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Joseph E. Healey
Feb. 19, 2006
At St. Mary’s Hospital in Waterbury, Conn., at 76. During his career, Mr. Healey had been a salesman and classified advertising manager for the Waterbury(Conn.) Republican American newspaper, retiring in 1991. Active in community affairs, he had been a member of the Waterbury Urban Renewal Agency; former chairman of the Waterbury Development Agency; and commissioner of the town finance board. In addition, Mr. Healey had been a corporate board member of St. Mary’s Hospital and a board member and president of the Retarded Citizens of Waterbury. A member of the SS. Peter and Paul Parish Council, he had also worked with Catholic Charities and the Waterbury board of Catholic Family Services. Mr. Healey had been an Army veteran of the Korean War, serving in the artillery. He is survived by his wife, Judith; two sons; two brothers, Frank T. Jr. ’49 and Edward P., M.D., ’55; and several nephews and nieces. His father was the late Frank T. ’21.
John J. Kittredge
May 7, 2006
In Massachusetts, at 78. During his career, Mr. Kittredge had been the owner of the former Kittredge Monumental Works in Worcester. He was a member and past president of the Worcester County Numismatic Society and a member of the New England Numismatic Society. Mr. Kittredge is survived by a sister; and several cousins. His father
was the late Joseph J. ’20.
John F. Malaney Sr.
April 12, 2006
At Kindred Hospital Northeast, Braintree, Mass., at 79. During his career, Mr. Malaney had worked many years as an employee at Stevens-Arnold Computer Products in South Boston. A veteran of World War II, he had served as a staff sergeant in the Army. Mr. Malaney is survived by his wife, Norma; two sons; two daughters; six grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.
James E. Pearson Jr.
Feb. 12, 2006
In Mandeville, La., at 79. During his career, Mr. Pearson had worked as a research associate on grants for the Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans—and, also, for the University of Hawaii and the Mississippi State University. A member of many professional societies, he was a co-author of more than 100 papers of medical research on various kidney processes. Pearson had been a Marine Corps veteran, serving in the Pacific theater during World War II; an instructor in the Korean War, he had attained the rank of staff sergeant. Mr. Pearson is survived by his wife, Gertraud; three sons; two daughters; a sister; 13 grandchildren; a great-grandchild; and many nephews and nieces.
Frank W. Cullen Sr.
March 20, 2006
In California, at 79. A longtime government relations consultant on the state and national level, Mr. Cullen had been the founder and president of the FCA Company in California. He began his career as a volunteer in the 1948 and 1950 congressional campaigns of John F. Kennedy; in 1952, he assisted Kennedy in his run for the U.S. Senate. Mr. Cullen later served as an assistant legislative secretary to former California Gov. Pat Brown; when the governor left office, he became his private-sector chief of staff. Mr. Cullen was a co-founder in 1980 of the Edmund G. “Pat” Brown Institute of Public Affairs, now affiliated with California State University, Los Angeles. A veteran, he had served with the Army Air Force during World War II. Mr. Cullen is survived by two sons, including Frank J. Jr. ’79; two brothers; and two grandchildren.
Conrad S. Kaczmarek
April 6, 2006
In New York, at 75. Mr. Kaczmarek, who had worked in the pharmaceutical industry during his career, most recently served as safety director at the Glens Falls (N.Y.) Hospital; he retired in 1999. Mr. Kaczmarek is survived by his wife, Josephine; three sons, including John C., M.D., ’86 and Paul J. ’96; four daughters, including Ellen M., M.D., ’77 and Anne K. ’94; two sons-in-law; two daughters-in-law, including Gail A. ’86; a sister and her children; two aunts; and many grandchildren.
Paul F. O’Neil
April 11, 2006
In UMass Memorial Hospital, Worcester, at 77. Prior to his retirement in 1997, Mr. O’Neil had been a professor of education for 40 years at Worcester State College. He had belonged to the Worcester Preservation Society. A member of the U.S. Naval Reserves, Mr. O’Neil had served at the Treasure Island Naval Station, Calif. He is survived by two daughters, including Nancy E. ’81; a sister; three grandchildren; and several nephews and nieces.
Philip M. Gangi, D.M.D.
March 10, 2006
At his home in Methuen, Mass., at 73. Dr. Gangi, who had served as a dentist for 41 years, began his practice in Lawrence, Mass., in 1957. He had been a member of the American and Massachusetts Dental associations and the Merrimack Valley Dental Society. Mr. Gangi is survived by his wife, Barbara; three sons; a daughter; two brothers; eight grandchildren; and several nephews and nieces.
Joseph L. Mullen
April 29, 2006
At his home in Charleston, W. Va., at 74. Prior to his retirement, Mr. Mullen had been corporate vice president of the former Stone & Thomas Department Stores in Charleston. He had been a Holy Cross class agent. Mr. Mullen is survived by his wife, Ruth; three sons; two daughters; a brother; a sister; and eight grandchildren.
Henry W. Dwyer
Feb. 11, 2006
At his home in Lakewood, N.J., at 73. Prior to his retirement in 1999, Mr. Dwyer had served 12 years as the director of administration for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre, N.Y. During his career, he had also been a manager with the N.Y. Telephone Co.; village mayor; N.Y. state assemblyman; and chief deputy county executive of Nassau County. A former chairman of the National Advisory Council of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Mr. Dwyer had been a member of the Finance Council of the Diocese of Trenton in New Jersey and a member of the board of associates at Georgian Court College in Lakewood—as well as chairman of the board of governors of Mercy Medical Center, Rockville Centre, and member of the board of directors of Catholic Health Services of Long Island; Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Rockville Center; and St. Francis Hospital, The Heart Center, on Long Island. In addition, he was a former member of the board of directors of the Interboro Mutual Insurance Company in New York, a founding member and past president of The Friendly Sons of St. Patrick on Long Island; chairman of the Nassau County Public Utility Agency; and chairman of the Nassau County Criminal Justice Coordinating Council. Knight commander of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, he had been a Knight of Malta and Knight of St. Gregory the Great. A veteran, Mr. Dwyer had served as an officer in the Navy. He had been a member of the President’s Council at Holy Cross and a Holy Cross class agent. Mr. Dwyer is survived by his wife, Jane; four sons; three daughters-in-law; a brother; a sister-in-law; six grandchildren; and many nephews and nieces.
Robert J. Hoffman
Feb. 1, 2006
In Hackensack (N.J.) University Medical Center, at 73. Prior to his retirement in 1992, Mr. Hoffman had been the owner of RJH Management Consulting in Baltimore for 16 years; previously, he had been vice president of group sales at CNA Insurance in Chicago. A veteran, Mr. Hoffman had served with the Marines. He is survived by his wife, Kathleen; two sons; three daughters; and eight grandchildren.
Paul E. McLean, M.D.
Dec. 5, 2005
In Winchester (Mass.) Hospital, at 72. A psychiatrist, Dr. McLean had been affiliated with the Metropolitan State Hospital in Waltham, Mass.; the McLean Hospital in Belmont, Mass.; the Bedford (Mass.) VA Hospital; the Lawrence (Mass.) Memorial Hospital; and the Baldpate Hospital, Georgetown, Mass. A veteran, he had served in the U.S. Navy. Dr. McLean had been a member of the American Medical Association and the American Psychiatric Association. He is survived by his wife, Cheryl; two sons; and three daughters.
John T. Poirier
April 21, 2006
In Colorado, at 73. During his career, Mr. Poirier had served in the military, retiring as a full colonel of the U.S. Air Force. His assignments included: commander of Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas; the Air War College, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.; military attache to Venezuela, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago; and professor at the Air Force Academy in Colorado. A pilot and forward air controller during the Vietnam War, Mr. Poirier was a recipient of the Silver Star; Bronze Star for Valor; Distinguished Flying Cross; and the Air Medal, 15th Oak Leaf Cluster. He is survived by his wife, Alma; a son; two daughters; a sister; eight grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.
George F. Roesch III
April 29, 2006
In the Orange Regional Medical Center, Horton Campus, in Middletown, N.Y., at 72. During his career, Mr. Roesch had been an attorney for many years in Middletown. The member of several professional associations, he was a recipient, in 2004, of the Orange County Bar Association’s John McBride Lifetime Achievement Award. A veteran, Mr. Roesch had been a medic in Germany with the 7th Calvary of the U.S. Army, from 1954-56. He is survived by his wife, Sheila; a son; four daughters; two brothers; a sister; 10 grandchildren; several nephews and nieces; and grandnieces.
James E. Alix
Jan. 27, 2006
At his home in West Hartford, Conn., at 72. Prior to his retirement in 2000, Mr. Alix had been a senior partner in the Hartford, Conn., law firm Alix, Yale & Ristas. His professional involvement included serving as president of the Connecticut Patent Law Association; arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association; and member of the Connecticut Bar Association Ethics Committee and the Connecticut Intellectual Property Law Association. At the start of his career, he had been a research chemist for Union Carbide in Cleveland. Earning his juris doctor and L.L.B. from the Georgetown University School of Law, Washington, D.C., in 1962, while serving as a law clerk for Chief Justice Eugene Worley of the U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, Mr. Alix had also been a patent examiner in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. A member of St. Thomas the Apostle Church in West Hartford, he had been president of the Parish Council and Home School Association and member of the church choir; in addition, Mr. Alix had been active in the Choral Club of Hartford and the West Hartford Squires, serving as its president. During his career, he had also coached youth basketball in West Hartford. Mr. Alix had been a Holy Cross class agent. He is survived by his wife, Joan; three sons; three daughters; 10 grandchildren; and a sister. His brothers were the late Arthur J. Jr. ’50 and Rev. Francis L. ’54.
John P. Larkin
May 4, 2006
In Florida, at 71. Mr. Larkin had been a longtime employee of W.A. Brown Instruments, Inc., in Orlando, Fla.; a sales representative at the start of his career, he assumed the position of company president after 30 years of service. In addition, Mr. Larkin had been the owner for several years of The Kerryman Irish Pub in Longwood, Fla.; a golf enthusiast, he had built the Million Dollar Mulligan, a family golf center in Kissimmee, Fla. Commissioned an ensign in the Navy in 1956, Mr. Larkin had served in the Mediterranean Sea aboard the aircraft carriers USS Roosevelt and USS Essex—stationed out of the Sanford (Fla.) Naval Air Station—and deployed with the 6th Fleet; an air and a radar target intelligence officer with the Heavy Attack Squadron II, Mr. Larkin attained the rank of lieutenant. He is survived by his wife, Nancy; a son; two daughters; two brothers, including James T. Sr. ’53; three sisters; three grandchildren; many nephews, including James T. Jr. ’97 and Daniel D. ’03; nieces; and cousins, Paul R. Jr. ’51 and Robert L. ’53.
Robert J. Uzdarwin
May 1, 2006
In Memorial Hospital, Albany, N.Y., at 71. Prior to his retirement in 1998, Mr. Uzdarwin had worked as a chemical engineer/chemist for the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory in Niskayuna, N.Y. He is survived by his wife, Lou; and a son.
Gerard F. Cerchio
Feb. 27, 2006
In Pennsylvania, at 69. Mr. Cerchio is survived by his wife, Marianne; two sons; a daughter; six grandchildren; and many nephews and nieces.
John B. Foley
Dec. 17, 2005
In New York, at 70. Mr. Foley is survived by his wife, Susan; a son; five daughters, including Patricia M. Huston ’85; a brother; a sister; and 14 grandchildren.
Robert W. Kopp
Jan. 24, 2006
At his home in Estero, Fla., at 70. Prior to his retirement in 1999, Mr. Kopp had served 36 years as a labor attorney with the Syracuse, N.Y., law firm Bond, Schoeneck & King; as a senior partner, he oversaw the firm’s labor and employment law department for many years. On sabbatical in 1972-73, Mr. Kopp relocated to Washington, D.C., to become general counsel of the Pay Board during Phase II of the Economic Stabilization Program initiated under the Nixon administration. His professional contributions included serving as an active member of the labor and employment section of the New York State Bar Association and American Bar Association (ABA) and management co-chairman of several committees; officer and member of the council of the labor and employment law section of the ABA; and labor and employment section delegate to the ABA House of Delegates. In addition, he had been a fellow of the American Bar Foundation and a founding fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Law. Mr. Kopp had been a Holy Cross class agent. A Navy lieutenant, he had taught physics at the Naval Academy in Anapolis, Md. Mr. Kopp is survived by his wife, Carol; four sons; a daughter, Karen Kopp Reck ’91; four brothers; a sister; and 18 grandchildren.
F. William Rosenberger
April 6, 2006
In Naples, Fla., at 70. Prior to his retirement in 1997, Mr. Rosenberger had been the senior vice president and senior loan officer of the Fulton (N.Y.) Savings Bank; previously, he had been the senior vice president of Key Bank and the Bank of New York. Active in community affairs, Mr. Rosenberger had been a member of the Central New York Regional Planning and Development Board; past president of the Empire Chapter of the Robert Morris Association; and former board member of the Cultural Resources Council and the Credit Bureau of Central New York. He had been a Holy Cross class agent. Mr. Rosenberger is survived by two sons; two daughters, including Kari R. Wolcott ’83; two sisters; a brother-in-law; and seven grandchildren.
L. Paul Danilowicz
Feb. 12, 2006
In the UMass Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, at 69. During his career, Mr. Danilowicz had worked 30 years at the State Mutual Life Assurance Co.—now the Hanover Insurance Co.—in Worcester; he retired in 1991 as the vice president for advanced marketing. Mr. Danilowicz is survived by his wife, Mary; two sons; a daughter; a sister; six grandchildren; two nephews; and two nieces.
John F. Quinn Jr.
Jan. 26, 2006
In Lowell (Mass.) General Hospital, at 69. Prior to his retirement, Mr. Quinn had been an operations manager for 30 years at Hamilton-Avnet in Woburn, Mass. A veteran, he had been an Army sergeant, stationed in Okinawa, Japan. Mr. Quinn is survived by his wife, Norma; a son; two daughters; two brothers; a sister; his mother-in-law; a brother-in-law; three sisters-in-law; four grandchildren; and many nephews and nieces.
John R. Baldwin
March 9, 2006
In St. Barnabas Hospice and Palliative Care Center, Long Branch, N.J., at 68. A longtime tax administrator, Mr. Baldwin had been associated for many years with the New Jersey Division of Taxation; in 1983, he was appointed director of the division by former New Jersey Gov. Thomas H. Kean. During his tenure, Mr. Baldwin had been instrumental in establishing the administrative component of the New Jersey sales tax law in 1966 and the New Jersey income tax and Homestead Rebate program in 1976. His professional efforts included serving as president of the Northeast Tax Officials Association and the Federation of Tax Administrators and vice president of the National Tax Association-Tax Institute of America. One of the first state tax administrators to serve on the commissioner’s advisory group of the Internal Revenue Service, he had held several positions in the Trenton, N.J., chapter of the Association of Government Accountants. In addition, Mr. Baldwin had been a member of the board of trustees of the Delaware Valley United Way for many years as well as a former vice president for planning and allocation. Joining KPMG Peat Marwick in 1990, in its policy economics group, he worked more than two years in Egypt as deputy chief of party and senior income tax adviser for the Public Finance Administration Project. Mr. Baldwin then served five years as a marketing specialist for Andersen Consulting and two years as a marketing executive for Prudential Financial before becoming an independent consultant. He is survived by his wife, Janet; a daughter; two stepsons; two stepdaughters; a sister; seven stepgrandchildren; and many nephews and nieces.
Robert P. Dahut
March 12, 2006
In Florida, at 67. A longtime telecommunications executive, Mr. Dahut had been the president and chief executive officer of several companies, including Bell Atlantic Mobile Systems, now Verizon. Following retirement, he taught three years at Raines High School in Jacksonville, Fla. A veteran, Mr. Dahut had served as a captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He is survived by his wife, Paula; two daughters; two sons-in-law; a brother and sister-in-law; a brother-in-law and sister-in-law; a grandson; and many nephews and nieces.
Anthony P. Dowd
March 5, 2006
At his home in Colts Neck, N.J., at 67. During his career, Mr. Dowd had been the founder of Dowd & Co. in New York City; a member of the New York Stock Exchange and the New York Futures Exchange for 25 years, he was also the founder of the Dublin Financial Exchange in Ireland. In addition to belonging to several fraternal organizations, Mr. Dowd had been a member of the board for the Handicapped Boy Scouts of New York; a member of the philanthropic organization Futures and Options for Kids; and founder of Dad’s Club of Ramstein Air Force Base, Germany. A decorated veteran of the Vietnam War, Mr. Dowd had been a career officer in the U.S. Air Force prior to retirement. He is survived by five children; a sister; and 11 grandchildren.
John T. Sheridan
April 10, 2006
In New York. Mr. Sheridan is survived by his wife, Judith; a son; two daughters, including Angeline M. ’01; two brothers; a sister; and five grandchildren.
Charles S. Capparelli Jr.
April 8, 2006
In St. Vincent Hospital, Worcester, at 65. A longtime educator, Mr. Capparelli had taught history for 14 years at Millbury (Mass.) High School and served 23 years at the school as an assistant principal; he retired in 2002. Named “Assistant Principal of the Year” by the Massachusetts Secondary School Administrators’ Association in 1994, Mr. Capparelli had been a Sterling, Mass., representative to the Wachusett Regional School District Committee. A member of the College varsity football team, he was elected to the Eastern College Athletic Conference “All East” football team in 1961. Mr. Capparelli had been a Holy Cross class agent. He is survived by his wife, Nancy; two sons; a daughter; a stepson; a sister; four grandchildren; and several nephews and nieces.
David J. Whalley
March 14, 2006
In the William W. Backus Hospital, Norwich, Conn., at 60. During his career, Mr. Whalley had been a stockbroker and a self-employed business consultant. He is survived by his wife, Jane; a son; his father, Evan J., M.D., ’39; his stepmother; two brothers, including Evan J. ’66; two granddaughters; an uncle; and an aunt.
Raymond C. Dooley
April 9, 2006
In Ireland, at 54. The campaign manager for former Boston Mayor Raymond L. Flynn in 1983, Mr. Dooley assumed the post of administrative services director following the election; in this capacity, he oversaw the city’s budget and developed key policies and strategies. Mr. Dooley later worked for the nonprofit, low-cost heating oil provider Citizens Energy, under former U.S. Rep. Joseph Kennedy; served as an adviser to U.S. Sen. John F. Kerry during his 1996 reelection campaign; and joined the investment firm Lazard Freres for a brief time. Relocating to Ireland in 1997, Mr. Dooley had been the director of the Children’s Rights Alliance there for several years. A community and anti-war activist in Worcester and Boston early in his career, he subsequently became one of the first editors of the Dorchester(Mass.) Community News. Mr. Dooley is survived by his wife, Anne; his mother; two sons; a daughter; and two brothers.
Paul G. Curran
Feb. 18, 2006
At his home in Long Beach, Calif., at 54. During his career, Mr. Curran had worked for Ace Attorney Services in Los Angeles; previously, he had been a hospital administrator at Long Beach Memorial Hospital. Mr. Curran is survived by his mother; a brother-in-law; an uncle; a nephew; two nieces; and three grandnephews.
Gary S. Sieniuc
April 1, 2006
In Florida, at 53. During his career, Mr. Sieniuc had worked many years as a sales representative for a Miami-based cruise company and, in management, for the Thorco International Petroleum Co. He is survived by six sisters; his longtime companion, Marcos A. Caldentey; uncles; aunts; nephews; nieces; and cousins.
Michael C. Elia
Feb. 25, 2006
In Los Angeles, Calif. Mr. Elia is survived by his wife, Celia M. Woods, M.D., ’81; and four children.
Anne (McDonald) Ferrari
March 3, 2006
In the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, N.H., at 47. During her career, Mrs. Ferrari had worked for GTE Sylvania—now Osram Sylvania—in Danvers, Mass., from 1983-86; previously, she had been a certified public accountant for three years with Ernst & Whinney—now Ernst & Young—in Boston. Mrs. Ferrari is survived by her husband, Mark; two sons; her mother; a brother, David J. ’81; two sisters, including Lynne McDonald Harding ’85; 15 nephews and nieces; and cousins. Her father was the late Daniel D. ’54.
Anne L. Poston Phelan
Feb. 6, 2006
In St. Mary’s Hospital, Fitchburg, Wis., at 47. During her career, Mrs. Phelan had worked in the telecommunications field; she served in various capacities, including sales and branch manager at IBM/Rolm Telecommunications in Chicago. At Holy Cross, Mrs. Phelan had been a co-captain of the women’s tennis team. She is survived by her husband, John M., M.D., ’80; two sons; three daughters; her father; and two brothers.
Stephen A. Henault, M.D.
May 8, 2006
At his home in North Oxford, Mass., at 41. Dr. Henault had been a physician in the psychiatric department at Day Kimball Hospital in Putnam, Conn. He is survived by his father; two sons; and a brother.
Lisa M. Furia
March 19, 2006
In the UCSF Medical Center Parnassus, in San Francisco, at 39. At the time of her death, Ms. Furia had been working as a family nurse practitioner; she had earned her bachelor’s degree in nursing in 2003 from Columbia University in New York City and her master’s degree in nursing in 2005, from the University of California, San Francisco. Ms. Furia is survived by her parents; two brothers; a sister; and two nieces.
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