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Donald A. Molony
February 19, 1922 - May 19, 2008
Donald A. Molony (1922-2008), beloved husband, father, grandfather, and mentor to generations of students, passed away on May 19, 2008 following a long battle with Parkinson's disease. He was 86.
Born in Brooklyn, New York, Don entered Rutgers University following his graduation from Linden (NJ) High School. He was a loyal son of Rutgers; after service in the US Army in World War II, he returned to graduate school at Rutgers and soon began a teaching career there that spanned five decades. Research took him to Europe in the early 1960s.
Several years later, he helped to establish the department of biomedical engineering at Rutgers and worked with a team of researchers that included Rutgers engineers and physicians at Maimonides Hospital in New York to develop one of the earliest effective heart pumps. He taught both undergraduate and graduate students throughout his career, and remembered fondly the close ties he forged with students from around the world, particularly India, China, and Korea.
Following retirement from Rutgers, Don moved to Concord, MA, with his wife Dorrit. Don and Dorrit enjoyed traveling, and visited every continent except Antarctica. They spent several months every year in Vienna, Austria, where he indulged his love of opera and plays.
Don collected stamps. He was also an avid sports fan, having himself been a nationally-recognized tennis player; he also excelled at baseball. Until he became unable to walk, he camped and hiked in most of the national parks in the US. He had a wicked sense of humor and loved to pun. Don was a vibrant, scholarly man who will be deeply missed.
He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Dorrit (Concord MA); his daughters Kathleen (Concord MA) and Barbara (San Jose CA); his sons Donald Jr. (Houston TX) and Ronald (Edina MN); and six grandchildren, Elizabeth and John Hollingsworth (Concord), Catherine Turley-Molony (San Jose), Anna and Robert Molony (Houston), and Julia Molony (Minneapolis). His grandson Henry predeceased him.
Burial will be in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord.
Richard I. Hustvedt
February 18, 1946 - April 15, 2008
Richard I. Hustvedt, 62, of Concord, Massachusetts, a renowned software engineer, designer and developer of several operating systems, died Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at Concord Hospital in Concord, New Hampshire. He was the beloved husband for thirty-two years of Audrey R. Reith.
Born in Aberdeen, South Dakota on February 18, 1946, he was the son of the late Lt. Col. Irvin H. and Annabel (Tighe) Hustvedt. He attended Radcliff, Kentucky schools, graduated from Fort Knox High School and attended the University of California, Berkeley, studying computer science. From 1965 until 1969, he served in the United States Army and was later employed by the Army Security Agency.
Following the ASA, Mr. Hustvedt worked for the Xerox Corporation on the development of the operating systems for their Data Systems division, Xerox DSD Development Programming in El Segundo, California.
In 1974, Mr. Hustvedt was recruited by Digital Equipment Corporation to work on development of a new operating system. He moved from Los Angeles, California to Concord, Massachusetts where he worked at the company headquarters at “The Mill” in Maynard.
Mr. Hustvedt was one of the original architects and developers of the VAX/VMS operating system. His subsequent work helped assure the success and longevity of the Virtual Memory System. He was instrumental in the creation of the first Micro Virtual Address eXtension CPU chip. He also guided the design of VMS Clusters which provide data security and uninterrupted service during disasters.
In 1984, Mr. Hustvedt was severely head injured in an automobile accident and had been in hospitals and rehab facilities ever since. At the time of his death, he was a member of the Robin Hill Farm community in Deering, New Hampshire.
In addition to his wife, Audrey, he is survived by two sons, Richard Eric Bennett Hustvedt of Cambridge and Marc Stuart Russell Hustvedt of Los Angeles, California, and one brother, David Hustvedt of Bolder, Colorado.
A memorial service will be held on Saturday, July 26, 2008 at 11 AM in the Chapel of the Trinity Episcopal Church, 81 Elm Street, Concord, Massachusetts. A reception will follow in the church hall.
In lieu of flowers, contributions in his memory may be made to the charity of your choice.
Lee Birk, M.D.
February 08, 1935 - January 27, 2009
Lee Birk, M.D., of Arlington, died on January 27 after a brief illness. Until just a few weeks before his death at age 73, Dr. Birk was a psychiatrist in private practice. He was also an Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and a Clinical Associate in Psychiatry at McLean Hospital in Belmont, Mass.
Dr. Birk was an early pioneer in the integration of behavioral and psychodynamic therapies. During his clinical career, he made innovations in the areas of behavior, group, family, and couples therapies. In 1973, he was the first to introduce “behavioral medicine” as a term for the then emerging field of biofeedback and other behavioral/biomedical treatment modalities.
Born in New Albany, Indiana, Lee went on to graduate from Johns Hopkins Medical School in 1960. There he worked with Horsley Gantt, Director of the Pavlovian Laboratory. After completing his internship at the University of Virginia, Dr. Birk served as a captain and family physician in the United States Air Force. In 1966, he completed his residency in psychiatry at Harvard Medical School’s Massachusetts Mental Health Center, where he organized and taught the school’s first course in behavior therapy. He later became MMHC’s Director of the Laboratory of Behavioral Psychiatry.
In 1971, Dr. Birk founded the first private clinic that specialized in methods integrating behavioral and insight-oriented psychotherapy. The Newton-based clinic, called Learning Therapies, provided a combination of treatment modalities for patients, as well as an opportunity for area physicians, psychologists, and social workers to learn integrative techniques. In addition to running the private clinic, Dr. Birk taught courses and workshops at Massachusetts General Hospital, Cambridge Hospital, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and the Institute of Living in Hartford, Conn. He published widely in psychiatric and medical journals and was a fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and a cofounder of SEPI (the Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration).
Beside maintaining a busy psychiatry practice, Dr. Birk was an accomplished skier who enjoyed helicopter skiing in the Bugaboos and challenging mountain trails throughout the U.S. and Europe. He was also a marathon runner and hiker.
Dr. Birk leaves behind three daughters, Lisa Birk, Xandria Birk and Lara Birk, and a son, Jeffrey Birk, two grandchildren, his companion, Margaret Clarke, multiple nieces and nephews, and many dear friends. A memorial celebration is planned for the spring. For more information, please contact lbcelebration@gmail.com. Contributions in memory of Lee Birk may be made to the Lustgarten Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research (www.lustgarten.org), 1111 Stewart Avenue, Bethpage, New York 11714.
A memorial celebration will be held on Saturday, May 23rd at 10:30 AM at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Arlington, 630 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington, MA 02476.
John H. Cantlin
March 15, 1920 - April 20, 2009
John Henry Cantlin, 89, of Acton, formerly of Lincoln died Monday April 20, 2009 at Emerson Hospital in Concord. He was the beloved husband of Antoinette “Toni” (Tempesta) Cantlin to whom he was married for 66 years.
Born in Manchester, Connecticut on March 15, 1920 he was the son of the late John Clifford Cantlin and Rena Bell (Brown) Cantlin. After graduating from Lewiston High School in 1938 he earned a BSME from M.I.T. in 1942 and later attended the Harvard Advanced Management Program in 1966.
During World War II, he served in the Army Air Corps as a Major with the 4020th Army Air Force Base Unit.
Mr. Cantlin ran several companies in the Boston area including Smithcraft Lighting Co, Spincraft Corp, Electronized Chemicals Corp, and Hudson Lock Co. from which he retired as Executive VP in 1985. He held a number of US patents including the multistep work positioned for woodworkers.
He was a Lincoln resident from 1965 until 1997 prior to moving to Acton. In Lincoln he served as a member of the Board of Directors of the DeCordova Museum, and also was member of the Lincoln Friends of the Council on Aging. Other activities included being a member of President Vest’s Council on the Arts at MIT, and the Advisory Board of the New England Document Conservation Center.
In addition to his wife Toni, survivors include a daughter Linda Goetz and her husband John of North Attleboro, a son John Cantlin and his wife Jean of Baltimore, Maryland, six grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren. He was also the father of the late Richard Cantlin, and is survived by Richard’s wife Vicky, and was the brother of the late Regina Carson and her late husband Bruce of Washington, DC.
Funeral will be held Saturday April 25th from the Dee Funeral Home, 27 Bedford Street, Concord Center at 8:45 am followed by a funeral Mass in St. Joseph’s Church, Lincoln at 10 am. Interment will follow in the family burial plot in Lincoln Cemetery.
Visiting hours at the Dee Funeral Home will be on Friday April 24th from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9.
In lieu of flowers, contributions in his memory may be made to Emerson Hospital, c/o Development Office, ORNAC, Concord, MA 01742 or to Alzheimer’s Association, 311 Arsenal Street, Watertown, MA 02472.
Julia Angino Vercollone
May 14, 1917 - April 23, 2009
Julia (Angino) Vercollone, 91, of Lincoln died Thursday April 23, 2009 at Wayside Hospice in Wayland.
Born in Newton on May 14, 1917 she was the daughter of the late Crescenzo Angino and Lucia (Ciasullo) Angino. She attended Newton schools and was a 1934 graduate of Newton High School.
A Lincoln resident since 1955, she was a dedicated and loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and sister.
She was the beloved mother of Stephen E. Vercollone of Naples, Florida, Christine Slaats of Sudbury and Carl R. Vercollone of Lincoln and is survived by 8 grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild.
Funeral will be held Monday April 27th from the Dee Funeral Home, 27 Bedford Street, Concord Center at 8:45 am followed by a funeral Mass in St. Joseph’s Church, Lincoln at 10 am.
Interment will follow in the family burial plot in Newton Cemetery.
Visiting hours at the Dee Funeral Home will be on Sunday April 26th from 4 to 7 pm.
In lieu of flowers, contributions in her memory may be made to Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation, 1332 N. Halsted, Suite 201, Chicago, IL 60642-2642.
Rev. Gilbert Young Taverner
June 30, 1920 - April 22, 2009
The Rev. Dr. Gilbert Y. Taverner, 88, of Concord died on April 22, 2009 following a lengthy illness. He had been a resident since 1988 of Chamberlin Apartments, which were then an adjunct to the New England Deaconess Home and are now a part of the Newbury Court Campus. Born in Ashland, Maine, he grew up in Augusta. He was the son of Harold Godwin Taverner and Isabel Young Taverner who were both natives of Newfoundland. The Taverners were among the earliest families to settle in Bay de Verde and Trinity, Newfoundland, emigrating from Poole, England in the 1700s, and were prominent in the development of the England/Newfoundland cod fishing industry.
The Rev. Dr. Taverner was a graduate of Colby College, Boston University School of Theology, and received an Honorary Doctor of Divinity in 1979 from Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa where he served as Dean of Chapel and Professor of Religion from 1968 to 1973. As a student minister (1944-48) he served churches in North and East Vassalboro Maine and from 1948-1982, as an ordained minister of the New England Conference of the United Methodist Church, he served Hyde Park, West Springfield, St. Mark’s / Brookline, Parkway/ Milton, and Calvary/ Middletown, R.I. He was reknowned for his unique talent of being able to deliver his sermons without notes or manuscript, and always with a modern context and meaning, making religion a functioning and vibrant element of today’s society.. Seminary students were advised to go hear Gilbert Taverner preach to learn how to fashion their own preaching, Another unusual talent, developed while working with young adults, was using familiar hymn tunes but creating all new stanzas with contemporary words, to make the relevance of religion more meaningful. As the first Dean of a brand new Chapel at Simpson College, he counseled with the generation of embattled students besieged with moral questions during the era of the war in Vietnam.
Retiring from the church/ parish ministry in 1982, he joined the faculty of St. George’s School, serving in a variety of positions over the next twenty years – associate chaplain, teacher of religion, school historian, and archivist. He wrote the School’s first official history, published in three editions in 1987, 1991, and 1996. Following his writing of the history, The Gilbert Y. Taverner Archives, named in his honor, became a reality with the construction of a state-of-the-art facility. In 2003 he received another special honor when the Harvard Graduate School of Education awarded him an “Honor a Teacher Initiative” at the request of one of his former students for “service to the field of education, as a teacher who made a crucial difference in my life…combining in one person extraordinary wisdom, empathy, gentleness and a strong sense of purpose. He was the exemplary teacher, one who just like Jesus, whom he so much admired, managed to teach us not just the specific lessons, but about how to approach life as well.”
Mr. Taverner is survived by his wife of 56 years, Elizabeth Barker (Kilpatrick) Taverner, a step-daughter, Nancy (Kilpatrick) Adelman and her husband Clifford Adelman of Kensington, MD, two grandsons – Jonathan of Takoma Park, MD, and Nicholas and his wife Aliina – and twin great granddaughters Lucy and Marigny - of Minneapolis, MN, his sister-in-law Olive Taverner of Hallowell, Maine, widow of his brother Donald V. Taverner, and two nephews – Theodore, of Arlington, VA and Fred and his wife Peggy of Silver Spring, MD.
A Memorial Service will be held at Duvall Chapel on the Newbury Court Campus on Friday, May 8 at 2:00 P.M. Interment will be in Mt. Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Maine at a later date. In lieu of flowers, those who wish to may make donations to the New England Deaconess Association, 80 Deaconess Road, Concord, MA 01742.
