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Ever-likable, Mr. Lindh will be remem-
bered for his sense of humor, his intelli-
gence, and his colorful socks.
Mr. Lindh is survived by his wife, Lynda;
his children, Beverly Yost Lindh Little and
Kenneth Morgan Post Lindh; four grand-
children, including Morgan Little ’16;
and his brother, Henry Colwell Beadle-
ston Lindh ’48.
1952
Jasper Morgan Evarts
a personable man,
active in many
areas of life, who
enjoyed a suc-
cessful career in
finance, died on
July 13, 2015. Mr.
Evarts was 81
years old and a
resident of South
Dartmouth, Mass.
Born in New York City on May 16, 1934,
Mr. Evarts was the son of Katharine and
Jeremiah Evarts of the Form of 1913. He
attended St. Bernard’s School before
arriving at St. Paul’s School as a Third
Former in the fall of 1948. At St. Paul’s,
he was known by the nickname “Jazz.”
Teachers described Mr. Evarts as “pleasant
and likable.” Mr. Evarts served as a camp
counselor, played on the School soccer
team, and participated in numerous clubs,
including the Concordian Literary Society,
La Junta, Le Cercle Fran
ç
ais, the Rifle Club,
and the Missionary Society.
Mr. Evarts earned his bachelor’s degree
in history from Harvard and went on to
a successful career in finance. He was a
partner at Baker Weeks & Company and
a portfolio manager at Palmer & Dodge,
Harvard Management Company, and
Harbor Capital Management. He also
served as a governor of the Boston Stock
Exchange and a board member of the
Cambridge Trust Company and the Mer-
chants Bank of Vermont.
In his free time, Mr. Evarts enjoyed
gardening, reading, and traveling to
Nantucket and the Caribbean. He was a
member of the Boston Economics Club
and the Bedford Yacht Club. In an obitu-
ary published in the
Boston Globe,
his
family described him as a “personable,
high-energy man.”
Mr. Evarts is survived by his wife,
Patricia Sullivan-Evarts; four sons,
Edwin, George, Jeremiah, and Nathaniel,
and their spouses; his sister, Katharine
Merck; and 10 grandchildren. Among
his many other SPS relations were his
grandfather Maxwell Evarts (1879), and
his nephew, James Evarts ’70. Mr. Evarts
was predeceased by his first wife of 40
years, Wendy Evarts, his sister, Mary
Evarts Steele, and his brother, Maxwell
Evarts ’38.
1952
Roger Frederick Mills
a poet, non-con-
formist, and noted
linguist, died on
September 2,
2015, in Sauga-
tuck, Michigan.
He was 81.
Born on May 23,
1934, in Sioux Falls,
South Dakota,
Mr. Mills came to St. Paul’s School as a
Fourth Former in the fall of 1949. He
was a member of the Acolyte Guild, the
Horae
Board, and the Concordian Lit-
erary Society. Mr. Mills also played soccer
and served as secretary-treasurer of La
Junta. He graduated
cum laude
.
Mr. Mills looked back on his St. Paul’s
School years as pivotal in his development,
despite a good-humored bewilderment at
how he ever ended up there. “SPS made
me the person I am today – intellectually,
morally, culturally, socially,” Mr. Mills
wrote on a 50th-reunion questionnaire
for the Form of 1952.
Mr. Mills went on to Harvard, before
joining the U.S. Army in 1956. He recalled
his Army stint in a long, humorous letter
to St. Paul’s around the time of his 45th
reunion. “Not grim, in fact a very impor-
tant stage in my education, as it undid a
lot of pseudo-snobbery, which upbring-
ing, SPS, and Harvard had instilled in
me,” he wrote. “Important, too, since
during this time I came out of the closet
(thank you, Uncle Sam!). Served a year in
Saigon, Vietnam, which was absolute
heaven. How many people can say that?”
taught Sunday school and served as cir-
culation manager of the
Pelican
and the
Pictorial
.
Mr. Lindh graduated
magna cum laude
and
Phi Beta Kappa
from Yale University
in 1954 with a degree in political science.
He went from Yale to the U.S. Army, serv-
ing as a Second Lieutenant in the peace-
keeping force in Korea.
His marriage to Lynda Yost on June 20,
1964, in Houston, Texas, was the beginning
of a 50-year partnership. The couple’s
children, Beverly and Kenneth, were born
in 1966 and 1970 respectfully.
Mr. Lindh’s career was focused in the
metal and mining business. He worked
for Metal Traders, Inc., Gulf Transport
and Trading, and Coeur d’Alene Mines
Corporation. Outside of work, he served
as master of Holland Lodge and president
of the ASPCA and was a life member of
the Union Club. An enthusiastic eques-
trian, Mr. Lindh was active in the National
Show Horse Association as treasurer and
president for many years.
The family moved to Sycamore Creek
Ranch in the Red River Valley of Texas in
1980. A working cattle ranch owned by
his wife’s family since 1843, Sycamore
Creek was home for the Lindhs for the
past 25 years.
Summers were spent in Newport, R.I.,
where Mr. Lindh helped revive the New-
port Croquet Club, the oldest croquet
club in the United States. He served on
the board of the Preservation Society of
Newport County and helped invigorate the
Coaching Club of America, which featured
Coaching Weekend of Newport, an eques-
trian driving event reminiscent of the
Gilded Age. Additionally, he was a member
of the Newport Reading Room, Spouting
Rock Beach Association, the Newport
Country Club, and the Clambake Club.
Mr. Lindh was very interested in gene-
alogy and history. He was a descendent
of early American settlers, including one
from the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and
a member of several lineage societies,
including the Huguenot Society, the
St. Nicholas Society, the Society of Colonial
Wars, the New England Society, the New
York Genealogical and Biographical Society,
and the New York Historical Society.
DECEASED
