IN MEMORIAM
In Memoriam The school has learned of the passing of the following members of the PDS community. We wish to extend our deepest sympathies to their families and friends. Gary S. Acker Husband of PDS receptionist Alison Acker Christopher W. Benchley ’05 Brother of Clayton Benchley ’97 Cornelia N. Borgerhoff, former Trustee Mother of Jane Borgerhoff ’67, Elizabeth Borgerhoff Pomerleau ’69 and Ledlie Borgerhoff ’72 Chapin Carpenter Father of Mackenzie Carpenter Rotstein ’72, Camilla Carpenter ’74, Mary Chapin Carpenter ’76 and Sophie Carpenter Speidel ’80 Therese. E. Critchlow ’39 Georganna D. Dickson Grandmother of Johanna Dickson ’02 and Sean Dickson ’03 Lois Dowey, former Middle School faculty member Mother of Edward M. Dowey ’74 and Elizabeth Dowey ’76 Patricia Echeverria, former Upper School faculty member Mother of John Echeverria ’71 Jean Figur Mother of Jeanine M. Figur ’74 Anita Fineman Mother of Sue Fineman Keitelman ’78 James Flanagan Grandfather of Director of Flik Food Services at PDS Brian Mochnal Frank Edward Francfort Grandfather of Meghan P. Francfort ’07, Gregory Francfort ’08 and Kevin Francfort ’11 George H. Gallup, Jr. ’45 Father of George H. Gallup IV ’82 and Kingsley B. Gallup ’84; brother of Julia Laughlin Gallup ’55; uncle of Ophelia Laughlin ’77 and of PDS kindergarten teacher James Y. Laughlin ’80 Eleanor Kelly Graziano Mother of former Chairman of the Board Daniel Graziano, Jr., grandmother of Daniel Graziano III ’90, James Graziano ’92 and Jonathan Graziano ’95
James J. Groome Father of Kimberly Groome ’78, James Groome ’80 and Kevin Groome ’81; grandfather of William Curran Groome ’10
Constantine Sidamon-Eristoff Grandfather of Andrew B. Sidamon-Eristoff ’19, George Sidamon-Eristoff ’17 and Anne Elizabeth Sidamon-Eristoff ’16
Charles L. Jaffin Father of Rhoda Jaffin Murphy ’76
John C. Sienkiewicz Father of Mark Sienkiewicz ’85 and Peter C. Sienkiewicz ’88
Richard W. Matthes Husband of former Learning Specialist Elisa Matthes; father of Erich Matthes ’03 and Sarah Matthes ’09
James Boyd. Smith Husband of Betsy Howe Smith ’44
James K. Meritt ’40 Brother of Arthur Meritt ’50
Robert C. Stabler Father of Julia Stabler Hull ’76, Edward A. Stabler ’77, Laurence Stabler ’80, Margaret Stabler Fischer ’83 and Peter Stabler ’83
William H. McNeely Grandfather of Cameron McNeely ’13 Susan Myers Grandmother of Robert Smukler ’11, Jane Smukler ’12 and Brooke Smukler ’19 Jennifer E. Namm ’87 Sister of Stacey Namm Levine ’92
Margaret Taplin Mother of Martha Sichel Kelley ’62 and Susan Sichel ’65 Olga Toth Mother of Thomas T. Toth ’75 Walter Varhley Father of Matthew Varhley ’94
Esther Howard Palmer ’34 Mary Bennett Peterson Mother of Laura B. Peterson ’67
Chi Jui-chih Wang Mother of PDS Technology teacher Wei-hsing Wang
Mary Pieslak Grandmother of Patten Mills ’13
Douglas R. Webb Husband of former PDS Librarian Bunny Webb
William K. Power Father of William K. Power ’70 and Joy E. Power ’80
Mary Willcox ’36 Sister of Elizabeth Willcox D’Agostino ’42; aunt of Laurie D’Agostino Stoumen ’70 and Lucy D’Agostino Crowe ’76
Francis P. Powers Father of Marybeth Roach, PDS Human Resources Manager Barbara Roberts, former PDS faculty member Mother of Diana Roberts ’74 Homer C. Schmidt Father of Middle School faculty member, Paul Epply-Schmidt and grandfather of Alexander Epply-Schmidt ’07 and Aidan Epply-Schmidt ’10 Fadlou Shehadi Husband of former Trustee and faculty member Alison Shehadi; father of Muna Shehadi Sill ’79 and Charles Shehadi ’82
Donald M. Wilson, former Trustee Father of Dwight Wilson ’76 and Kate Wilson ’78 John J. White, Jr. Husband of former Trustee Noel White; father of Catherine White Mertz ’79, Wendy White Brockelman ’84 and Elizabeth White Meahl ’86 Anne Guthrie Yokana ’40 Mother of Ariane Yokana Guthrie Peixoto ’68, Alexander Guthrie ’70 and Lucien Yokana Guthrie ’72
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