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Marilla Barnes Johnston '32, July 31, 2003 in Bangor, Maine, at 92. She taught one year in Fort Fairfield, Maine. Following her marriage she was active in many clubs and organizations in the Calais, Maine, community. She is survived by a daughter, Joyce Whittaker, two grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Aaron W. Christensen '32, September 19, 2003, in Washington, D.C., at 93. Following Navy service in the South Pacific during World War II he was with the Public Health Service for 29 years, serving as deputy chief of the Division of Indian Health. He retired in 1996 as assistant U.S. surgeon general. Survivors include four children, Judith Pohlmamn, Mary Villon de Venveniste, Carol Bartholomew and John W. Christensen, nine grandchildren and a great-granddaughter.
Glen B. Lawrence '32, October 14, 2003, in Mount Vernon, Wash., at 95. He joined Pan American Airlines in 1935 and in the 1940s directed PAA in Trinidad and Puerto Rico. In 1957 he became vice president of Nelson Rockefeller's housing development in Puerto Rico. Five years later, LKB Estates made him a vice president to develop 400 acres in St. Croix, V.I. The father of three sons, he is survived by his wife, Alice, his son Mike, three grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and extended family members.
Harold F. Lemoine '32, July 7, 2003, in San Diego, Calif., at 94. He was ordained an Episcopal clergyman in 1935. For 22 years he was the dean of the Cathedral of the Incarnation in Garden City, N.Y., and served the Long Island diocese in the departments of Christian education, youth and promotion. He received an honorary doctor of divinity from Colby in 1957.
Harold F. Chase '33, October 1, 2003, in Keene, N.H., at 91. He graduated from Boston University Medical School and was clinical professor of anesthesia at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia from 1955 until his retirement in 1980. He provided anesthesia for the first open-heart surgeries. Survivors include his wife, Elizabeth, two sons, including William V. Chase '62, a daughter, a sister, Helen Chase Pardey '30, seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Evelyn Hall Spaulding '33, July 20, 2003, in Waterville, Maine, at 92. She retired in 1966 after a 30-year career at New England Telephone Company and Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company in Los Angeles, Calif. Survivors include a stepson, Loyal Spaulding Jr., and several cousins.
Frederick S. Milgroom '34, October 9, 2003, in Daytona Beach, Fla., at 93. He was a real estate broker with Ocean's Condominiums before his retirement in 1988. Survivors include his three sons, Walter, Michael and Carson, a daughter, Chrissy Worcester, a brother, two sisters and six grandchildren.
Ruth Toabe Fried '35, July 6, 2003, in Swampscott, Mass., at 89. She was chief of laboratory services at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge and Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston, Mass., before raising her family. She was a well-known social activist in Lynn, Mass., where she helped build strong nonprofit social service organizations. She leaves three sons, Alexander, Mark and Jonathan Fried, a brother, James Toabe '46, a niece, Susan Toabe Whelan '68, and four grandchildren.
Carl E. Reed '35, August 31, 2003, in Stokesdale, N.C., at 90. He served in the Air Force during World War II and remained in active reserve, retiring as a lieutenant colonel. With a master's from Boston University and a doctorate from the University of Houston, he served as principal of the upper school of Kinkaid School in Houston, Texas, and retired as headmaster of the Bolles School in Jacksonville, Fla. He is survived by his wife of 69 years, Eldora, a daughter and a son.
Charles W. Jacoby '37, July 25, 2003, in Falmouth, Mass., at 88. After operating a general store he joined a real estate firm in 1948 and a few years later took over the business, renamed C.W. Jacoby agency, which remained in operation for 45 years. Besides Barbara, his wife of 65 years, survivors include two daughters and a son, a sister and brother, two grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
Jean Cobb Ashton '38, July 30, 2003, in Gilbert, Ariz., at 86. She taught in high schools in Maine for several years before starting her family. Later she taught elementary school in the Central Bucks School District in Pennsylvania. She is survived by her sons, Robert and James Murrill, her daughters, Patricia Lindenberg and Nancy Murrill, two stepdaughters, a brother, 12 grandchildren and many great-grandchildren, nephews, nieces and cousins.