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We celebrate the lives of fellow 46ers who are now climbing the celestial hills, wishing them peace.
Spring '18
David W. Murphy, Jr. #9135
Janine Mauche DuMond #3847
Janine Michelle Mauche DuMond, 67, passed away unexpectedly on April 15, 2016 at the UVM Medical Center in Burlington, Vermont. She was born in Elmira, New York. Most recently of Underhill, Vermont, Janine previously lived for many years in Saranac Lake and Lake Placid, New York – she called both the Green and Adirondack Mountains home.
Janine was a devoted and loving mother, grandmother, daughter, sister and aunt. She was a caring and dedicated nurse, a talented organist and pianist, a piano teacher and a swimming instructor. Janine loved hiking, cross-country skiing and kayaking – she held a deep appreciation for nature and was passionate about spending as much time as possible outdoors. She was a gifted seamstress, amateur astronomer, lover of classical music concerts, as well as an enthusiastic contra dancer and fiddle player. She and her daughter Lara finished their 46ers together in August of 1995 on the Seward Range.
Janine is survived by her son Justin Crawford DuMond (and his wife Alison DuMond) of Erie, Colorado and her daughter Lara DuMond Guercio (and Lara’s husband Brian Guercio) of Billings, Montana; her 3 grandsons Soren Joseph DuMond, Felix Ansel DuMond, and Brooks Colden Guercio; and her mother Anne Budell (VanVorce) Mauche (now recently deceased in April 2018). The oldest of 8, Janine is survived by her 4 brothers (Jacques Mauche, Timothy Mauche, Christopher Mauche and Shawn Mauche) and 3 sisters (Renee Mauche Faatz, Muffett Mauche George and Therese Mauche O’Rourke), as well as 12 nieces and nephews. She is predeceased by her beloved father John Joseph Mauche, originally from Rennes, France.
A celebration of Janine’s life was held on August 2, 2016 at Adirondack Loj at Heart Lake in Lake Placid, NY – with family and friends, as well as a special loon watching us and swimming out on the lake during her ceremony. She is now out hiking and skiing mountains new and old, as we will always look for and find her spirit there.
Richard L. Macklin #39
Weatherford Mortuary
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Oak Ridge, TN 37830
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Richard “Dick” Macklin
Oak Ridge, TN
Richard Lawrence Macklin, age 97, died Sunday, January 21st, 2018 at Canterfield Assisted Living in Oak Ridge, TN.
Called “Dick” for most of his life, he was born December 24, 1920 in Jamaica, Queens, New York to Margaret Griswold Macklin and her husband, Reverend Egbert Chalmer Macklin. He attended New York City public schools and was awarded scholarships to Yale University, receiving a junior year Phi Beta Kappa, graduating with high honors in 1941, and continuing on at Yale for his Ph.D. in Chemistry in 1944. Dick’s first job was with Union Carbide Corporation, working in radiation detection and monitoring at Columbia University where he made a hundred Geiger Counters for the Manhattan Project. Dick and the Geiger Counters arrived in Oak Ridge, TN in 1944, and all went to work at the Gaseous Diffusion Plant (“K-25”). In 1945 he married Virginia “Ginny” Walz, the sister of his college roommate, Norman Walz. In 1952 he transferred to Oak Ridge National Laboratory (“X-10” or ORNL) where he conducted experiments with accelerator produced neutrons. In 1960-1961 he and his family lived for one year in England while Dick served as an exchange scientist at the Atomic Energy Research Establishment Harwell. In later years Dick was also a visiting scientist for three months in Meudon, France and for some shorter trips to the Belgian Nuclear Research Centre in Geel, Belgium, and the Kernforschungzentrum in Karlsruhe, Germany. Dick published many scientific reports, received two patents, and attained fellowship status in the American Physical Society and in the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
For many early years at ORNL, Dick’s primary collaborator was John “Jack” Gibbons. Dick later worked often with Ron Winters from Denison University in Ohio who came to ORNL many summers. Of note, in the early 1980s Dick Macklin’s and Ron Winters’ joint estimate of the age of the universe, based on the rhenium-osmium decay chronometer, held a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s best. Dick measured neutron cross sections (mainly capture) for many isotopes relevant to s-process stellar nucleosynthesis, providing data which were crucial to understanding how heavier elements in the universe were produced. These data made invaluable contributions to the nuclear astrophysics work of William “Willy” Fowler of CalTech, who was awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize in Physics.
Several visiting foreign scientists, while in Oak Ridge for a year, collaborated with Dick in neutron cross section measurements, including Roger Bird from Australia; Pieter Pasma from the Netherlands; Peter Egelstaff and Mick Moxon, both from AERE Harwell in England; and Hermann Beer from Germany. Dick mentored and collaborated with quite a few young postdocs, including Barry Allen of Yowie Bay, Australia; and Tetsuo Inada and Motoharu Mizumoto of Japan.
Dick and his next younger brother Philip were the 40th and 39th members of the “Adirondack 46-ers” hiking club, earned by climbing to the summit of 46 peaks above 4,000 feet in the Adirondack Mountains of New York.
Dick enjoyed spelunking with Jack Gibbons and other cavers in Tennessee and nearby states and often took his children into the easier East Tennessee caves, sometimes using a Brunton compass in mapping the caves for the U.S. Geological Survey.
Dick and his coworkers, his family, and many visiting scientific collaborators who came to Oak Ridge, enjoyed hiking trails in the Smoky Mountains and the Cumberlands and canoeing on Melton Hill Lake before Dick retired in 1990. In retirement, Dick and Ginny traveled together extensively, ranging from Virginia garden tours to Alaska, Hawaii, Canada, Japan, China, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, Argentina, Antarctica, South Africa, and many countries in Europe.
As a longtime member of First United Methodist Church in Oak Ridge, Dick served several terms on the Official Board and three years on the Nominating Committee, where he proudly led a campaign to raise the participation of women in appointed church positions from ten percent to thirty five percent. Dick was one of the rotating teachers for the Men’s Bible Class and later for adult couples Sunday school and he and Ginny served as volunteers with the Contact helpline.
The family wishes to express our thanks to the staff at Canterfield Assisted Living for the care they have given Richard and Virginia (Dick and Ginny) during their years of residence at Canterfield. Dick was loved and will be missed greatly, especially by his family.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Margaret Griswold Macklin and Rev. Egbert Chalmer Macklin, and next younger brother Philip Macklin. He is survived by his lovely wife for 73 years, Virginia Walz Macklin, age 95, of Oak Ridge, TN; youngest brother, David Macklin of Wayland, MA; and sister-in-law Betty Dalhoff and husband Frank of Yantis, TX; his children, Carol Anderson and husband Charles of Arkadelphia, AR; Roger Macklin of Oak Ridge, TN; Donald Macklin of Oak Ridge, TN; and Linda Macklin of Oak Ridge, TN; and his grandchildren Andrea Callicutt and husband Scott of Raleigh, NC, and Gwenmarie Ewing, of Dublin, Ireland. Surviving nieces and nephews include Susan Vollmer and husband Dennis of St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands; Steven Macklin, wife Sue, and daughters Alexandra, Laura, and Jordan of Kalaheo, HI; Peter Macklin, wife Jennifer and daughter Taylor and son Patrick of Hamilton, OH; Douglas Macklin and son Tai and daughter Robin of Haiku, HI; Eric Macklin, wife Jennifer, and sons Graham and Andrew of Wayland, MA; Dick Walz and wife Sarah of Northampton, MA; Bill Walz and wife Viria of Ambler, PA and daughter Jenn Reinfurt and husband Jon and daughter Chloe of Audubon, NJ; John Walz, wife Kathleen and daughter Caroline of Mount Tabor, NJ; Peggy Galdi and husband Gary of Vero Beach, FL; Debbie Gaither, husband Rod and daughters Amanda and Emily of Oak Ridge, NC; Mark Dalhoff and wife Brandi of Nacogdoches, TX; and Kathy Jackson, her son Branden (and wife Jamie and children Alyson, Jack, and Maggie), her son Shaun (and wife Jenni and children Hayley and Logan), and her daughter Heather Broome (and husband James and children Katie, Avery, and Cayden), all of Tyler, TX.
There will be a memorial service/celebration of life at 2:00 pm Saturday March 24th, 2018 in the sanctuary at First United Methodist Church, Oak Ridge, TN with Rev. Stella Roberts officiating. Visitation with the family will be held in the church parlor immediately following the memorial service.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in his memory to:
Aid to Distressed Families of Appalachian Counties (ADFAC)
P. O. Box 5953
Oak Ridge, TN 37831-5953
or
First United Methodist Church
1350 Oak Ridge Turnpike
Oak Ridge, TN 37830
An online guest book may be signed at weatherfordmortuary.com
George Hrubenak #1786
Edward F. Gabrosek #3630
Samuel James #3940
John C. Ryan #5684
Mark Havis #5722
Jerry Geiling #6923W
Daniel Page #7069W
John E. Bevis, Jr. #7375
Albert B. Dwyer #7396W
Matthew R. Miller #8218
Robert Schertl Aspiring Member
John Beecroft #1117
2017
Peter Olszewski #4813
Peter Olszewski, 63, of Rock City Falls, passed away Tuesday, September 5, 2017, with his loving family at his side, after a brave two month fight with illness. Peter was born in Schenectady to William and Harriet (Harppinger) Olszewski. He discovered his love of medicine while working as an E.R. technician at Saratoga Hospital. He then went on to become an R.N. through Adirondack Community College and continued by earning his master's and nurse practitioner at the University of California at San Francisco.
He joined the Internal Medicine Group at Community Health Plan in Latham in 1991 and has been with the group since then (now Community Care Physicians Latham Internal Medicine). He was a caring practitioner who was loved by his patients and co-workers.
While working at CHP, Peter met his true love, Susan Bunting Olszewski in 1994, and they married in October of 2000. Peter was a great lover of the outdoors and became an Adirondack 46er when he was 46, in the year 2001. He loved hiking, canoeing, biking and skiing, especially with his daughter Noelle. He also loved his daily walks with his dachshund, Rudy.
Peter was very proud of his three daughters, Noelle Sophia Olszewski of Rock City Falls, Jennifer Anne Erin Gardner of Boston, Mass. and Danielle Elizabeth Gardner of Porter Corners and all that they have accomplished; as well as his beautiful granddaughter, Haylee Star Gardner. In addition to his wife and children, Peter is survived by his brothers, Michael Olszewski (Kathleen) of Ballston Spa and David Olszewski (Anabel) of Stillwater; as well as many loving nieces, nephews and cousins. The family would like to thank the nurses, therapists and physicians at the Albany Medical Center I.C.U., Ellis Hospital I.C.U. and Sunnyview Rehabilitation Hospital for all of their loving care over the past two months.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, September 9, at Christ Episcopal Church, 15 West High St., Ballston Spa. Interment will be private at the convenience of the family at the Christ Church Chapel Columbarium. Friends may call on Friday, September 8, from 4 to 7 p.m. at Armer Funeral Home, Inc., 39 East High St., Ballston Spa. Peter's daughter, Noelle will be attending college as a freshman next year. Therefore, in lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to the Noelle Olszewski College Fund at Trustco Bank, 2 Trieble Ave, Ballston Spa, NY 12020. Online remembrances may be made at www.armerfuneralhome.com.
John E. Bevis, Jr. #7375
Our dear brother John E. Bevis, Jr. reached his final summit on April 29, 2017, as my sister Barb held his hand and I quietly read to him a story of hiking in the Adirondacks. John loved the Adirondack Mountains, and he instilled a similar passion in many of us in the family. He climbed his first High Peak as a Boy Scout when he was 14 years old. Though it took him three decades to become a Forty-sixer – those intervening years filled with the happiness and success of high school, military service, college, family and work – completing the 46 was one of John’s proudest achievements.
John most often hiked alone, the solitude of the mountains being one of the aspects of the hike he enjoyed the most. But he also readily greeted other hikers he encountered along the way, graciously sharing his knowledge of the mountains, and often finishing a hike with one or more newly found friends. His hiking journal not only tells the tale of the hikes in measurable details – distance, time to certain points, weather, trail conditions – it also captures the immeasurable details of the hikes with descriptions of the beautiful views he took in along the way. These entries were often followed by numerous exclamation points underscoring the joy and awe John felt to be surrounded by such breathtaking scenery.
John was also generous with his time and knowledge of the mountains with his family, serving as guide to those of us who shared his love of the Adirondacks. He climbed many a High Peak more than once, bad knees and all, to accompany one or more of us attempting to follow in his footsteps, literally and figuratively, so we, too, could become Forty-sixers. I look forward to the day I can proudly wear John’s 46er hat, currently hanging on a hook by my back door, a reminder of John’s life and the journeys he took along the way, and an encouragement for me to just keep putting one foot in front of the other.
Rest in peace, dear brother. You are loved and you are missed.
George A. Tongue
Forty-Sixer #4767
January 6, 1945-September 26, 2017
I remember George Tongue.
He was incredibly strong.
You wouldn’t know it to look at him,
but inside that handsome, rugged exterior was
a super hero of physical strength, endless endurance and stick-to-it-ness determination.
I remember…
George’s physical attributes from hiking with him.
You learn a lot about someone when hiking 16-miles and climbing 3000 vertical feet!
George was like the energizer bunny only way better for the environment!
I remember…
When we first started hiking together,
my personal goal was to keep pace with him.
As hard as I tried, I seldom did… but George never left me.
His altruistic nature allowed me the privilege to know him even better on the inside.
I remember…
the respect George and I shared (along with many others) for Don Behrens,
an ADK trip leader from the Albany Chapter.
In his descriptions, Don’s last sentence always was to “bring a persevering spirit.”
George epitomized that axiom – in hiking and in life.
I remember…
George’s love for and depth of knowledge in the flora and fauna of the forest.
He was the human prototype naturalist of Google.
I remember…
when on an August 5, 2000 ascent of Mt. Haystack from Panther Gorge,
George identified 17 different Alpine plants and wild flower.
All those welcomed rest stops had me searching for more unknown plants!
George enriched our hikes with his “mountainous” knowledge of the natural world.
I remember…
On March 1, 2006, George, Lucy (the wonder dog) and I hiked Treadway Mountain.
George’s devotion for his dog gave new meaning to the 1950’s TV Show, “I love Lucy!”
I remember…
George’s wisdom. His practical sensibilities were as wise as his intellectual prowess.
I remember…
George’s optimistic attitude.
His positive approach to the challenges of his life not only defined him,
but lifted my spirits by just being around him.
I will always remember George Tongue.
He was my unforgettable friend and hiking partner.
Peter Hogan
Forty-Sixer #4111
