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“They will be remembered as we knew them in the full freshness and vigor of their young manhood. And as the years roll on and the seasons come and go, each evening the school will gather here for its few minutes of worship, prayer, and praise. And each morning some will be here to celebrate the great sacrifice which carries with it the hope of the world. Then in the words of an unknown poet –
- They shall not grow old
- As we that are left grow old.
- Age shall not weary them
- Nor the years condemn.
- At the going down of the sun
- And in the morning
- We shall remember them.
May they rest in peace and may perpetual light shine upon them.”
- Samuel S. Bartlett
Now viewing articles in the category 1950s.
Jack D. B. Coleman '56
January 28th, 2024
Born in London, England, on August 31, 1937, Jack David Bo Coleman was the eldest son of Anne Lise and David Coleman, and was, according to himself, of Viking lineage. He was an inquisitive, intellectual, kind person with an irreverent sense of humor who loved telling tall tales and offering inten...
Posted in: 1950sJohn B. Severance '54
November 28th, 2023
John Bridwell Severance (Jake) of Savannah, Georgia, author, teacher, and artist, died peacefully at home on November 28, 2023. He was 88. He is survived by his beloved wife of 38 years, Sylvia Frezzolini Severance, who cared for him with daily devotion and brought great humor and playfulness to the...
Posted in: 1950sWilliam W. Cochran, Jr. '54
October 28th, 2023
William Watts Cochran, Jr, 88, of Rockingham, VA, passed away Saturday, Oct 28, 2023, at Bellaire at Stone Port. He was born in New York, NY, on February 10, 1935, and was the son of the late William Watts Cochran and Mary (Vanderpool) Cochran. Bill grew up in Morristown, NJ and attended South Ke...
Posted in: 1950sJ. Reeves Cantus '57
September 8th, 2023
J Reeve Cantus, 84, a resident of Dorset, passed away September 8, 2023, at Equinox Terrace in Manchester Center, VT. He was born in Cedarhurst, NY on June 22,1939, the son of the late Howard and Eleanor (Hollister) Cantus. Reeve graduated from South Kent School in 1957, and Lafayette College in 196...
Posted in: 1950sCharles E. Welles '52
June 12th, 2023
Charlie Welles passed away peacefully and with his family on June 12, 2023. Charles Edwin Welles III (aka Charlie) was born August 17, 1933, in Troy, New York. Charlie attended a one-room schoolhouse in Bennington Vermont, and the South Kent School in Connecticut. After South Kent, Charlie attend...
Posted in: 1950sDavid E. Wheelock '57
February 20th, 2023
David Eliot Wheelock passed away peacefully at home in Oxford, MS on Monday, February 20, 2023. He was born in New York City on December 16, 1939, and grew up in Sherman, CT. He attended South Kent School, earned his undergraduate degree from Williams College, and received his Master’s degree from...
Posted in: 1950sDavid G. Angus '51
November 13th, 2022
David Gunn Angus “Big Dave,” 89 yrs. old, a son of the late William and Olive (Gunn) Angus of Bedford, NY, passed away peacefully on November 13, 2022. David grew up in Bedford and went to South Kent School in CT in 1944 and graduated in 1951. He enjoyed playing all sports but excelled as a h...
Posted in: 1950sGeorge P. Clayson III '52
November 4th, 2022
George Phelps Clayson III, 89, of St. Pete Beach, FL and Newport, RI, passed away peacefully on Friday, November 4th, after an illness. Born and raised in Pittsfield, MA, he graduated from South Kent School in 1952 and Brown University in 1956 where he majored in Classics. Following his graduation f...
Posted in: 1950sDavid B. Keffer '54
September 21st, 2022
David Brooks Keffer, age 86, passed away due to congestive heart failure on September 21, 2022 at home. David is survived by his wife, Steffi; children, Jill, Jonathan, Jason, Neal, Jennifer, Larry and Suzette; grandchildren, Alex, Andrew, Jack, Emma, Harry, Theo and Dylan; and an extension of fa...
Posted in: 1950sW. Bradford Smith '53
May 5th, 2022
KENT – William Bradford Smith, of 16 Swifts Lane, Kent, passed away at home on Thursday, May 5, 2022, with his wife, Karin, and loyal dog, Little Bear, by his side. Brad was a fine art photographer and painter, whose work was exhibited throughout Connecticut and beyond. Among other shows, he ex...
Posted in: 1950sPeter Gardiner '52
April 14th, 2022
Frederic Peter Gardiner was born in Manhattan, NY on May 15, 1934 to Elizabeth Robyn Gardiner (née Miller) and Frederic Merrick Gardiner. Because his father taught sailing at Annapolis to midshipmen, Peter grew up with a love of sailing. Peter’s mother was Bermudian, and he spent many of his earl...
Posted in: 1950sChristopher Plumley '51
March 1st, 2022
MARCH 4, 1933 – MARCH 1, 2022 Christopher Plumley, age 88, of Tempe, Arizona passed away on Tuesday, March 1, 2022. Christopher was born March 4, 1933 in Newton, Massachusetts.
Posted in: 1950sRichard K. Tompkins ’58 and Former Trustee
January 7th, 2022
Richard “Dick” Kelsey Tompkins Jr, III., MD, was born in Denver, CO, October 25, 1940 to Richard and Lillian Tompkins. He passed away peacefully on January 7, 2022 at his residence in Issaquah, Washington at the age of 81. At the age of six, Dick moved with his family from Denve...
Posted in: 1950sGeorge R. Worthington ’56
December 18th, 2021
George Rhodes Worthington July 11, 1937 - December 18, 2021 Chula Vista Retired Rear Admiral George Rhodes Worthington died from complications of Parkinson's at his home in Chula Vista, CA on December 18, 2021. Born in Louisville, Kentucky in 1937, George graduated from the US Navy Academy in 1961. ...
Posted in: 1950sJohn C. Farr ’58 and Seventh Head of School
December 3rd, 2021
John Carnochan Farr died peacefully on December 3, 2021 after a battle with Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases; he was 81 years old.Born on February 16, 1940 in Glen Cove, NY and spending his childhood in Princeton, NJ and Riverside, CT, John was a 1958 alumnus of South Kent School in South Ke...
Posted in: 1950sSpencer J. Reynolds '57
November 28th, 2021
Spencer Reynolds Sr., of Princeton, died peacefully November 28, 2021, following complications of vascular dementia. He was 83. Spence was born in Providence, RI, but returned as an infant to the cattle ranch in Wyoming where his mother and her close friends from Providence had met and married co...
Posted in: 1950sArthur A. Diefendorf ’53
November 26th, 2021
Art Diefendorf died at the Siegenthaler Center, a hospice facility in New Hartford, NY, attended by Dodie (Georgia), his wife of 59 years, and their two children Don and Liz on November 26, 2021. He was 86 years of age.Art was born in Syracuse, NY to Donald W. and Ruth L. (Arnold) Diefendorf and liv...
Posted in: 1950sJames P. Lee ’50
February 26th, 2021
James Porter Lee was born on New Year's Day in 1932 in Glen Cove, New York. He passed on Feb. 26, 2021, in Port Charlotte, Florida.Jim went to South Kent School in Kent, Connecticut, and graduated in the class of 1950. He was an active athlete and member of several clubs/committees. Jim was a vetera...
Posted in: 1950sArchie Q. Frost ’58
February 14th, 2021
Archie Quarrier Frost, 80, of Gwynn, Virginia, passed away on February 14, 2021. He graduated from Brown University and after graduation joined the USMC for four years. After serving in the military, he began a sales career and retired from Tredegar Industries and Crown, Cork and Seal.He was predece...
Posted in: 1950sJeffrey A. Gorman ’53
January 20th, 2021
Jeffrey A. Gorman of Washington, DC died peacefully at home on January 20, 2021, with his wife of 57 years by his side. In addition to his wife, Virginia West Gorman, he leaves his son Thomas Gorman and his wife Shanna, his daughter Jill Smith and her husband Paul; and three wonderful grandchildren,...
Posted in: 1950sDavid W. Carnwath ’55
January 11th, 2021
David W. Carnwath, 84, of Emmaus, formerly of Doylestown and Abington, PA, passed away January 11, 2021 at Lehigh Valley Hospital – Cedar Crest. David and his wife, the former Susan K. Fullas, celebrated their 31st wedding anniversary on March 24, 2020. Born October 1, 1936 in Abington, PA, he was...
Posted in: 1950sWillis A. Diefendorf ’52
December 11th, 2020
Willis A. "Bill" Diefendorf December 11, 2020 Willis A. "Bill" Diefendorf, 86, of Cazenovia, left this world on his final sailing journey to join his Lord and Savior on December 11, 2020. Bill passed away at Crouse Hospital, Syracuse due to complications from Covid-19 and kidney disease. Sadly, his ...
Posted in: 1950sLeonard O. Gibbons ’57
November 20th, 2020
Former government minister and real estate agent Leonard Gibbons passed away on November 20, 2020. Mr Gibbons was 82.Mr Gibbons’s daughter, Susan Gray, said her father was an honest and generous man who was very outgoing in his public life.Ms Gray added: “Dad was a people person and was very soc...
Posted in: 1950sCraig L. Pritchard ’55
August 31st, 2020
It is with great sadness that the family of Craig LaGrange Pritchard announces his passing after a brief illness on August 31, 2020.Craig will be lovingly remembered by his children Marcy, Allison, and Craig Jr. and their mother, Barbara M. Pritchard. Craig will also be fondly remembered by his brot...
Posted in: 1950sDavid O. Mackay ’50
July 29th, 2020
VAN NUYS, CA - David Owen Mackay, 88, jazz pianist, singer-songwriter of Van Nuys, California passed away on July 29, 2020 surrounded by family and friends. He was the beloved husband of Melissa Stafford Mackay.David was born in Syracuse, New York on March 24, 1932. He is the second son of Donald He...
Posted in: 1950sRobert M. Laughlin ’52
May 28th, 2020
Robert M. Laughlin, an anthropologist and linguist whose extensive work in the state of Chiapas in southern Mexico documented and helped revitalize Mayan languages and culture, died on May 28, 2020 in Alexandria, Va. He was 85.His son, Reese, said the cause was the new coronavirus.Dr. Laughlin spent...
Posted in: 1950sWade Greene ’50
May 19th, 2020
GREENE--Frank Edward Wade Greene died at his home in New York City on May 19, 2020. He was 87. Greene (who went by Wade) and his late wife, Susanne, lived in Greenwich Village for over 50 years. The son of Melville Hart Greene and Nan Wade Pearson, Greene was born in 1933 in Syracuse, NY, and grew u...
Posted in: 1950sNathaniel (Nat) Goddard ’53
December 30th, 2019
EASTHAM - Nathaniel (Nat) Goddard died at home surrounded by his loving family on December 30, 2019 after a 10-year journey with pulmonary fibrosis. He was 85 years old.Mr. Goddard was born on October 12, 1934 in Boston, MA to Lucy and Bill Goddard. He graduated from South Kent School in 1953, Harva...
Posted in: 1950sNeal Peirce ’50
December 27th, 2019
Neal R. Peirce, Who Put Spotlight on Urban Innovation, Dies at 87 on December 27, 2019.As a columnist and author he turned local affairs into a national subject, focusing on how alliances among leaders produced showcase projects.Neal R. Peirce, a Washington-based urban affairs columnist and author w...
Posted in: 1950sWilliam C. Worthington ’53
November 1st, 2019
TRURO - William C. Worthington, “Bill” to everyone, passed away on November 1, 2019 in his Truro home.Bill was born in 1935, and grew up in Kent, CT, the child of a teacher. He spent summers with cousins, in and around his beloved Pamet River. Bill retired to Truro in 2001 after a long career in...
Posted in: 1950sThomas Northrup Maytham ’50
October 17th, 2019
July 30, 1931 – October 17, 2019Thomas Northrup Maytham, a resident of Denver for 45 years and former Director of the Denver Art Museum, passed away in his sleep October 17, 2019, at the Life Care Center of Aurora, where he had been receiving hospice care following a long illness.Born in Buffalo, ...
Posted in: 1950sJames Rogers ’52
October 5th, 2019
WAREHAM, MA - James Harriman Rogers, III, of Castine, ME. passed away peacefullySaturday, October 5, 2019, at All American Assisted Living. He was born on May 5, 1933 inEvanston, IL to Sarah Dorothea (Cholmeley-Jones) and James H. Rogers. He graduated fromThe South Kent School in South Kent, CT. and...
Posted in: 1950sCharles C. Reid ’55
June 1st, 2019
Charles Clark Reid, the celebrated American watercolor painter, died on June 1, 2019 at his home in Green’s Farms, Connecticut. He was 81 years old.Through an almost sixty-year career, Mr. Reid worked as a fine artist, illustrator, author and teacher. He was a member of the National Academy of Des...
Posted in: 1950sRobert S. Dickerson ’59
April 9th, 2019
Robert Sanger Dickerson Sept. 9, 1940 – Apr. 9, 2019 Robert Sanger Dickerson went to be with the Lord on April 9, 2019, at Northside Cherokee Hospital in Canton, Georgia.Bob was born on Sept 9, 1940 in Plainfield, New Jersey. He grew up in Red Bank, New Jersey where he graduated from Red Bank Reg...
Posted in: 1950sStephen W. Rule ’54
April 2nd, 2019
Stephen Rule passed away on April 2, 2019 due to complications from COPD and congestive heart failure.He enjoyed his years at South Kent, and kept in touch and up to date on events and happenings.After attending South Kent, Stephen attended Bowdoin College in Brunswick, ME. He married Ann Katherine ...
Posted in: 1950sPaul C. Matthews ’51
January 15th, 2019
LAMBERTVILLEPaul Clement Matthews II, an artist and writer based in Lambertville, NJ, and Keene, NY, whose paintings were shown at galleries and museums in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and elsewhere, died on Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019, in Hamilton, NJ, where he had been hospitalized with a chronic...
Posted in: 1950s
