My Dad

My Dad died on Tuesday a few weeks before his 94th birthday. I am attaching a copy of his obituary. They just don't make them like this anymore. He and my Mom were married 66 years. He will be missed, but we have many wonderful memories.

John Gage Greenwood

GREENWOOD, John Gage John Gage Greenwood, 93, died January 27, 2009. He was born February 24, 1915, at Hartford Hospital. He graduated from Hall High School in West Hartford, attended Dartmouth College, took a "sabbatical" with the English Merchant Marine, and finished his degree in mechanical engineering at Lehigh University. He married Margaret McClintock in 1943 in Monterey, Mexico, where he was working on a bridge project. His employment included Ingersoll Rand, Terry Steam Turbine and Joy Manufacturing. In 1967 he became a vice president of Sullair Corporation, which was founded on a revolutionary design of a rotary screw technology for air compressors. Their prescient motto was Cool, Clean, Pure, Green. His career took him and his family back and forth between the East and Midwest, finally settling in Old Lyme. He loved Old Lyme and served as the Vice-Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts. He was an avid reader, a traveler of the world, a gardener, a sailor, a great story teller , a collector of maritime artifacts, a graceful fox trotter, an enthusiastic bridge player and an ambidextrous tennis player. Most of all he was the best husband, father and grandfather. He was a listener, cheerleader and supporter of his daughters and grandchildren. He was devoted to his wife and relished her great wit and grace. He became her caregiver in the last years of his life as she developed Alzheimers disease. He described this role as a privilege. He is survived by his wife of 66 years; his daughters Mary Gage Greenwood of Miami Beach; Martha March Greenwood of Farmington, and Sara Davis Greenwood of NYC and Madison, and spouses, Joseph Kehm, David Levin and Kevin Toner; his grandchildren, John Gage Breakfield and his wife Astrid Luthi Breakfield, Madeleine Davis Kiwak and Eliza March Kiwak; and his great grandchildren, Jack Gage Breakfield and Gage Luthi Breakfield. He was predeceased by his older brother James. There will be a family celebration of Jack's life this spring. In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to the Fisher Center for Alzheimers Research Foundation; One Intrepid Square, W. 46th St. & 12th Ave., NYC, NY 10036








Mary Greenwood, Mediator, Attorney and Author of
How To Negotiate LIke A Pro: 41 Rules for Resolving Disputes, Winner of six book awards
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How To Mediate Like A Pro: 42 Rules for Mediating Disputes
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