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Paul M. Bennett
Jan. 30, 1999
In Maine Medical Center, Portland, at 69. Mr. Bennett had
worked 22 years as a store manager with the W.T. Grant Co.
and 20 years as a property manager with the Bowdoin Corp.
of Portland. From 1951 to 1953, he served in the U.S. Marine
Corps. Mr. Bennett is survived by his wife, Joan; three daughters,
including Nicolyn B. Keville '83; two sisters; and four grandchildren.
David H. Kiernan
March 7, 1999
At his home in Longboat Key, Fla., at 69. Prior to his
retirement, Mr. Kiernan had served as vice president of
the Wall Street Group, a public relations firm in New York
City and ITT's Continental Baking Co. At the start of his
career, he worked in radio, joining WNHC-AM radio, New
Haven, Conn., in 1952. He anchored newscasts for WNHC-TV
in 1958 and then joined ITT Corp. in New York City in 1962,
where he worked for 23 years, becoming the firm's director
of public relations. Mr. Kearnan is survived by his wife,
Joan; two sons; three daughters; a brother, W. Jerome '58;
and six grandchildren.
James T. Murray
March 11, 1999
In Florida, at 85. Retired Col. James T. Murray, USAF, had
served in the Air Force for 28 years. A veteran of World
War II, he had been a bomber pilot and
a prisoner of war for 13 months. Mr. Murray had served as commander of the
ROTC program at Holy Cross. After retiring from the Air Force, he moved to
Orlando, Fla., where he taught in private and public schools for about 20 years.
Mr. Murray is survived by three sons; a brother; seven grandchildren; three
great-grandchildren; and many nephews and nieces.
Edward F.S. Deignan
March 29, 1999
At the New England Deaconess Hospital in Boston, at 65. Prior
to his retirement in 1994, Mr. Deignan had been principal
of The Deignan Company, a Concord,
Mass., real estate firm he founded in 1973. Previously, he was employed by
the Joseph F. Deignan Real Estate and Insurance Company in Belmont and Concord.
A veteran of the U.S. Air Force, Mr. Deignan served at Hanscom Air Field, Bedford,
and in Saudi Arabia. He is survived by his wife, Ann; two sons; two daughters;
two brothers; a sister; and five grandchildren.
Raymond H. Giguere
Feb. 3, 1999
At his home in Northboro, Mass., at 64. Mr. Giguere had been
a partner in the Worcester law firm of Shumway Giguere Fox
Aloise & Wilcox for 30 years.
A Navy veteran, he served as first lieutenant in the Korean War. Mr. Giguere
is survived by his wife, Margaret; two sons; and four grandchildren.
Joseph L. McWilliams
Dec. 25, 1998
At Caritas Norwood (Mass.) Hospital, at 63. Mr. McWilliams
had been the owner and president of Accu-Rate Products
of Foxboro, Mass. He served as a radio operator in the
Armor Division of the U.S. Army for two years and was awarded
the Good Conduct Medal. Mr. McWilliams is survived by two
sons; three daughters; his mother; two sisters; and three
grandchildren.
Thomas J. Rappel
Dec. 29, 1998
In Glenbrook Hospital, Glenville, Ill., at 64. Prior to
his retirement, Mr. Rappel had worked for Bell & Howell
for more than 30 years. Following graduation, he joined
the company as a trainee in sales. During his career, he
became vice president of the company's international division,
moving to Japan for five years in the 1970s to become chairman
of Bell & Howell Japan. Mr. Rappel is survived by his
wife, Jeanne; a son; two daughters; a brother; a sister;
and two grandchildren.
Rev. William H. FitzGerald
April 19, 1999
Rev. William H. FitzGerald, S.J., 81, a long-time member
of the classics department at Holy Cross, died April 19 in the Campion Center,
Weston, Mass. Entering the Society of Jesus, Lenox, Mass., in 1938, Fr. FitzGerald
completed the four-year ascetical and classical curriculum there and then pursued
studies in philosophy at Weston College. Prior to his ordination in 1951, Fr.
FitzGerald earned a master's degree in classics from Fordham University in New
York City and studied theology at Weston College. Following his ordination, he
did advanced ascetical and pastoral work in Pomfret, Conn., from 1952 to 1953,
and earned a Ph.D. in classics from Fordham in 1957.
Fr. FitzGerald had been a member of the classics department
at Holy Cross from 1967 until 1988, serving as a professor and also as department
chair, from 1977 to 1980 and 1981 until 1988; he then became assistant director
of the Classics Library. Named professor emeritus in 1992, he continued to
assist the department until retiring to Campion Center in
1998.
Earlier in his career, Fr. FitzGerald taught at Cheverus
High School in Portland, Maine, from 1945 to 1947; after
earning his doctorate in 1957, he taught
Greek and Latin at Weston College and served in the classics department of
Shadowbrook,
in Lenox, Mass., for 10 years.
Fr. FitzGerald is survived by two sisters.
Thomas J. O'Malley Jr.
Dec. 29, 1998
In Washington, D.C., of a heart attack. Mr. O'Malley, 62,
served as special counsel in the enforcement operations
office of the U.S. Department of Justice's criminal division
since 1985. In 1972, he joined the Department of Justice
in New York as a trial lawyer in its Office of Drug Abuse
Law Enforcement. Transferring to Washington, D.C., in 1974,
he served as deputy and then, acting chief, of the department's
narcotics and dangerous drugs section. At the beginning
of his career, Mr. O'Malley taught elementary school in
New York's Spanish Harlem and worked 10 years as an assistant
district attorney in the Bronx, N.Y. He is survived by
a sister.
Shaun E. Condon
March 14, 1999
At his home in Easton, Mass., at 62. Prior to his retirement,
Mr. Condon had taught business education at Brockton (Mass.)
High School for more than 32
years. He is survived by his wife, Patricia; a son; and a daughter.
James T. Higgins
Feb. 27, 1999
In Carney Hospital, Dorchester, Mass., at 61. Prior to his
retirement in 1997, Mr. Higgins taught accounting for 29
years at West Roxbury (Mass.) High School;
he had previously taught at Roslindale High School. Before beginning his teaching
career, Mr. Higgins had worked as an accountant with General Electric. He served
in the Army National Guard from 1959 until 1965. Mr. Higgins had been a Holy
Cross class agent. He is survived by a sister; two brothers, including George
A. '62; and two nephews and four nieces.
James H. Roche Jr.
March 6, 1999
At Franklin Medical Center, Greenfield, Mass., at 60. Mr.
Roche had been a history professor at Holyoke (Mass.) Community
College for 30 years. During
the summer, he had been a park ranger at the Cape Cod National Seashore since
1969. Mr. Roche served in the Marine Corps from 1960 to 1962. He is survived
by his wife, Nora; three sons; two daughters; and his mother.
Stephen G. Clark III
Feb. 12, 1999
In Sisters Hospital, Buffalo, N.Y., at 51. Mr. Clark had
been an industrial electrical products salesman in the Buffalo
area for General Electric Supply.
During the summer, he operated the Cape Restaurant in Cape Vincent, N.Y. At
the start of his career, he taught history and coached football at Notre Dame
High School in Utica, N.Y. While at Holy Cross, he played defensive tackle
on the football team for four years. Mr. Clark is survived by two sons; his
mother; and a sister.
John B. Murray
Jan. 20, 1999
At his home in Springfield, Mass., at 51. Mr. Murray had
worked for the Postal Service for 22 years. A Vietnam War
veteran, he served with the Special Forces 75th Infantry
Airborne Rangers in South Vietnam from 1969 to 1970. A
member of an elite long-range reconnaissance and search-and-destroy
unit in Chu Lia, he took part in more than 75 combat missions.
Mr. Murray was awarded the Combat Infantry Badge, a Purple
Heart, the Vietnam Service Medal and an Army Commendation
Medal for meritorious service. He is survived by his father,
Martin B., M.D., '33; three brothers, including James A. '72
and Francis D., M.D., '80; and two sisters.
Thomas J. Milewski
Feb. 8, 1999
In New Jersey, at the Medical Center at Princeton. Mr. Milewski,
49, joined Greater Media in 1973 as program director and
morning air personality. He later
became executive vice president and chief operating officer and the president
of the company's radio group. Mr. Milewski served on the boards of both the
National Association of Broadcasting and the Radio Advertising Bureau and took
part in community efforts in support of the Montgomery Township school system.
He is survived by his wife, Kathleen; a son; a daughter; his father; and a
brother and sister.
Marco C. Barbarisi
Nov. 19, 1998
At Shands Hospital, Gainesville, Fla., at 38. Mr. Barabarisi
had been an electronics engineer at the Naval Coastal Systems
Center, Panama City, Fla. He is survived
by his wife, Sheila; a stepson; a stepdaughter; his mother and father, Charles
F., M.D., '52; and a sister and brother.
Susan R. Thomson
Feb. 22, 1999
At the Palliative Care Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical
Center, Boston, at 35. Ms. Thomson, a certified public accountant,
was vice president and residential
controller at the General Investment and Development Co. in Boston. She is
survived by her parents; her paternal grandmother; her maternal grandparents;
and a sister.
Francis J. Belanger
April 6, 1999
At his home in New Hampshire, at 26. Mr. Belanger had been
an accounts representative at Fidelity Investments, Boston,
for four years. He played football at Holy
Cross and was a member of the 1991 Patriot League Championship team. Mr. Belanger
is survived by his parents; seven brothers; three sisters; and nephews and
nieces.
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