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Joseph J. Formica, M.D.
Dr. Joseph Formica died Sept. 28, 2007, in Mystic, Conn., at 80. During his career, Dr. Formica had practiced medicine for 30 years, serving as a principal in the New Britain (Conn.) Surgical Group. Following his retirement in 1990, he volunteered at the Caridad Center in Boynton Beach, Fla., caring for the medical needs of immigrant workers; he also tutored fifth-grade students in the Palm Beach County, Fla., school system. Dr. Formica had been a Eucharistic minister at the Cathedral of St. Ignatius Loyola in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., and, at the Chapel of Our Lady of the Assumption, St. Edmund’s Retreat, Enders Island, in Connecticut. A World War II veteran, he had served in the Army as an interpreter for Japanese prisoners of war. Dr. Formica is survived by his wife, Lorraine; two sons; a daughter; two sons-in-law; two daughters-in-law; 10 grandchildren; a great-grandchild; and many nephews and nieces.
Carmen L. Manganiello
Carmen Manganiello, of Pennsylvania, died Oct. 27, 2007, at 78. During his career, Mr. Manganiello had worked almost 40 years for the State Farm Insurance Co. in Pennsylvania. A veteran, he served in the Korean War from 1951-53. Mr. Manganiello was a three-sport athlete at his alma mater St. John’s High School in Pittston, Pa.—and a member of the varsity football team at Holy Cross, where he was named an All-New England player; in 1993, Mr. Manganiello was inducted into the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame. He is survived by his wife, Catherine; two sons; a daughter-in-law; a brother; two sisters; three grandchildren; and many nephews and nieces.
Rev. Timothy J. Howard, S.J.
Rev. Timothy Howard, S.J., died June 24, 2007, in Milwaukee, at 77. During his ministry, Fr. Howard had served various churches, prisons and Indian reservations in Arizona; he had also maintained a clinical psychology practice in Tucson. Granted the Faculties of the Byzantine Catholic Church in 1997, Fr. Howard had been associated with St. Melany’s Parish in Tucson until 2004, when he relocated to Milwaukee. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1963. Fr. Howard is survived by a brother; and a sister.
John P. Sharkey
John Sharkey died Oct. 12, 2007, at his home in Washington, D.C., at 77. A longtime journalist, Mr. Sharkey had been an assistant foreign editor at The Washington Post, from 1967-94—and, for many years, the chief copy editor for that section. Beginning his career with the Associated Press in New Haven, Conn., he subsequently became the editor of an English-language newspaper in Bangkok, Thailand, and a freelance correspondent in Vietnam—primarily for NBC News. A veteran, Mr. Sharkey had served in the Army in the late 1950s. He is survived by his wife, Joan; two sons; a daughter; a brother; and five grandchildren.
John H. Hetherton Jr., D.M.D.
Dr. John Hetherton died on Nov. 14, 2007, at his home in Bonita Springs, Fla., at 76. Dr. Hetherton had maintained a private dental practice for many years in Framingham, Mass., retiring in 2000. During his career, he had also taught restorative dentistry at the Tufts University School of Dental Medicine in Boston. Dr. Hetherton had been a member of the Massachusetts Dental Society. His interests included bicycling, walking, reading, music and golf—Dr. Hetherton had worked part time as a scout at the Spanish Wells Country Club in Bonita Springs. A member of the varsity baseball team at Holy Cross, he had taken part in the 1952 College World Series in which Holy Cross defeated the Missouri Tigers to win the title. A four-year Navy veteran, Dr. Hetherton had served on the USS Beatty (DD 756) and attained the rank of lieutenant junior grade. He is survived by his wife, Sarah “Sally”; a son; four daughters; two sons-in-law; a daughter-in-law; a sister; two brothers-in-law; a sister-in-law; eight grandchildren; five nephews; and a niece.
Richard E. McGrail
Richard McGrail died Nov. 6, 2007, in Knollwood Nursing Center, Worcester, at 76. A longtime educator, Mr. McGrail had served the Webster (Mass.) Public Schools for 27 years, retiring in 1996 as a guidance counselor; at the start of his career, he had been a teacher at the former Webster Academy. Mr. McGrail had been a member of St. Charles Borromeo Church in Worcester. His interests included traveling and photography. Mr. McGrail is survived by his wife, Barbara; and a son.
Mortimer J. Buckley Jr., M.D.
Dr. Mortimer Buckley died Nov. 24, 2007, in Osterville, Mass., at 75. A longtime contributor to the field of cardiovascular medicine, Dr. Buckley had served almost 30 years as the chief of cardiac surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital; he retired in 1998. During his tenure, Dr. Buckley helped to establish a residency program at the hospital in this specialty. His pioneer accomplishments in the treatment of coronary heart disease included the development and clinical application, with W. Gerald Austen, M.D., of the intra-aortic balloon pump; he also devised ground-breaking techniques to correct congenital heart defects in children. Among Dr. Buckley’s patients were actor John Wayne; former U.S. secretary of state, Henry Kissinger; and past president of the Boston Celtics, Red Auerbach. In addition to his clinical responsibilities, he taught many years at the Harvard Medical School; upon his retirement, Dr. Buckley was named professor of surgery emeritus. A past president of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery, he was a recipient of the American Heart Association’s Paul Dudley White Award. Dr. Buckley was a graduate of the Boston University School of Medicine, which honored him in 1982 with its Distinguished Alumnus Award. He had been a member of the President’s Council at Holy Cross and a career planning counselor. Dr. Buckley is survived by his wife, Marilyn; a son; three daughters; three sons-in-law; a daughter-in-law; and 10 grandchildren. His brother was the late
John F. ’48.
Farrell T. Gallagher Jr., D.D.S.
Dr. Farrell Gallagher, of Rocky River, Ohio, died on Sept. 8, 2007. Dr. Gallagher had been a Holy Cross class agent. He is survived by a son; a daughter; a son-in-law; a daughter-in-law; three sisters; and five grandchildren.
Michael A. Iarrapino
Michael Iarrapino died on Sept. 27, 2007, in Saint Mary’s Hospital, Waterbury, Conn., at 74. A longtime educator, Mr. Iarrapino had taught science at Crosby High School in Waterbury, from 1963-93—and chemistry, physics and mathematics, from 1954-63, at Sacred Heart High School—both in Waterbury. During his career, Mr. Iarrapino had also been an adjunct professor in science at Central Connecticut State University, Mattatuck Community College and Post College. The recipient of several awards for excellence in teaching, he had presented lectures on science teaching to professional groups in Connecticut and other states—and had had publications included in various books and journals. An officer for 20 years in the Waterbury Teachers Association, Mr. Iarrapino had been a member as well of the Connecticut Education Association, National Education Association, Society of American Physics Teachers and the New England Association of Chemistry Teachers. His community involvement included serving as an officer in the Waterbury Taxpayers Association, past president of the Sacred Heart Holy Name Society and member of the parish board at SS Peter and Paul Church in Waterbury. A professional magician for several years, Mr. Iarrapino had held offices in the Society of American Magicians and the International Brotherhood of Magicians. He is survived by his wife, Marjorie; two sons; two daughters; two sons-in-law;
a daughter-in-law; a sister; a brother-in-law; six grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Charles G. Shediack
Charles Shediack died Dec. 4, 2007, at St. Joseph Hospital, Orange, Calif., at 75. During his career, Mr. Shediack had worked in the food brokerage business for more than 40 years. He was a veteran of the Korean War. Mr. Shediack is survived by his wife, Sally; a son; a daughter; a son-in-law; a daughter-in-law; two brothers, including Joseph C. Jr.’51; a sister; numerous grandchildren; nephews; and nieces.
John W. Spillane
John Spillane, of Worcester and West Yarmouth, Mass., died Dec. 25, 2007, at 75. A longtime Worcester attorney, Mr. Spillane began his career as a sole practitioner; he later became the senior partner of the firm Spillane & Spillane, LLP, in practice with his sons. In addition to his work as a trial and appellate attorney, Mr. Spillane had been a legislative agent for numerous groups on Beacon Hill. Last June, he was honored by the Worcester County Bar Association for his 50 years of devoted service to the practice of law. Early in his career, Mr. Spillane had worked on the presidential campaigns of John F. Kennedy and Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, traveling nationwide as an advance person.
In 1962, he formed the Shrewsbury Bank and Trust Company—it was later acquired by the Commerce Bank & Trust Company, for which he had been a longtime board director. An incorporator and founding director of the Commerce Insurance Company in Webster, Mass., Mr. Spillane had been the clerk of the company and a director at the time of his death. A member and lifetime achievement honoree of the Worcester Democratic City Committee, he was also a former member of the Worcester Plan E Association; past chairman of the city’s Board of Voter Registration; longtime member of the local Draft Board—and member, since its inception, of the Worcester Canal District Task Force. Active in the Boy Scouts of America, Mr. Spillane was a recipient of the Silver Beaver Award, the Mohegan Council’s highest honor. In addition, he had been a trustee of Anna Maria College in Paxton, Mass., and the Higgins Armory in Worcester. Active in church work, Mr. Spillane had performed pro bono service for Problem Pregnancy, Inc. of Worcester—and had been a board member of the Massachusetts Catholic Action League; he belonged to the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem. Mr. Spillane had been a member of the President’s Council at Holy Cross and a Holy Cross class agent. He is survived by his wife, Rosemary; four sons, John J. ’89, Joseph W. ’91, Matthew T. ’95 and Michael J. ’98; a daughter, Maryanne Spillane McInturf ’93; a son-in-law; three daughters-in-law; a brother-in-law; two grandchildren; and a cousin. His father was the late John J. ’22.
James E. McDonald
James McDonald died on Nov. 25, 2007, in St. Vincent Hospital, Worcester, at 76. A longtime Worcester resident, Mr. McDonald had most recently owned and operated a real estate development company for many years; from 1961-75, he had been the administrator of the Lincoln Nursing Home, a healthcare facility located in Worcester and owned and operated by his family. A veteran, Mr. McDonald had served three years in the Air Force as a pilot and, subsequently, as the chief administrator of psychiatric medical services at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio; he attained the rank of captain. Mr. McDonald is survived by two sons; a daughter; a son-in-law; two daughters-in-law; a brother; and four grandchildren.
William J. McCormick Jr.
William McCormick died Dec. 24, 2007, at his home in Potomac, Md., at 69. A longtime keyboard retailer in the Washington, D.C., area, Mr. McCormick had joined Jordan Kitt’s Music in 1971 and purchased the College Park, Md.-based company in 1976. From 1984-93, he had also been chairman of the firm that owned Georgetown Leather Design in Beltsville, Md. Hired in 1971 by the consulting firm Checchi and Company to revitalize Jordan Kitt’s Music, Mr. McCormick had previously overseen the financial turnaround of a sugar mill in the Philippines. A veteran, he had served in the Army Reserve until his discharge in 1961. Mr. McCormick had been a member of the board of the Washington Performing Arts Society and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra—as well as the National Association of Music Merchants and the Business Bank in Vienna. In addition, he was the founder of a family charitable foundation. Mr. McCormick had been a member of the President’s Council at Holy Cross and a Holy Cross class agent. He is survived by his son, W. Joseph III ’95, two daughters; two sons-in-law; a daughter-in-law, Ann Boole McCormick ’95; two sisters; two brothers-in-
law; four grandchildren; and nephews and nieces.
John J. Horrigan
John Horrigan died Sept. 27, 2007, in Newton (Mass.)-Wellesley Hospital, at 68. Prior to his retirement in 2002, Mr. Horrigan had worked more than 20 years at Framingham (Mass.) State College, serving as the vice president for finance and administration; he had previously held the posts of first vice chancellor for administration and finance of the Massachusetts State College System and first director of Budget and Facilities Planning of the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education. Mr. Horrigan began his career teaching statistics at the Newton College of the Sacred Heart, Newton Centre, Mass., and, at Boston University, where he had also been a guidance counselor; he subsequently became the university’s first assistant dean of the College of Liberal Arts. Mr. Horrigan’s civic involvement included serving on the Human Resources Board and the Advisory Committee in Wellesley—and as a member of the board of directors of the Veterans Outreach Center, MetroWest Inc.; in addition, he had been a special police officer for the town of Framingham. Following retirement, Mr. Horrigan had been a volunteer consultant to non-profit organizations through the Executive Service Corps. He is survived by his wife, Esther; a son; a daughter; a son-in-law; a brother; an aunt; a granddaughter; two nephews; and many cousins.
Thomas D. Marzik
Thomas Marzik, of Merion Station, Pa., died Oct. 23, 2007, at 65. A Ph.D. graduate of Columbia University in New York City, Mr. Marzik had served 36 years as a professor of European history at St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia. An internationally recognized scholar in East Central European history, he had been a past officer of the Slovak Studies Association and the Czechoslovak History Conference. In 1998, the president of the Slovak Republic honored Mr. Marzik for his contributions as a historian of Slovaks and Slovakia. He is survived by his wife, Anna; and his brother, Robert K. ’58.
Peter T. Lawrence
Peter Lawrence, of New York, died Dec. 31, 2006. Mr. Lawrence is survived by a son; a daughter; and seven brothers and sisters.
John T. Duax
John Duax, of Illinois, died on Nov. 3, 2007. During his career, Mr. Duax had been a corporate attorney for many years in Chicago. He is survived by his wife, Maureen; a son; a daughter; two brothers; and two sisters-in-law.
Patrick Nyendwa, M.D.
Patrick Nyendwa, M.D., died Nov. 19, 2007, in UMass Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, at 64. A longtime cardiologist, Dr. Nyendwa had practiced medicine in his homeland of Zambia for many years, serving as a personal physician to three presidents, including Levy Mwanawasa and his predecessor, Frederick Chiluba. Working as well in several Zambian hospitals from 1992-2006, he was named managing director of the University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, in 1998. Chairman of the board of directors of Our Lady’s Hospice for AIDS patients, also in Lusaka, Dr. Nyendwa had been a member of the National Sports Council of Zambia, the Medical Council of Zambia and the Zambia National Formulary Committee. Receiving his medical degree from the University of Zambia in 1977, he completed his postgraduate studies in internal medicine and cardiology at the UMass Medical Center in Worcester, where he worked from 1979-92. Dr. Nyendwa returned to the United States in 2006—and, having recently obtained his Massachusetts state medical license, he was scheduled to begin practicing in Worcester. Dr. Nyendwa is survived by his wife, Cecilia; a son; and three daughters, including Musonda S. ’05 and Chanda ’05.
George L. Tully III, M.D.
George Tully III, M.D., died Oct. 12, 2007, at his home in Wellesley, Mass. A longtime member of the staff of Caritas St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Brighton, Mass., Dr. Tully began working there in 1980 as the chief of endocrinology and associate director of the Internal Medicine Training Program. His subsequent responsibilities included serving as: vice chair of the department of medicine for 17 years; vice president for clinical strategy and business development; and member of the center’s board of trustees since 1995. Dr. Tully had been the founder and director as well of the Caritas Diabetes Care Program. In 1980, he was appointed associate professor of medicine at the Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston, His affiliation with other medical facilities and hospitals during his career included The Chelsea (Mass.) Naval Soldiers’ Home, where he had been the director of the diabetes clinic, and the Brighton (Mass.) Marine Public Health Center, where he had held the post of chief of the endocrinology clinic. A member of numerous professional organizations, Dr. Tully had been a fellow of both the American College of Physicians and The American College of Endocrinology. He had been an active member of St. John the Evangelist Church in Wellesley for many years, serving as a Eucharistic Minister and teacher of confirmation classes. Dr. Tully is survived by his wife, Barbara; a son; a daughter; his father-in-law, Joseph A. Dorgan, M.D., ’41; two brothers, including John E. ’75; a sister; a brother-in-law, Lawrence M. Strang ’69; four sisters-in-law; and many nephews and nieces, including Joseph G. Jordan ’99. His brother was the late Peter M. ’72.
John J. Lahey
John Lahey, of Worcester, died Nov. 13, 2007, at his home in Worcester, at 59. A longtime attorney, Mr. Lahey had practiced in Washington, D.C., Boston, and, recently, Worcester. A graduate of St. John’s High School, where he had been named to the All State and All New England basketball teams, Mr. Lahey had been a member as well of the College varsity basketball team. He had been a Holy Cross class agent. Mr. Lahey is survived by his mother; four brothers, including Philip J. Jr., M.D., ’69; Stephen J., M.D., ’71; and Peter M. ’76; and many nephews and nieces, including Ann M. ’02, Dermot S. ’03 and Margaret M. ’06. His father was the late Philip J. Sr., M.D., ’39.
Paul C. Clark
Paul Clark died Oct. 11, 2007, at his home in Huntington Beach, Calif., at 58. A longtime attorney, Mr. Clark had worked many years for the Rockwell International Corp.—most recently in California, following his transfer to Los Angeles in 1995. He had been a longtime, active member of St. James Church in Lakewood, Ohio. His interests included sports and music. Mr. Clark is survived by his wife, Barbara; three sons; four daughters; a son-in-law; a daughter-in-law; three brothers, including Gary C. ’72; a sister; a brother-in-law; two sisters-in-law; and five grandchildren.
Lawrence L. Marcucci
Lawrence Marcucci died on Dec. 3, 2007, in the Iowa Methodist Medical Center—Des Moines, at 57. A longtime attorney, Mr. Marcucci had most recently been co-owner of the West Des Moines law firm Marcucci & Conger, P.L.C. President of the Polk County Bar Association from 1989-90, he had also been a member of the Iowa State Bar Association, serving on its Board of Governors from 1990-92. During his career, Mr. Marcucci had been active as well in several local and national mock trial associations—and a judge, for many years, of mock trial teams. He had been a member of the President’s Council at Holy Cross and a career planning counselor. Mr. Marcucci is survived by his wife, Rhonda; a son; two daughters; two brothers; three sisters-in-law; five aunts; many nephews and nieces; and cousins.
Leo G. Friel
Leo Friel died Sept. 24, 2007, in Glen Burnie, Md., at 54. During his career, Mr. Friel had been a health care administrator with CMS in Maryland. He had lived in Oswego, N.Y., for 20 years. Mr. Friel had been a Holy Cross class agent. He is survived by his wife, Lori; a son; and two daughters. His father was the late Leo F. ’36.
Stephen G. Fournier
Stephen Fournier died Nov. 5, 2007, at his home in Lewiston, Maine, at 54. Mr. Fournier had most recently served as the district manager of Berkline Furniture for Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont; at the start of his career, he had been the manager, for 10 years, of the RGIS Inventory of Silver Spring, Md. Mr. Fournier is survived by his wife, Pamela; two sons; a daughter; a brother; a sister-in-law; and several nephews and nieces.
Joseph R. Mann
Joseph Mann died Oct. 26, 2007, at his home in Tampa, Fla., at 51. During his career, Mr. Mann taught 30 years at his alma mater Jesuit High School in Tampa. He had been a lifelong member of Christ the King Church, also located in Tampa. Mr. Mann is survived by his wife, Susan; his stepson; his father-in-law; three brothers; eight sisters; seven brothers-in-law; three sisters-in-law; and a granddaughter.
Catherine S. Athanas
Catherine Athanas died Aug. 22, 2007, at Joanne’s House at Hope Hospice, Bonita Springs, Fla., at 49. Mrs. Athanas had spent 17 years overseas with her family—in Honduras, Cairo and Nepal. In addition to travel, her interests included art and calligraphy. Mrs. Athanas had been a member of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Naples, Fla., and, also, of the American Women’s Association. She is survived by her husband, James; her parents; two sons; two brothers; a sister; a brother-in-law; two sisters-in-law; eight nephews and nieces; and a grandnephew and a grandniece.
Ann D. Whalen
Ann Whalen died Dec. 22, 2007, in New York, at 22. As a student at Holy Cross, Ms. Whalen had been a member of the women’s track team—and attained two personal and College race-walking records: completing the 3000m race walk at Holy Cross on April 23, 2005, with a time of 15:36.01 and the 5000m race walk at the Penn Relays, on April 30, 2005, with a time of 27:20.64—for a fourth-place finish. A 2004 graduate of Arlington High School in LaGrangeville, N.Y., she had been a member of the National Honor Society, the Arlington Interact Club and other co-curricular organizations—as well as a member of the track and field team as a race walker; Ms. Whalen had been a participant and medalist in the Empire State Games for race walking and, also, a race-walking participant in the Nationals. A lector at St. Martin de Porres Church in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., she had been an active volunteer at the Tri-town Senior Center. Ms. Whalen was most recently a senior at New York University. She is survived by her parents; her paternal and maternal grandmothers; two uncles; and two aunts; and seven cousins.
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