In Memoriam
1932 Alice Turner Winfield passed away on August 19, 2010, at the age of 96. Born in 1914 in St. Paul, Alice Turner attended the Summit School along with her sisters, the late Mary Turner Kenna ’30 and the late Clara Turner Greenman ’33. She graduated from Summit School in 1932, and from Wheaton College in Norton, Mass. in 1936. In 1939 she married William Hood Winfield, and the family resided for many years in Riverside, Conn. Alice was active in the Junior League, and she loved to read, play tennis, and travel. She will be remembered by family and friends as an elegant lady with a gracious manner, astounding memory, and a kind word for all. Alice was the beloved mother of three daughters and a son, the adored grandmother of eleven and the greatgrandmother of twelve.
1933 Peter H. ffolliott passed away on October 14, 2010, in Boca Grande, Fla. He was born on April 15, 1913, he graduated from the St. Paul Academy in 1933 and Dartmouth College in 1937, and served in the US Navy during World War II, attaining the rank of Lieutenant Commander. He was an enthusiastic amateur drummer and the author of two selfpublished memoirs. He was predeceased by two brothers and two sisters and his wife of 63 years, Gertrude Boeckmann ffolliott ’33, and is survived by five children: Gertrude Hill (Terry) ffolliott ’60, Sheila ffolliott ’63, Mary Boeckmann (Sissy) ffolliott ’70, Peter Harvie ffolliott, Jr., and Ann Gavin ffolliott; four granddaughters, six great-granddaughters, and many nieces and nephews.
1936 Dr. Benjamin Franklin Rogers passed away on August 22, 2010. Dr. Rogers was born in St Paul and attended the St. Paul Academy in 1936 along with his late brothers John ’43 and Julian Rogers ’38, late sister Patricia Brown ’39 (who attended the Summit School) and cousin, the late Steven DeCoster ’51. At St. Paul Academy he was a member of the hockey team and served as co-editor of the “Now and Then” student newspaper. He was also a member of the debating team and the Cum Laude Society.
After graduation from St. Paul Academy in 1936 he attended Harvard College, where he received an A.B. cum laude in 1940, a M.A. in 1941 and received his Ph.D .in history from the University of Minnesota in 1951. During World War II he served as a Naval Aviator and received several decorations. He enjoyed a long teaching career at institutions including the Arizona Desert School in Tucson, the University of Minnesota, Florida State University, Jacksonville University, Florida Atlantic University, Parsons College, Park College, and Ottumwa Heights College. He is survived by his beloved wife, Peggy; a daughter, Ruth Manna; three sons, Benjamin, David, and Clay; nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
1937 C. Arnold “Joe” Kalman passed away on August 3, 2010. Born in St. Paul, he graduated from St. Paul Academy in 1937 and from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1941. After MIT, he worked for two large shipbuilding concerns on Navy combat vessels and, then, the American Machine and Foundry Company. In 1950, he joined Booz Allen & Hamilton, management consultants, where he had a 35-year career as senior vice-president with clients primarily in transportation, aerospace, and telecommunications. He is survived by his wife, Diana; two children by his first wife, Marie Kalman: Charles Kalman and Kristina Kalman Fares; and two grandchildren.
1939 Mary “Molly” (Priedeman) Brown passed away on September 5, 2010, at the age of 89. In her obituary, Molly was described as a “cowgirl, carver, champion confidant …She was the robust, colorful type of character western legends are made of, a woman who flew airplanes, carved gunstocks and worked at times on a Montana ranch, riding on horseback and rolling her own cigarettes with one hand.” She was the wife of Champion Aircraft founder, the late Robert C. Brown ’41, and a longtime Osceola, Wisc. resident and community volunteer. She was born June 8, 1921, in St. Paul, graduated from Summit School, now the St. Paul Academy and Summit School. A graduate of Wheaton College in Morton, Mass., with a major in art
and a minor in psychology, Molly lived for a time on St. Paul’s Summit Avenue, where she worked for Pan Am airlines in dispatching and public relations. She met and married Robert there in St. Paul, in 1950 at age 29, after having turned him down once or twice before. They moved to Osceola in 1951 and constructed a home along the St. Croix River. She is survived by her sons Robert C. “R.C.” Brown Jr. and Patrick Brown.
1943 Howard “Ted” Johnston passed away on March 16 at his home in Bay Village, Ohio, at the age of 84. Preceded in death by his wife Barbara, Ted was the son of the late St. Paul, Minn. architect, C. Howard Johnston, Jr. and Naneen. Ted attended St. Paul Academy before joining the Army Air Corps as a navigator in World War II. He graduated from Baldwin Wallace College and worked for United Airlines for over 30 years. Ted is survived by his daughter Nancy, son Ted, Jr. and four grandchildren.
1945 Edward Cammack passed away in May 2010. He was living in North San Juan, Calif., at the time of his death. Chester “Chet” Dosdall passed away on June 23, 2010. Married for 60 years to Marijane Carvelli Dosdall, Chet lived in Wellesley, Mass., and was the retired General Manager of the Boston office of The St Paul Insurance Co. He is survived by his son Jeffrey Dosdall and daughters Mary Blake, Nancy Lauro, and Jane Garbose, and nine grandchildren. He is also survived by his brother Thomas Dosdall ’48 and sister Mary Dosdall Guyer ’53.
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