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Thelma Ryder Bush '23
Thelma Ryder Bush '23, a teacher and homemaker, died October 29, 1994, in Springfield, Vt., at 92. She was born in Leeds, Maine, and attended Maine schools. A Latin major and member of Alpha Delta Pi sorority at the College, she taught Latin at Springfield High School before her marriage in 1928. She was an active member of several Springfield organizations. She is survived by a son and granddaughter.
Louise M. Tilley '23
Louise M. Tilley '23, a teacher, died December 3, 1994, in Woodman, N.J., at 94. She was born in Garfield Plantation, Maine. After teaching English at Presque Isle (Maine) High School, she moved to West Long Branch, N.J., where she continued teaching until her retirement in 1960. She served the College as a class agent.
Margaret Turner Howe '24
Margaret Turner Howe '24 died September 26, 1994, in Auburn, Maine, at 91. Born in Palermo, Maine, she attended Hebron Academy. At Colby she joined Phi Mu. Upon completing her Colby degree, she married Malcolm S. Howe in Stonington, Maine, and together they raised four children.
Doris Hardy Haweeli '25
Doris Hardy Haweeli '25, a teacher and dean, died April 8, 1995 in North Conway, N.H., at 92. She was born in North Vassalboro, Maine, the daughter of Theodore E. Hardy, Class of 1895. At Colby she was a member of Chi Omega sorority and a Phi Beta Kappa graduate. After graduate work in education at Harvard University, she taught Latin and French at Coburn Classical Institute, her alma mater, for 27 years and in the 1960s was dean of women at Worcester Junior College. She was active in Colby clubs, served on the Alumni Council and the Board of Trustees and was an alumni interviewer. In 1991 she received a Colby Brick. She is survived by her nieces, Elizabeth Hardy George '57 and Ellen B. Haweeli '69, two nephews, including John D. Hardy '63, and many grandnieces and grandnephews.
Fredrick C. Wright '27
Fredrick C. Wright '27 died January 21, 1995 in Doylestown, Pa., at 88. A native of Leverett, Mass., he was the national sales manager for Dictaphone Corp. in Bridgeport, Conn., for five years before becoming regional sales manager of Telautograph Corp. in Los Angeles. He retired in 1973 after 20 years with the company. He is survived by his wife, Kathleen, a son and daughter and six grandchildren.
Helen Hight Brown '28
Helen Hight Brown '28, a retired teacher, died September 14, 1994, in Skowhegan, Maine, at 87. She was a native of Dexter, Maine, and graduated from Skowhegan High School. At Colby she was a member of Delta Delta Delta sorority. For 35 years she taught English and Latin at the Skowhegan Junior High School. She is survived by her husband of 62 years, William S. Brown, one son, two grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
Pauline Sinclair Stinchfield '28
Pauline Sinclair Stinchfield '28 died January 23, 1995 at 89. She was the wife of Roger A. Stinchfield '26. Survivors include her son, Carleton P. Stinchfield '49, and a granddaughter.
Murray B. Miller '29
Murray B. Miller '29, an oral surgeon, died December 27, 1994, in Lake Worth, Fla., at 87. He attended Tufts University Dental School after leaving Colby and went on to a practice in dental surgery in White Plains, N.Y. He also served as a major in the Army during World War II on the maxillo-facial plastic surgery team. He is survived by his wife and a son, Richard O. Miller '61.
Philip S. Bither '30
Philip S. Bither '30, Colby professor of German, died May 10, 1995 in Waterville, Maine, at 85. He was born in Linneus, Maine, and graduated from Ricker Classical Institute. He taught for a year at Mount Hermon in Northfield, Mass., and also studied at the University of Giessen in Germany before joining the Colby faculty. He received his master's in modern languages from Harvard University in 1939. He served as executive secretary of Phi Beta Kappa for many years and was involved with the summer language school at Colby for 20 years. In 1970 he was awarded a Colby Brick. He retired in 1974. Survivors include his wife of 55 years, Colby professor emerita Marjorie Bither, two sons, two brothers, including Hartley A. Bither '41, three sisters, two grandchildren and nieces and nephews, including Paul Bither '76.
Wayne E. Roberts '31
Wayne E. Roberts '31, a teacher and coach, died April 18, 1995 in South Portland, Maine, at 86. Born in North Berwick, Maine, he attended local schools and lettered in baseball, football and track in high school and at Colby. A successful minor league pitcher for several years, he was elected to the Maine Baseball Hall of Fame in 1977. For 35 years he held positions in the South Portland school system as high school English and science teacher and coach, as principal and as director of elementary curriculum. He earned a master's of education from Boston University in 1952 and served 11 years as superintendent of schools before he retired in 1966. Predeceased by his wife, Alice Linscott Roberts '31, he is survived by two sons, David Roberts '55 and John M. Roberts '60, a brother, five grandchildren, including Susan Roberts Dangel '86 and Linda Roberts Pagnano '88, and several cousins, nieces and nephews.
John H.J. Wisnoski '31
John H.J. Wisnoski '31, a retired civil servant, died October 27, 1994, in Ware, Mass., at 86. He was born in Ware and educated at Ware High School. At Colby he earned his degree in French. In 1943 he enlisted in the U.S. Army and served with an armored division in the Rome-Arno, North Apennines and Po Valley campaigns and in Darmstadt, Germany, for which he received the American and European-Middle Eastern Theater ribbons. Until his retirement in 1967 he was a revenue officer for the Internal Revenue Service. He is survived by his wife of 53 years, Agnes, a daughter, four brothers, two sisters and three grandchildren.
Ruth Andrews Yeomans '32
Ruth Andrews Yeomans '32 died October 19, 1994, in Lincoln, Maine, at 84. She was born in Drew Plantation, Maine. After graduating from Higgins Classical Institute, she attended both Colby and the University of Maine. She was for many years a member of the Drew Plantation school committee and also served as the town treasurer. For most of her life she worked the farm on which she was born. She is survived by a daughter, three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
