David Alexander Taylor ’47 Born in Quincy and raised in Wollaston, David Taylor of Braintree, died on Monday, November 24, 2014 at the age of 86. At Thayer, David took part in the performing arts and played baseball. After graduating from Thayer, he earned a B.A. from Northeastern University. He then ran the family-owned J. H. Taylor Foundry in Quincy. David served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War. He will be remembered as a Red Sox fan and a friend to all animals in need. He enjoyed listening to classical music and playing golf at the Harwich Country Club.
of Thayer’s Alumni Humanitarian Award and also received a Humanitarian Award from the Hingham Historical Society. Dick was a member of Rotary International, and led the Hingham Rotary Club’s relief mission after Hurricane Mitch in 1998. Via container ships and military air craft, he coordinated the transportation of medical support systems, including equipment, doctors, fire engines, and ambulances to Honduras and Belize. In 2001, Dick served as marshal for Hingham’s Fourth of July parade, an honor given to recognize his humanitarian work in the Dominican Republic. In his early years, Dick was an avid runner and swimmer. He enjoyed boating and sailing in Maine and along Boston’s South Shore. He was a member of the Mackenzie
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Boat Club in Massachusetts (a club whose members are dedicated to the preservation and appreciation of Mackenzie boats). He traveled the Caribbean, Central America, and Europe. He served a term as president of the Hingham Rotary Club, was a 32nddegree Mason, belonged to the Weymouth Businessmen’s Assoc., the Weymouth Chapter of the American Red Cross, and the Matthews Museum of Maine Heritage. Dick had a truly wide range of interests, including, but not limited to membership in the New England Moxie Congress (NEMC), which, according to NEMC.com is “a loosely-knit band of Moxie zealots [...] who collect Moxie-related memorabilia, promote the drink’s availability, get together for parades and clambakes, and sometimes actually drink the stuff.”
Richard Bridges, 84, died peacefully in his home, surrounded by family, on July 30, 2014. Richard was born on May 26, 1930 in Boston, to Walter G. and Lucia Saucier Bridges. He received a bachelor’s degree from Boston University, and then served in the U.S. Army from 1951 to 1953, during the Korean War. He worked in real estate and insurance, and was owner and president of W. G. Bridges & Sons, Insurance in Weymouth.
Richard was predeceased by his sister Martha Bridges Degrande ’49, and his brother-in-law John MacDonald. He is survived by his wife Mary Elizabeth Bridges of East Boothbay, ME; his lifelong friend Sandra Ingmanson of Westford, MA; his son Richard W. Bridges and his wife Dana; his grandchildren Josephine and Case Bridges of West Newbury, MA; his son Christopher Bridges and his wife Karyn of Duxbury; and his brother Robert G. Bridges ’50 of Venice, FL.
He was the son of the late Elizabeth Millen and David Foster Taylor. He is survived by his wife Alice Christensen Taylor; his daughter Linda D. Commesso and her husband John of Brockton; and his son David L. Taylor of Nashua, NH; his grandchildren Erica, David, and Morgan Taylor, all of New Hampshire; his great-grandchildren Evan and Aubrey Taylor; his sister Elizabeth Murdy of Norwell; his nieces Leigh Bagley and Laura Carroll; and his nephew John Murdy.
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At Thayer, Dick was a member of the orchestra and competed on the football, basketball, and track teams. As an alumnus, he was a class agent and sat on the Alumni Board for two years (2000 - 2002) serving as treasurer for the second year. He was the 2003 recipient
F. Peter Fee ’48 Peter Fee, son of the late Thomas E. and Marie Cheverie Fee, passed away after a short illness on October 8, 2014 – just one day before his 85th birthday, and a few months shy of his 60th wedding anniversary.
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Born in Quincy on October 9, 1929, he attended Quincy grammar schools and graduated from Thayer Academy in 1948. After serving for three years in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War, he went on to graduate from Boston University’s School of Public Relations & Communication in 1956. Peter then worked for the George H. Peterson Company in Quincy as a licensed master plumber. He left that field to work for a manufacturer of aerospace and industrial products, Sundstrand Corporation of Rockford, IL. There, Peter worked in sales and management until he retired in 1998. Peter was a longtime resident of Hingham, where he was proud to say that his ancestors from Ireland had settled over 150 years ago. Active in community affairs, he served on Hingham’s Personnel Board, and on the boards of the Hingham Public Library and the Hingham Bathing Beach. A summer resident of Deer Isle, ME for more than 24 years, he served as president of the Reach Community Club and volunteered at the Deer Isle Welcome Center. He also held a life membership in the Weymouth Chapter of Disabled American Veterans and an honorary membership in the 456th Bomb Group of the Fifteenth Air Force. At Thayer, Peter was known as easy-going, witty, and friendly to all. He served two years on the dance committee, and in the 1948 yearbook, his classmates wrote that “Pete’s ambition to get rich quick is shared, doubtless, by many members of our lively class. From what we hear, he’s really an outdoor man, too.” Peter was predeceased by his parents and four older brothers who were all veterans of World War II Robert T. Fee, Richard A. Fee, William H. Fee, Thomas E. Fee, Jr.; and also by his faithful dog, Francis Albert Augustus Schwartz (aka Gus). He is survived by his wife Jacqueline Frawley Fee of Braintree; his daughter Nancy and her husband Peter Cook; his beloved son John Fee and his wife Lynn;
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