Obituaries

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution has received word of the death July 28, 2000 of retiree Harry H. Seibert at his home in Sebastian, Florida. He was 81.

Harry Seibert worked in Marine Operations at the Institution from 1951 until his retirement in June 1974, many of those years as Captain of Research Vessel Gosnold.

The Institution has received word of the death of Ruth Dixon Turner of Cambridge on Sunday, April 30, after a long illness. Ruth was a longtime adjunct scientist in the Biology Department. Visiting hours will be 4 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, May 4, at the Long Funeral Home, 1979 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge.

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death April 3, 2000 of retiree John A. Kostrzewa at the Aleda E. Lutz Veterans Administration Medical Center in Saginaw, Michigan. He was 93.

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death March 27, 2000 of Scientist Emeritus Frank Jewett Mather, III. Frank died at the JML Care Center in Falmouth after a brief illness at age 89.

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death February 29, 2000 of retiree William Krucharski of Mississippi, at age 60. William started at WHOI as a lab assistant in 1971 and retired in 1979 as a research assistant in the Mechanics III Division in Ocean Engineering. Further details will be posted as available.

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death February 29, 2000 of former employee Linda E. Lucier. Linda died at her brother??A?s home in Coon Rapids, Minnesota, after a long battle with cancer. She was 58.

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death February 28, 2000 of retiree Gustaf “Gus” Carlson.

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death February 18, 2000 of retiree Alexander T. Johnston of West Falmouth, MA, at age 86. Alex worked as a radio officer aboard the R/V Knorr retiring in 1979. Further details will be posted as available at: http://www.whoi.edu/media/a.johnston.obit.html.

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The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death January 22, 2000 of retiree Robert G. Lowe of East Falmouth, MA, at Falmouth Hospital. He was 68.