Recent Deaths Archives - Yale 72

Obituary for Deborah Post

Obituary for Deborah Post

February 1, 2021 in In Memoriam, Notes, Recent Deaths

Pam Huntington reports that DEBORAH POST (SY) passed away peacefully on Saturday (January 30, 2020) after a long bout with glioblastoma. Debbie served our class in many roles, most recently as class AYA representative from […]

Dr. Roger W. Dietrich Died January 10, 2018

Dr. Roger W. Dietrich Died January 10, 2018

March 26, 2018 in In Memoriam, Notes, Recent Deaths

Dr. Roger W. Dietrich (TD) died January 10, 2018. He is survived by his wife, Elaine, and children, Kristen and Eric. He was born in New York in 1950 and raised on Long Island. He […]

A Remembrance of David Herington

A Remembrance of David Herington

January 25, 2018 in In Memoriam, Notes, Recent Deaths

A remembrance of David Herington by Charlie Munitz (JE): “I’m very sorry to have to report that our dear friend and classmate from JE, David Herington, passed away this morning from complications of multiple myeloma.  […]

Rosanna Sattler Dies--An Obituary and a Remembrance by Debbie Bernick

Rosanna Sattler Dies–An Obituary and a Remembrance by Debbie Bernick

November 26, 2017 in In Memoriam, Notes, Recent Deaths

We’re sad to report the untimely death of classmate ROSANNA SATTLER (TD).   Here is an obituary:   Here is a remembrance by DEBBIE BERNICK:   MY DEAR FRIEND ROSANNA   Dear ’72 Women […]

Richard L Baron Died on May 4, 2017

Richard L Baron Died on May 4, 2017

July 27, 2017 in In Memoriam, Notes, Recent Deaths

Richard L. Baron (GH) died suddenly of an apparent heart attack on May 4, 2017.  Richard started in the Class of 1971 but spent a year in Ghana as part of the five-year BA program […]

Bruce W. Hesselbach's Death Reported

Bruce W. Hesselbach’s Death Reported

July 10, 2017 in In Memoriam, Notes, Recent Deaths

Bruce Hesselbach (DC), 66, died unexpectedly Tuesday evening, June 13, 2017 at Brattleboro Memorial Hospital in Vermont. Click here for the complete obituary from the Brattleboro, VT Reformer.

Elizabeth Montgomery Heinz Dies in Berkeley, CA

Elizabeth Montgomery Heinz Dies in Berkeley, CA

June 22, 2017 in In Memoriam, Notes, Recent Deaths

Elizabeth Montgomery Heinz (MC) died April 27, 2017 in Berkeley, CA. Here is a link to the obituary in The New York Times:   

John P. Louchheim (CC, now GH--Grace Hooper College) Reports on the Passing of Gord Farrimond (also CC)

John P. Louchheim (CC, now GH–Grace Hooper College) Reports on the Passing of Gord Farrimond (also CC)

May 30, 2017 in In Memoriam, Notes, Recent Deaths

“Thought you might want to know: Gord Farrimond passed away on 1/22/17. He died unexpectedly of cardiac endocarditis, having endured months of suffering (but thinking it was a bad case of the flu). “He left […]

Rhodes Scholar William Farley, Jr. Dies

Rhodes Scholar William Farley, Jr. Dies

April 27, 2016 in Notes, Recent Deaths

Bill Farley died over the weekend in Chicago. He had been ill for quite a while and had been struggling with Parkinson’s disease. Bill was a well-known and well-loved figure during our years in New […]

Lew Schwartz's Death Reported

Lew Schwartz’s Death Reported

February 17, 2016 in In Memoriam, Notes, Recent Deaths

Bill Bulkeley reports on the death of classmate and best friend, Lew Schwartz: “Lew Schwartz died Jan. 29 after a year-long battle with cancer. Lew, who was working as general counsel for Gartner Inc. in […]