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Donald N. Davis
July 17, 2006
In the Beaumont Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Westborough, Mass., at 80. During his career, Mr. Davis had worked many years in the banking industry, serving as a vice president of the former Worcester County National Bank. Prior to his retirement in 1994, he had been a mortgage officer for the Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency in Boston. A three-sport athlete at his alma mater St. John’s High School, Worcester, and a member of the Holy Cross football team, Mr. Davis had served many years as an assistant football coach at the former St. Peter’s High School in Worcester; he had recently been inducted into the St. John’s Sports Hall of Fame. Active in civic affairs, Mr. Davis had been a longtime town meeting member in Shrewsbury, Mass.; a member of the town personnel board for 13 years; and a member of the Democratic Town Committee. A Navy veteran, he had served in the Asiatic Pacific theater during World War II. Mr. Davis had been a Holy Cross class agent. He is survived by his wife, Ann; two sons; a daughter; four grandchildren; and nephews and nieces.
Leonard H. Goddard Jr., D.D.S.
May 9, 2006
At Morristown (N.J.) Memorial Hospital. An orthodontist, Dr. Goddard had maintained offices in Chatham and Nutley, N.J., since 1960. During his career, he had also taught 25 years at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey—leading ethics classes for graduate students. In addition, Dr. Goddard had been a member of the dental staff at All Souls Hospital, Morristown, and a member of the attending staff at Morristown Memorial Hospital, for 35 years. His professional affiliations included: fellow of the American College of Dentists; former president of the Tri-County Dental Society; and member of the American Association of Orthodontics, the American Dental Association and the New York Academy of Dentistry. A longtime member of St. Vincent Martyr Parish where he had served as Eucharistic Minister, Dr. Goddard had also been a retreat participant at the Loyola House of Retreats in Morristown and a member of the Kiwanis Club of Chatham. During World War II, he had been a lieutenant with the U.S. Naval Dental Corps. Dr. Goddard is survived by his wife, Helen; three sons, including Jeffrey D. ’85; a daughter, Jacqueline Goddard Snyder ’81; two sisters; and nine grandchildren.
Joseph R. Hintelmann
July 28, 2006
At Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank, N.J. at 75. Mr. Hintelmann, who had taught 47 years at Red Bank Catholic High School, retired in 2002 as the chairman of the English department. During his career, he had also been a sports reporter for the former Red Bank Register, the Two River Times and the Newark Star Ledger. A veteran, Mr. Hintelmann served in the Army during the Korean War. He is survived by two brothers; two nephews; a niece; and six grandnephews and grandnieces.
Patrick E. Klein
April 13, 2006
At the Cedar Valley Hospice Home, Waterloo, Iowa, at 76. A systems analyst and programmer for many years, Mr. Klein had been employed by the Rand Corporation, System Development Corporation and, later, Unisys, until his retirement in 1986. He then worked five years for the Fairfax County (Va.) government, on the 9-1-1- emergency and court docket systems. A participant in the Naval ROTC program at Holy Cross, Mr. Klein had served aboard the USS Missouri and, during the Korean War, aboard the USS Chevalier; he retired from the military in 1955 as a lieutenant. Mr. Klein is survived by a son; two daughters; five sisters; two grandchildren; and 42 nephews and nieces.
Rev. Thomas A. O’Connor, S.J.
July 9, 2006
At Sisters of Charity Hospital, Buffalo, NY, at 75. Fr. O’Connor had worked 40 years at Canisius College in Buffalo, most recently serving as a pastoral minister. Joining the college staff in 1966 as an instructor in management, he subsequently served as an assistant professor in the department of management-marketing, from 1967-86; in addition to teaching commercial affairs and administration, Fr. O’Connor had held for a short time the post of vice president for business and finance at Canisius. He began working in the campus ministry program in 1986. In addition, Fr. O’Connor had been the moderator of the Alumni Sodality for eight years. Awarded the Rev. Thomas E. Fleming, S.J., Distinguished Service Award in May 2006 by the Canisius College Masters of Business Alumni Association, he had been an ex officio member of its board of directors. In addition to his work at the college, Fr. O’Connor had been a weekend assistant at the Newman Center of SUNY-Buffalo, north campus; he had also served Mass at times at St. Joseph University Parish in Buffalo. Fr. O’Connor entered the Society of Jesus at the Jesuit Novitiate in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., on July 30, 1949; he was ordained to the priesthood in 1962 at the Canisius College Christ the King Chapel. From 1956-59, Fr. O’Connor had taught Latin and English at the Fordham Preparatory School in New York City. He is survived by many relatives.
Robert T. Vanasse
May 26, 2006
In Connecticut Hospice, Branford, at 75. Prior to his retirement, Mr. Vanasse had served as the director of social services at Greenwich (Conn.) Hospital; previously, he had been employed by the Greenwich, Conn., public school system and Griffin Hospital. Following retirement, Mr. Vanasse worked for the state of South Carolina in its home health care program. He had been a member of NSWA. Active in Catholic Charities, Mr. Vanasse had been a bereavement counselor and lay minister. During military service, he
had been a first lieutenant of the medical corps, stationed at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, and Fort Meade, Md. At the start of his career, Mr. Vanasse worked for Big Brother in Maryland. He is survived by his wife, Rose Marie; a son; three daughters; two brothers; and eight grandchildren.
Louis J. Dolan Jr.
June 17, 2006
At Santa Monica Medical Center, Los Angeles, at 74. During his career, Mr. Dolan had been a tax attorney for Standard Oil Co. and the Amerada-Hess Oil Co. A member of the Screen Actors Guild, he had appeared in many films and television programs. Mr. Dolan had also served as a lieutenant in the Navy. He had been a Holy Cross class agent. Mr. Dolan is survived by his wife, Sylvia; five sons, including Louis J. III ’83; and four sisters.
John M. Gibbons Jr., M.D.
July 22, 2006
In St. Francis Hospital, Hartford, Conn., at 73. A longtime physician and community leader in Hartford, Dr. Gibbons opened a private practice there in 1970 and began his 20-year tenure as chairman of the department of obstetrics and gynecology at St. Francis Hospital. Board certified in the area of maternal and fetal medicine, he had founded a section at the hospital for this specialty and written numerous articles on women’s health issues. Appointed director of medical affairs at St. Francis Hospital in 1993, Dr. Gibbons assumed the position of special assistant to the president in 2001; in 1996, the department of obstetrics and gynecology had named its new pavilion in the patient tower after him. A member of the hospital board for almost 20 years, serving on the Executive, Compensation and Finance committees, he had most recently been an honorary board member—as well as member of the St. Francis Foundation Board; during his career, Dr. Gibbons had also served on the boards of Bristol and Mount Sinai Rehabilitation hospitals. Active in many professional organizations, he had held leadership roles in the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists on the local, state and national levels; Dr. Gibbons had served as its president in 2003. In addition, he had been president of the Hartford County Medical Association and the Connecticut Society of Board Obstetricians and Gynecologists—and chairman of the Connecticut State Medical Society. A fellow of the American College of Surgeons and the Society of Perinatal Obstetricians, Dr. Gibbons had been a member of the Hartford Medical Society and the New England Obstetrical and Gynecological Society—as well as an honorary member of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons in Ireland; in 2001, he was appointed to the Advisory Council of NIH’s National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Dr. Gibbons had also been a member of the staff of the University of Connecticut School of Medicine in Farmington; named a professor of obstetrics and gynecology in 1978, he later served as associate chair of the department and assistant dean of Graduate Medical Education. At the start of his career, Dr. Gibbons worked at Memorial Hospital, New York City, and at North Shore Hospital, Manhasset, N.Y., before becoming the chief of the department of obstetrics and gynecology at Fordham University in New York City. In addition to his work as a member of the Capital Area Health Consortium, Medical Delivery Systems, Inc., and the Hartford Alcohol Detoxification and Rehabilitation Center, he had been active in the city’s cultural programs; a member of the board of the Greater Hartford Arts Council and the Hartford Stage Company, Dr. Gibbons served as chairman of the Hartford Ballet, overseer of the Bushnell Performing Arts Center and corporator at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art. He had also been a member of the Knights of Malta and a member of the Parish Council of St. Patrick-St. Anthony Parish in Hartford. Dr. Gibbons is survived by his wife, Mary; two sons; three daughters; a brother, Myles F. ’62; and 12 grandchildren.
Daniel J. Daley Jr.
April 30, 2006
At Caritas Good Samaritan Medical Center, Brockton, Mass., at 73. During his career, Mr. Daley had worked 25 years at the Brookmeadow Country Club in Canton, Mass.; previously, he had been an attorney for eight years with the Boston law firm Daly, Garrity & Bruen. Mr. Daley is survived by a daughter; a sister; two grandchildren; two nephews; and two nieces.
Edmund J. Keane Jr.
June 14, 2006
On Wellesley Island, N.Y., at 72. During his career, Mr. Keane had worked many years for Key Bank of Northern New York and Key Bank of Idaho; previously, he had been employed 13 years by the National Bank of Northern New York in Watertown as vice president, senior vice president and executive vice president. When National Bank merged with Key Bank of Northern New York in 1980, Mr. Keane became president of the bank and, in 1981, its chief executive officer. Relocating to Boise, Idaho in 1987, he assumed the post of vice president and chief executive officer of Key Bank of Idaho. In 1994—while continuing to serve as chairman and chief executive officer of the bank—Mr. Keane was appointed vice president and group executive for Key Corp.’s Rocky Mountain Banking Group and, in 1995, executive vice president and group executive for Key Corp.’s Florida region. Mr. Keane began his career as a bank examiner for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, from 1958-61, and, as assistant to the president of Gramatan Bank and Finance Co., Bronxville, from 1961-63. He then held the post of assistant vice president and loan officer for the Scarsdale National Bank, from 1963-67; during this time, Mr. Keane had been the town club treasurer in Scarsdale, a member of the Village Safety Committee and president and board member of the Men’s Association of the Westchester Symphony Orchestra. His community involvement in Watertown included serving as a board member and chairman of the House of the Good Samaritan—now Samaritan Medical Center—and, as an officer and member of the board of directors of the Henry Keep Home, Inc.; Mr. Keane had also been a director of the New York Business Development Corp., president and a board member of the Noon Rotary Club of Watertown and president and chairman of fund drives for the United Way of Jefferson County. In 1988, St. Lawrence University, Canton, N.Y., awarded Mr. Keane its North County citation, for his contributions to improving the quality of life in Northern New York. A veteran of the United States Air Force, he later served in the Reserves and attained the rank of captain. Mr. Keane had been a member of the President’s Council at Holy Cross. He is survived by his wife, Judith; four sons; one daughter; two stepchildren; a grandson; three stepgrandchildren; a nephew; two nieces; and cousins.
Austin J. Maher Jr.
July 10, 2006
In New Jersey, at 73. During his career, Mr. Maher had been the director of software engineering at Singer-Kearfott and, subsequently, at B.A.E. Systems, Wayne, N.J., for 42 years. He had been a Holy Cross class agent. Mr. Maher is survived by his wife, Maureen; three sons; a daughter; a brother; and nine grandchildren.
Ronald G. Barry
June 27, 2006
At his home in Huntington, N.Y., at 71. Prior to his retirement in 1999, Mr. Barry had worked at Syosset (N.Y.) High School for 42 years; joining the staff as an English teacher, he subsequently served as a dean and, for more than 20 years, as assistant principal. During his career, Mr. Barry had also been the timekeeper for Syosset football team’s home games and adviser to the student newspaper The Pulse. Mr. Barry is survived by his wife, Nancy; a son; three daughters, including Anne E. Millard ’86 and Katherine M. “Kate” ’89; a son-in-law Matthew K. Fallon ’92; a brother; and seven grandchildren.
John F. Carrington, M.D.
May 11, 2006
In New York. Prior to his retirement, Dr. Carrington had practiced orthopedic surgery for many years in Brooklyn, N.Y. He is survived by his wife, Barbara; five children; and two grandchildren.
James F. Van Deusen
May 20, 2006
At his home in Oneonta, N.Y., at 69. Mr. Van Deusen, who began working in the insurance industry in 1959, founded the Southern New York Claim Service in 1962—an independent adjusting firm in Oneonta; he had operated the company with his wife for 44 years. During his career, Mr. Van Deusen had also served on the boards of local business and civic organizations, including the Huntington Memorial Library and the Wilber National Bank Corporation. A member of the National Association of Independent Adjusters, he had held many leadership positions with the New York State Association of Independent Adjusters, including that of president, from 1993-94. Mr. Van Deusen is survived by his wife, Marjorie; three sons; a sister-in-law; and a grandson and a granddaughter.
Vitaliano F. Costanzo
April 20, 2006
In Los Angeles, at 67. During his career, Mr. Costanzo had worked as an attorney in Los Angeles. He is survived by six sons; a sister; grandchildren; and nephews and nieces.
William V. DePaolo
July 30, 2006
In Providence, R.I., at 67. During his career, Mr. DePaolo had been a restaurateur in Southington, Conn., opening the Racquet Lounge and, later, Hitchcock Station; previously, he had assisted with the operation of his family’s furniture business Val DePaolo & Sons. Active in civic affairs, Mr. DePaolo had been a member of the Southington Town Council, from 1995-2003, and its chair, from 1999-2001. A member of the original Charter Commission in 1964, he had also served many years as a member and chairman of the Board of Park Commissioners. In addition, Mr. DePaolo had been president and state vice president of the Jaycees and a member of the board of directors of the Southington chapter of the American Red Cross. He had been the recipient of numerous awards, including the Southington Jaycees’ Distinguished Service Award in 1967 and the Southington Democratic Town Committee’s Democrat of the Year Award; listed in the 1969 edition of Community Leaders of America, Mr. DePaolo was honored in 2003 by the Connecticut secretary of state, General Assembly, state comptroller and attorney general, for his contributions to the community. In 2005, the Southington Chamber of Commerce honored him with its first annual public service award. In recent years, Mr. DePaolo had been a member of the Town Hall Additions Building Committee, the Open Space Land and Acquisition Committee and chairman of the new Charter Revision Committee. A veteran, he had served in the Marine Corps. Mr. DePaolo had been a Holy Cross class agent. He is survived by two sons; a daughter; his partner, Susan Piatek; a sister-in-law; five grandsons; four nephews; a niece; and numerous uncles; aunts; and cousins.
John E. Plourde
May 12, 2006
At his home in Paxton, Mass., at 64. Prior to his retirement, Mr. Plourde had worked 30 years for the Paul Revere Life Insurance Co. in Worcester. A veteran of the U.S. Navy and the Reserves, he had served aboard the USS Wasp during the Cuban missile crisis and aboard the USS Ingraham during the Vietnam War; he retired as a lieutenant commander. Mr. Plourde is survived by his wife, Paulette; two sons; and four grandchildren.
Gordon D. Murphy Jr.
July 11, 2006
At Friedwald Center, New York City, at 65. A copywriter and sports reporter during his career, Mr. Murphy had been the editor of the Ridgewood (N.J.) News. He had also written poetry and had had his work published by the Ramapo State College of New Jersey, Bergen Community College, Rejoti Publishing, the American Poetry Association and the United Black Afro-American Writers Alliance, among others. Mr. Murphy is survived by two sons; a daughter; his mother; three brothers, including Stephen W. ’67; two grandsons and two granddaughters; four nephews; and a niece. His father was the late Gordon D. ’37 and his brother was the late James A. ’64.
Rev. Richard L. McCaffrey, S.J.
May 7, 2006
At the Colombiere Jesuit Community in Portland, Ore., at 63. During his ministry, Fr. McCaffrey had worked many years in the Diocese of Fairbanks, Alaska; his responsibilities included assisting in the diocesan marriage tribunal, serving as associate pastor of Sacred Heart Cathedral and as a visiting priest at St. Patrick’s Parish in Point Barrow. Chancellor of the diocese from 1981-85, Fr. McCaffrey had also assisted at village parishes and helped with building projects, including the construction of a new Jesuit residence in Fairbanks. Pastor of the Immaculate Conception Church in Bethel from 1987-98—as well as Russian Mission and Marshall—he oversaw the construction of a new church in Bethel and, in addition, served as a member of the financial, liturgical, ecumenical and construction committees for the diocese. Fr. McCaffrey then served seven years as pastor of the Immaculate Conception Church in Fairbanks, returning to the Loyola Jesuit Center, Portland, Ore., in 2005. Entering the New England Province of the Jesuits at Shadowbrook in 1961, he completed his regency assignment in Alaska and spent summers there while pursuing theological studies at the Weston Jesuit School of Theology in Cambridge, Mass. Ordained to the priesthood in 1973, Fr. McCaffrey pronounced his final vows in 1992 and became a member of the Oregon Province, which includes Alaska. He is survived by a sister-in-law; and nephews and nieces.
Thomas J. Walsh
May 2, 2006
In Barcelona, Spain, at 61. During his career, Mr. Walsh had been a pilot for 30 years with Delta Airlines; he retired as a captain in 2003. A participant in the Naval ROTC program at Holy Cross, Mr. Walsh attended Naval Primary Flight School in Pensacola, Fla., and, a short time later, received his wings. A Naval aviator during the Vietnam War, he was awarded the Air Service Medal, among other honors; Mr. Walsh retired from the military as a lieutenant in 1973. He is survived by his wife, Joan; a son; a daughter; a brother; a sister; and a grandson and a granddaughter.
Harry C. Blake
May 16, 2006
In the John Dempsey Hospital, Farmington, Conn., at 60. A corporate attorney, Mr. Blake, during his career, had been associated with the Farmington firm of Levy & Droney and the Wethersfield, Conn., practice of Chorches & Novak. He is survived by a son.
John J. Nolan Jr.
Aug. 3, 2006
In Maryland. Mr. Nolan is survived by his wife, Stephanie; two sons; a daughter; a brother; a sister; a sister-in-law; two nephews; a niece; and two cousins. His father was the late John J. ’32.
William E. Reed III
June 30, 2006
At Emerson Hospital, Concord, Mass., at 55. Mr. Reed had most recently served as a partner in the Boston law firm Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi; previously, he had been associate general counsel at Factory Mutual Engineering and Research, Norwood, Mass., from 1977-79, and, assistant general counsel, from 1979-85. His professional affiliations included membership in the Federation of Defense & Counsel; the Defense Research Institute; and the American, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Boston bar associations. A member of St. Bernard’s and Holy Family parishes, Concord, where he had served on the Parish Council and transition team, Mr. Reed had also been a lector, Eucharistic Minister and a participant in youth service. Enrolled for four years in the diaconate program at St. John’s Seminary in Brighton, Mass., he had been scheduled for ordination this past September. Mr. Reed had been a member of the President’s Council at Holy Cross. He is survived by his wife, Deborah; a son; two brothers; his father-in-law and mother-in-law; two aunts and two uncles; several in-laws; nephews; nieces; and cousins.
Mark E. Reynolds
July 29, 2006
In Indiana, at 55. Mr. Reynolds had been an executive for many years in the insurance industry, serving as president of the COVA Financial Group, Oakbrook Terrace, Ill., and chief financial officer of Lincoln National Annuities, Fort Wayne, Ind. Active in community affairs, he had been a board member of Catholic Charities of Chicago, and the Embassy Theatre, YMCA, and Anthony Wayne Services, all located in Fort Wayne. Mr. Reynolds had been a member of the President’s Council at Holy Cross. He is survived by his wife, Marcia; two sons; two daughters, including Caroline M. ’04; his mother; a brother; a sister; a grandson; an aunt; three nephews; two nieces; and many cousins.
James Robinson
March 25, 2006
In Boston. During his career, Mr. Robinson had worked as a painter in the Boston area. He is survived by his father; his stepmother; a brother; a sister; and five cousins.
Joan M. Rocheleau
June 10, 2006
In Maine, at 51. During her career, Ms. Rocheleau had worked 10 years as a clothes buyer for the former Jordan Marsh Company and Saks Fifth Avenue, Boston. She had been a Holy Cross class agent. Ms. Rocheleau is survived by her parents; two stepsons; three brothers; a sister-in-law; and four nephews.
Sheila E. Lynch
July 22, 2006
At her family’s home in Quincy, Mass., at 23. A second-year graduate student at St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, Ms. Lynch had been pursuing her master’s degree in biology; she also taught science in Philadelphia to children in kindergarten through third grade, as a fellow of the Wagner Free Institute of Science. A biology major in the premedical program at Holy Cross, Ms. Lynch had participated in many activities as a student, including the Appalachia Service Project; campus liturgies; the residence assistance program; Ignatian retreat; and Best Buddies; she had also been a volunteer in Papua, New Guinea with Habitat for Humanity. In addition to serving as 2001 class valedictorian and member of the National Honor Society at her alma mater The Newman School in Boston, Ms. Lynch had played basketball and soccer there for four years, earning most valuable player awards, scholar-athlete honors and Independent School League All Star honors; for several summers, she had worked as a deckhand on excursion vessels in Boston Harbor and to St. George’s Island. As a student at the Sacred Heart School in North Quincy, Mass., Ms. Lynch had played Sacred Heart basketball, Quincy youth soccer and Squantum softball and taken part in gymnastics programs. Ms. Lynch is survived by her parents, J. Harry ’74 and Patricia (Coen) Lynch; a brother; four sisters, including Elizabeth V. ’01 and Susanna T. ’08; a grandfather; uncles; aunts; and cousins.
The Boston Globe featured a remembrance of Sheila and her life in its July 28 edition.
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