Dwight Sloan ’38 was born October 14, 1920 and formerly of Charlottesville, Virginia, died on January 30, 2011 in Birmingham, Ala. He attended Friends Seminary and Charlottesville High School. He graduated in 1942 from the University of Virginia with a degree in mechanical engineering, where he was a member of Trigon and Tau Beta Pi honor societies. During World War II, he served in England with the 8th Air Force and the Royal Air Force, and then in India with the Air Service Command. Following the war, he worked for Sperry Gyroscope in the fields of aircraft control and space guidance systems for more than 40 years, retiring in Charlottesville, Virginia. He moved to Birmingham in 1996 to be closer to his family, who loved him dearly for his honesty, generosity, humor, and insatiable curiosity, He was preceded in death by his parents, Dr. Thomas Dwight Sloan and Margaret Bell Dunnington Sloan, and by his sister, Margaret Sloan Blue. He is survived by his loving wife of almost 64 years, Patricia Hennesy Sloan; by his sister Ruth Sloan Sessoms (George); by his four devoted children: T. Dwight Sloan III (Susan), Ellen Sloan Childers (Randall), Penelope Sloan Hoke (the late Timothy), and Margaret Sloan Presley; by his ten adored grandchildren: Jennifer Dill (Randy), Amy Kirchoff (Jon), Anderson Hoke (Jodie), Thomas Hoke (Abbi), John Hoke, John Presley (Kei), Benjamin Presley (Rachel), Ellen Presley, Timothy Presley and Carey Childers; and by his five wonderful great-grandchildren: Angela Kirchoff, Anders Kirchoff, Sloan Dill, Robinson Hoke and Addison Presley. He will be greatly missed. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Friends Seminary 222 East 16th St, New York City, NY 10003, the UVA Alumni Fund PO Box 400314, Charlottesville, VA 22904-4314, www2.alumni.
virginia. edu/uvafund or to a charity of your choice.
Marjorie “Peggy” Tryon Rilleau ’39, died peacefully at home in Hull, MA, on January 24, with family at her side. Born in Jefferson NY, the second daughter of Dr. Sidney Tryon and his wife Jean, Peggy was raised in Cooperstown, NY. She graduated from Friends Seminary and attended Cooper Union where she pursued various artistic interests and gained her experience and great talent in the designing of commercial window displays. At 20, a train trip to Provincetown with her sister resulted in the two of them meeting their future husbands on Commercial Street one spring evening. She married Roger Rilleau in 1944 and for nearly thirty years, Peggy lived in Provincetown where she raised five children in the family home still maintained on Allerton St. Adding her creative input to Roger’s knowledge of leatherwork and design, they established The Rilleau Sandal Shop. Initially under the name Hand Industries, it was the first sandal shop to open its doors in Provincetown. Peggy’s artistic sensibilities were reflected in the unique environment of the shop and carried into the finishing touches of all the work created in the shop. In addition to the original designs born in the shop, it
was also a vibrant meeting place for many artists of the time. The likes of Henri Cartier Bresson, Hans Hoffman, and Harry Kemp crossed the threshold and enjoyed the easy, lively conversation of those days. In 1969 Peggy divorced, moved from the Cape, resettled in Brookline and later married Charles Kallman. She joined him in running The Wilderness House, an outdoor outfitters business that Charlie had begun in 1954 and that was frequented by serious mountaineers and backpackers. ocused primarily in the footwear and clothing aspects, Peggy became an important influence in the highly regarded business, adding her designer talents to the overall ambience of the store until it was sold in 1997. Peggy was a sun worshipper and she and Charlie greatly enjoyed the sea and sun on the Portuguese coast and on Sanibel Island, FL where she would comb the beaches and bask in the sun. They moved to Spinnaker Island in Hull, Mass. in 1997 where she enjoyed a coastal landscape and vibrant views of ocean and bay. Up to the end, she was unbeatable at Scrabble, winning her last game on the eleventh of January. Peggy will long be remembered by her unconditional loving nature, marvelous sense of humor, love and knowledge of the arts and her thrill at the continuance of life through her children, grand children and on. As she loved to say, “the beat goes on!” She is survived by her husband Charles, her child Gabrielle Rilleau and husband, Steve Stein, of Corte Madera, CA, Robin Gibbons and husband, Harold “Bear,” of Brighton, MA, Kim Rilleau and wife, Lynne, of Woodstock, VT, Noelle Rilleau of Boston and Chris O’Brien of Maine and the late Daniel Rilleau and his wife Sara of Petaluma, CA. She is also survived by grand children Seth (Ponek), Ember, Elena, Guy and Ty (Rilleau), Adam and Heather (Gibbons) Chris and Katy (OBrien), Jesse (Rilleau), Great grand children
Kyle, Gabriella, Landon, Elaina and Eben and great great granddaughter Zoriah. An intimate family gathering in her honor is being planned.
Suzanne Henderson MacLachlan ’45, devoted mother and grandmother, passed away on Feb. 3 in Chestnut Hill. Suzanne, known to her friends as Sue, spent her early years in Manhattan, attended Friends Seminary and graduated from Harvard-Westlake School, formerly Westlake School for Girls, in California, and Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania. She later moved back to NYC to become one of the first female creative executives of the advertising firm Ogilvy and Mather. It was in Tarrytown, NY, where she met her beloved husband of 39 years, Robert Holt MacLachlan, known as Bob. The couple later moved from Manhattan to Wellesley with their two young daughters, Elizabeth and Suzanne. Sue and her husband were travelers, symphonyand theatre-goers, avid readers, and active participants in the Wellesley Christian Science church. When her daughters were older, Sue returned full-time to the workforce as a writer and editor at the First Church of Christ, Scientist in Boston. Sue delighted in the fact that both her daughters and her three grandchildren, Kate, Holt, and Olivia Fletcher, lived in Wellesley and were an integral part of each others lives. Her loyal service, commitment to duty, and articulate leadership will be dearly missed by her friends and fellow church members. Her family: Elizabeth and David Bear and their children, of Denver, and Suzanne and Web Fletcher and their children, of Wellesley, feel privileged to walk in her footsteps. Published in The Wellesley Townsman from February 10 to February 17, 2011.
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