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Mr. Dennison’s memorial service was
held at the Princeton Chapel, where regu-
lars will remember his strong tenor voice.
Sue Anne Morrow, Princeton’s associate
dean of religious life, gave his eulogy, end-
ing with this prayer: “for the blessing of
Charlie’s long life – so well lived.”
1935
Earle T. “Apple” Holsapple Jr.
passed away on
May 4, 2012, at
age 95 in Hack-
ettstown, N.J.
He was born in
Troy, N.Y., on De-
cember 4, 1916, to
Earle T. Holsapple
Sr. (Form of 1905)
and Alice Haven
and resided in Scarsdale, N.Y., before enter-
ing the Third Form at SPS in 1931.
Mr. Holsapple played first football and
second hockey for Old Hundred and rowed
with Shattuck. He was a member of the
Missionary Society and the Acolyte Guild
and earned Second Testimonials in three
of his four years at the School.
He went on to Princeton University,
graduating cum laude in 1939. After a
few months working for W.R. Grace & Co.,
he joined what was to become the last
cavalry unit of any United States war, the
Army’s 101st Cavalry Regiment. From
January 1941 to August 1942, he served
as an enlisted man, and in 1942 he was
commissioned as a second lieutenant. He
fought in North Africa and Italy before
being captured by the Germans, where he
witnessed the final months of World War
II as a prisoner of war until his release on
May 5, 1945.
After the war, Mr. Holsapple worked for
Welsh Farms Dairy Inc. from 1946 until
his retirement in 1996. He held various
positions, from vice president of sales to
executive vice president, and, ultimately,
president and chairman of the board.
Mr. Holsapple held leadership positions
on the boards of the International Ice
Cream Association and New Jersey Milk
Industry Foundation, and owned control-
ling interest in Windsor Manufacturing
Co. of New Jersey and Saratoga Vichy
Water in New York. He also served on the
board of the House of the Good Shepherd
for more than 30 years and as its treas-
urer for more than 15 years and was active
on the boards of Centenary College and
the American Diabetes Association. He
received numerous honors throughout
his life, including an honorary doctor of
humane letters in 1999 from Centenary
College and “N.J. Person of the Year”
from the national American Diabetes
Association.
For 52 years, he lived at Apple Lake on
Homestead Road in the Oldwick section
of Tewksbury Township, N.J., before mov-
ing to Hackettstown eight years ago.
“He didn’t fear the future,” wrote his
daughter-in-law, Linda, after his death.
“Instead he maximized every moment of
his life. He rose early and followed a care-
fully balanced life of work, play, healthful
exercise, chocolate chip cookies, hobbies,
interests, and, especially, friendships.”
She added that he would obligingly give
scant details when asked about his time
as a prisoner of war, “not because being a
POW was a painful memory for him, but
merely because so much else had gone on
in his life that was more interesting to him.
He was not defined by the worst things
that happened to him, but by the best.”
His wife of 68 years, Jane Reade Hol-
sapple, died in 2009; and a brother, Penn
Haven Holsapple of the Form of 1932,
predeceased him in 2008. He is survived
by two sons, Earle T. Holsapple III and
Peter H. Holsapple; a daughter, Holly
McLendon; six grandchildren; and two
great-grandsons. Several of Mr. Holsapple’s
uncles and nephews also attended St. Paul’s
School, including Frank and Lloyd Holsapple
of the Form of 1901, Haven D. Holsapple ’68,
Timothy G. Holsapple ’70, and Jeffrey B.
Holsapple ’72.
1936
Samuel Bradford Legg
of Cockeysville,
Md., died in his
sleep on October
2, 2012, a month
shy of his 96th
birthday.
Born Novem-
ber 10, 1916, he
was the son of
Samuel Bradford
Legg and Alicia Bell Dowling Legg of Hack-
ensack, N.J. Mr. Legg began his education
in the Hackensack public schools, having
been described by one faculty member
as “a good citizen and fine scholar,” who
“had an educational age of 15 years,
6 months, being then 11 years, 6 months
(according to the Stanford Achievement
Tests).” Prior to entering St. Paul’s as a
Third Former in the fall of 1932, Mr. Legg
attended the Malcolm Gordon School, an
all-boys boarding school in Garrison, N.Y.,
whose founder was the famed St. Paul’s
hockey coach credited with formalizing
the rules of the American game and de-
veloping promising young players such
as Hobey Baker (Form of 1909).
While at St. Paul’s, Mr. Legg continued
to excel as a scholar, receiving the St. Paul’s
Honors Scholarship during his Fourth
Form year. Outside the classroom, he was
actively engaged in extracurricular activi-
ties, particularly those that provided a
service to his community. He was presi-
dent of the Missionary Society, an acolyte
and Sunday school teacher, and a dorm
supervisor in addition to participating in
the Chess Club and Le Cercle Fran çais.
Though he was considered “somewhat of
an idealist,” one faculty member wrote on
his behalf, “He is greatly interested in all
missionary enterprises. This is shown by
his work for our School Camp at Danbury,
N.H., for underprivileged boys; also in his
active support of Coit House, an orphan-
age near the School and largely supported
by it.”