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DECEASED
Mr. Everdell is survived by his sister,
Rosalind Everdell Havemeyer; his wife,
Mary Richardson Anderson; his children,
Susan Everdell Clippinger and John, Peter,
and Rosalind Everdell; and five grand-
children. He was predeceased in 1994 by
his first wife, Sylvia, and in 2010 by his
brother, William Everdell ’33. Other SPS
relations include nephews William Ever-
dell ’59 and Coburn Everdell ’64.
1942
George Wright II
died peacefully on
May 14, 2012, in
Jamaica Plain,
Mass. He was 88.
Born in Boston
on June 8, 1923,
to Irving and
Lillian (Whaley)
Wright, he grew
up in Chestnut
Hill, Mass.
Mr. Wright loved sports from an early
age. He enjoyed attending Red Sox games
with his grandfather, George Wright, a
Major League Baseball Hall of Famer who
had been a shortstop for the Cincinnati
Red Stockings. One of his favorite mem-
ories involved meeting Babe Ruth, a friend
of his grandfather’s, who kindly auto-
graphed a baseball for him. The young-
ster then excitedly ran home and played
with it. His father, Irving, who twice won
the national mixed doubles champion-
ships, served on the executive committee
of the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association for
more than 20 years and was president of
the Longwood Cricket Club from 1936 to
1940. Mr. Wright and his father teamed
up for many father-son tournaments. The
younger Mr. Wright quipped that oppo-
nents would hit to his father, mistakenly
thinking that the older man was the
weaker player.
Mr. Wright attended Dexter School in
Brookline before entering St. Paul’s as a
Second Former in 1937. He played squash,
first football, first hockey, and first base-
ball for Isthmian, and he rowed with
Halcyon. He sang in the Choir and was
a member of the Missionary Society and
the Concordian Literary Society.
After his SPS graduation, he served in
WWII as a sergeant in the 26th Infantry
Division. He earned four battle stars for
campaigns in Northern France, Rhine-
land, Central Europe, and the Battle of
the Bulge.
Following his service, he attended
Williams College, where he excelled in
squash and tennis, graduating in 1949.
After graduation, he briefly worked at
Eaton Vance in Chicago, but left the
corporate world to pursue a master’s
in education from Boston University,
earning his degree in 1959 and joining
the faculty at Dexter School. It was at
Dexter that he was introduced to the love
of his life, Nancy, by one of his students
and future stepsons, David Weed. They
were married on February 16, 1962, and
together they raised a son, Denny. They
remained best friends for 47 years until
her death in 2009.
In 1968, Mr. Wright was appointed
headmaster at Thompson Academy on
Thompson’s Island in Boston Harbor. With
Nancy’s assistance, he ran the school for
several years. In 1974, they relocated to
Hanover, N.H. George taught in Lebanon,
N.H., and served as director of Upper
Valley Hostel. In 2009, the Wrights moved
to Springhouse in Jamaica Plain.
Mr. Wright’s many interests included
coaching, big-band music, traveling, and
the Red Sox. He especially delighted in
hearing about the athletic accomplish-
ments of his granddaughter, Meredith,
and grandson, George, with whom he
shared his name as well as a special bond.
He loved spending summers on Squam
Lake in Sandwich, N.H., where he took
great pleasure in piloting family and
friends around the lake in his motorboat.
Mr. Wright is survived by his son and
daughter-in-law, Denny and Kim Wright;
six stepchildren and their spouses; two
grandchildren; 12 step-grandchildren;
a niece and nephew; five grandnieces
and grandnephews; and many close and
loyal friends. He was predeceased by his
wife, his stepson, David, and his sister,
Virginia Pierce.
1943
Jerome Edson Andrews Jr.
a lawyer, family
man, and tireless
community vol-
unteer, who loved
sports and valued
education, died
on November 11,
2010, after facing
a decade-long
battle with Alz-
heimer’s disease with “courage, grace,
and an enduring smile.” He was 85 and
a resident of Andover, Mass.
Mr. Andrews enrolled at St. Paul’s in
the fall of 1939, where he was a member
of the Library Association, played baseball,
football, and ice hockey for Delphian, and
rowed in Halcyon’s first boat. When World
War II made it difficult to find single male
teachers to supervise the SPS dormitories,
Mr. Andrews was the first St. Paul’s stu-
dent ever asked to manage a dorm alone.
He graduated summa cum laude from
St. Paul’s and went on to earn his B.A.
from Harvard. He served in the U.S. Navy
before returning to Massachusetts to study
at Harvard Law School. Mr. Andrews
practiced law for more than 35 years as
a partner in the Boston firm of Choate,
Hall & Stewart. His free time was devoted
to his family and his community.
Saturday mornings found him coach-
ing in the Andover Youth Hockey program,
an organization he helped found in 1960.
He was president of the North Andover
Country Club and a member of the vestry
at Christ Church. He also served on the
Andover Zoning Board of Appeals.
He loved sports, especially hockey, ten-
nis, sailing, and golf, and was a devoted
follower of the Harvard football and
hockey teams. After retiring from his
legal career, Mr. Andrews audited classes
at a local college and helped raise money
for the Pike School and the Greater Lawr-
ence chapter of Habitat for Humanity.
At the time of his death, Mr. Andrews
was survived by his wife of 56 years,
Joyce; four children, Chris, Steve, Ned,
and Lisa; and four grandchildren .
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