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Pasquale W. Fulginiti
March 21, 2002
In UMass Memorial Medical Center–university campus,
Worcester, at 73, after an illness. Prior to his retirement
in 1988, Mr. Fulginiti had owned the Paxton (Mass.) Inn for
11 years; previously, he had owned a pub/nightclub in Worcester
from 1972 to 1978. Mr. Fulginiti had worked for more than 20
years with Boston Mutual Insurance Company, retiring as a regional
manager in 1972. He is survived by a son; a daughter; two brothers;
a sister; a grandson; and many nephews and nieces.
John P. Leemhuis Sr.
July 24, 2002
In Pennsylvania, at 71. Mr. Leemhuis had been associated
with the Quinn Law Firm, Erie, Pa., for 41 years, retiring
in 2000 as a senior partner. Active in civic affairs, he
had served on various boards, including Spectrum Control
Inc.; Morris Coupling Co.; WQLN; Niagara League; Mercyhurst
College; and St. Vincent Health Center Board of Incorporators.
Mr. Leemhuis was also a past president and secretary of the
Eric County Bar Association and a former member of the Pennsylvania
Human Relations Commission. A Navy veteran, he served as
a dorsal gunnery officer aboard the destroyer USS Ross and
worked in U.S. Navy communications for three years while
stationed in Port Lyauty, French Morocco. Mr. Leemhuis retired
from the service as a commander after 20 years in the naval
reserves. He is survived by his wife, Charla; two sons; two
daughters, including Louise Leemhuis Downey ’84; a brother;
and 10 grandchildren.
Siegfried T. Runge
July 18, 2002
At Hartford (Conn.) Hospital, at 71. During his career,
Mr. Runge had worked 36 years with the Connecticut General
Life Insurance Company, managing offices in Hartford, Chicago
and Pittsburgh before becoming an officer in the company
as a director of health cost containment. During the Korean
War, he served in the Army as a member of JAG in Okinawa.
Mr. Runge is survived by his wife, Joyce; four sons; a daughter;
11 grandchildren; a brother; and four sisters.
Bennie M. Waruszyla
Aug. 17, 2002
At his home in Haverhill, Mass., at 74. Prior to his
retirement, Mr. Waruszyla had been a teacher in the Everett,
Mass., public school system for 31 years. During World War
II, he served in the Navy. Mr. Waruszyla is survived by his
wife, Jeanne; two sons; a sister; and two grandchildren.
Joseph A. Clair III
May 31, 2002
In New York, at 70. During his career, Mr. Clair had
been a self-employed financial planner. A veteran, he had
served with the U.S. Coast Guard. Mr. Clair had been a Holy
Cross class agent. He is survived by his wife, Rosemary;
nine sons; seven daughters; and 52 grandchildren.
John J. Murphy Jr.
Sept. 13, 2002
At the Lahey Clinic Medical Center, Burlington, Mass.,
at 74. Prior to his retirement, Mr. Murphy had been a salesman
for the Avery Label Co. for more than 35 years. During his
career, he had also worked as an aide to former Massachusetts
Gov. John A. Volpe and served as a former chairman of the
Wakefield (Mass.) Board of Selectmen. During the Korean War,
Mr. Murphy had been a corporal in the Marine Reserves. A
member of the Holy Cross football team, he later played with
the Quantico, Va., Marine Corps football team; while stationed
at Quantico, he was a Golden Glove heavyweight boxer. Mr.
Murphy had been a Holy Cross class agent. He is survived
by his wife, Frances; three sons; and a daughter.
John K. O’Connor
July 7, 2002
At his home in Northfield, Ill., at 70. During his career,
Mr. O’Connor had been associated for many years with
the Chicago, Ill., law firm of Lord, Bissell & Brook,
retiring in 1995 as a managing partner. Active in community
affairs, he volunteered at the Howard Area Community Center
in Rogers Park and served as president of the Wilmette Public
Library Board. Mr. O’Connor had been a member of the
President’s Council at Holy Cross. He is survived by
a son; four daughters, including Mary Ann ’77 and Ellen
Raczyk ’81; a brother; two sisters; and nine grandchildren.
Richard A. Guthrie
July 15, 2002
At Neville Manor, Cambridge, Mass., at 70. Prior to
his retirement in 1984, Mr. Guthrie had maintained a private
law practice in Springfield, Mass. At the start of his
career
in 1957, he worked as an attorney for Mr. Donut. Mr. Guthrie
later relocated to Wilbraham, Mass., where he had been
employed as counsel for Friendly’s Ice Cream; he opened
his own practice in Springfield in 1972. Active in civic
affairs,
Mr. Guthrie had been a member of the Democratic Town Committee
and the town Board of Appeals in Wilbraham; he had also
held the post of town counsel in the early 1970s. Appointed
Massachusetts
assistant attorney general in 1972, Mr. Guthrie had served
under Robert Quinn. A veteran of the Korean War, he had
been in the Army from 1954 to 1956. Mr. Guthrie is survived
by
two sons; two daughters; three grandchildren; two brothers;
and nephews and nieces.
Thomas K. McShane
Aug. 28, 2002
In Oregon, at 68. Mr. McShane had worked for many years
as a life and health insurance broker in California prior
to his retirement in 1998. At the start of his career, he
served as a reporter and news editor for a variety of suburban
newspapers. A Navy veteran, Mr. McShane served aboard the
destroyer USS Brown as an anti-submarine warfare officer
from 1955-57. Stationed out of San Diego, Calif., he remained
on Navy reserve until 1967. Mr. McShane had been a Holy Cross
class agent. He is survived by his wife, Terry; two sons;
five daughters; two stepchildren; two sisters; and 19 grandchildren.
James D. Ricketson
June 24, 2002
At St. Francis Hospital, Hartford, Conn., at 69. Mr.
Ricketson had been the president of the former Ricketson
Woodwork in Hartford, retiring in 1994. A member of the Serra
Club and the A.W.I. Architectural Woodworking Institute,
he had coached football in the West Hartford town leagues.
A veteran, Mr. Ricketson had served in the U.S. Army. He
is survived by his wife, Maribeth; three sons; three daughters;
several stepchildren; five grandchildren; a brother; and
a sister.
William G. Kerwick
June 11, 2002
In New York, at 67. Mr. Kerwick practiced law in Baldwin,
N.Y., for 43 years. A member of the New York State Bar Association,
he was a past director of the Nassau County Bar Association
and Catholic Lawyers, and the past president of the Criminal
Courts Bar Association; he had also been the co-chair of
the Elder Law Committee. In addition, Mr. Kerwick served
as a member of the Board of Sponsors of Mercy Hospital, chairman
of the Mercy Ball and past president and charter member of
the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick of Long Island; he had been
an active worker and supporter of the Bethany House for Homeless
Women and Children in Roosevelt. Mr. Kerwick is survived
by his wife, Constance; a son; three daughters; and 10 grandchildren.
James P. Vacco
May 12, 2002
At the Cleveland Clinic, Naples, Fla., at 67. During
his career, Mr. Vacco had been an IRS agent, vice president
of BVC Inc., co-founder of Volume Buyers and a partner in
Wildwood Realty. He is survived by his wife, Kathy; a son;
two daughters; two stepdaughters; a sister; and three grandchildren.
Robert J. Maloney
June 13, 2002
In Missouri, at 64. Mr. Maloney is survived by three
sons; a daughter; his mother; a brother; two sisters; and
seven grandchildren.
Joseph A. Lucido Sr.
June 11, 2002
At Jordan Hospital, Plymouth, Mass., at 63. During his
career, Mr. Lucido taught mathematics, Latin and French and
coached lascrosse, football and baseball. He also owned and
operated Lucido Real Estate and Bay Mortgage Services, Inc.,
of Plymouth. Mr. Lucido is survived by his wife, Marica;
three sons; two daughters; and three grandchildren.
Ralph W. Romano Jr., M.D.
June 30, 2002
In Austerlitz, N.Y. Dr. Romano, a radiation oncologist,
had worked at St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Bridgeport,
Conn., and maintained a private practice in Southport.
He is survived by his wife, Alexandra; and a sister.
Thomas G. Burke
Aug. 6, 2002
At his home in Connecticut, at 46, after a brief illness.
Mr. Burke had served as an associate professor of medicinal
chemistry and pharmaceutics at the University of Kentucky
since 1996. Previously, he had been an assistant professor,
College of Pharmacy, at Ohio State University. Mr. Burke
is survived by his wife, Lori-Jo; two sons; two brothers;
two sisters; three nephews; and a niece.
Paul E. Taylor
June 23, 2002
In Illinois, at 45. During his career, Mr. Taylor served
as a captain in the U.S. Air Force. He had been a member
of the Church of St. Mary in Lake Forest and the American
Legion Post 264, Lake Forest, Ill. Mr. Taylor received
his master’s degree in business from Embry-Riddle
University in 1985 and his juris doctor degree from DePaul
University,
Chicago, Ill., in 2000. He is survived by his wife, Jill;
his parents; two brothers; a sister; and a nephew and nieces.
Joseph L. Keefe Jr.
June 10, 2002
At his home in Framingham, Mass., of complications due
to a brain tumor, at 44. A sales manager with several Massachusetts
radio stations, Mr. Keefe had worked most recently for WODS/Oldies
103. Previously, he had been employed eight years by WBZ-AM
News Radio in Boston, during which time he was honored with
a President’s Club award and promoted to sports sales
director; in 1996, he was promoted to the local sales manager
position at WBZ’s sister station, WODS. Mr. Keefe began
his career in 1981 in the network sales department of CBS
television in New York City. He started selling on-air advertising
time for radio stations in 1983 with WNEB in Worcester; he
then worked for several other New England stations, including
WBOS in Boston, before joining WBZ-AM News radio in 1988.
Mr. Keefe is survived by his wife, Jennifer; two daughters;
his parents, Maryellen and Joseph L. Sr. ’51; his brother,
William J. ’86; two sisters; several uncles and aunts;
nephews and nieces; and cousins.
Susan M. Campo Weiss, M.D.
Aug. 16, 2002
In Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, after
an illness, at 32. Dr. Weiss had been a pediatrician at South
Shore Medical Center in Weymouth, Mass., for the past three
years. A graduate of UMass Medical School in Worcester, she
completed her residency at Children’s Hospital in Philadelphia,
Pa. Dr. Weiss was a member of the Uxbridge (Mass.) Athletic
Hall of Fame for accomplishments in field hockey, basketball
and softball. She is survived by her husband, Robert; her
mother; her maternal grandmother; a sister; her in-laws;
10 nephews and nieces; many uncles and aunts; and cousins.
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