Francis Elliott Carlson, 97, died July 8, 2017 at home in Hingham, MA. A life member of the Appalachian Mountain Club, he was a former Hutman at Pinkham (1939), Carter Notch (1940), and the Lakes (1941). Frank was a co-founder of the Washington, D.C. chapter, serving as its Chair, and also as a Hike Leader…
Roger V. Pugh passed away peacefully April 12, 2017 at the age of 87. Roger was a longtime corporate lawyer in New York City in the firms Donovan, Leisure, Newton and Irvine, and Edwards and Angell. In his “retirement,” Roger served in Paraguay as a Peace Corps volunteer with his wife Joanne, then worked abroad in Latvia,…
Thomas H. Barringer, PhD., 73, of Stockton, NJ, died on Tuesday, April 11, 2017, at his home. Dr. Barringer was born on May 10, 1943, in Charleston, WV. In 1966 he graduated with a BS from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY. A veteran of the U.S. Air Force who served during the Vietnam War,…
Might as well save the best news for last. No peeking. Before we get to that, here’s a quick review of all the ways you can connect with the huts and your OH buddies over the months ahead. For starters, the OHA and the AMC hut system offer a variety of ways you can overnight…
Roger Williams Caulkins, 85, passed away Friday, March 3, 2017 at Inova Fairfax Hospital in Falls Church, VA following a short illness. He was born in Factoryville, PA, the youngest of four sons of the Reverend and Mrs. Charles Whitney Caulkins. He was preceded in death by his parents, a brother, Charles Whitney Caulkins, Jr.,…
John Patrick Fox, beloved 23-year-old son of Doug and Patrice Fox, died Dec. 1, 2016, in his home town of Unity Maine. He was a graduate of Mount View High School class of 2012 and was currently completing his senior year at Unity College. John had a deep love of our natural world and was…
If one believes we claim the places that brought our souls to life, it is entirely appropriate that Robert “Sully” Sullivan of Bartlett, NH, and Cordova, AK, 80 years in age, would pass over on November 11, 2016 here in the White Mountains, site of his first love. Born in Boston, MA, August 12, 1936,…
Andrew Macmillan, age 85, died on October 28, 2016, in New York City. Born and raised in Hingham, Massachusetts, he had a long career in television and theater in the Boston area and in New York City. He is survived by his wife of 30 years, Kitty (Lunn), his brother Alexander of Hingham, Massachusetts, and…
Come lend a hand with fall chores (screens, storms, clean glass). No firewood to move this year! This is the annual work weekend where your labor pays for your food. Things get started mid- to late- morning shortly followed by a German themed lunch. Chores and food preparation consumes the afternoon followed by a hearty…
Preston Howard “Sandy” Saunders passed away at his home on July 20, 2016. He was born on April 22, 1930 to Ruth Howard Preston Saunders and Walter Mills Saunders, Jr. in Providence, Rhode Island. He worked at Pinkham, Zealand and Carter from 1946-1948 Sandy attended Phillips Andover Academy, class of 1948, Dartmouth College, class of…
Asa Bartlett Goddard, 77, of West Cornwall, CT, passed at his home on July 17, 2016. Predeceased by his parents, Lucy (Bartlett) Goddard and George W. Goddard, Asa is survived by his wife, Olive (Haskell) Goddard; a son, Andrew B. Goddard and his wife, Polly (Tobin) Goddard; a grandson, Jackson A. Goddard; his sister, Georgia…
Rebecca Ann Boothman, 69, of Randolph NH passed away in the early morning hours Sunday April 10, 2016 surrounded by close friends and family. She was born to the late John H. (Jack) and Gwen (Shorey) Boothman October 10, 1946 in Berlin, NH. Becky was a cook at the Appalachian Mountain Club in Pinkham Notch…
RICHARDSON, Peter Hughes Of Exeter, New Hampshire, formerly of Weston, Massachusetts, passed suddenly on March 12, 2016. Born on May 28, 1924 in Boston, Richardson grew up in Concord, Massachusetts and graduated from MIT in 1948 after service in the paratroopers in France in 1945. He taught science and math in high school (and built…
Allen Cheston Starkey, age 80, Wayzata MN, passed away peacefully on February 15, 2016. Born on September 4, 1935 in Philadelphia. , Allen was preceded in death by parents Laird and Dorothy Starkey and brother, William P. Starkey. Survived by his loving wife of 59, years Judith Corfield Starkey, brother Robert L. Starkey (Nancy); daughters…
Charlie Kellogg passed away Monday, September 21 2015. Charlie has a long history in the White Mountains, and undoubtedly many friends still reside in the valley. Charlie started working in the AMC huts as a young teenager. He was the hut master when chief Justice Douglas visited the Lakes of the Clouds Hut. Thereafter National…
Lucas Ryan Richardson, 25, of Hailey, Idaho, passed away on Saturday, Sept. 12 2015, after sustaining an injury in a climbing accident in the rugged Pioneer Mountains of Idaho. Luke was born February 10, 1990 to Peter and Stephanie Richardson in Berlin, Vt. He attended Spaulding High School in Barre, Vt., and graduated from the University of…
Alfred Lubaugh Bernier diZerega III (Buddy) died at home on June 24, 2015. He was 88 years old. He was born at Rock Spring Farm on Loudoun Street in Leesburg Virginia on July 8 1926, the son of Alfred L.B. diZerega II of Aldie and Lucy Harrison diZerega of Leesburg. After graduation from Fishburne Military…
Bruce Borsum Blake, 80, passed away on Monday June 15, 2015 in Bar Harbor Maine. He was born on September 9, 1934 in Queens, New York, the son of Winchester and Elsa (Borsum) Blake. He was married to the former Margaret Stebbins of Schenectady for 55 years prior to her passing in 2013. Bruce grew…
Clare O’Connell, 51 of Newton, died June 1, 2015. She is survived by her husband Michael A. Collora of Newton, and two stepchildren, Rebecca Collora Buckman, New York City and Nicholas A. Collora of Brighton. Clare was one of seven children of Laurence and Frances O’Connell of Worcester who predeceased her. She is also survived…
Constance Emerson “Connie” Crooker, 68, author of Melanoma Mama and co-author of Doc Jackson’s Letters Home: A Combat Medic’s 1968 Letters from Vietnam, died Friday morning, April 10, 2015 at her home. Born July 23, 1946 in Portland, Maine, the daughter of the late Rev. Charles W. Crooker and Elizabeth (MacGregor) Crooker Bates. She received…