mathematics department, then as dean of students, and finally as head of the Northfield campus. He enjoyed summers with his family at their cabin on Silver Lake in New Hampshire. He also enjoyed playing on the faculty ice hockey team. In 1978, he retired to Arendtsville, Pa., where he operated Pitney’s Groundkeeping and later Adams Financial Planners. He taught briefly at Mercersberg Academy, Mount Saint Mary’s University, and York College. He is survived by his wife of 46 years Patricia Foster Pitney; two daughters, Susan Giuffreda and her husband Tony of Gettysburg, Pa., and Jennifer Pitney and her fiancé Steve Schimmel of San Francisco, Calif. He also leaves six grandchildren, Thomas, Timothy, Matthew, Kristin, Elizabeth, and Emily Giuffreda of Gettysburg. Also surviving is a brother, Philip Pitney, and his wife Barbara of Bernardsville, N.J. His brother Mahlon Pitney predeceased him.
d Charles Pope Day Jr. ’50, CDR (Ret.), U.S. Navy, of Short Hills, died suddenly on June 1, 2008, while on board the U.S.S. Tarawa en route from Hawaii to San Diego. Mr. Day passed away while doing what he most enjoyed, supporting his country and the U.S. Navy. He is survived by his wife Sally Day, daughter Margaret Day ’93, stepson Hamilton Peterson, grandson Benjamin Elliott Day Neri, and son-in-law Nick Neri. Gilbert Harry Carver ’79, 46, died suddenly at his home in Los Angeles on March 13, 2008. Gibb grew up in Short Hills, N.J., and graduated from The Pingry School in New Jersey and from Syracuse University in 1983. Mr. Carver always had a great love for domestic pets and gardening and included both in every place he lived. Following graduation from Syracuse, he resided in North Pomfret, Vt.,
Mr. Carver attended the University of Colorado in Denver where he continued his study of architecture for an additional two years. Following this, he moved to Los Angeles, where he resided for the past 17 years. While in Los Angeles, he initially owned and operated the Grateful Pet Service and then was a Real Estate Agent associated with various firms. He leaves his father Calvin R. Carver and his step-mother June G. Carver of Short Hills, N.J. and North Pomfret, Vt.; a sister Marcey Carver of Bradford, Vt.; a brother Chip Carver Jr. ’77, and sister-in-law Anne DeLaney ’79 of Mendham, N.J.; stepsisters Julie F. Snell of Charlottesville, Va.; Janie Scurti of Yardley, Pa.; and Jill DiNola of Cumberland, Md.; his partner for many years, Tony Fernandez, in Los Angeles; and many aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and friends. His mother Emma Gilbert Carver predeceased him in 1977.
d Family and friends mourn the loss of Judson Ahrens ’93, 33, wonderful, loving son and brother, business entrepreneur, and dedicated friend to so many. He died suddenly in an automobile accident on October 21, 2007. Judson, a 1994 graduate of Gettysburg College, was a partner with TPS3 in Knoxville, Tenn. He is survived by his fiancée Mary Katherine Tegano of Knoxville, Tenn; his parents Jean and Jay Ahrens of Savannah, Ga.; his sister and brother-in-law Jennifer and Chris Butler and their children Marc and Cate of Arlington, Mass.; his grandparents Pat and Irv Ryerson of Wilmington, N.C.; his aunt and uncle Lynn and Joe Barnard; his uncle Alan B. Ahrens, and cousins Andrew and Matthew Barnard, and Courtney and Chandler Ahrens.
d Dr. Leigh Grieco Cascarilla ’95, 30, passed away at home in New York on May 10, 2008, after battling ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease) for the past few years. She was born in Livingston, N.J. and lived in Short Hills, N.J. until she married Charles C. Cascarilla, CFA, and then moved to New York City. Dr. Cascarilla graduated from Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pa., where she was a member of Pi Beta Phi Sorority and received a Doctor of Dental Medicine from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. A licensed dentist, she commenced the dental residency at Morristown Memorial Hospital in Morristown, N.J., before becoming ill. She is survived by her husband Charles G. Cascarilla, CFA, of New York, N.Y.; her parents Gloria E. Grieco and Ralph A. Grieco; her brother Michael J. Grieco, M.D., all of Short Hills, N.J., her in-laws Ralph and Virginia Cascarilla; and sisters-in-law Elizabeth and Grace Cascarilla, all of Bay Village, Ohio.
d Former business manager Anthony J. Carro, 85, died on June 16, 2008, at home in Bridgewater. His career began in public accounting and he was appointed board secretary/business administrator of the Elizabeth Board of Education in 1958. In 1967, he assumed the role of business manager at Pingry’s Hillside Campus and was instrumental in the construction of and move to the new campus in Bernards Township. He remained in that position for over 20 years. Thereafter, he continued to operate his own accounting business until his retirement in 2002. Anthony was happily married for 59 years and is survived by his wife Rosemary, 11 children, including Peter ’78, and 27 grandchildren.
d We also mourn the loss of Ruth Lewis Runge, former librarian at the Short Hills Campus, who passed away on March 29, 2008.
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for five years. From his office in Woodstock, Vt., he designed and built homes and various commercial buildings in the area.