Obituaries, listed chronologically

We are saddened to announce the passing of Harry Donald Shea on Sept. 13, 2024 after a long battle with cancer.

Born Aug. 5, 1947 to proud parents Lucille (Quinnam) and Donald Shea, Harry grew up in a close-knit family in Wiscasset, Maine, as an active youngster, ball player, and industrious paperboy.

At Wiscasset High School, Harry served as president and graduated valedictorian of the Class of ‘65. He was also a four-sport varsity athlete and involved in many clubs, including National Honor Society and the now extinct “Slide Rule Club."

In lieu of a published obituary, these comments from his wife, Sarah Mott:

"I have to sadly report to you that my husband, H. Tulley Mott passed away on 27th April 2024. He was optimistic until the end and had hoped to attend the reunion next week.   His battle with cancer was relatively short and he died peacefully at home.  

He was buried at Ft Logan in Denver where other family members rest in peace.

Philip G. Hallam, Jr., 76, of Plainfield, NH, and Scituate, MA, died on December 5, 2023, following a brief illness.

Philip was born in Massachusetts to Philip Glendon Hallam and Phyllis Margaret Hession Hallam on April 30, 1947.

Jeffrey Sherwood Burnett, age 76 of Littleton MA, passed away peacefully at home on Tuesday, November 28th after a long illness.

He was born in Rochester, NY in October 1947 to Janet Burnett (Palmer) and Sherwood "Joe" Burnett.

Robert D. Lievens died suddenly at home in Londonderry, NH on November 19, 2023.  

Bob was born September 19,1946 to William and Catherine (Mills) Lievens.

He leaves his wife and best friend, Deborah Wolfe Lievens; a daughter, Sarah Lievens and husband Trey Cromwell; a son, David Lievens and wife Eliza Spaulding, and their sons, William and Thomas; two sisters, Catherine Gallagher and Susan Folsom; and stepmother, Merrell Lievens.

He was predeceased by two brothers, William Lievens II and Stephen Lievens.

Dr. John Ralph Parkin, 76, of Bagley, MN died peacefully with his beloved wife and his bulldog Gracie by his side on Monday, August 28th, 2023, with a courageous battle of Large B-Cell Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma.

Celebration of John's Life Services will be held at 2:00pm, Saturday, September 16, 2023, at Cease Family Funeral Home in Bemidji, MN. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service.

Lawyer Robert Bennett was born April 14, 1947, in Columbus, near Fort Benning, Georgia. Raised primarily by his mother, Annie Mae Bennett, Robert attended Claflin School in Columbus; the Harriet Beecher Stowe School in Cincinnati; and graduated from Chicago's Parker High School in 1965. Beginning in high school, Robert spent his summers working on the Santa Fe Super Chief passenger train from Chicago to Los Angeles.

We were saddened to hear that Curtis Nichols passed away on May 5th, 2023. As yet, there is no published obituary available. If you were close to Curtis during or after our college years and wish to share some memorial thoughts, please let the webmaster know.

Thomas E. McWhorter, 75, peacefully passed away on Monday March 27, 2023. He was happily married to his loving wife Ellen (Pressmann) McWhorter for 46 years. Born in Montgomery, AL., Thomas was a son of the late George E. and Margaret (Price) McWhorter. He graduated from Robert E. Lee High School in Alabama and later graduated from Dartmouth College with a Bachelor of Science in engineering. Tom also received his master's degree in engineering from Carnegie Mellon University and his MBA from Lehigh University.