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Marvin S. Joslow '48
Marvin S. Joslow ’48, November 25, 2006, in Aquinnah, Mass., at 79. He earned a master’s from Case Western Reserve University in 1950 then served with the Navy in the Pacific. Upon his discharge he taught at college preparatory schools and later was an educational consultant. He completed graduate work at Harvard in 1962. After his retirement he served as town constable, volunteer firefighter, and president of the Chilmark (Mass.) Friends of the Library. Survivors include his wife, Betty, and three children.
John W. Lord '48
John W. Lord ’48, October 4, 2006, in Vassalboro, Maine, at 84. He left Colby in 1942 to serve in the U.S. Navy in the Pacific. He returned and completed his degree, then worked as an insurance adjuster until his retirement in 1991. A talented woodsman, he constructed a log cabin from materials he harvested from the land. Predeceased by his wife, Kathleen McQuillan Lord ’46, and his father, Carl B. Lord ’15, he is survived by his daughter, Sandra Sturtevant, and his son, Jack, three grandchildren, a sister, and his companion, Phyllis Wilcox.
Louis Sutherland '48
Louis Sutherland ’48, November 26, 2006, in Sorrento, Maine, at 81. He taught chemistry and physics at both the high school and community college level. He served as Sorrento’s first selectman for more than 40 years and was also the town’s plumbing inspector. The outdoors, travel, and dancing brought him much pleasure. His wife of 51 years, Nadine “Bobbie,” two sons and a daughter, a brother and three sisters, two grandchildren, and one great-grandchild survive him.
Ruth Marriner Szopa '48
Ruth Marriner Szopa ’48, August 26, 2006, in Camden, Maine, at 79. She received her master’s in art history from Radcliffe College before taking a clerical job with the CIA. Dispatched to Tehran, she married a CIA agent and accompanied him on assignments in Europe and Africa. She returned to Alexandria, Va., in 1970 and was active in social, political, and religious groups. She was predeceased by her parents, Eleanor Creech Marriner 1910 and Ernest C. Marriner '13, her uncle, Frederick W. Marriner '17, her aunt, Etta A. Creech '12, and her sister-in-law, Prudence Piper Marriner ’41. Her son, Stephen, her brother, Ernest C. Marriner Jr. ’40, and her nephew, John P. Marriner '70, survive her.
Jeanne L. Littlefield Hammond '49
Jeanne Littlefield Hammond ’49, November 19, 2006, in Albion, Maine, at 79. She worked in Colby’s Registrar’s Office for 35 years and served as registrar for the Lancaster Course in Ophthalmology, held at Colby, for 45 years. She championed equality for women as a member of the Waterville Business and Professional Women organization and the American Association of University Women, receiving awards from both groups. Throughout, she mothered the seven children who survive her: G. Michael, Sandra, David, Marjorie FitzGerald, Alice, Marilyn Leimbach, and Heather Carey ’93. Her sister, a stepdaughter, 15 grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren also survive her.
Claus F. Hinck '49
Claus Frederick Hinck III ’49, August 11, 2006, in New Harbor, Maine, at 83. A veteran of three years service with the U.S. Army, he received his degree in dentistry in 1953 from New York University. He practiced dentistry in Waldoboro and Bath, Maine.
Lois Eaton Leavitt '49
Lois Eaton Leavitt ’49, September 19, 2006, in Gorham, N.H., at 79. A lifetime resident of the Berlin-Gorham area and a devoted mother, she worked for Brown Company in the resource library department and later as a substitute teacher. Predeceased by her father, Henry A. Eaton ’16, she is survived by her husband of 54 years, Ruelle (Bud), two sons, and four grandchildren.
Barbara Becker Sullivan '49
Barbara Becker Sullivan ’49, November 7, 2006, in East Greenwich, R.I., at 78. A resident of East Greenwich for 45 years, she belonged to the Rhode Island Women’s Golf Association, where she held numerous positions, and was a 50-year member at Potowomut Golf Club. In 1991, after more than 40 years of golf, she lamented that she had yet to obtain a single-digit handicap. Her son, Carl E. “Tracy”, and her daughter, Jane, two sisters-in-law, several nieces and nephews, and her faithful dog, Toby, survive her.
Richard M. Bowers '50
Richard M. Bowers ’50, November 18, 2006, in Ridgewood, N.J., at 77. He served in the Army JAG Corps during the Korean War. He earned his law degree from Columbia University then practiced law privately. He helped protect natural areas in Connecticut. Survivors include his wife, Betty; two children; 19 grandchildren; his sister, Gloria Bowers Gill ’63; his brother and sister-in-law, George N. Bowers Jr. ’50 and Myra Hemenway Bowers ’51; a niece, Barbara Bowers Palten ’76; and a grand-niece, Elizabeth H. Palten ’06
Frederick C. Freeman '50
Frederick C. Freeman ’50, December 9, 2006, in East Falmouth, Mass., at 81. He joined the Navy at age 18 and served in Africa and France. After Colby, he worked for 35 years as an executive for Raytheon. He and his wife founded the neighborhood watch program “Are U OK” in Fisherman’s Cove, Mass. He was active in Habitat for Humanity and loved sailing and golf. His wife of 56 years, Caroline, six children, and 14 grandchildren survive him.
