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Obituaries, cont’d...
1944
MARIAN THOMPSON GLACE, Spring Township,
December 24, 2012. Mrs. Glace was a graduate of the
Dean School of Business. She was predeceased by her
husband, Charles. She is survived by her daughter.
JUDITH NICHOLSON SCHELLENBERG, Dallas,
September 30, 2012. Mrs. Schellenberg earned a
bachelor of arts degree from Wilson College in
Chambersburg. Following graduation, she lived in
New York City, married and returned to Dallas. Mrs.
Schellenberg was a member of Trinity Presbyterian
Church in Dallas, a sustaining member of the Junior
League of Wilkes-Barre, and an associate member of
the Westmoreland Club. Her husbands, Foster Hall
Rogers and Edward J. Schellenberg preceded her in
death. She is survived by her daughters.
1945
PATRICIA KIELTY MORAN, Kensington, Md.,
September 4, 2012. Mrs. Moran was predeceased
by her husband, Francis, and by her son, Edward.
She is survived by three other children and by her
grandchildren.
1946
MARILYN CREASY IVINS, Houston, Texas, February
3, 2013. Mrs. Ivins attended Dickinson College and
Drexel University and earned a master’s degree in
library science. She married her husband Col. Jack
Ivins in 1954 and entered the life of military wife and
mother living in Pennsylvania, Virginia, New York,
California, France, Germany, North Carolina and
Texas. Over the years she volunteered at and helped
set up her children’s school libraries. While in Texas,
she worked in the Sterling Evans Library at Texas
A & M University in Research and Development.
She was preceded in death by her husband and
by her daughter, Barbara. She is survived by three
daughters and their families.
ROBERT POST, November 9, 2012. Mr. Post was a
graduate of the Dean School of Business. He was a
graduate of Hanover High School, class of 1943, and
attended the Philadelphia School of Pharmacy, where
he earned certification as a Pharmacy Apprentice.
He then joined the Navy and served during World
War II as a Certified Hospital Apprentice 1st Class.
After the war, he entered the Business School at Sem.
Upon graduation he joined his family’s business, J. B.
Post Coal and Ice Company. In later years, Mr. Post
was owner and operator of Leasing Associates, a
partner in Computerized Mail Services and owner
and operator of Inca Company, a manufacturer of
specialty concrete products. Preceding him in death
was his wife, RUTH WOOD POST ’44. He is survived
by his children CYNTHIA POST MITCHELL ’75,
ROBERT POST, JR. ’70, and DEBORAH POST
STEVENS ’71.
1947
ROBERT BULLARD, Towanda, October 26, 2012.
Following service in the U.S. Army during World
War II, he attended Sem in 1947 and then earned
a bachelor of electrical engineering from RPI in
1952. Upon graduation he took a position with IBM,
working in various capacities as a manager until his
retirement in 1988. He obtained a number of patents
and had a number of disclosures. He was predeceased
by his wife, Louise. He is survived by his son.
DORIS BANKS GILL, Allentown, January 18, 2013.
Mrs. Gill attended Wilkes College and was a long
time volunteer at the Lehigh Valley Hospital. She is
survived by her husband Richard and their children
and grandchildren.
SPENCE GREENE, Ashley, December 24, 2012. Mr.
Greene was a graduate of the Dean School of Business.
He was a descendant of General Nathaniel Green of
Revolutionary War fame. He was formerly employed
by the Forty Fort Lumber Co. as a purchasing agent,
retiring in 1986 after 40 years of service. Mr. Greene
served with the 8th Air Force in Europe during World
War II. He was preceded in death by his wife, Irene.
RUTH LLOYD JONES, Wilkes-Barre, December 18,
2012. Mrs. Jones was a graduate of GAR Memorial
High School. She then enlisted in the U.S. Navy,
serving in various capacities with the WAVES in
Jacksonville, Fla., and Washington, D.C. After the war,
she returned home and furthered her education at the
Dean School of Business and retired from the Social
Security Office in Wilkes-Barre. She was preceded in
death by her husband James. She is survived by her
children and grandchildren.
GEORGE PURPUR, JR., Seaford, Del., November 22,
2012. Mr. Purpur served in World War II spending the
majority of his service time in the Philippines. Upon
his return, he attended and graduated from Wyoming
Seminary with the class of 1947. He then went on
to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and
graduated with B.S. degree in chemical engineering.
He later attended LaSalle Extension University in
Philadelphia. He worked at Merck and Company in
New Jersey, E.I. DuPont de Nemours in Delaware, and
Main La Frentz and Co. in Maryland. Later, he was
employed as the Sussex County Finance Director in
Georgetown, Delaware. He is survived by his wife,
Colleen, his children and grandchildren.
JOHN SAMPSON, Lexington, Mass., February 11,
2013. Dr. Sampson received his B.S. in physics from
MIT in 1957, his M.S. from Tufts in 1957, and his Ph.D.
in physics from Tufts in 1962. He worked as a research
physicist for the U.S. Air Force in Bedford, Mass., and
at other scientific research companies. He was an
officer in the U.S. Navy from 1951-1953 and served as a
commander in the U.S. Naval Reserve from 1953-1978.
He is survived by his wife, Georgette, and his children
and their families.
1948
JOSEPH FILCHAK, Wilkes-Barre, January 9, 2013.
Mr. Filchak was a graduate of Plymouth High School,
class of 1940. He served in the Army Air Force
during World War II and graduated from Wyoming
Seminary’s Dean School Business School after he
returned from the war. Before retiring, he was
employed by City Chevrolet and also Valley Chevrolet
of Wilkes-Barre for a total of 47 years. He is survived
by his wife Elizabeth and their children.
MIRIAM THOMAS NOUSSAIR, Forty Fort, October
6, 2012. Mrs. Noussair earned her baccalaureate
degree from Drexel University in 1952. Before
retirement, she was employed by the Thomas
C. Thomas Company and Tom Hart Realty. She
was preceded in death by her husband, Nabih
Noussair, and her sisters THALIA ANN THOMAS
’52, THERESA THOMAS HABIB ’53 and JANICE
THOMAS JOSEPH ’57. She is survived by two
brothers, her sons CHARLES NOUSSAIR ’83 and
JOSEPH NOUSSAIR ’85 and their families.
ROBERT PRICE, Kingston, December 2, 2012. Upon
graduation, Mr. Price enlisted in the U.S. Marine
Corps and was stationed at Camp Pendleton in San
Diego, Calif. After he was honorably discharged from
the Marines, he returned to Wilkes-Barre, where
he enrolled at Wilkes College, earning a bachelor’s
degree in business administration. He was employed
for many years with Outboard Marine Corporation,
and in 1970, he began working for Nicholson Division
of Datron Systems Inc., from where he retired as vice
president of marketing in 1992. He is survived by his
wife, Rosemary, his daughters and his grandchildren.
1949
LEWIS KLEINROCK, Walpole, Mass., December
3, 2012. Mr. Kleinrock graduated from Williams
College in 1953 with a BA in political economy.
From 1953 to 1954 he attended Yale University Law
School before serving with the U.S. Marine Corps
as an infantry officer from 1954-57. In 1959 he
received his MBA degree from Harvard University.
During the 1960’s he worked in a variety of roles,
first as an engineer with Standard Oil Company,
then as a self-employed private investor and later as
Deputy Director of Investment Research with Chase
Investors Management Corporation. In 1973 he joined
John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company in
the area of investments, finally serving as CEO of
Independent Associates, Inc. An alumni trustee of
Wyoming Seminary from 1982 to 1985, Mr. Kleinrock
was a generous supporter of his alma mater prep
school and was known to advise young students
who were contemplating a business vocation. He
received Wyoming Seminary’s Joseph C. Donchess
Distinguished Service Award in 1991, the school’s
highest honor. He was predeceased by his sister,