Month: November 2018

Brian Dixon

dixon R.I.P. 1984

Brian R. Dixon, 32, of 1400 20th St. N.W, Washington, D.C., died Sunday at the Memorial Division of cancer. Mr. Dixon was an attorney and associate law librarian … at Washington University Law School, from which he graduated in 1979. He earned a master’s degree in library science from Catholic University in 1980. … He is survived by his parents. James S. and Mary Welsh Dixon of Wilmington; a brother, George R. of Minneapolis; two sisters, Jean M. Dixon and Madalyn Dixon, both of Wilmington … Mass of Christian Burial will be offered … in St. Mary Magdalen Church, Concord Pike and Sharpley Road. … Burial will be in All Saints Cemetery. Instead of flowers, the family suggests contributions to the American Cancer Society. 1708 Lovering Ave., Wilmington 19806.
— Wilmington News-Journal, April 30, 1984

Note: Although the obituaries of Brian and his parents (both in 2004) fail to mention Cherry Hill, articles in the Cherry Hill News establish that our classmate, Brian Robert Dixon, got a scholarship at George Washington University, was the son of James and Mary Frances Dixon, and had sisters Jean and Madalyn.

Mary Jo Mankowski

R.I.P.  2013

Family moved to Cherry Hill from Santa Barbara before senior year. Not listed in the yearbook but was among the names of 860 graduates listed in the Cherry Hill News in June of 1969. Lived in Woodcrest, went to USC, according to classmate and friend Frank Schwartz.

Name: Mary Mankowski
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: CAUCASIAN
Age: 61
Death Date: 3 Jan 2013
Death Site: Residence
Death Place: Los Angeles, California, USA
— L.A. coroner’s record found on Ancestry.com

Robert Hirschman

hirschman R.I.P. 2009

Robert and his mother died within a few days of each other in 2009.
ROBERT A. HIRSCHMAN, 57, Port Orange,  [Florida,] died March 30.
VIRGINIA I. HIRSCHMAN, 84, Daytona Beach, died April 2.
— Orlando Sentinel, April 11, 2009
Courier-Post’s 2000 obituary of his father, John A. Hirschman, described as husband of Virginia and father of Robert, confirmed family’s  Cherry Hill roots: “Mr. Hirschman lived in Cherry Hill before moving to Palm in the Wood, Daytona Beach, in 1986” and mentions a connection to “the Little League, Cherry Hill.”
Social Security Death Index
NAME: Robert Allan Hirschman
LAST RESIDENCE: 32129 Daytona Beach, Volusia, Florida, USA
BORN: 29 Jun 1951
DIED: 30 Mar 2009
STATE (YEAR) SSN ISSUED: New Jersey (1967)