In Memoriam 1940 Jean Marshall Meyersahm, aged 96, passed away on December 15, 2019. Jean Marshall was loved and cherished by many people including her parents, James Fredrick Stewart Marshall and Knap May.
Samuel E. Parr, aged 98, died on November 6, 2019 at OSF St. Elizabeth Medical Center. Sam was born on September 2, 1921 in Ottawa to Dr. Samuel and Alice (Strawn) Parr. He was a U.S. Army Veteran of WWII serving the 2nd Armored Division. Sam received his bachelor’s in economics from University of the South, and was a real estate and insurance broker for 35 years. He married Ann Bishop on September 8, 1948 at the Christ Episcopal Church in Ottawa. Sam was a member of Congregational Church, Ottawa Kiwanis, Occidental Lodge #40 A.F. & A.M., Ottawa Elks Lodge #588, American Legion Post #33, Big Bend Duck Club and the Ottawa Boat Club. He also served on the YMCA board for many years. He is survived by his wife of 71 years, Ann; two children, Mary Jane (Theodore) and Samuel; three grandchildren; and four great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; brother, Lester Parr, and sister, Josephine Gedney.
1941 Anne “Nancy” Broeksmit Howe, aged 95, passed away with family at her side on November 27, 2019. She was born on April 25, 1924 in Chicago to Mary Stillman Broeksmit and John Shaw Broeksmit; she attended the Francis W. Parker School and Ferry Hall, graduating from Vassar College with a degree in mathematics. After college, Nancy taught in a one-room schoolhouse in West Virginia and learned to fly an airplane. After eleven years in Lake Forest and Winnetka, with connections to Lake Forest Academy and North Shore Country Day School, Nancy and her husband David Leavitt Howe moved in 1955 to North Carolina, raising nine children in a log home that is remembered by countless travelers, artists, friends and family. Nancy was predeceased by her sons, David and Fisher; her husband, David; her daughter-in-law, Dorothy Williams; and siblings, Laura ’45 and John.
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She is survived by her sister, Mary Weeks (Sinclair) ’44; her sister-in-law, Jane Broeksmit; children, John (Karen), Ben (Tricia), Tom (Mary Head), Steve (Meg Ryan), Sarah (Randy Best), Maria (David Lyons), Clarissa (Steinar Simonsen), and Jenn Browning; 21 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
1945 Anne Augustus Jones Johnson, aged 93, passed away on February 9, 2020 in Paris, Ill. She was born on October 16, 1926, in Paris, as the daughter of the late Henry A. and Laura (Skinner) Jones, Sr. She attended the Northampton School for Girls in Northampton, Mass. She was a graduate of Ferry Hall, Bennett Junior College, and also attended Parson’s School of Design in New York City. Anne was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church where she was a member of the Altar Society. She was previously a member of the former St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, serving as a past president of the Episcopal Women of the Diocese of Springfield. She was a devoted supporter and past chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Link Art of Paris. She was a talented artist working in oil painting and needlework and was a member of the Embroiderers Guild of America. She retired after many years as the owner and operator of the former Carriage House Gift Shop of Paris. She married Frederick Johnson, Jr., on August 31, 1951, in Paris. He preceded her in death March 15, 1995. She was also preceded in death by a brother, Henry A. “Hank” Jones, Jr. Survivors include four children, Henry M. (Angela), Laura, Mark, and Peter; five grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
1946 Susanne “Susie” Day, aged 91, died peacefully on October 27, 2019. She was born on September 5, 1928 as the daughter of the late Eugene G. and Esther (Whipple) Day. She entered Springfield High School in Springfield, Ill., and graduated from Ferry Hall. Susanne attended Pembroke College/Brown University and graduated with the class of 1950. She served as a junior counselor, president of the senior class, and was named the Top
