Gustaf Andrew Karlson
Gustaf Andrew Karlson, December 7, 2007
Mr. Karlson was born in Worcester, the son of Albertina Swanson and Andrew Karlson, who emigrated from Sweden. He acquired his love of the outdoors in Worcester, where he hunted, trapped, fished and gardened. In 1933 he earned his bachelor of science degree in horticulture at the University of Massachusetts. There, he met his future wife, Myrtle “Wendy” Stebbins Gary. Though the Great Depression was at its worst, he immediately secured a position at North High School where he taught agricultural sciences for almost 30 [Read more …]
“Marcia” Gertrude Herrick Howe
“Marcia” Gertrude Herrick Howe, February 11, 2001
She was the wife of Arthur A. Howe. Mrs. Howe was born and grew up in Canajoharie, NY as the only daughter on the championship Guernsey cow farm of Judge Newton J. Herrick. She remembered the beautiful cow faces as well as the very long horse-drawn sleighs in the winter.
She graduated from Mount Holyoke College in 1924 with a major in art. She continued her studies at Pratt Institute, the Arts Students League in New York and in Provincetown. After marrying and [Read more …]
William Putnam Dunham, Sr.
William Putnam Dunham, Sr.
December 16, 1917 – May 16, 2000
William Putnam Dunham, 82, of Naples, Fla., East Orleans, Mass., and St. Huberts, died Tuesday, May 16, 2000, in Naples.
He was born Dec. 16, 1917, in New York City, the son of Lawrence B. and Vryling (Putnam) Dunham. Mr. Dunham attended the Riverdale Country School in Riverdale, the Rectory School in Pomfret, Conn., the Rumford School in Washington, Conn., and Columbia University, where he was [Read more …]