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Obituaries

Florence K. Mellor

June 21, 2004

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death June 17, 2004, of retiree Florence K. Mellor, 92, of Falmouth, MA, at Falmouth Hospital.

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William H. Horn

June 10, 2004

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death June 10, 2004 of retiree William Hamilton Horn, 76, of Falmouth, MA, at the JML Care Center in Falmouth.

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Alfred Dix Leeson

June 9, 2004

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death May 27, 2004, of Honorary Member of the Corporation Alfred Dix Leeson of respiratory failure at Penobscot Bay Medical Center in Rockland, Maine. He was 83.

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Harvey Brooks

June 3, 2004

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death May 28, 2004, of Honorary Trustee and Honorary Member of the Corporation Harvey Brooks at his home in Cambridge, MA, from complications of congestive heart failure. He was 88.

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Elizabeth H. Schroeder

May 20, 2004

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of Elizabeth H. Schroeder of West Falmouth on May 20, 2004 at the age of 80. She was a Research Associate in the Physical Oceanography Department for many years.

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Ryan C. Schrawder

May 10, 2004

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death May 8, 2004 of Ryan C. Schrawder, 27, of Falmouth, MA, from injuries received in a motorcycle accident in Falmouth.

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Celeste Fowler

March 21, 2004

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death March 21, 2004 of Joint Program student Celeste Fowler in Boston at age 32 after a brief battle with cancer.

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Gordon Howe Volkmann

December 29, 2003

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of retiree Gordon Howe Volkmann, 78, of Woods Hole, who died Thursday, December 25th at the Forestview Nursing Home in Wareham. He was the husband of the late Suzanne (Brainerd) Volkmann who died in 2001.

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Arthur Dickinson Colburn, Jr.

December 20, 2003

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death December 20, 2003, of Arthur Dickinson Colburn, Jr. of Falmouth at Falmouth Hospital after a brief illness. He was 76.

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Nicholas P. Fofonoff

December 17, 2003

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death December 18, 2003, of Scientist Emeritus Nick P. Fofonoff at his home in Falmouth after a brief illness. He was 74.

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