in Florida, I was ready for a ‘change of scenery.’ My son had moved to Boston for a TV job and has stayed here to…
Recent columns have been dominated by memorials to classmates who have run their life course. While this is the most important (and sadly growing) function of these notes, a brief respite from my lugubrious duties means there is room this month for a few of the living. Dailey Swan Press recently published Matt Flynn’s Pryme Knumber, a CIA thriller set in Milwaukee. Matt sent reviews from Milwaukee that praise the…
Tom McNamee has just published The Man Who Changed the Way We Eat: Craig Claiborne and the American Food Renaissance. With a listerv nudge from Dave Howorth, your scribe also found this: “Tom McNamee’s essays, poems, reporting, and reviews have appeared in Audubon, the New Yorker, Natural History, and the New York Times. He wrote the PBS documentary Alexander…
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,…
