CLASS NOTES
in memoriam Paul D. Burg ’62 of Sarasota, Fla., passed away on August 18, 2008. Hawley T. Chester, Jr. died on September 28, 2008, at the age of 90. Three children, Tracy Chester, GA ’61, Hawley T. Chester III ’62, and Peter Chester ’68, six grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren, survive him. John S. Herold ’32 passed away in August 2008. Gregory Scott Hillman ’07 of Darien, Conn., and North Pownal, Vt., who was a talented musician, drowned in the Hoosic River in North Adams, Mass., sometime after July 4. He was 21. Born in Stamford on July 1, 1988, he was a son of Peter and Lisa Hillman of Darien. Gregory had an intellect that plumbed beyond the ordinary intellectual, his family said. He played the guitar, piano, keyboards, bass and drums. “He was a highly accomplished musician, composer, lyricist, singer, and songwriter, and played and recorded in a long string of bands from an early age,” the family said. “He also was a good athlete and particularly enjoyed basketball and baseball.” Generous, sensitive, full of humor, iconoclastic, and loving, the family said, “Gregory was a spirited individual. He was beloved by many friends, to whom he was faithfully devoted, always making himself available in a time of need. May his spirit and soul live forever in ours.”
Laura Woodberry Jessiman, mother of Hugh ’02, Andrew ’04, and Margaret, GA ’08 passed away on June 24 near Durness, Scotland, after a hiking accident while vacationing with her family at their second home in Scourie. Mrs. Jessiman, 51, was the wife of Alistair Jessiman. She grew up in Greenwich and attended Greenwich Academy before graduating from the Madeira School in Virginia. At Dartmouth College, she captained the women’s rowing team, wrote for the student newspaper, and graduated in 1980 with the highest distinction in Asian studies. William Joseph O’Shea of Greenwich passed away on December 18, 2008, at the age of 75. He is survived by his wife of 45 years, Charlotte Donovan O’Shea, and their children Charlotte Glovin, GA ’83, William O’Shea ’84, Daniel O’Shea ’86, Stephen O’Shea ’88 and Emily O’Shea-Creeden, GA ’92. Bill was a beloved and devoted husband, father and grandfather, who most loved gathering his brood for family reunions in Lake Placid, N.Y.
Walter A. Peek of Beaver Falls, Pa., father of Walter D. Peek II ’76 and grandfather of Walter Peek ’07, died on April 17, 2009, at the age of 82. Before Mr. Peek’s retirement in 1996, he enjoyed a career in the paper industry, serving as president of Walter D. Peek Inc., a paper sales company started by his father. Carol Gordon Pollack of Bedford, died on February 19, 2009. Carol enjoyed and took great pride in her work as a learning specialist at Brunswick. She is survived by her husband, Alben, three children and seven grandchildren. Bruce Warren Regnemer passed away on December 20, 2008. He was born on October 26, 1923, in Stamford, Conn. After Brunswick, he attended Clark School and the University of Vermont where he was a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity. Mary, beloved wife of Robert D. Shumacher ’52, passed away in September 2008. j
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