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Joseph
A. Nicosia
July
20, 2001
In Ridge View Manor Nursing Home, Buffalo, N.Y., at 97. Prior to his retirement
in 1972, Mr. Nicosia had served 10 years as assistant corporation counsel for
the city of Buffalo; previously, he had maintained a private law practice. Mr.
Nicosia had also been an assemblyman, serving two terms, beginning in 1934. During
his career, he had been a member and chairman of the Zoning Board of Appeals.
A veteran of the Korean War, Mr. Nicosia had been chief counsel for the Office
of Price Stabilization in the Western Division. He is survived by his wife, Angelene;
a daughter; four grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
John
L. Daly Jr.
Aug.
12, 2001
In St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center, Hartford, Conn., at 91. A lifelong
resident of East Windsor,
Conn., Mr. Daly helped establish the town's first police department, serving
as chief of police from 1955 until 1973. Active in civic affairs, he had been
first selectman from 1955 to 1976, and a member of the Middle School Building
Committee; the East Windsor High School Committee; the town Finance Board; and
a charter member of the Zoning Board of East Windsor. He also served on the board
of directors for the Broad Brook Bank & Trust. At the start of his career,
Mr. Daly had been employed by the Texas Oil Co. in Springfield, Mass. A Navy
veteran of World War II, he served as a lieutenant junior grade. Mr. Daly is
survived by two sons; three daughters; 16 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren;
four nephews; a niece; and a
brother-in-law.
Rev. Msgr. Robert E. Dillon
July 7, 2001
In Syracuse, N.Y., at 90. Following his ordination to the
priesthood in 1936, Monsignor Dillon served briefly as assistant
pastor of Immaculate Conception
Church, Fulton, N.Y., and, subsequently, at Blessed Sacrament Church in Syracuse,
from 1936 to 1939. Monsignor Dillon worked for the Diocese of Syracuse from
1940 to 1975, serving as chancellor from 1946 to 1970 and as vicar general,
from 1970 to 1975. He was appointed domestic prelate in 1950 and named protonotary
apostolic in 1960. Monsignor Dillon served as pastor of Blessed Sacrament Church
in Syracuse, from 1956 to 1978. During his ministry, he had been active in
many community organizations, including St. Mary's Hospital Guild and the Red
Cross. Monsignor Dillon had been a Holy Cross class chair. He is survived by
a nephew, Robert E. Dunn '62; three nieces; and several grandnephews and grandnieces.
Martin J. Earls
June 28, 2001
In Keystone Nursing Home, Leominster, Mass., at 88, after
an illness. During his career, Mr. Earls had been president
of the former Wachusett Tank and Welding
Co. in Leominster. He had also taught English at the former Mary E. Wells High
School, Southbridge, Mass., and in the Reserve Officer Training Corps at the
University of North Carolina. A Navy veteran of World War II, Mr. Earls had
served in the South Pacific aboard the destroyer USS Lampson, which
was attacked in a kamikaze operation. Active in parish and community organizations,
he had been a trustee of the Lancaster (Mass.) Library. Mr. Earls had been
a member of the President's Council at Holy Cross. He is survived by his wife,
Rita; a brother, Gerald M. '40; and several nephews and nieces. His brother
was the late Francis X., M.D., '39.
Roger F. Carroll Jr.
June 21, 2001
In St. Vincent Hospital at Worcester Medical Center, at 87,
after an illness. During his career, Mr. Carroll had been
an administrator for the General Services
Administration (GSA), Boston, from 1950 until 1964, and then in Washington,
D.C., until 1979; he retired as assistant commissioner. A charter member of
the Senior Executive Service, he received an Exceptional Service Award and
an Outstanding Service Citation from the GSA; he was a member of the board
of directors for the National Standards Institute. During World War II, Mr.
Carroll served in the Navy. He is survived by his wife, Lillian; two sons,
including David F. '66; two daughters; a sister; 12 grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.
His brother was the late Rev. David F., S.J., '41.
John H. Fallon
July 1, 2001
In Florida, at 88, after a long illness. Prior to his retirement, Mr. Fallon
had been the president of Thomas H. Fallon Construction Co., Quincy, Mass.
A minor league baseball player, he had been in the New York Yankees organization
for 10 years; he pitched for the Newark Bears in 1937. Mr. Fallon had been
a former member of the Quincy Zoning Board. He is survived by his wife, J.Claire;
four sons; a daughter; 16 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.
Robert
C. Graham Jr.
Aug.
8, 2001
At the Daviess Community Hospital, Washington, Ind., at 87. During his career,
Mr. Graham had been president of Graham Brothers Inc., Graham Farms, Inc., and
Graham Cheese Corp., Elnora, Ind., until 1973. He had also been president of
the Indiana State Poultry Association, a member of the board of the Indiana State
Fair, and a director of the American Feed Manufacturers Association. Active in
community affairs, Mr. Graham served as a director of the Peoples National Bank,
a member of the board of trustees of Vincennes (Ind.) University and a member
of the board of overseers of Saint Meinrad Seminary. In addition, he had been
involved in Catholic education in Washington, serving 10 years as president of
the Catholic Education Endowment. During World War II, Mr. Graham had been a
captain in the Army Air Corps with the 318th Troop Carrier Squadron of the Third
Air Commando Group. He had been a member of the President's Council at Holy Cross.
Mr. Graham is survived by his wife, Jeanne; a son,
Robert C. III '69; three daughters; 11 grandchildren; and three brothers, including
Ziba F. '37 and Thomas E. '42.
William J. Kiley
Aug. 18, 2001
In Lakewood, N.J., at 87. Prior to his retirement, Mr. Kiley
had been a pharmaceutical salesman, working principally for
Johnson & Johnson, Lehn & Fink, and
HealthChem. During World War II, he served as a second lieutenant in the Army.
He is survived by a son; two daughters; and five grandchildren.
Russell C. Perrone
July 20, 2001
At his home in Greenwood, S.C., at 85. Prior to his retirement,
Mr. Perrone had been a trade relations representative for
Astra Pharmaceutical Products
in Worcester. During World War II, he served in the Army. Mr. Perrone is
survived by his wife, Erma; and a nephew.
William P. Turnesa
June 16, 2001
At Phelps Memorial Hospital Center in Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.,
at 87. During his career, Mr. Turnesa played many years on
the amateur golf circuit. Following
graduation, he won the 1938 Amateur at Oakmont Country Club in Pennsylvania,
where he earned the nickname, Willie the Wedge. In 1938 and 1948, Mr. Turnesa
won the U.S. Amateur Championship and, in 1947, the British Amateur Championship;
he was a runner-up in the British in 1949. Mr. Turnesa had also been a member
of three winning Walker Cup teams, serving as captain in 1951. The youngest
of seven brothers, who all played professional golf, Mr. Turnesa had served
as president of both the Metropolitan and New York State Golf Associations
in 1955. He also co-founded the Reinach-Turnesa Caddie Scholarship Fund (now
called the Westchester Golf Association Caddie Scholarship Fund) which provides
financial assistance to college-bound caddies. In 1976, Mr. Turnesa was the
recipient of the Metropolitan Golf Association's Distinguished Service Award
and, in 1990, he was inducted into the New York Sports Hall of Fame. Prior
to his retirement in 1978, Mr. Turnesa had worked 26 years for the Binghampton
Container Corp., becoming vice president of sales and marketing. During World
War II, he served as a gunnery instructor in the Navy, attaining the rank of
lieutenant. Mr. Turnesa is survived by a son; three daughters; seven grandchildren;
a sister; and many nephews and nieces.
M.
Jerome Loizzo, M.D.
July
24, 2001
In Vermont, at 82. During his career, Dr. Loizzo practiced psychiatry on Long
Island, N.Y. He also served five years in the Army and, in the Reserves, retiring
as a lieutenant colonel. Dr. Loizzo had been a Holy Cross class agent. He is
survived by his wife, Carmela; a son; four daughters; seven grandchildren; and
a great-grandson.
John
A. Collins Jr.
July
18, 2001
In Southington, Conn., at 83, after a long illness. Mr. Collins retired in 1985
as a divisional manager
of the former Howland-Steinbach's Department Store. During World War II, he served
in the Army. Mr. Collins is survived by two sons, including John
A. III '78; a daughter; five grandchildren; and a great-granddaughter.
Joseph
P. McCormick Jr.
July
31, 2001
At Lawrence Hospital, Bronxville,
N.Y., from complications of Alzheimer's disease, at 81. Prior to his retirement,
Mr. McCormick had been a special agent for the FBI for 27 years. During World
War II, he served as a navigator on a B24 bomber. Mr. McCormick had been a
Holy Cross class agent. He is survived by his wife, Helen; two sons; two daughters;
two sisters; and several nephews and nieces.
Robert I. O'Herron
March 24, 2001
At his home in Longmeadow, Mass., at 81. Prior to his retirement,
Mr. O'Herron
taught chemistry for 40 years at the College of Our Lady of the Elms, Chicopee,
Mass. He is survived by his wife, Betty; a son; four daughters; a sister; and
13 grandchildren.
Domnick G. Riley
May 30, 2001
At Rockville General Hospital, Vernon, Conn., at 81. Retired Lt. Col. Domnick
G. Riley, USA, served in World War II and the Korean War. Prior to his retirement
in 1977, he had been with the U.S. Foreign Service in Venezuela, the Dominican
Republic, Iran, South Korea and Australia. Mr. Riley was a member of The World
Affairs Council in Hartford, Conn., and the U.S. Counter Intelligence Corps.
He is survived by his wife, June; a son; and a daughter.
Alexander F. Nahigian
July 30, 2001
In the Reagan Building of the Eleanor Slater Rehabilitation
Hospital, Cranston, R.I., at 82. During his career, Mr. Nahigian
taught 30 years at William E.
Tolman High School in Pawtucket, R.I., serving several years as head football
coach, until 1949, and 15 years as head baseball coach, until 1959. Mr. Nahigian
became the junior-varsity football coach at Brown University in 1949, while
continuing to teach and coach at Tolman; he served as an assistant coach at
Brown for 24 years. In 1974, Mr. Nahigian became chief scout and linebacker
and defensive-back coach for the Harvard University football team. Named head
baseball coach at Harvard in 1979, he held this position until his retirement
in 1990. Previously, he had coached the Providence (R.I.) College baseball
team, from 1959 until 1978. Mr. Nahigian was voted New England Coach of the
Year in 1983, 1984 and 1985. At the start of his career, he played semipro
baseball for several seasons with the New England League; from 1942-43, he
worked as assistant coach at the former Pawtucket West Senior High School.
A member of the Holy Cross varsity baseball team for three years, he served
as team captain during his last year. Mr. Nahigian is survived by three daughters;
a sister; eight grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.
Rev. James E. Cronin
Jan. 9, 2001
In Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, Mass., at 79. Prior
to his retirement in 1993, Fr. Cronin had been the pastor
of St. Mary's Church, Northampton,
Mass., for 20 years; previously, he had served four years as pastor of St.
Mary's Church in Haydenville. Following his ordination to the priesthood in
1947, Fr. Cronin began his ministry as curator of St. Michael's Church in East
Longmeadow, Mass. He then served at St. Joseph's Church in Shelburne Falls,
from 1950-54; St. Peter's Church in Great Barrington, from 1954-55; Holy Name
Church in Chicopee, from 1955-65; and Holy Name Church in Springfield, from
1956-69. Fr. Cronin had also been the assistant director of Catholic Charities
from 1959-75; Episcopal Vicar for the Franklin-Hampshire Vicariate during the
1980s; former chaplain of the Northampton area chapter of Alcoholics Anonymous;
and chaplain of the Monsignor Cummings Council 480 Knights of Columbus in Northampton.
He is survived by a sister; several nephews and nieces; and several grandnephews
and grandnieces.
Arthur J. Murphy
June 19, 2001
At Waterbury (Conn.) Hospital, at 80. Prior to his retirement
in 1981, Mr. Murphy had owned several wholesale and retail
linen companies in Connecticut,
including Ben Bimberg & Co.; Smart Linen Associates; and Murphy Associates.
A Marine Corps veteran of World War II, he served four years in the Pacific,
attaining the rank of corporal. He is survived by six sons; two daughters;
a sister; 20 grandchildren; and several nephews and nieces.
John J. Burke Jr.
May 2, 2001
In California, at 78. Mr. Burke is survived by his wife,
Anne; two sons; four daughters; and seven grandchildren.
William T. Cullen Jr.
May 22, 2001
In Pennsylvania, at 77. During his career, Mr. Cullen had
been associated with The Scranton Times for 37 years, retiring
in 1990 as an associate editor. Before
joining The Times, he had served as a member of the news staff of the Catholic
Intercontinental Press from 1948 through 1950, and then three years as news
director for radio station WQAN (now WEJL). A member of the Navy's underwater
Demolition Team Number 19 during World War II, Mr. Cullen was a recipient of
the Purple Heart. He had been a Holy Cross class agent. Mr. Cullen is survived
by his wife, Katherine; three sons, including William T. '72 and Christopher
P. '74; and a daughter.
James T. Riley, M.D.
June 5, 2001
At Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, at 78. Prior to his retirement, Dr.
Riley had been a family practitioner in Natick, Mass., for 17 years, and the
director of St. John's Hospital in Lowell, Mass., for 18 years. During World
War II, he served in the Army Air Force. Dr. Riley had been a member of the
1947 Holy Cross Championship Basketball team. He is survived by his wife, Doris;
three daughters; and five grandchildren.
John
J. Cunha
June
11, 2001
In Shands AGC Hospital, Gainesville, Fla., at 78, after a brief illness. Prior
to his retirement, Mr. Cunha had been a foreign language teacher at Oakdale
(N.Y.)-Bohemia Junior High School for many years. Previously, he had taught
at several other
schools, including Bartlett High School in Webster, Mass., and Tourtellotte
Memorial High School in North Grosvenordale, Conn. Mr. Cunha had been a member
of the
President's Council at Holy Cross. He is survived by a brother; four sisters;
and many nephews and nieces.
Donald V. Gorman
July 22, 2001
At Swedish Hospital, Seattle, Wash., at 78. Retired Cmdr. Donald V. Gorman,
USN, served in the Navy from 1942 until 1973, attaining the rank of commander.
During his career, he held an executive officer post on the USS Ozbourn and
command of the USS E.G. Small. He also served as an assistant naval
attaché to India, worked two years in the Office of the Secretary of
Defense at the Pentagon and taught in the naval ROTC program at Rice University
in Houston, Texas. Mr. Gorman was the recipient of the National Defense Service
Medal with a Bronze Star and the Vietnam Service Medal with three Bronze Stars.
He is survived by a son; a daughter; a brother; and two grandchildren.
Martin J. Sheridan
June 24, 2001
At Osceola Regional Medical Center in Florida, at 75. Retired
Lt. Cmdr. Martin J. Sheridan, USN, served 23 years as a
naval aviator, retiring in 1966 with
the rank of lieutenant commander. He was awarded the Naval Air Medal for flying
50 classified missions over Cuba from 1960 to 1962. Following his retirement
from the military, Mr. Sheridan was employed as an instructor at the Customer
Training Center for Pratt & Whitney Aircraft in Wethersfield, Conn. He
is survived by two sons; two daughters; two brothers; 10 grandchildren; and
nephews and nieces.
Col. Charles R. Stephenson III, USMC
June 26, 2001
In Oklahoma City, Okla., at 74. During his military career, retired Col. Charles
R. Stephenson III, USMC, served as a social aide for Presidents Truman and
Eisenhower, and as a Marine representative on the faculty of West Point. A
veteran of the Korean and Vietnam Wars, he was awarded two Purple Hearts and
the Bronze Star. Mr. Stephenson then served 20 years as a teacher, counselor
and coach of Heritage Hall School in Oklahoma City. He had been a member of
the 1946 Holy Cross Orange Bowl team. Mr. Stephenson is survived by his wife,
Marian; two sons; two grandchildren; and a sister.
Raymond C. Lyddy
April 21, 2001
At Bridgeport (Conn.) Hospital, at 76. During his career,
Mr. Lyddy maintained a private law practice in the Greater
Bridgeport area for 50 years and served
as a judge of the Probate Court for the District of Bridgeport from 1978 until
1994. He had also been a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives
and the Connecticut State Senate and city clerk of Bridgeport. In addition
to serving on the Democratic Town Committee, Mr. Lyddy had been a delegate
to the Connecticut Democratic State Central Committee for many years. President
of the Executive Committee for the Connecticut Probate Assembly, he had been
chief court administrator of the Probate Court for the state of Connecticut.
During World War II, Mr. Lyddy served with the U.S. Army Air Corps, flying
24 missions as a navigator on a B-24 Liberator until he was shot down over
Germany. He is survived by a son; eight daughters; two brothers, John R., M.D., '41
and Gregory J., D.D.S., '52; 34 grandchildren; many nephews and nieces, including
Anne Marie '83; and cousins.
Thomas P. Kendrick, D.M.D.
April 30, 2001
At Hollingsworth House in Braintree, Mass., at 76, after
a long illness. Prior to his retirement in 1993, Dr. Kendrick
had been a partner with South
Shore
Oral Surgery Associates for 40 years. He had also been a member of the staff
of Quincy, Boston City, Carney and Milton hospitals. During World War II,
Dr. Kendrick served in the Army. He is survived by five
sons; five daughters; a
brother; and 10 grandchildren.
John M. Dooley
June 16, 2001
In Massachusetts. Prior to his retirement, Mr. Dooley had
worked for the U.S. Postal Service. He is survived by several
cousins.
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