The Santa Fe New Mexican (NM)
June 8, 2015Stephen E. Watkins reached the end of his long life on June 4, 2015 surrounded by his family at his residence in Santa Fe. He was 92 years old, having been born on September 1, 1922.
He had been a resident of Santa Fe for over fifty years, having lived in Albuquerque for 22 years. He was born in Oklahoma City, OK and lived there with his parents until graduation form Classen High School in 1940 when he moved to Albuquerque to enroll in the University of New Mexico.
Like every young man in the country he expected a major change in his life following the disaster of Pearl Harbor just thirteen months later. He promptly volunteered but was rejected because of his life-long asthma difficulties which was confirmed a few months later when he was called up by the local draft board with the same results. However, he then served in the New Mexico State Guard as a Sergeant until the end of WWII.
He resumed his academic studies and in February 1944, he received his BBA from UNM and was elected to the honorary scholastic society, Phi Kappa Phi and received the Chester T. French award as its outstanding college of Arts and Sciences graduate.
He was preceded in death by his father and mother, Ralph B. and Jane Howell Watkins; his first wife, Betty McKay Watkins; and his elder brother, Richard Howell Watkins.
He is survived by his wife, Suzanne Fowler Watkins; his son, Stephen E. Watkins, Jr. and wife Susan of White Rock; daughter, Anna Watkins Racicot and husband Steve Racicot of Questa; stepdaughter Dorothy Berglund of Columbus, MS; grandson, Joseph Racicot; granddaughter, Katherine Racicot Flory and Husband Joel of Questa; granddaughter Lee Ann Watkins Hersey and husband Andrew of Portales; six great-grandchildren; Charlotte, Devonna and Sean Flory and Logan, Johnathon and Faith Hersey; as well as nephew, Richard H. Watkins, Jr. and wife Estella of Fairport, NY; niece, Joanne Watkins Heiple of Boulder, CO; great nieces, Penny and Robin and numerous cousins.
Following graduation he immediately began his life-long accounting career by joining the CPA firm of Linder, Burk and Stephenson in Albuquerque and received his CPA certificate in 1950 which remained in good standing until his retirement in 2010. Following the 1956 merger of LB&S with the national CPA firm, then known as Peat Marwick & Mitchell, he held several positions including head of the Tax Department in its Albuquerque office and was in charge of the Santa Fe office until he resigned in 1957 to assume the presidency of Santa Fe's daily newspaper, The Santa Fe New Mexican. He held that position until March of 1978 when he was discharged by Gannett, which had acquired control in late 1976. This resulted in a breach of contract suit by Robert M. McKinney, its former owner, on September 1, 1978. After a lengthy jury trial, including his personal month-long testimony, the Jury held for McKinney. That decision was followed by extended appeals by Gannett, which were not finally resolved until 1990 with McKinney regaining full ownership of the newspaper and he resuming the presidency which he retained until his retirement in late 2010 at the age of 88. He particularly enjoyed working with his colleague, Billie Blair, the then publisher of the New Mexican. During this long litigation he established his own accounting practice which he continued on a part-time basis until his 2010 retirement thus concluding his sixty years in the accounting profession. In addition to over 50 years membership in the Church of the Holy Faith (Episcopal) and numerous terms as its treasurer, vestryman, delegate and lector he had over 60 years membership in the Sons of the American Revolution and over 40 years membership in the Rotary Club of Santa Fe. He was a founding Board Member of Santa Fe Prep and had been on the Board of Directors of local charitable organizations including the Historic Santa Fe Foundation, the Orchestra of Santa Fe, now known as Pro-Musica and as a member of the St. Vincent Board of trustees. He was an avid reader of Revolutionary and ancient British history and made numerous trips through England and Wales discovering sites where his ancestors had lived.
The Maryland Gazette (Glen Burnie, MD)
December 20, 2003Funeral services for Robert C. Lord of Severna Park will be held at 11 a.m. today at Barranco and Sons Severna Park Funeral Home, 495 Ritchie Highway.
Mr. Lord died of natural causes Dec. 11 at Genesis ElderCare Spa Creek Center after a lengthy illness. He was 89.
He was born March 21, 1914, in Glen Burnie and was raised there.
He moved around Maryland while working for 38 years for the former C&P Telephone Co. He started working there as an installer and was district plant manager of Special Services when he retired in 1973. He enjoyed sports, especially football and baseball, and was a Little League and Pony League coach. After he retired, he enjoyed spending his winters in Florida.
Survivors include his wife, Mary B. Lord; two sons, David E. and W. Craig Lord of Annapolis; three granddaughters; and three great-grandchildren.
The Capital Gazette
August 8, 2020Mary C. Berwager Lord, 104, of Severna Park, MD, passed away on 15 July 2020 at Candle Light Cove Assisted Living in Easton, MD. She resided for a short time in Annapolis, MD with her son and his wife.
Born 18 December 1915, in Manchester, MD, she was the daughter of the late Emory Berwager and Myrtle (Buchman) Berwager. She was preceded in death by her husband of 64 years, Robert C. Lord, a brother, Richard E. Berwager and a sister, Julia K. Berwager.
Mary Lord graduated from Western Maryland College in 1935 and began teaching music at Glen Burnie High School at the age of 19 and continued until 1942. After some time off raising her sons, she returned to teaching music in 1953 at Richard Henry Lee Elementary School in Glen Burnie and also taught at Severna Park Elementary and Jones Elementary before becoming a music resource teacher until her retirement in 1974. After retirement, she stayed active in her community, her church and playing the piano to accompany the AACPS Retired Teachers Chorus as well as, volunteering to play at assisted living homes. AT 104 ½, she was still playing the piano.
Mary is survived by sons Craig Lord and his wife Betty, David Lord and his wife Rita, three grandchildren, Denise Roberson, Keri Allen and Christine Gonzalez and four great-grandchildren, Ashley Roberson, Bradley Roberson, Grace Allen and Craig Allen.
The Baltimore Sun
Funeral services took place for Pasadena resident Richard A. Reinecke Saturday, March 2,at Kirkley Funeral Home.
Mr. Reinecke, 72, died of a heart attack Feb. 27 at North Arundel Hospital.
A lifetime resident of the county, he worked in real estate sales and investment.
His wife, Virginia M. Reinecke, died Jan. 1.
He is survived by a son, Richard L.Reinecke of Riviera Beach.
The Union Leadere (Manchester, NH)
November 9, 2002LYNNFIELD, Mass. -- Calvin J. Wright, 89, died Nov. 8, 2002, at Lahey Medical Center in Burlington.
Born July 20, 1913, in Lynn, he was the son of Arthur S. and Susannah (Jewett) Wright.
Mr. Wright was a graduate of Lawrence Academy, Dartmouth College and Boston University Law School. He began his law practice in Lynn before joining American Optical in Southbridge. He later joined the John Hancock staff as legislative council, where he retired as a vice president after 25 years.
He was a member of the Centre Congregational Church and the Algonquin Club. Mr. Wright was an extremely active member of Bear Hill Golf Club for 30 years. He served as the club secretary for five years after retirement from John Hancock.
The family includes his wife, Barbara (Newman) Wright of Lynnfield; a daughter, Linda Robinson of Hopkinton, N.H.; three sons, Bradford Wright of Alexandria, Va., Donald Trippett of North Reading and David Trippett of Merrimack, N.H.; seven grandchildren; several great-grandchildren.
He was predeceased by a son, Steven Wright.
The Boston Globe
December 27, 2015Beverly (Bateman) Bamford of Harpswell, Maine, died Sunday Dec. 6, 2015 at the Colonial Rehabilitation and Nursing home in Weymouth, MA.
She married Rodney E. Bamford in Cliftondale, Mass., on Oct. 29, 1948. They lived in Saugus and Concord until they retired to Harpswell, Maine in 1983 where she had spent many summers of her youth with her Father and Mother on the family farm on Casco Bay.
Survivors include a daughter, Sue of Salem, Oregon, a son Scott of Attleboro, Mass.,
four grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.Interment will be in Forest Dale Cemetery, Malden.