In Memoriam
1932 Lucy Cutler Sargent Fricke died on August 6, 2011. She was predeceased by her husband of 54 years, Walter “Chip” Fricke, and survived by three sons and daughters-in-law, Walter ’58 and Kathy of Boulder, Colo.; Alfred ’62 and Sandy of Half Moon Bay, Calif.; Leonard ’68 and Pam of St. Paul, Minn.; five grandchildren, Sarah, Emily, Elizabeth, Stuart ’02 and Allison ’05; and five great-grandchildren, Jake, Lindsey, Rebecca, Olivia and Alexander. She was a graduate of Summit School in St. Paul and Vassar College, N.Y. She was an avid volunteer with the Junior League, the New Century Club and various arts organizations in St. Paul, including the Minnesota Museum of Art and the St. Paul Council of Arts and Sciences.
1934 Hildegarde “Eunie” Eunice Sanborn Butler died on May 4, 2010. She is survived by her children Barbara Brewster Johnson ’59, Geoffrey Brewster ’63, Vallie Brewster, and Francis Butler ’78; stepdaughters Allison Butler Herrick ’43 and Alida Butler Stange ’45 and stepson David Butler ’48; ten grandchildren, and two greatgrandchildren. She was predeceased by husband Francis D. Butler ’15, sister Conradine Sanborn Burch ’33, brothers Bruce W. Sanborn Jr. ’36 and Theodore Sanborn ’40, stepbrother Carl A. Weyerhaeuser ’19, and stepsister Sarah Maud Weyerhaeuser Sivertsen ’25.
1938 Mary Scott O’Toole died on March 7, 2011. She was preceded in death by her husband, Terrance; parents, John F. Scott and Ednah J. Scott; brother, John F. Scott, Jr. She is survived by her children, Kate, Teresa, Bosco (Gillian), and Michael ’76 (Meridith); grandchildren, Emilie, Jessica, Amy, Ben, and John ’17; also many nieces and nephews.
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1942 William A. Bierman died on April 28, 2011, in St. Paul. Born in Owatonna, Minn., he was a graduate of St. Paul Academy and the University of Minnesota Law School (Order of the Coif). He was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran who served in World War II. Preceded in death by his parents, Bernard and Clare Bierman, he is survived by his wife, Janice; children, William ’68 (Ginny), Ann Syverson, and Richard (Pamela); grandchildren, Joseph and Samantha Syverson, William (Leilani) Bierman, Margaret and Thomas Bierman, Daniel and Faith Bierman; brother, Jim (Ingrid) Bierman; other relatives and friends.
1943 Nathaniel S. “Nat” Bangs Jr. died on September 15, 2011. He was born and raised in St. Paul. Following his graduation from St. Paul Academy, he joined the service and was a WWII veteran of the 17th Airborne Division, where he was wounded in the Battle of the Bulge and received a Purple Heart and Bronze Star. After the war, he attended Yale University and met his wife, the late Jeanie Gridley of New York City. They were married in 1949 and moved to Algona, Iowa, where he became owner of Western Buyers, a livestock brokerage. He was an avid tennis and golf player, and loved boating. He is survived by his daughters Betsy and Cally, and grandson Peter Pressnall. The Rev. Allen Whitman died on July 16, 2011. He served with the U.S. Army in France in World War II. He was rector of Holy Communion Episcopal Church in St. Peter, St. George’s in St. Louis Park, St. Stephen’s in Edina, St. Andrew’s in Kansas City, and Holy Trinity in Midland, Tex. He was preceded in death by his parents, Frank and Edith; brother, Albert ’29; and first wife, Mary. He is survived by his wife, Janet; sister, Elizabeth ’35; children Jan, Teresa, Cynthia, Peter; stepdaughters Alison and Gail; grandchildren Taous, Forrest, Bryna, Alex, Edward, Rebecca; great-grandchildren Isabella, Maurice, and Mayte.
1944 Roger Kennedy died on September 30, 2011, at his home in Rockville, Md., of a malignant melanoma. After graduating from St. Paul Academy and a stint in the Navy, Kennedy went to Yale, where he was senior editor at the Yale Daily News. He received his bachelor’s degree from Yale in 1949 and a law degree from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1952. He became director of the National Park Service during the Clinton administration and was known as an ardent preservationist of the nation’s cultural, historic and artistic heritage for much of his life. Kennedy ran for Congress, served six presidents on boards and commissions, was a Washington correspondent for NBC News, wrote and produced television documentaries, helped reorganize the Ford Foundation and for 13 years led the National Museum of American History, part of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington. He married Frances Hefren in 1958. Besides his wife, he is survived by their daughter, Ruth Kennedy Sudduth of Stow, Mass., and a brother, John ’42, of Boulder, Colo.
1948 Sara “Sally” A. Haynes died on August 19, 2011. She was born in Philadelphia, PA., and spent the first three years of her life in Rio de Janeiro where her father was an American businessman. In the autumn of 1933 the family moved to St. Paul, Minn. where Sally attended Summit School from kindergarten through her senior year. A graduate of Sarah Lawrence College, class of 1952, she taught at Rye Country Day School, Rye, N.Y., and achieved a Ph.D. from the University of MassachusettsAmherst in the field of movement as therapy. She is survived by her sister, Charlotte Fitzpatrick Brown ’44, of Falmouth, Maine. She was predeceased by her parents, Philip and Kathleen Fitzpatrick of Minnesota; brother, Joseph T. Fitzpatrick ’41 and wife, Persis Weaver Fitzpatrick of Minnesota; and her sister, Phyllis Fitzpatrick Harris ’51 of Watertown, Mass.