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William A. Lyons '32
William A. Lyons '32 died January 21, 1994. At Colby, he was a member of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity and an editor of the newspaper. After Colby, he attended Harvard University and Boston University and became a sales representative for the L.G. Balfour Company. After retirement he lived in Seminole, Fla.
Ruth Vose Janes '33
Ruth Margaret Vose Janes '33, a longtime Red Cross employee and volunteer, died April 2, 1994 in Ridley Park, Pa., at 82. She grew up in Caribou, Maine, and prepared for Colby at Caribou High School. At Colby she was a member of Delta Delta Delta sorority and belonged to a number of clubs, including the YWCA, Aroostook Club, International Relations Club and English Club. She was vice president of the junior class, chair of Foster House and Mary Low Hall and a member of the Health League, and she played basketball and speedball. She worked in the Works Progress Administration and the State of Maine after graduation, and married her husband, George N. Janes, at the outbreak of World War II. During the war she went to work for the American Red Cross, an association that continued until 1992, when she retired as a social worker in charge of services to military families. Predeceased by her husband, she is survived by three sons, a brother, Thomas Vose '39, a sister, Mary Vose McGillicuddy '29, and seven grandchildren.
Muriel Hallett Kennedy '33
Muriel Hallett Kennedy '33, a homemaker, died July 11, 1994 in Westport, Conn., at 82. A French major at the College, she was born in Houlton, Maine, and attended Ricker Junior College. At Colby she was a member of Sigma Kappa sorority and a Latin major. After Colby she taught in the Houlton and Hodgton, Maine, schools from 1934 to 1943, then worked at the Andover Newton Theological Seminary in Massachusetts until 1945. She raised her family, then earned a master's degree from Fairfield University at age 60. She was a member of the Westport Woman's Club and the Order of the Eastern Star. Her husband, The Rev. Dana Kennedy, survives, as do a son and three grandsons.
Charles M. Tyson '33
Charles M. Tyson '33, a self-employed businessman, died February 25, 1994 in Clinton, N.C., at 84. He was born in Bangor, Maine, and followed his brother, Forrest C. Tyson '32, to Colby. After graduating from the College, where he was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity, he became a wholesale clerk for the Standard Oil Company of N.Y. and a department head for Montgomery Ward. In 1943 he enlisted in the U.S. Naval Reserve, eventually earning the rank of lieutenant. He later became a partner at Tire Sales and Service in Clinton. He lived in Clinton with his wife, Louise.
Margaret Salmond Matheson '34
Margaret Salmond Matheson '34 of Waterville, Maine, died on June 25, 1994 at 81. Born in Winslow, Maine, and educated at Coburn Classical Institute, she was a popular and active Colby student. A member of Sigma Kappa sorority, she was Junior Prom queen, student commencement speaker, a member of Phi Beta Kappa and winner of an honorary scholarship for study at the Ecole Normale Superieure in Sevres, France. She was a French teacher at Rockland High School in Maine and, later, taught French and creative writing at Higgins Classical Institute. In addition to community work with such groups as the Maine Children's Home for Little Wanderers, she was a dedicated Colby volunteer, serving as class correspondent and as informal admissions recruiter. She was awarded a Colby Brick in 1984. She was predeceased by her husband, Donald.
Dorothy Washburn Polley '35
Dorothy Washburn Polley '35, a homemaker, died in Concord, N.H., on March 16, 1994. She was 80. Born and educated in Westbrook, Maine, at Colby she was active in Delta Delta Delta sorority, the German Club, Student League and Health League and played field hockey, volleyball and speedball. She was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and received the Freshman Scholarship Prize and the German Prize. After Colby she taught in Waldoboro, Maine, and was an office worker in Framingham, Mass., and Chicago. She was a volunteer in the Nashua PTA and Girl Scouts and the New Hampshire Historical Society. Predeceased by her husband and a son, David Polley '64, she is survived by a daughter, Linda Mock, and three granddaughters.
Donald P. Robitaille '35
Donald P. Robitaille '35, a customs inspector, died June 1, 1994 in Waterville, Maine, at 86. He was born in Waterville and prepared for Colby at St. John's Academy in Danvers, Mass. At the College he was a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity and participated in hockey, track, inter-fraternity baseball and the Mystics. He served in the U.S. Navy in World War II, and was a customs inspector for the U.S. Immigration Service for 32 years, retiring in 1971. His wife, Jeannette, survives, along with several nieces and nephews.
Natalie Gilley Reeves '36
Natalie Gilley Reeves '36, a bookkeeper, died on June 3, 1994 at 79. She was born in Melrose, Mass., and graduated from Wayland High School. At Colby she was a member of the YWCA and Chi Omega sorority. After graduation she took business courses at Boston University and worked as an analyst for Lever Brothers from 1939 to 1945. She married Ralph Reeves in 1945 and reared three sons. She was employed as principal bookkeeper at Montclair State College in New Jersey and was active in the Montclair Women's Guild and Women's Club and in her church. Predeceased by her husband and one son, she is survived by two sons and several grandchildren.
Barbara Day Stallard '36
Barbara Day Stallard '36, a church secretary, died in Montclair, N.J., on April 22, 1994 at 79. She was born in Fairfield, Maine, and educated at Lawrence High School, where she was a member of the National Honor Society. She was secretary for the Watchung Congregational Church in Montclair from 1957 until her retirement in 1977. She was predeceased by her husband, Bernard Stallard '37, and is survived by a daughter, Joanna Morrow, and two grandchildren.
Jane Tarbell Brown '37
Jane Tarbell Brown '37, a teacher, writer and homemaker, died August 28, 1994 in Troy, N.Y., at 78. Born and educated in Smyrna Mills, Maine, she followed her father, Frank W. Tarbell '04, to Colby. At the College she majored in English and was an officer of the Aroostook Club and the Art Club. After Colby she attended the University of Maine for postgraduate work, and she taught English at a number of schools, including Renssalaer Polytechnic Institute. An interest in poetry ignited by her Colby commencement speaker, Edna St. Vincent Millay, led her to write verse for most of her life. She published a volume of her poems, Two Crows: Joy!, at age 59--she kidded that the publication "turned me overnight into almost the most celebrated woman in Cropseyville [N.Y.]"--and was in demand for poetry workshops and library readings. She also taught a writing workshop at the Troy Senior Citizens Center. She is survived by her husband of 46 years, Wentworth, two sons and five grandchildren.
