Irving “Ike” Meredith of Sandwich, New Hampshire passed away on Oct. 20, 2001, at his home in Sandwich at the age of 80. He was born May 5, 1921, in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of the late Irving and Lois (Woodley) Meredith. He was a graduate of Kimball Union Academy in Meridian, and later attended…
Misha Kirk, father and mountaineer, died October 2, 2001 at his home in Glen, NH, from a neurological seizure. He had recently turned 50. Little could either of us have imagined, while discussing his curriculum vitae in preparation for his presentation to last year’s OH Winter Reunion, that his bio would used for his obit.…
Arthur “Whitey” Whitehead was our oldest OH at 97. He died in Quincy, Massachusetts July 26, 2001. He worked at Pinkham from 1922-1927, the same year Joe Dodge arrived and was Joe’s partner during the early part of his career. In the fall of 1926, he and Joe rescued the cook from the Glen House,…
June 2001: I am sorry to report, and was saddened by the news that Mark Kingsbury was killed riding his motorcycle near his home in Banff, Canada in early June. Mark was a Madhouse man through and through spending 1967 and 1969 at Madison and the interceding Summer at Greenleaf. He was a dynamic figure…
Elizabeth Beth Belcher died Saturday, March 3, 2001. Wife of Foochow and mother of Jeff (Zealand), Bill (Lakes), Joanie (Pinkham), Charlie (Madison) and Betsy (Pinkham) and, according to Bill, worked at Madison when Foochow was a hutman. A memorial service was held March 17 at the First Congregational Church in Melrose.
David “Deacon” Sleeper died February 4, 2001 after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. He was born on February 1, 1922 and died on February 4, 2001 at the age of 79. David last resided in Ithaca, New York. He worked for Joe Dodge in 1942.
Lewis Prouty Bissell, 82, of Jackson, NH died December 10, 2000. Born in Medford, MA, he was a graduate of UNH where he met and later married Priscilla Emery who worked for Joe Dodge. He then received a master s degree in forestry at Yale and served in the Army Air Corps during WWII. He…
Paul Doherty 6/19/1919 – 06/18/2000. A memorial service was held for Paul, 81, July 22 in Gorham. Though not a hutman, his activities during a busy outdoors career were intertwined with the huts. After WWII serving as a Navy volunteer (precursor to the SEALS), he became a NH Conservation Office moving through the ranks until…
Peter Limmer 79, of Intervale, NH died June 15, 2000 at the Memorial Hospital after a long illness. A devoted father and husband, he was born in Vachendorf, Bavaria-Germany. The son of Peter Limmer Sr. and Maria (Buecherl) Limmer. He was predeceased by his brother Francis Limmer in 1997.Peter served with distinction, at Roosevelt Field…
Alan M. Corindia, 52, of 24 Jenkins Lane, Sullivan, NH died August 14, 1999 at his home after a period of failing health. He was born in Winchester, Mass., Oct. 13, 1946, son of Attilio E. and Dorothy E. (Macman) Corindia, and lived in Reading, Mass. and Strafford before moving to Sullivan 21 years ago.…
Robert “Shorty” Lange, 73, passed away at Copley Hospital in Morrisville, Vermont on April 1, 1999. Born in Stoneham, Mass., on May 1, 1925, he was the son of the late George A. and Mabel (Johnson) Lange. On May 12, 1967, he married the former Harriet “jackie” (Stock) Jordan in Hanover, NH. Mr. Lange attended…
Bill Appell, Lakes Hutmaster 1941, died February 12, 1999.
Charles Brownell, Madison 1941, died February 2, 1999.
Margery Lang Hamilton, 89, a special member, died October 23, 1997 in Plymouth, MA. A portrait and landscape artist, she is remembered for her Huts 100th exhibition of mountain paintings and her portrait of Joe Dodge which were hung at Pinkham the summer of 1988. She leaves a son James of Cohasset, MA and daughter…
Harry Clay McDade, 73, of Littleton, NH died at his home October 13, 1997 after a long illness. Not a hutman, but a friend to many Greenleaf hutmen, Harry, a general surgeon, was known as the “Climbing Doctor” who was instrumental in the Cannon Mountain rescues in 1959 and organized the critical care response to…
Colin Miles Davidson died June 15,1997 at his home in Madison, NH. After an extraordinarily active life, he was still planning publication projects while succumbing to Lou Gehrig’s disease. After working in the huts in the mid ’60s, he became a rock climbing instructor at the EMS climbing school in North Conway; joined the American…
Brian “Honcho” Earl who worked at Lonesome Lake and the construction crew in the early 70’s, died Friday April 25th 1997. He recently had a liver transplant, which his body rejected. Brian was a quiet guy who didn’t say much, but there was a lot going on beneath the surface. He really loved the mountains.…
Francis X. Limmer of Kearsage, NH died February 22, 1997 at the Maine Medical Center following a long illness. He was born in Vachendorff, Germany, the son of Peter and Maria Limmer and moved to Mount Washington Valley in 1951. He served in the famous 10th Mountain Division in Italy as a lieutenant and joined…
Commander Robert Marvel died in San Antonio, TX February 20, 1997. He was known as Commander or Der working as Assistant Huts Manager under Bruce Sloat. Hawkeye Hawkins sent the following: Der was one of a kind smoking his unfiltered Camels. He was the end of the conservative era of hut management. I was…
Allen Pumphouse Clark died January 23, 1997 after a year’s bout with lung cancer. He was an avid skier; mountain climber and bicyclist. He worked at Madison before WWII and at Greenleaf in ’46. He leaves his wife Nancy, sons David and Thomas and two grandchildren. He would have been married 50 years this June.