Obituaries | 1950-1959

WALLACE E. CARROLL, M.D., a pathologist, died Mar. 23, 2016, at age 82. He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon and received his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania after a year in Germany as a Fulbright Scholar. Drafted into the U.S. Army, he was in charge of the laboratory and blood bank at Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri for two years. At Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara, Calif., he worked as a pathologist, in addition to being in charge of the school of medical technology, the blood bank, and infectious disease control. For many years, he and his cousin worked on an invention that would revolutionize assessment of blood coagulation. He also ran 16 marathons, including Boston twice. Among those who survive are his wife, Maria Luisa Lahusen Carroll, four children, 10 grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, his brother, and his cousin.

JAMES A. STEVENS, a retired Stanley Works vice president, died Jan. 19, 2015. He was 87 and was the son of Lucian H. Stevens of the class of 1920. A member of Psi Upsilon, he served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and again during the Korean War. He began his career at the Stanley Works, where he remained for more than 40 years, retiring as vice president of architectural sales, hardware division. He was also active in industry associations. Survivors include his wife, Suzann Stephan Stevens, two children, and four grandchildren.

WILLIAM C. ACKERLY, M.D., 87, a retired psychiatrist, died May 23, 2016. He was the son of Samuel S. Ackerly of the class of 1918 and the grandson of Clifford P. Clark of the class of 1895.  A member of Sigma Chi, he received his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania. He was a U.S. Army veteran. After moving to Cambridge, Mass., he opened a private practice and was also the director of the Somerville Guidance Center. Always a lover of the outdoors, in 1965 he and his wife bought a house in Lyme Center, N.H., that was a few yards off the Appalachian Trail. There they offered respite to several thousand hikers, who stopped for water and other treats. He was known as “The Ice Cream Man” because he offered hikers ice cream cones. A man who loved good conversation, he enjoyed talking with the many hikers who came though each year. His wife, Frances Dickinson Ackerly, died in 2011. He is survived by one daughter, Susan A. Colfer ’88; three sons; five grandchildren; and three sisters..

Eugene D. Jacobson ’51, M.D., a retired professor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, died August 14, 2015. He was 5.

John Clifford Allen Jr., age 81 of Woodruff, WI died on Sunday, April 3rd at Howard Young Medical Center in Woodruff, WI. John was born on December 12, 1934 in Chicago, Illinois, the son of John Sr. and Kathleen (nee Edwards) Allen. Before moving to the Northwoods 27 years ago, John had been an influential and active member of the transportation industry as he was Co-founder and former Executive Vice President of ITOFCA and also served as former President of the Chicago Traffic Club.
John was the former owner and pianist at Ma Bailey’s Supper Club. Music was a very important part of John’s life; he was a former member of several bands including the Mad Monks of Melody and Toe Jammerz, a 50-year member of SPEBSQSA (International Barbershop Society), 2-time President and member of International Championship Chorus West Towns (Lombard Chapter of SPEBSQSA), former President of the Lakeland Performing Arts Association, and member of the Campanile Chorus and Aurora Borealis Chorus.
John was the Woodruff representative and Chairman of the Greater Minocqua Chamber of Commerce Room Tax Commission. John was also an active member and Treasurer of Community Presbyterian Church of Lac du Flambeau, WI.
He is survived by his wife; Judith Allen and by Sons: John (Graciela) Allen; Jeffrey (Kim) Allen and Jon (fiancé Jolene) Wayland and Daughters: Julie (Monty) Ruff and Janet (Scott) Paintin and by Grandchildren: Gigi and John Allen; Monty and Cailin Ruff; Ashley, Brittany and Justin Allen; Matthew and Amanda Paintin; Dylan Wayland; Sky, Darren and Devin Risingsun and by his Sister; Suzi (Richard) Wertz.

Memorial Gathering will be held on Thursday, May 19th from 2:00 to 3:00 PM at the Community Presbyterian Church of Lac du Flambeau, WI with Memorial Services at 3:00 PM and a reception following the services.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Community Presbyterian Church of Lac du Flambeau in memory of John Clifford Allen Jr.

Online condolences may be shared at www.nimsgernfuneral.com.

Professor Emeritus Edgar Milan Palmer, 80, of East Lansing, MI, died in Grand Rapids, Michigan at Spectrum Health Butterworth Hospital on April 17, 2015 surrounded by his wife and daughters.

Born on May 17, 1934 in Hartford CT, he was the eldest of three sons of the late Florence Wyman Palmer and Milan Henry Palmer.

Dr. Palmer graduated with honors from Wesleyan University in 1956. In 1955 he quarterbacked the Cardinals to lopsided wins over archrivals Amherst and Williams. From 1956 to 1960, he worked at the United Aircraft Research Laboratories in East Hartford, CT, where he was in charge of helicopter performance simulation programs for Sikorsky Aircraft. At the same time he earned an M.S. in mathematics from Trinity College.

In 1960 he returned to graduate school in the doctoral program in mathematics at the University of Michigan and graduated in 1965 with a Ph. D. After a post-doctoral year at University College London, he joined the faculty in the Department of Mathematics at Michigan State University in 1967.

Over the next 35 years he wrote two books and over 70 research papers on his specialty, Combinatorics and Graph Theory. He loved teaching and enjoyed mathematics most when it was a group enterprise. Much of his work was done in collaboration with others. He had Erdös number 1.  He was a member of the American Mathematical Society, the Mathematical Association of America, an editor and reviewer for several mathematics journals, lectured at many conferences and colloquia, had 7 doctoral students of his own and advised many others. He spent sabbatical leaves at Oxford (1973-1974) and Cambridge and Essex Universities (1980). He served as Associate Chair of the math department in 1997-1999.

Ed made many trips to Alaska for mathematics conferences, lectures and consulting. He and his wife, Jane, backpacked in Denali, kayaked in Prince William Sound and served as volunteers in peregrine falcon studies for Alaska Fish and Game, the University of Alaska Fairbanks and the U.S Air Force.  After retirement, his favorite activity was canoeing with Jane and grandsons in the UP in the wetlands of the Hiawatha National Forest this side of Paradise.

When his daughters were children, Ed provided piano accompaniment for their Suzuki violin recitals.  In his later years, he was an enthusiastic member of the PT Strummers Ukulele ensemble and accompanied his daughters and grandsons in family jam sessions.   Ed recently wrote the following to his daughter, Amy, “Life is quite a struggle sometimes.  Music and laughter ease the way and make it joyful.  Singing is terrific medicine.  Lyrics are important and fun.”

He is survived by his loving wife of 51 years, Jane Byrne Palmer; daughters, Amelia (Amy) Byrne Palmer Hansen (Chris Hansen) of Portland, OR, and Angela Goodrich Palmer (Julian Fischer) of Anchorage, AK; grandsons, Jeremy Palmer Hansen and Andrew Palmer Hansen of Portland, OR; Benjamin Palmer Fischer and Kyle Byrne Fischer of Anchorage, AK; brother John G. Palmer, and sister-in-law Diana Palmer of Winston-Salem, NC, brother Charles W. Palmer (Nancy) of Spokane WA, and sister-in-law Mary Lou Rischar (Jim) of Vancouver, WA.

Celebration of Life to be held at 2pm on Sunday, May 3rd, Edgewood United Church, 469 N. Hagadorn Rd, East Lansing, MI 48823

Arrangements entrusted to Michigan Cremation & Funeral Care, Grand Rapids, MI.  Please visit http://www.mi-cremation.com/ to sign on-line guest book.

In lieu of flowers, the family welcomes donations to:  The Richard E. Phillips Memorial Scholarship Fund, c/o MSU Department of Mathematics, College of Natural Science 619 Red Cedar Road, East Lansing, MI 48824, 517.432.9738  http://www.math.msu.edu/alumni/phillips_scholarship/default.aspx; ; The Renucci Hospitality House 290 Ransom Street NE?Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503 ?(616) 391-1790 http://give.spectrumhealth.org/get-involved/volunteer/renucci; The National Wildlife Federation http://www.nwf.org/

Dr. Donald Errante calmly and peacefully passed away at home on March 31, 2016. Born on July 19, 1935 in Brooklyn, and a Marin resident for 50 years, Don was a devoted husband, father, physician, and friend to the many people with whom he came in contact. Don entered Wesleyan University at the tender age of 16. A life-long lover of music, he relieved the stress of a demanding pre-med program by joining the marching band where his vigorous enthusiasm resulted in his breaking the bass drum he was playing. He was, despite this indiscretion, awarded a degree. Don’s medical training was at the University of Rochester, followed by internship and residency in the Bronx where he developed his specialty in pediatrics. His military service followed beginning in 1963. Stationed in Livorno, Italy, Don was the only pediatrician at the sprawling military base, caring for more than 1,000 children. While in Italy, Don reveled in his Italian heritage, studying the language and refining his grandmother’s inspired love for fine Italian cuisine. It was also in Italy that his life-long love of fast cars was nurtured. In 1965 Don completed his military service and returned to the Bronx (Albert Einstein-Jacobi Medical Center) to undertake a one-year fellowship in psychiatry for pediatricians before moving to Mill Valley with his first wife, Eleanor and the first two of his three children (Valaine and Arien). Their third child (Elida) was born after they settled in California. The Errante family readily took to their new life and it was in Marin that Don began what became a treasured leisure activity of cycling. Soon Don and his cycling friends were exploring the area, including riding 100 and at one point, 200 miles in a day. From 1966-1974 Don served as the principal pediatrician with a multidisciplinary team for a federally funded project for children and youth based at Mt. Zion Hospital in San Francisco. In 1974 he joined what was then the original Marin County Pediatric practice of Dr. William Ball that included Dr. Stephen Kent and later Dr. George Monteverdi. Don was a consummate physician, and was concerned with treating the entire patient; body, mind, and spirit. Believing in the importance of psychological as well as physical health, Don developed a subspecialty and opened a behavioral and developmental private pediatric practice. Don was an uncommonly generous and caring person who was utterly devoted to his patients. In 1985, Don married his second wife Lois and settled into life in Larkspur. Travel was of great interest to the couple, and their life was filled with many exotic adventures including numerous visits throughout Europe, trips to India, Peru, and a cycling tour of Vietnam. Also, a lover of music of all styles, Don, who played piano in his younger years, was a long-time subscriber to the San Francisco opera. Don lived with Parkinson’s disease for many years. Rather than succumbing, he became active in the Parkinson’s community and made many new friends. He was especially active in the PD Dance movement and continued his cycling as long as possible. Don is survived by his wife Lois, his children Valaine, Arien, and Elida, stepchildren Glenn and Dan Young, grandchildren, Scott Young, Mitchell Young, and Allison, his brother Gerard, and his former wife Eleanor. A memorial service is being planned for Donald at the St. Vincent’s School for Boys in San Rafael on Saturday, May 7, at 2:30. This is an especially fitting setting as it was at the St. Vincent’s School for Boys that Don spent 30 years caring for the boys there, following his life-long penchant for aiding those in less fortunate circumstances. Don will be long remembered for the many lives he touched by his generosity, compassion, adventurous spirit, intellectual curiosity and infectious sense of humor. A memorial donation may be made in Don’s name to the Parkinson’s Dance Program (checks made out to Marin Dance Theater with PDP in the memo line).

Paul James Stoll was born in Grass Valley, California in 1932. He moved to Berkeley in 1934 with his Mother and sister. In Berkeley he attended local schools thru the 121th grade. Looking east for college, he decided on Wesleyan (in Connecticut) for his 4 year undergraduate degree, then switched to MIT for further study. Paul caught the eye of various firms looking for new talent in the fields of physics and electronics and biochemistry and was then sponsored for additional degrees in those fields, and subsequently was hired by such companies here on the west coast. For the most part he lived and worked in the Los Angelos area. There he met and married Nancy Vale. He was always ready to encourage education and supported learning through many venues. Though retired, he continued with projects in the fields of his lifetime endeavors. His other great love was for the natural grandure of the mountains and for skiing which he purued whenever possible. It was during this activity that Jim met his death recently on a slope near Bozeman Montana. While at a conference there he took time off for the ski trails. Somehow he veered from the run and smashed fatally into a small grove of trees. He leaves his wife, Nancy, his son Kevin, his sister, and his special friend, Michelle. They and a host of associates and friends will miss him greatly.

Published in San Francisco Chronicle on Mar. 20, 2016 – See more here.

Dr. Richard Marshall was born July 30, 1933 in Long Beach, New York and grew up in New York City. He received his B.A. from Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and his M.D. degree from Yale University. After an internship in internal medicine at Washington University in St. Louis, Dr. Marshall worked in the laboratory of Nobel Prize winner Marshall Nirenberg at the National Institutes of Health. In 2009 Dr. Marshall was awarded the NIH Molecular Biology medal for his contributions to deciphering the genetic code of the mechanism of protein synthesis. During his long career, Dr. Marshall served as the Director of Neonatology at Children’s Hospital, St. Louis, MO and at the University of Medicine and Dentistry in Newark, N.J. He is the author of numerous articles on genetics and pediatrics.

Dr. Marshall is survived by his wife of 57 years, Judith, his children Linda and Katherine (Noah Pinko) and his grandchildren, David, Eitan, Michael and Eleanor. He is also survived by his brother, Donald Marshall.

Dr. Marshall will be lovingly remembered for his outgoing and caring personality and his wide interests in literature, the arts, sports and people. Funeral services were private. Memorials may be made to Congregation Beth Shalom or Wesleyan University in memory of Carl Schorske.

Arthur Aldrich Dexter, 1932 – 2016. On the afternoon of Jan. 25, 2016, Arthur Aldrich Dexter passed away after living a rich and happy life of 83 years. Arthur was born on March 22, 1932, in Camden, the son of Robert and Dorothy Aldrich Dexter.He attended elementary schools in Camden and Waterville, and graduated from Waterville High School with honors in 1950 where he played football, basketball and captained the baseball team. After high school he attended, and graduated from, Wesleyan University in Middletown, Conn.In 1954, Arthur began his teaching and coaching career at Kents Hill School where he was also Dean of Boys and Assistant to the Headmaster. In 1965 he became teacher, coach and Dean of Boys at Gould Academy in Bethel. In 1967, he was appointed headmaster at Lincoln Academy in Newcastle, where he retired in 1984.Arthur was predeceased by his parents; and first wife, Georgene Duckworth Dexter.He is survived by his wife, Joyce of Newcastle; his daughter, Margaret (Meg) Dexter of Arundel; grandchildren, Matthew Swift of South Boston and Emma Swift of Brewer; son, Mark and his wife Gayle; grandchildren, Kathryn and Thomas Dexter of Spokane, Wash.; stepson, Scott Stevenson; and stepdaughter, Sarah Matel and her husband James, and their children Seward and Teddy, all of Round Pond. He is also survived by a brother, Stuart and wife Shirley of Orono; and several nephews and a niece.A memorial service and celebration of his life will be held at the Lincoln Academy Gymnasium on Sunday, Jan. 31, 2016, at 1 p.m., with a reception immediately following in the school’s dining commons. Arrangements are under the direction and care of the Strong-Hancock Funeral Home, 612 Main St., Damariscotta. A full obituary can be viewed, and condolences and messages for the family may be expressed by visiting: www.StrongHancock.comIn lieu of flowers, donations may be made in his honor to the Second Congregational Church of Newcastle P.O. Box 243 Newcastle, ME 04553, or: Lincoln Academy Office of Development 81 Academy Hill Newcastle, ME 04553