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1943
John Baker “Jack” Hollister Jr.
of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, died on Novem-
ber 22, 2012, at the age of 87.
Born July 25, 1925, to Congressman
John Baker Hollister of the Form of 1907
and Ellen Rollins Hollister, he prepared
for St. Paul’s at Cincinnati Country Day,
entering the Third Form in the fall of
1939. He played first football and first
baseball for Old Hundred and also com-
peted in basketball and hockey.
Mr. Hollister entered Yale University
but left in his freshman year to join the
U.S. Army. He began his military career
as a buck private, joining the European
Theater on D+55, and fought throughout
France and Germany until V-E Day in
May 1945. He earned two battlefield
promotions, first as corporal and later
sergeant, and finished his career as a
commanding officer of a heavy machine
gun platoon in the 94th Division of General
Patton’s 3rd Army. Among other decor-
ations, he received a Purple Heart and a
Bronze Star.
Following V-E Day, Mr. Hollister became
mayor of a small village in Czechoslovakia
while also playing quarterback of the
94th Infantry football team. He was hon-
orably discharged in September 1945,
and returned to Yale, where he excelled in
history, played and coached football, and
became a member of Skull & Bones. He
graduated in 1949 and accepted a position
as an assistant football coach at the Uni-
versity of Western Ontario, where he met
Elizabeth “Betty” Boyle, a former UWO
cheerleader and championship swimmer.
They married in April 1950 and moved
briefly home to Cincinnati before Mr.
Hollister went to work for Cleveland-Cliffs
Iron in Ishpeming, Mich. He began his
career as an underground worker at the
Mather “B” Mine but eventually was pro-
moted to the sales department and con-
tinued to work for Cliffs and other natural
1944
Robert Oliver Weeks
an Episcopal priest
who found his
calling early in
life, died on Feb-
ruary 3, 2013.
He was 86 and
a resident of
Jacksonville, Fla.
Born March 11,
1926, he was the
son of Dr. Carnes Weeks of the Form of
1917 and Margaret Weeks. He attended
St. Bernard’s School in New York City before
joining his brother, Carnes Weeks Jr. ’43,
at St. Paul’s as a Second Former.
Mr. Weeks participated in the Library
Association, Missionary Society, Glee
Club, Dramatic Association, Scientific
Association, and the Rifle Club. He played
football for Old Hundred. It was through
his deep appreciation and involvement
in the Acolyte’s Guild and the Choir, as
well as his astute observations of the
SPS chaplains, that he began to discern
his calling to the church.
Mr. Weeks served in the U.S. Air Force
for a year after his SPS graduation. He
then entered Yale, earning a degree in
sociology in 1949. Following his
undergraduate studies, he attended
General Theological Seminary and Union
Seminary in New York City before
becoming ordained as an Episcopal priest
in 1960.
Mr. Weeks served in parishes in the
Episcopal Diocese of New York, Connec-
ticut, and Florida in a long career devoted
to the church. He spent eight years as a
prison chaplain, many years as an inner-
city minister at a halfway house for ex-
offenders. He also served as president
of the board of GirlsTown for troubled
teenage girls. He was an advocate for
civil rights and an active participant in
the Kairos Prison Ministry International,
Cursillo, and Marriage Encounter.
Mr. Weeks leaves behind his wife of
54 years, Ann; his children, Katherine
Hardison, Stephen Weeks, David Weeks,
and Mary Weeks; five grandchildren; his
brother, Dr. Carnes Weeks Jr. ’43; and his
sister, Margaret Valentine.
resource firms until he retired as senior
vice president in 1986.
Outside work, Mr. Hollister was involved
in several nonprofits, including Hiram
House Camp, Hillcrest Hospital, and Town
Council in Hunting Valley. He cherished
time spent with his wife, Betty, their four
children, and six grandchildren. Known
affectionately as “the Cat” and later “the
Aging Field Marshall,” Mr. Hollister went
out of his way to coach and mentor his
children and grandchildren. He was known
for his great sense of humor and always
pleased a crowd with his stories, songs,
and limericks. His “Cliffs Song Book”
continues to be a source of revelry in the
Cleveland area.
Mr. Hollister is survived by his beloved
wife of 62 years, Betty; his children, John
B. Hollister III, Thomas J. Hollister, Ellen
Hollister Whelan, and David B. Hollister;
and his six grandchildren. He also leaves
behind nephews J. J. Stevenson III ’59, John
Stevenson ’67, and grandnephews J.J. Ste-
venson IV ’93 and Jeffrey S. Stevenson ’03.
1943
William Schoellkopf Jr.
of Corona Del
Mar, Calif., died
July 12, 2011, at
the age of 86.
The son of
William Schoell-
kopf and Eliza-
beth Peabody, Mr.
Schoellkopf was
born February 2,
1925, in Buffalo, N.Y. He prepared for
St. Paul’s at the Nichols School in Buffalo
and the Fessenden School in Newton, Mass.
Known at Fessenden for his “good spirit,”
he entered St. Paul’s as a Third Former in
the fall of 1939. He was a member of the
Library Association and the Missionary
Society and played football for Old Hundred.
Immediately following his graduation
from St. Paul’s, Mr. Schoellkopf entered
the U.S. Marine Corps and became a
captain, serving in Guadalcanal, Guam,
and Okinawa. In 1946, Mr. Schoellkopf
entered Yale, where he was a member of
Beta Theta Pi. He spent his career working
in the oil business.
He is survived by his wife, Gerda Jenny
Schoellkopf; his children, William III, Robert,
and Sally; and several grandchildren. 57