Joanna Crawford, 89 (died July 1) – instrumental in social justice work with the Martin Luther King Action Project at Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School. “How many Habitat trips, Food Bank expeditions, homeless shelter dinners, alternative service vacations did she make possible? Innumerable. She believed in service and in an education that took us out of our…
obits
Wesley Towne Frost, 1926–2015
(Editor’s note: The Lincoln Squirrel usually posts links to obituaries on other websites when available, but this was written expressly for the Squirrel by the widow and son of Mr. Frost.) Longtime Lincoln resident Wesley Towne Frost died June 1, 2015 at Emerson Hospital in Concord at the age of 89 after a long struggle…
Obituaries – 6/12/15
James G. Birmingham, 84 (April 28) – broker and manager of private investment partnerships William Brennan, 87 (April 24) – First Parish Church member; owned company that designed and manufactured sterling silver and precious metal products J. Walter Brain, 79 (April 19) – landscape architect, Thoreau Club member Charles Stathos, 93 (April 6) – Okinawa veteran,…
May 20 memorial service in Lincoln for Paul Giese
There will be a memorial service at the First Parish Church in Lincoln on Wednesday, May 20 at 3 p.m. for Paul E. Giese, who died in January at the age of 76. A native of Seattle, he moved to Lincoln in 1966 and worked as a management consultant for Arthur D. Little. He did…
Obituaries – 5/11/15
J. Walter Brain, 79 (April 19) – Landscape architect and writer James G. Birmingham, 84 (April 18) – former broker with Proctor Cook and Co. Annette Griggs, 85 (March 14) – former LPN and ceramicist Anthony Pickman, 98 (February 20) – former president and trustee of Longy School of Music Previously reported in the Lincoln Squirrel:…
Lincoln resident dies in tractor accident
Oxbow Road resident Lenore Travis, who died unexpectedly late last month, was remembered for her agriculture-focused volunteer work and as a longtime member of the Shady Hill School community.
Lincoln School student CJ Dwyer passes away
By Alice C. Waugh
Christopher “CJ” Dwyer of Littleton, a seventh-grade special-education student at the Lincoln School, died on April 25. Lincoln School K-4 Principal Steve McKenna made the announcement to school families in an email Monday morning.
Obituaries – 2/18/15
Janet Daniels, 90 (January 13) — first woman president of the board of the deCordova Museum Georgia Drake, 100 (January 7) — honored in 2013 as the oldest living registered voter in Lincoln with the presentation of the Boston Post Cane Paul Giese, 77 (January 14) — served on several Lincoln boards and commissions…
News acorns – 1/7/15
See videos of First Day in Lincoln Intrepid Lincoln photographer/videographer Harold McAleer has posted some videos of First Day in Lincoln on January 1. Have a look at some of the socializing and see Rob Loud belting out Auld Lang Syne. You can see other videos by Harold on his YouTube channel. SBAC’s final public forum…
News acorns – 12/10/14
A capella benefit a hit; LEAP plans to do it again next year Lincoln residents packed the auditorium of Bemis Hall on December 5 to hear three a capella groups perform in a benefit for LEAP (the Lincoln After-school Activities Program). The groups who sang were Accent from Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School, and VoiceLab and the Callbacks from…