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Peter Catanese Profiled by Boston.com A father’s determination to move forward in the wake of his son’s untimely death was the focus of a recent Boston. com profile of Central Auto Team owner Peter Catanese II. The in-depth article outlined Catanese’s journey from dealer’s son to Norwood dealership owner, while emphasizing his efforts after losing his own son in 2001. Among the initiatives pursued by Catanese are an orphanage in Haiti and work with the House of Possibilities in Easton. “I love to work, and despite the terrible thing that has happened to our family, I am never alone,” he said. “In the end, giving back is really what we should be all be about.” The full article is available at Boston.com. SPRINGFIELD
Balise Motor Sales Announces $500,000 Gift for Cancer Center Capital Campaign Balise Motor Sales recently announced a $500,000 gift to Mercy Medical Center’s Transforming Cancer Care – The Capital Campaign for the Sister Caritas Cancer Center. The Balise gift will support the 26,000 square foot expansion of the Cancer Center that will bring Radiation Oncology services and Medical Oncology services together under one roof. By 2022, the demand for outpatient cancer services in this region is expected to grow by 26 percent. “While I knew cancer is a major health concern, I had no idea how great the need for (Left to right) Philip Glynn, MD, Director cancer services is of Oncology, Mercy Medical Center; in our community,” Mohamed P. Hamdani, MD, Chair of said Jeb Balise, the Cancer Center Capital Campaign; President and Chief Jeb Balise, President & CEO, Balise Executive Offi- Motor Sales; Mike Balise, Vice Presicer of Balise Mo- dent, Balise Motor Sales; and Daniel P. tor Sales. “When Moen, President and CEO, SPHS. my brother Mike (Balise) was diagnosed with cancer, a friend of mine put me in touch with a physician at Mercy, Dr. Mohamed Hamdani, who educated me about Mike’s condition and helped me un-
IN MEMORIAM
Paul Hurlbert Former Massachusetts dealer Paul E. Hurlbert, 87, died in June at his home in Greenland, New Hampshire, after a lengthy illness. He was born in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada on June 15, 1928, the son of the late Ernest E. and Minnie “Dot” (Ellis) Hurlbert. As a child, Paul and his family moved from Canada to Allston. He served in the United States Army during World War II, and later served in the United States Naval Reserve. A longtime prominent business owner in the New England region, Paul began his career in auto sales in 1950 in Massachusetts as a salesman for a Mercury automobile dealership. He later worked in sales for Uniroyal Tire Company based in New York before becoming a partner with Russell Burnett Ford in Somerville. It was in the late 1960s when Paul became an owner after opening Hurlbert Datsun in Reading, Massachusetts. In 1975 he opened Hurlbert Buick Opel in Lexington, and, in 1977, combined the two businesses into one location in Woburn. Shortly after, he opened Hurlbert Toyota Dodge in Kingston. In the early 1980s, Paul sold the Woburn location and, in 1984, he opened Hurlbert Datsun (which later became Hurlbert Nissan) on Epping Road in Exeter, New Hampshire. In 1985, he started Tri-Sun Nissan Pontiac Cadillac in Sanford, Maine, and took ownership of “The Surf of Magnolia.” In the late 1980s Paul sold the car dealership in Kingston, as well as the restaurant, and in 1990 he also sold Tri-Sun Nissan Pontiac Cadillac. After acquiring a Toyota dealership in Exeter in 1994, he moved both Hurlbert Nissan and Hurlbert Toyota to Stratham, New Hampshire. He sold the Nissan dealership in 1998 and since then had been dealing exclusively with Toyota. In 2007, he moved the business to its current location, Hurlbert Toyota in Epping, New Hampshire. He is survived by his wife of 64 years, June L. (Homer) Hurlbert of Greenland, N.H.; 3 sons, Robert Ernest Hurlbert of Paris, France, Jeffrey Paul Hurlbert and his wife Judith of Newfields, N.H., and Roy Alan Hurlbert and his wife April of Kensington, N.H.; 7 grandchildren; 4 great-grandchildren; his sister Ruth Meuller of Lyman, Maine; and several nieces and nephews. In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by his brother, Arthur W. Hurlbert, and 2 sisters, Ellenor Greenleaf and Elsie Spurr.
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