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Jacqueline Roe Lloyd '64, August 26, 2002, in Farmington, Conn., at 60. She owned and operated JRL Designs, a landscape design firm, wrote many articles on landscape and garden design and lectured extensively to garden clubs. She was a member of several nursery associations and community organizations. She is survived by her husband, Alex Lloyd '64, two daughters, two sons, a grandson and her brother.
Tom Korst '65, June 14, 2002, in Hillerød, Denmark, at 59. He served as a computer specialist for numerous universities and state and local government agencies in the New England area for more than 30 years before he returned to his native Denmark. He is survived by his mother, Rita Korst, and two daughters, Cecilie Bredehoeft and Heidi Barron.
Robert E. Comstock Jr. '67, March 25, 2002, in Westfield, N.J., at 57. Following his service in Vietnam, where he earned a Bronze Star, he received an M.B.A. from Seton Hall University. He was a director of finance and administration for Societé Internationale de Telecommunications Aeronautique before retiring. Survivors include his wife, Frances Richter Comstock '67, two daughters and a brother.
Diana Walsh Lockwood '67, January 13, 2002, in Honolulu, Hawaii, at 57. She received her B.A. from Hawaii Loa College, an M.A. in education from Pepperdine University and an M.F.A. from the University of Hawaii. In the early 1980s she formed the Symbolic Shuttle, dedicated to designing and creating ecclesiastical and secular art. In 1989 she started the Pacific Islands Institute to provide educational travel throughout Hawaii and the South Pacific for participants in Elderhostels and other educational programs. She is survived by her husband, Jack Lockwood '64, her son, her daughter, Carol Lockwood '90, her parents and three grandchildren.
Amelia Rosenfeld '71, July 17, 1999, in Chapel Hill, N.C., at 49. She earned a master's degree in education and was a New York City elementary school teacher and owner-manager of a children's summer camp. Survivors included her twin daughters, Miriam and Lillian Mindich.
Ellen Muzzy Farnham '72, June 14, 2002, in Brunswick, Maine, at 51. A Navy wife, she was an active volunteer in schools, museums and other community activities at her husband's several duty stations in California, Japan, Pennsylvania, Illinois and Maine. Survivors include her husband, John Farnham, two sons, a sister and brother.
Thomas Lincoln Downey '85, June 7, 2002, in Connecticut, at 39. He attended Wayne State University in the field of hazardous materials management. Survivors include his parents, T. Wayne and Joan R. Downey, and his sisters, Sharon Downey and Susan Downey Heston '89.
Sebastian Herbstein '96, June 20, 2002, in New York, N.Y., at 28. He is survived by his parents, Judith Freidenberg and Diego Herbstein, a brother and a sister.
Viswanath S. Naravane, July 2002, in India, at 80. A visiting professor at several colleges and universities in the U.S., including Colby in the 1960s and '70s, he lectured on Indian art, history, literature and mythology as well as philosophy and religion. He was professor and chair of the philosophy department at the University of Poona and for two decades was on the faculty of the philosophy department at the University of Allahabad. A widower, he had no children.
Homer T. "Pete" Hayslett Jr., October 3, 2002, in Belgrade, Maine, at 63. Colby's Dana Professor of Mathematics, he studied math at Bridgewater College in Virginia and earned a master of science degree at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and a master of arts degree and a Ph.D. at Dartmouth College. He began teaching at Colby in 1962 and continued as an active faculty member even during his final illness. Throughout his 40-year career he taught mathematics and statistics, was chair of the department several times between 1982 and 2001 and served on several College committees, including Educational Policy, Promotion and Tenure, Admissions and Athletics. In 1997-98 he headed Colby's program in Cork, Ireland. He is survived by his wife, Loyce, their three children, Barbara, Elizabeth and Homer T. III, two grandchildren, his mother, his sister and several aunts, uncles and cousins.
Helen E. Davis '26, March 28, 2003, in Pittsfield, Maine, at 99. She worked for many years as a bookkeeper for Friend & Friend Auto Sales in Newport, Maine. She is survived by four nieces, a nephew, several grand-nieces and -nephews and a cousin, John Philson '71.