James Waldron Of Cambridge, died peacefully on November 20, 2011. Beloved son of the late Harold M. and Julia (Bishop) Botkin. Brother of Sue Botkin Norton and the late Jean Duncan. Loving father of Alexander and Christopher Botkin. He is survived also by former wife Rosvita Botkin and cherished grandchildren Elijah and Ione Botkin. In [...]
2010 Proclamation for Frank Cabot Francis H. Cabot, a financier and self-taught horticulturalist who created two of the most celebrated gardens in North America and helped preserve scores of others, died on Nov. 19 at his home in La Malbaie, Quebec. He was 86. The cause was idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, his [...]
Robert C. Cabot was born in Boston, Mass. on June 1, 1938 to Powell and Virginia (Curtin) Cabot. He died peacefully Nov.16, 2010 at the Charlwell Nursing Home in Norwood, Mass. Bob graduated from Milton Academy in 1956. He earned his BA from Harvard University in 1960, where he was a member of the Porcellian [...]
David S. Biddle, 85, of Pennington, a noted local artist and former Trenton Central High School history teacher, died Nov. 10, 2010, of natural causes, following a brief illness. A Pennington-area resident since 1970, Biddle taught history and English at Trenton Central High for nine years until his retirement in 1979. Biddle's entertaining teaching style [...]
DAVID HADDEN FAIRBURN died peacefully of cancer at the age of 73, on October 23, 2010, four weeks after the death of his wife, partner of fifty years, and best friend, Barbara Farnsworth Fairburn. Born in New York City, the son of Laura Hadden and William Armstrong Fairburn Jr., David attended The Buckley School. He [...]
The Reverend Dr. William Beaven Abernethy, 70, of Beverly, beloved husband of the Rev. Ann Cornell (Greenawalt) Abernethy, pastor of Protestant Ministries at Brooksby Village, died peacefully after living with Parkinson's disease for 27 years. Born in Missouri, he was the son of the late Bradford Sherman and Mary Jean (Beaven) Abernethy. He was raised [...]
My name is Jack Kennedy and I succeeded Bob as the director of the group for my class of '67 and Joe and I were in the group from the time we were sophomores through the time we were seniors. Joe had a nice quiet sense of humor, he was entirely dependable, and he was [...]
JOHN HENRY BELKNAP ’50, of Durham, N.H., died July 5, 2003. Retired from a long career in market research, he worked for National Geographic and Fortune magazines in New York City before founding his own firm, Belknap Data Solutions. He served in the army during the Korean War. He was an avid sailor and shell collector, a gourmet cook, [...]
Dave Edgar ’49 (’52) (1925–2001) David directed the group in 1947–48 and arranged a novelty song called “Get Out and Get Under,” which has survived for over 50 years, as “Johnny O’Connor.” The song is on the first Krok recording, “Songs of the Krokodiloes,” along with David’s other wonderful arrangements, “Chinatown, My Chinatown,” “Where or [...]
Louis was the most glorious and enthusiast, and he was sort of a little guy, and in later life he looked like the perfect sort of bank president from Sandusky, Ohio. He was full of humor and goodwill, adored singing, and was about as good company as one could find. He was at the 50th [...]
