Peacefully on Monday December 11th, 2017 in his 100th year.
Geoff, devoted husband of Prue (died 1998), loving father of Barbara (died 2008), (Jim Hughes and Karen Davidson), Longview, AB, Penny (Frank Brathwaite), Newmarket, ON, and Ian (Maggie), Goderich, ON. Proud grandfather of Sarah Hughes (Andrew Simmonds), Stephen, Peter (Laurie), and Janet (Harold Pliszka), Andrew Brathwaite (Wendy) and Amy Brathwaite; great-grandfather of Kayla, Dawn and Erin Hughes, Billy and Cole Hughes, Hailey and Reuben Pliszka. Brother of Robert G. Dale (died 2013), (Mary Dale), Toronto, and brother of Sister Mary Cartwright (Jim died 1976), Bracebridge, ON.
Served in The Toronto Scottish Regiment (MG) in the U.K., and N.W. Europe 1940-45, in the militia before and after the war retiring as major. Served on the staff of Trinity College School 1946-1983 including fifteen years as the Assistant Headmaster. He and Prue were staunch members of St. Mark's parish since 1946.
Visitation in St. Mark's Church, 51 King St., Port Hope, ON, L1A 2R6 on Thursday December 14th, from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Jesuit High School (New Orleas, LA)Died December 4, 2017
Pearce died December 4, 2017, after an eight-year struggle with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. He earned an associate degree from Université Laval in Quebec, Canada, a BA from Oakland University, an MA from Tulane University, a PhD from the University of New Orleans, and another MA from Central Michigan University. He taught in the classroom for 53 years, thirty-two of them at Jesuit High School, and eleven at Benjamin Franklin High School, where he singlehandedly organized the teachers' union. He also taught as an adjunct professor at the University of New Orleans, Concordia University, and University of Holy Cross. He was a member of the Union Francaise and Houma-based choir Les Amis de la Chanson, and for more than a decade played the roles of Santa Claus and Pere Noël at malls, hotels, and private parties. He is survived by Geoffrey Kimball, Dani Honold; brother Michael Pearce; sisters Elizabeth Morrill and Margaret Camarata; cousins Cherry Hudson, Penny Oswald and Alan Watson; and by the thousands of students to whom he taught Latin, Greek, French, English, and Sanskrit over the decades. A funeral service will be celebrated in St. Peter the Apostle Church, Byers Green, England, with burial there in the churchyard. A celebration of Prof's life will take place at Jacob Schoen and Son Funeral Home, 3827 Canal Street, New Orleans on Friday, December 15, 2017, from 5:00 to 8:00 pm. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the Latin program at Benjamin Franklin High School. Condolences may be expressed at www.schoenfh.com.
Northwestern University (IL)Died September 17, 2017
Jeanne Rosen Ravid of Northwestern University
Age 72. Died peacefully on September 17, 2017. She is survived by her beloved husband of 47 years, Phillip, loving son, Michael (Hailey Moss), brother, William (Joan) Rosen, niece, Katherine Rosen (Christopher Follen), nephew, Daniel Rosen, brother-in-law, Steven (Missy) Ravid, poodle, Tiger Lily and African grey parrot, Louie. Jeannie was born in 1945, the daughter of the late Alvin & June Rosen. She was a long standing and well respected professor of Classics at Northwestern University for 35 years. She held a position as a senior lecturer and senior college advisor. She touched many lives and changed the course of generations of students. She was a warm, kind, brilliant, loving, well-respected wife, mother, sister, aunt, colleague, and friend to all she encountered. Jeannie was an asset to her community of Evanston, selflessly volunteering her time to the Child Care Center of Evanston and Uptown Center Hull House. Graveside service Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. Westlawn Cemetery, 7801 W. Montrose Av., Norridge, IL. Memorials to the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance, 520 Eighth Av., 4th Floor, New York, NY 10018. For more information call SEGUIN & SYMONDS FUNERAL HOME, Highwood 847-432-3878
Published in a Chicago Tribune Media Group Publication from Sept. 18 to Sept. 19, 2017
University of the Sciences (PA)Died August 30, 2017
University of the Sciences
Clarence Jackson Gump
Waite High School, Toledo, OhioDied April 20, 2017
1925-2017
Waite High School, Toledo Ohio
Clarence Jackson "Jack" Gump, aged 91, of Toledo went home to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ Thursday, April 20, 2017, in Flower Hospital attended by close family. He was born June 21, 1925, to Jesse Clarence and Amy Pauline (DeVault) Gump in Fairmont, West Virginia. A veteran of the U.S. Navy, he retired from Waite High School where he taught English and Latin for many years. A member of Trinity Lutheran Church, Jack was also a member of The Gideons, and the Walter Weller American Legion Post.
Preceded in death by his wife, Betty (Nuzum) Gump; daughters, Rebekah Jane Carpenter and Deborah Jeanette Montgomery; and son, David Jackson Gump. He is survived by daughter, Amy (Glenn) Fitkin; 11 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.
Friends may visit the family on Tuesday after 10 a.m. in Trinity Lutheran Church, 4560 Glendale Ave., Toledo where memorial services will follow at 12 Noon. The family suggests memorials to Trinity Church or Gideons International, PO Box 97251, Washington DC 20090-7251.
Edwin L Brown
University of North Carolina at Chapel HillDied March 27, 2017
It is with great regret that we report the passing of Edwin L. Brown, former professor at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill.
"His research and teaching at UNC-Chapel Hill reflected his broad interests and lively curiosity, ranging from Latin poetry (especially Vergil) to Greek didactic poetry, the early Greek gods, and Greek and Roman astronomy, especially constellation names. He was particularly interested in the connections between the early Greeks and the Near East, an area of research that led him to study the Greek god Poseidon, the enigmatic early script known as Linear A, and numerous other thorny fields of inquiry."
Brown passed away peacefully on March 27, 2017 surrounded by love and family at the Brooks-Howell Home in Asheville, NC.
Born April 6, 1929 and raised in Asheville, he graduated from the Asheville School in 1946. Edwin graduated from Haverford College in 1950 with a Bachelor of Arts. His major was Archaeology, with a minor in Classical Languages. He would occasionally hitchhike the over 600 miles between Asheville and college.
Edwin was a Fulbright Scholar at the American School of Classical Studies in Athens, Greece in 1950-51.
A Conscientious Objector, he provided alternative service with the Mennonites in West Virginia and Chicago before working in Greece in 1953-54 with the World Council of Churches to assist with refugee resettlement. There, he met lifelong friends Maria and John Christopher, who eventually moved to Chapel Hill, NC with sponsorship from Edwin's mother, Lelia Mitchell Brown of Asheville. The Christophers and their children thrived in Chapel Hill and the families enjoyed many New Year's celebrations together, discussions of modern and ancient Greek, a shared interest in teaching young people, and travel to the Christophers' beach house.
