Thomas Basset of Whitewater,
Wisconsin and a native of Ashfield, Mass., d. 20 June 1878 in Denver,
Colorado, aged 52.
[The "Republican", from Springfield,
Mass., submitted by K. Torp]
In Colerain, Mr. T. Bell, killed in a sham
action at a military review.
[The North American Review, Nov. 1815 -
Sub. by K. Torp]
DENLO, Mansel, died at Greenfield, Mass., age 25. (Nov. 1, 1831) [Source: National Intelligencer, Washington DC, as pub. in the NGSQ, vol 55, No. 1, March 1967, submitted by K. Torp]
WINSTON HEALY, 73, ENVIRONMENTALIST AND FRANKLIN
COUNTY STATE LEGISLATOR
Winston Healy,
73, of Hall Tavern Farm in East Charlemont, a former state legislator,
died unexpectedly yesterday at Franklin
County Hospital. Mr. Healy was also active in farming, business, and
local civic and cultural affairs.
Mr. Healy was elected from
Franklin County to four successive terms in
the statehouse, from 1962 to 1970. An avid environmentalist, Mr. Healy
successfully fought the dam which had been proposed for the Deerfield
River and he led the fight to replace the battered bridge across the
Deerfield in Charlemont.
He
was a member of the Charlemont School Committee, the Charlemont Regional
School Committee and the Mohawk Trail Regional High School Committee.
Mr. Healy, who characterized
himself as a gentleman farmer, operated a tree farm on which he
developed a model for timber conservation and development which was
adopted by the US Department of Agriculture.
He was a member of the
governor's State TV Cable Commission, president of the board of the Franklin County Hospital, treasurer of Mohawk
Trail Concerts, and a member of the boards of the Franklin County Red Cross, 4-H Clubs, and the
Society of Prevention of Cruelty to Children.
In business, Mr. Healy was a
member of the trust department at Morgan Guaranty Bank in New York City,
and director of both the Mayhew Steel Corporation and the Thunder
Mountain Ski Resort.
In World War II, Mr. Healy
served in the Navy aboard the USS Wasp and the HMS Victorious. He
retired in 1945 as a commander after earning a Bronze Star. He also
served in Air Combat Intelligence in North Africa.
Mr. Healy leaves his wife
Margaret (Lee) Healy, and three children, Winston, Jr., Cynthia H.
Ellis, and Jonathan, who succeeds his father as state legislator from Franklin County.
Memorial services will be
held Saturday at 2:30 p.m. at Charlemont Federated
Church.
{Boston Globe, - June
11, 1980 contr. by Nancy Washell}
C. EDWARD
ROWE, 83; WAS JUDGE IN FRANKLIN COUNTY FOR 36
YEARS
A funeral Mass
will be said at 11 a.m. Monday, Nov. 8, in Immaculate Conception Church,
Marlborough, for retired Judge C. Edward Rowe, 83, of Athol.
He died Wednesday in Vero Beach,
Fla., from injuries suffered when he was struck by a car.
Judge Rowe was presiding justice
of the District Court of Eastern Franklin
County in Orange from 1938-74. After retiring, he handled
assignments in the superior courts of Massachusetts.
He was born in Marlborough and
graduated from Boston College High School in 1921. He graduated from
Suffolk University Law School in 1926. From 1928 until his death, he
maintained a law office in Athol.
Judge Rowe served as director of
the Smaller War Plants Corp. in Washington in 1945-46. He was director
and vice chairman of Reconstruction Finance Corp. in Washington in
1950-51.
From 1959 until he died, Judge
Rowe was president of New England Broadcasting Corp., which owns radio
stations WSRO in Marlborough and WGAW in Gardner.
He was a member of the
Massachusetts National Guard from 1924-1934.
Judge Rowe served as a director
of the First National Bank of Athol from 1941 to 1983 and was chairman
of the board for three years. He was chairman of the board and president
of Harrington Richardson Arms Co. Inc. of Worcester from 1941-62. He was
a member of the board of directors of the Athol-Clinton Cooperative Bank
from 1942 until 1978, and he was a trustee of Athol Memorial Hospital
form 1949 until he died. He was also a trustee at the Northampton School
for Girls and St. Anselm's College in Manchester, N.H.
Judge Rowe served as chairman of
the board of trustees of Suffolk University for many years, and in 1983
he was named a life trustee of Suffolk University.
Judge Rowe was a Knight of
Malta, a Knight of the Holy Sepulchre and a member of the Clover Club of
Boston. He was also a member of the Farmington Country Club in
Charlottesville, Va., the Atlantis Country Club of Atlantis, Fla., and
Pleasant Valley Country Club in Sutton.
He leaves his wife, Von Dy; a
daughter, Janet Dugan of Amherst; three sons, Douglas J. Rowe of
Marlborough, Brian Rowe of Falmouth and Edward Rowe Jr. of Weston; two
sisters, Margaret D. Hart of Hartford and Irene J. Rowe of Marlborough;
two brothers, Carl R. and John P. Rowe, both of Marlborough; and 11
grandchildren.
Burial will be in St. Mary's
Cemetery, Marlborough. {Boston Globe, - November 7, 1987
contr. by Nancy Washell}
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