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science teacher and coach for 32 years. He also was a member of the Boy Scouts Eagle Association. He is survived by his wife Joan, two children, one grandson, and a great grandson.


1954


Victor J. Mailloux Jr., Methuen, Mass., Sept. 20, 2013. Mailloux served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War before starting a 30 year career as a physical therapist for Whittier Rehab in Haverhill, Mass. The gym at the Whittier Rehab was dedicated to him in his honor. Mailloux is survived by his wife Marion, two children, and two grandchildren.


1956


Alice F. Decouto, Brewster, Mass., Sept. 25, 2013. Decouto worked in the Easton (Mass.) School Department for more than 26 years and was the coach of the Oliver Ames female athletic teams. She is survived by three children, seven grandchildren, and a great-grand- daughter.


1957


Michael F. Fanelli, Utica, N.Y., Oct. 5, 2013. Fanelli worked in social work for his entire career, spend- ing 18 years as a mental health treatment team leader for the Mohawk Valley Psychiatric Center. He is survived by his three chil- dren.


1958


Ronald E. Sheriffs Jr., Woodbury, N.J., Aug. 25, 2013. Sheriffs served his country in both the U.S. Marine Corps and the U.S. Air Force from 1950 to 1956. He then went on to work for the YMCA, Salem Community College in Carney’s Point, N.J., and eventually became a member of the Salem County Board of Social Services. He is survived by his wife Lynn, his sister, two daughters, six grand- children, and 13 great-grandchil- dren.


1959


Bill Lawson, Easton, Pa., July, 13, 2013. Lawson served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War. He began his 37-year career at Lafayette College in 1965 as the swimming and tennis head coach. In 1972, he took on the role of men’s lacrosse coach, and retained the swimming coach until 1986, and the diving coach until 2002.


Lawson was the winningest coach in Lafayette lacrosse history. He was inducted into the Pennsylvania Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 2002, as well as being named the 1991 Patriot League Coach of the Year and the Patriot League Diving Coach of the Year for the 1999-2000 season. In 2002, Lawson received the U.S. Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association’s Howdy Myers Man of the Year Award, which recog- nizes an individual who has contributed to the game of lacrosse over and above normal efforts while showing unselfish and undying devotion. He also was chosen to coach at the U.S. National Team tryouts for the 2002 International Lacrosse Federation World Championships.


Lawson retired from Lafayette in 2002, but returned in 2007 as a volunteer assistant men’s lacrosse coach. Lawson is survived by his wife Peggy, two children, and five grandchildren.


Carolyn (Brown) Memoe, Oct. 29, 2013. Memoe was a physical edu- cator and assistant principal at Brandon (Vt.) Elementary School and Neshobe School for more than 30 years. She enjoyed gardening, being outdoors, and traveling. She volunteered at the Brandon Public Library and was a member of the Neshobe School Board and Bran- don Town Recreation Board. She is survived by her husband Chuck, children, and grandchildren.


1962


Joseph T. Laframboise (G), Orlando, Fla., Oct. 4, 2013. Lafram- boise served in the U.S. Army’s Counter Intelligence Program before beginning a career as a guidance counselor in Massachu- setts, Puerto Rico, and Florida. He is survived by his wife Trudy, three siblings, six children, 11 grandchil- dren, and a great-grandchild.


Paul W. Smith (NG), Plainville, Conn., Aug. 15 2013. Smith had a passion for emergency medical services and retired as training coordinator for the State of Connecticut. He was one of the founding members of the Emergency Medical Services: Educational/Seminar and the Connecticut Emergency Medical Services Foundation. Smith is survived by his wife Michelle, two children, and a granddaughter.


1963


Margaret P. (Henderson) Carroll (G’63), Oct. 27, 2013. Carroll leaves behind her sister-in-law, nieces and nephews, and a grandniece.


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Barbara Bates (G), Northampton, Mass., Aug. 27, 2013. Bates had a long career as the director of the Baystate Medical Center School of Nursing.


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Walter K. Kosmo, Tehachapi, Calif., July 18, 2013. Kosmo was an avia- tor for the U.S. Navy and received his “Wings of Gold” in 1964. He also was a teacher and an employee of the U.S. Postal Service for many years. Kosmo is survived by a brother and two daughters.


1964


Leonard P. Cook, Dover, Mass., Aug. 29, 2013. Cook was a lieu- tenant commander with the U.S. Coast Guard and worked as a tech-


nical sales representative for many national manufacturers throughout his career. He is survived by his wife Catherine, two children, and four siblings.


1965


Barry P. Schneiderman, Revere, Mass., Sept. 11, 2013. Schneiderman is survived by his two siblings.


1968


Peter V. de Moya (G), Keene, N.H., Sept. 13, 2013. De Moya had an extensive professional career with the YMCA and also worked in insurance and real estate. He served as district governor for New Hampshire 44-N district from 2000-01. He is survived by his wife Hilda, two children, and two granddaughters.


Nancy Fletcher Pearson, Palm Coast, Fla., Oct. 10, 2013. Pearson taught fourth and fifth graders in Washington Depot, Conn. In 2004, she moved to Hammock Beach in Palm Coast, Fla. She was an honorary member of the Rotary Club of Flagler Beach and enjoyed golf, reading, and traveling. She is survived by her husband Bob, daughters, and grandchildren.


1969


Laurel Lee (Hansen) Chapman, Sept. 30, 2013. Chapman taught at New Hampshire Technical College in Concord for 10 years, and at Nashua Community College for 21 years. She also sold real estate. She enjoyed traveling, Broadway, writ- ing, and gourmet cooking. Chapman is survived by her husband John, and a daughter.


Evelyn Marie Laird (G), Portland, Ore., Sept. 19, 2013. Laird spent her professional career teaching and coaching at Columbia Christian College and Oregon State University. She is survived by 10 siblings and their spouses.


1970


Gerhard Volker (G), Deland, Fla., Aug. 15, 2013. Volker was born to German Lutheran Missionaries in Jeypore, India, and moved to Amer-


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