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Name John Leland Sosman, MD
September 15, 1920-April 3, 2008
Memorial Service
Sunday, April 20 at 1:00 p.m.
The Conference Center in Waterville Valley, NH
Visitation No visitation hours
Memorial Donations Waterville Valley BBTS Ski Educational Foundation
attn. Sharon Schmidt
WVBBTS
P.O. Box 422
Waterville Valley, NH 03215
978-649-6843
sschmidt@wvbbts.org
John Leland Sosman, MD, of Concord, Massachusetts, died at his home on April 3 after a long illness. He was 87.
The son of the eminent radiology pioneer Merrill C Sosman, Leland joined his father in practicing radiology in Boston hospitals. After earning his undergraduate degree from Harvard in 1943 and his doctorate from Johns Hopkins Medical School in 1946, he served in the US Army Medical Corps in postwar Germany at the 98th General Hospital in Munich. Returning to Boston he completed his residency and went on to become Chief of Radiology at the Robert Breck Brigham Hospital, a Harvard teaching hospital which later merged into the current Brigham and Women’s Hospital. As a specialist in bone and joint disease, he developed techniques for using x-rays in identifying human remains, and his testimony set the precedent for using x-ray evidence as legal proof of identity. He was a founding member of the International Skeletal Society, and he continued to practice and teach in the Harvard University system until his retirement at age 81.
A lifelong athlete and mountaineer, he was captain of both the lacrosse and wrestling teams at Harvard, a leader in the intramural football league, and a director of the Harvard Mountaineering Club, but his greatest passion was skiing. He began organizing local ski races in the walk-up era of the sport, and went on to volunteer in all levels of racing, from high school leagues to the Olympics, for the next 50 years. He was a Director of the United States Ski Association (USSA) for over 30 years and a delegate and committee member for the International Ski Federation (FIS) for 25 years. He served on the hill for Winter Olympic Games from 1964 in Innsbruck to Salt Lake City in 2002. The current generation of skiing directors, many of whom he recruited and trained, looked on “Doc” as a booster, teacher, mentor, and example; several of them still consider themselves his pupils. Among numerous awards for his contributions to the sport, he received USSA’s highest volunteer honor, the Blegen Award, in 1976, and was inducted into the U S Ski Hall of Fame in 1999.
Leland was predeceased by Mary Jo Kibler Sosman, his wife of 50 years, and his daughter Martha Sosman, Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. He leaves his other children: son Eric Sosman and daughter-in-law Sully Bonn of Newton, MA; daughter Nancy Sosman of Sebago, ME; daughter Carol Sosman and son-in-law Peter Ham of Mansfield, MA; and daughter Amy Sosman of Portsmouth, NH; his two grandsons, Jeremy Ham and Ethan Ham of Mansfield, MA; and his sister Barbara Munson of Hanover, NH.
Name William D. Eberle
June 5, 1923-April 3, 2008
Memorial Service
Saturday, April 19 at 2:00 p.m.
St. Michael's Cathedral
518 North 8th Street, Boise, ID
Reception To follow service in the former Carnegie Library
Memorial Donations Bill Eberle Memorial Fund with the
Idaho Community Foundation
P.O. Box 8143
Boise, ID 83707
Ambassador William D. Eberle, age 84, former U. S. Special Trade Representative, died peacefully at his Concord home on Thursday, April 3, 2008.
Born in Boise, Idaho, Mr. Eberle graduated from Boise High School and Stanford University before serving as a U.S. Naval officer in World War II. He received degrees from Harvard Law School and Harvard Graduate School of Business.
While studying at Harvard he met Jean Quick, a Wellesley College student. They were married in 1947 and moved to Boise where Mr. Eberle began his law career, becoming a partner in the firm Richards, Haga & Eberle.
He was intrigued with the political process and how it may benefit society. He was elected to the Idaho House of Representatives in the 1950s and served four terms, two as Speaker of the House.
He was one of the founders of the Boise Cascade Corporation and was its Vice President from 1959-1966. “He was a man of great warmth and charm who was able to succeed in many undertakings,” said his law partner, Chuck McDevitt, retired Supreme Court Chief Justice of Idaho. “Foreign governments and companies were enhanced by his impeccable honesty and trustworthiness.”
“He was a gifted strategist and handled the big corporate picture masterfully,” said fellow Concordian Richard Wheeler who, as a senior executive for Citibank, first met Mr. Eberle in the Philippines.
In 1966, American Standard was looking to hire someone to help the company diversify. Mr. Eberle was a candidate. Recalls his son, Jeff, “About a week after the initial discussions, the president called. Out of the blue, he said he was retiring and wanted my father to take his position.” Under Mr. Eberle’s leadership as Chairman and CEO, American Standard, one of America’s largest multi-national corporations, became a far more viable organization.
Mr. Eberle served as Special Trade Representative from 1971-1975 under Presidents Nixon and Ford, becoming the first Idaho native to be named ambassador. At the time of his appointment the U.S. had not conducted multi-lateral trade negotiations for 12 years, a situation he immediately worked to rectify. “He was remarkably effective,” said Wheeler. “It is notable how many of the treaties he worked on actually came through.”
He served as Director of the Cabinet for International Economic Policy from 1973-1974 and was an active promoter of the GATT Tokyo Round negotiations.
With an abiding interest in foreign affairs and global economics, Mr. Eberle was an active member of the Aspen Institute and co-chaired their annual seminar on the future of the world economy. For many years he was a director of the International Chamber of Commerce and chaired their Commission on Trade-Related Issues, and was Director of the US Japan Foundation from 1986-1994. He was an Advisory Council Member at Stanford University Business School from 1969-1974 and created the William D. Eberle Professor of International Economics chair upon leaving.
Mr. Eberle always kept Idaho close to his heart. An avid skier, he began schussing the Boise foothills in the 1930s using a Model “A” as his chair lift. He transitioned to the groomed slopes of Sun Valley and Aspen where he enjoyed decades more of skiing, often with his children as company. Childhood summers were spent at McCall Lake, Idaho. In 1933 he, along with his brother Ted, spent the summer helping to build the family cabin. Later, as his career took him east, he built a summer home in Small Point, Maine, where he could spend time with his family.
In addition to his wife of 60 years, Mr. Eberle leaves his son Jeffrey and his wife Molly of Concord, MA, his son David and wife Sara Hill of Boise, Idaho, his son Francis and wife Diane of Brunswick, Maine, his daughter Cilista of Los Angeles, Calif., a sister Nancy Umbach of McCall, Idaho, and six grandchildren.
Name Mary Jane (Farnham) Niemann
July 2, 1927-April 2, 2008
Funeral Service
Monday, April 7 at 10:00 a.m.
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
20 Pine Street, Burlington, VT
Visitation Sunday, April 6, 1:00-4:00 p.m.
LaVigne Funeral Home
132 Main Street, Winooski, VT
Memorial Donations Stow Conservation Trust
P.O. Box 397
Stow, MA 01775
Mary Jane (Farnham) Niemann, age 80 of Stow, Massachusetts, died peacefully on Wednesday, April 2, 2008 at Emerson Hospital. Her daughter, Nan Mary, and son-in-law, Carl, were with her.
Born in Burlington, Vermont in 1927, she was the daughter of Charles H. W. Farnham and Mary Canney Farnham. In 1951 she married Alfred Paul Niemann of Queens, New York at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Burlington, Vermont. She will be greatly missed by her daughter, Nan Mary Stutz, of Stow, Massachusetts, her son-in-law, Carl A. Stutz, her brother, Dr. John E. Farnham of Burlington, Vermont, as well as by many friends, nieces, and nephews. She was “Aunt Janie” to many.
She graduated from the University of Vermont and was a teacher for 41 years, primarily in Garden City, New York. She was an avid choral singer and gardener and was very active in the Waldorf School of Garden City, NY. She loved music, birds, and flowers and supplied the birds with dryer lint and ribbons for their nests.
She was predeceased by her husband, Alfred P. Niemann, her brothers Charles H. W. Farnham, Jr. and Richard E. Farnham, her sister-in-law, Grace Niemann Goot, and her brother-in-law Andrew Goot.
Name Muriel B. (Hazen) Churchill
June 13, 1916-April 5, 2008
Memorial Service
Wednesday, April 9 at 11:00 a.m.
MacRae-Tunnicliffe's Concord Funeral Home
Belknap & Thoreau Streets, Concord
Visitation Tuesday, April 8, 4:00-7:00 p.m.
MacRae-Tunnicliffe's Concord Funeral Home
Belknap & Thoreau Streets, Concord
Memorial Donations Emerson Hospital Foundation
133 ORNAC
Concord, MA 01742
Churchill, Muriel B. (Hazen), age 91 of Concord, formerly of Arlington, April 5, 2008. Wife of the late Richard H. Churchill. Mother of Marilyn Churchill and Richard and his wife Maria. Grandmother of Matthew, Katharine, and Sarah Churchill. Sister of Jean Clarke and her husband Robert. Interment Exeter Cemetery, Exeter, NH will be private.
Name Viola (Williams) Hodgdon
June 27, 1912-April 5, 2008
Funeral Service
Thursday, April 10 at 11:00 a.m.
MacRae-Tunnicliffe's Concord Funeral Home
Belknap & Thoreau Streets, Concord
Visitation Thursday, April 10, 10:00-11:00 a.m.
MacRae-Tunnicliffe's Concord Funeral Home
Belknap & Thoreau Streets, Concord
Memorial Donations Order of the Eastern Star Chapter #109
76 Day Street
Norwood, MA 02062
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St. Paul's Episcopal Church
55 Main Street
North Kingstown, RI 02852
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Chamber of Commerce
230 Old Tower Hill Road
Wakefield, RI 02879
Viola M. (Williams) Hodgdon, age 95 of Concord, formerly of Cranston, Rhode Island, passed away on Saturday April 5, 2008 at Emerson Hospital. She was the wife of the late Earl C. Hodgdon Jr.
Born in Providence, RI, she was the daughter of the late Thomas and Ellen (Tarring) Williams. Raised in Cranston, she graduated from Providence Commercial High School in 1930. From there she worked at RI Hospital Trust Commercial Office in Providence until she married in 1938.
Viola and Earl settled in Massachusetts where they raised their children while living in Norwood, Westwood, and then Grafton. During these years she was an office worker for the State of Massachusetts. They moved to Narragansett, RI in 1968 where they enjoyed Bonnet Shores beach and sail boating out of Wickford RI.
She worked for the Chamber of Commerce in Wakefield and as a volunteer at South County Hospital.
Mrs. Hodgdon was Grand Matron and past Matron of Samoset Chapter 109 Order of Eastern Star, Norwood, MA and was also a member of Nestell Chapter 6 Order of the Eastern Star in Rhode Island. She was past Commander of Point Judith Flotilla, Secretary of U.S. Coast Guard Aux Division, and served as Secretary and on the Board of Directors of the Senior Youth Association in Peacedale, RI.
She is survived by her daughter Carol H. Vanderlippe of Acton, MA and her son Thomas E. Hodgdon of Devens, MA. She is also survived by 4 grandchildren, Deborah and Walter Luikey and Jaime and Joshua Hodgdon, and 5 great-grandchildren, Joseph and Jayson Mahoney and David, Kevin, and Nicholas Luikey. She was the sister of the late Marguerite Mangler.
Interment will be in the family plot in Elm Grove Cemetery, North Kingstown, RI.
James Merrill
ARLINGTON — James Merrill, 84, of Arlington, died Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2006, at the Massachusetts General Hospital after a long illness.
Born in Boston,he was raised in Arlington, the son of the late John and Jennie (McGinnis) Yadwish and lived in Arlington for most of his life.
He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II.
For many years, Mr. Merrill worked as a waiter at the Ritz-Carlson in Boston and the Harvard Club, retiring in 1977. He is remembered by his friends as a “true gentleman.”
Mr. Merrill is survived by one brother, Paul G. Merrill of Palm Harbor, Fla. and his close friends, Victor Tammi of Boston andCraig Johnson and Sharon Corser, bothof Woburn. He was predeceased by a brother, John Yadwish and a sister, Mary Yadwish.
A graveside service with military honors was held at the Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Arlington on Monday, March 6.
In lieu of flowers, donations in Mr. Merrill’s memory may be made to the American Cancer Society, 18 Tremont St., Ste.700, Boston, MA 02108.
Funeral arrangements were under the direction of Arthur P. Graham Funeral Home, Woburn.
Stephen L. Nigro
CLARKSTON, Wash. — Stephen L. Nigro, 56, of Clarkston, Wash., formerly of Arlington, died on Thursday, March 2, 2006, after a brief illness. He was the husband of Kelly (Beckman) Nigro.
He is the son of the late Frank and Mary (Delucia) Nigro.
Mr. Nigro is the father of Maria, Rachael and Amy Nigro, all of Clarkston, Christopher Nigro of Nottingham, N.H., and Jason Nigro of Chelsea. He is also survived by one grandson; two sisters, Antoinette Percival of Tewksbury and Carol Sexton of Arlington; a brother, Richard Nigro of Arlington; his former wife, Denise Esperson of Ipswich and many nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by a brother, Vincent Nigro of Arlington.
Funeral services will be held Friday, March 10 at the Vassar Rawls Funeral Home, 920 21 First Ave., Lewiston, Idaho.
Donations may be made in his memory to the American Cancer Society.
Mary A. Ritchie
ARLINGTON — Mary A. (Silk) Ritchie died suddenly Sunday, Feb. 26, 2006. She was the beloved wife of the late John L. Ritchie Jr.
She was the daughter of the late George S. and Sophie (Morwicka) Silk.
She is survived by two daughters,Cynthia M. Meklenburg and her husband Kurt of Westford, and Beth Ritchie in California; two grandchildren; two brothers, George Silk in New Jersey and John Silk in North Carolina; and three sisters, Patricia Canniff of Arlington, Marjorie Connell in Florida and Kathleen Goodwin of Bedford.
A funeral was held March 4 from the George L. Doherty Funeral Home in Somerville followed by a funeral Mass in St Eulalia Church, Winchester. Burial was in Mt Pleasant Cemetery, Arlington.
For those who wish, contributions in Mrs. Ritchie’s memory may be made to the charity of one’s choice.
Anna M. Sisk
ACTON — Anna M. (Vorderer) Sisk, 83, formerly of Arlington, Medford and Lexington, died Friday, March 3, 2006, at the Life Care Center of Acton following an extended illness. She was the wife of the late Charles F. Sisk.
She was a graduate of Medford High School, Class of 1940.
Mrs. Sisk was employed as a secretary for the New England Telephone Company before her retirement.
She was a member of the Catholic Daughters of America, Legion of Mary, Arlington Women’s Club and St. Agnes Church in Arlington.
She is survived by a son, Robert C. Sisk and his wife Susan of Charles, Ill.; a grandson; a daughter-in-law, Joanne E. (Sisk) Holton of Acton; a brother-in-law, Raymond Sisk and his wife Mildred of Scituate; and two nieces.
She was also the mother of the late John F. Sisk, and the sister of the late John and William Vorderer.
A funeral Mass was celebrated March 7 at St. Agnes Church in Arlington. Burial was in Oak Grove Cemetery, Medford.
Arrangements were under the care of the Doyle-Lane Funeral Home, Burlington.
For those who wish, contributions in Mrs. Sisk’s memory may be made to the Affinity Hospice of Life, 121 Middlesex Turnpike, Suite 102, Burlington, MA 01803.
