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Doris Dickey Besse ' 2 3 , May 2-t,
� 1i d d l e East with the 2 nd and 8th
Hawley Russell ' 3 5 , April 4, 2000,
vivors include her sons, Richard C.
2000, in \Vaten>l l le, � Iaine, at 99. She
Army Air Force during ·world \Var
in Deauvi lle, France, at 86. ln 1 93 6 he
McKee and Douglas E. McKee, a
taughtat Climon (1\Iaine) High School
II. B e fore a n d after the war he taught
entered the U.S. Navy and received the
daughter, Katherine Boyd, two grand
and \Yaten>ll l e Junior High School
chemistry and general sciences at
Purple Heart and the Distinguished
children and four step-grandchildren.
before her marriage in 1 93 3 to Frank
schools in i\ Ia i n e and Massachusetts,
Flying Cross, among many other med
Besse, who survives her. Other sur
i nc l u d i n g B r i dgewater C l a ssical
als, for his service in carrier aviation
vivors include her son, two grandchi l
Academy and Cushing Academy. H e
during ·world ·war I I . He retired from
1 8, 2 000, i n Skowhegan, Maine, a t
d r e n and two great-grandchildren.
leaves h i s w i fe o f 5 7 years, Esther
the
86. S h e taught i n M a i n e h i g h schools
Peterson, two daughters, a sister and
lived in Paris, where he helped Ameri
i n Strong, South Berwick and Flag
Dorothy L . Austin '2 5 ,
two grandsons.
can aerospace companies establish op
staff and at Erskine Academy i n South
pril 1 8,
avy as a captain in 1 960, then
Lillian Stinchfield Salmon '3 7 , J u n e
erations in the European marketplace.
China. Predeceased by her husband
pursued graduate studies at Brown
Miriam S a nders Marcho ' 3 0 , Oc
He is survived by hiswife, Marie RusseU,
and four brothers, including Theron
University, Rhode Island College of
tober 2 5 , 1 999, in B a ngor, M a i n e ,
two sons, two daughters, a sister aJld
' 3 3 , Raymond '39 and P h i l i p '40, she
Education and Lesley College and
a t 92 . S h e was a homemaker and t h e
three grandchildren.
i s s u rvived by h e r son, R i c h a rd
Sidney Schiffman ' 3 5 , May 1 0, 2000,
ews, including Peter L . Sal mon ' 5 3
in Longwood, Fla., at 8 5 . H e was a
a n d Richard H . Sti nchfield '69.
2 000, in \Yinthrop, Maine, at 96. She
taught, mostl. kindergarten, for -fO
m o t h e r of twi n daughters, Cyn t h i a
years in � Iaine and Rhode Island. She
i\ I a r c h o a n d
i s sun•ived by h e r sister, B o n n i e
Cootner ' 5 9 . H e r husband, H e n ry
� I i ttenmeyer, and by several nieces,
C a t h ry n
i\ [ a r c h o
Salmon, and several n i eces and neph
diamond merchant and ring manufac
1archo, predeceased her.
nephews and cousins. Linwood T. Crandall ' 3 0, April 1 6,
turer. Predeceased by his wife, Beulah
William Robert Walkey '38, Feb
Schiffman, he is survived by his daugh
ruary 2 1 , 2000, i n Fort Lauderdale,
Lawrence A. Roy ' 2 7 , February 2-f,
2000, in Gorham, i\ Iaine, at 9 1 . He
ters, E l l en Prague and M a rjorie
Fla., at 8 5 . A \tVorld \tVar I I Army
2 000, i n Augusta, ..\ Iaine, at 9 . He
received his master's degree from Bates
Henley, his sister, four grandchildren
veteran, he was a l i felong resident of
was a science teacher i n the H a llowel l ,
College and senred the Greely School
and five great-grandchildren.
� 1aine, school system a n d later was
D i strict for 28 years (nine as an En
Hanson , Mass., where h e owned and operated Walkey's, a grocery and l i
employed by the State Department
glish teacher and 1 9 as a principal) and
Joseph L. Stevens '3 5 , May 2 3 , 2000,
quor store. H e w a s a water commis
of Health and \\ elfare. For years he
Deering High School for 1 3 years as a
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n i ty, Maine, at 86. He was a staff
sioner, member of the board ofhealth and founder and president of the
played the saxophone i n several dance
guidance counselor. He is survived by
orchestras and community bands.
his wife, Leona Huestis Crandall, two
Corps i n the South Pacific during
Kiwanis Club. H e i s survived by h i s
Predeceased by his wife, Donna, and
sons, two sisters, three grandchildren
\Vorld \Var II. He retired to Unity,
s o n , John R. \Nalkey, two daughters,
two sisters, he is survived by nieces,
and six great-grandcluldren.
his birthplace, from Lever Brothers
Marsha Bootl1 and Jeanne Mahon, a
in New York City, where h e had been
brother and sister, seven grandch i l dren and seven great-gra ndchi ldren.
nephews and cousins.
sergeant in the
. S . Army Signal
Nellie Simonds Gallison ' 3 0 , M arch
national accounts manager, market
Helen Cobum Smith Fawcett '27,
1 1 , 2000, in Portland, 1aine, a t 9 3 .
ing sales and public relations. Sunriv
June 1 6, 2000, at 95, in Berkeley, Calif.
S h e attended UCLA before finishing
ing are his daughter, Jane Stevens
Alyso n C . Hooper '39, May 2 5 , 2 000,
he was a homemaker and commwut:y
her studies at Colby and later at
Pinnette, his adopted daughter, Anne
i n Portland, Maine, at 8 5 . She was a
olby lineage includes
tended the New York School of So
Edwards, his grandson and otl1er ex
hospital recreation worker for the
her parents, G eorge Oris Smith and Grace
cial \Vork. Her husband, Wi l l iam 0 .
tended fam i l y members.
Coburn
Call ison, predeceased her.
,·olunteer. Her
nuth, both Class of 1 893, and
Red Cross during \Norld \tVar I I . After the war s h e worked as an adver
her aunt, Louise Coburn, Class of 1 877,
Gordon Patch Thompson ' 3 5 , M ay
tising copy writer and for several years
Colb) s econd female studenL Prede
Willard E. Alexander '3 1 , February
2 2 , 2000, in Clearwater, Fla., at 8 7 . A
was a writer for tl1e
ceased
b�· her brother, Joseph Coburn
1 7 , 2000, in Underh i l l , Vt., a t 9 3 . He
Navy veteran of \tVorld War I I , he
Teleg;rnm. An en trepreneur and fem i
mith '2-f, and her i ter, Louise Cobum
was employed by his fa mily-owned
was a founding partner of Pennell &
n i s t , she opened the Portland branch
mith \ 'elten ' 3 3 , she leaves two clul
Sisson Drug Company and retired in
Thompson Realtors and was active i n
of tl1e Boston-based Keene Advertis
dren, Grace Fa" cen '59 andJohn Coburn
1 972 from the advertising depart
t h e Arl i n gton, Mass., business com
ing Agency and was actively involved
Fa" cett, four grandchildren and her
ment of the Hartford Fire Insurance
munity before his retirement in 1 97 7 .
in many women's issues. Three nieces
nephe\1 , :.eorge Ining
Company. Predeceased by his wife in
H e a l so was active in the S t . Peters
and two nephews survive her.
mith '-1-9.
P01tlrmd Stmdny
19 6, he is survived by his daughter,
b u rg, F l a . , Col by C l u b and was
Betsy Cole, two sons,j ohn Alexander
awarded a Colby Brick. H e is sur
Jean B u rr Smith '39, July 30, 2 000,
and \\'i l l ard
lexander J r. , a sister,
vived by his wife, i\llaude Thompson,
in \t\Tayne, Maine, at 82. A teacher of
and after \ \'orld \ \'ar I I , " hen he wa
two brothers and several grandch i l
a son, a sister, a brotl1er and several
mathematics, she conducted work
on special dut)
dren a n d great-grandchildren.
nieces and nephews.
shops around the U.S., Europe, Af
he
Hazel Lawrence Neilson ' 3 3 , J'. larch
Ruth Yeaton McKee ' 3 7 , J u ly -f,
JOined \merican I n ternational l.Jn
9, 2000, in Falmouth, ,\ laine, at 89.
2000, in Bootl1bay Harbor, Maine, at
included Colby's Outstanding Edu
denl riter' Corp., " here he wa� a ' ice
he recei1 eel her regi tered nurse's
8 5 . She was a social worker at E l l is
cator Award in 1 990. She retired as a
pre I dent. I I i'> " 1fe, Carmen Coker,
degree from Peter Bent Brigham
,\ Jemorial Settlement House in Bos
professor of mathematics at Middlesex
ton before her marriage toJack McKee.
Community College in Connecticut.
,·or include her two sons, Da1id and
In the 1 970s she moved to Boothbay
Survivors include her husband of 57
Larry :'\"eilson, her daughter, \\'endy
I I a rbor, where she sen,ed on the
years,
T" itchel l , a brother, eight grandchil
Boothbay Region Land Trust and in
dren, includingjudi tl1 Smith Lucarelli
dren and fi, e great-grandchildren.
many other community activities. Sur-
'70, and her brother, Horace Burr '40.
\ l u rra y
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oker '29, J une
, 1 999,
an Diego, C a l i f. , at 90. Before Ill\
ohing " ar con
trac , h e \\ Orked for Libert) .\ l utual J n .,urance Company. In
1 9-f
un 1 1 ed hun b� a fe" month;.
. Peter on '29, \ I a�
Robert
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2 000, in Fitchburg, .\ l ass., at 9 3 . l i e en ed
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rica, Asia and Austra lia combating
chool of :'\"ursing in Boston.
un•i
matl1 anxiety. Her numerous awards
lexander Smitl1, her four chil