TITLE:  Donald W. Sosebee, Obituary,  March 10, 2001

SUBMITTERS:  Journal Inquirer
             Manchester, CT (issue April 18, 1979)

FORMATTED:   ABishop, Apr 2001

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Donald W. Sosebee

Donald W. Sosebee, 74, of Nantucket, Mass., died Saturday, March 10, 2001, 
at his home in Tom Nevers. 

Mr. Sosebee, better known as "Pop-Pop," was born June 18, 1926, in 
Atlanta, the son of Verona and William Nixon Sosebee. After graduating 
from Towle High School, he joined the Navy in 1944, and attended New 
England College in Henniker, N.H., and the Lowell Textile Institute. 
Mr. Sosebee married his high school sweetheart, Madeline, on Aug. 5, 1950. 
They lived in Hartford, Hazardville, and Somers, where he had a textile 
business and a restaurant, The Somers Inn. In the late 1970s, four of 
Mr. and Mrs. Sosebee's five children settled on Nantucket. Mr. and Mrs.
Sosebee later followed, living on Nantucket for the past 16 years. 
On the island, Mr. Sosebee helped his sons in their various endeavors. 
He loved gardening and caring for his grandchildren, and he had a lawn 
business with his grandsons, Ryan and Sean Sosebee. He loved reading, 
all sports, and had a great love of music, especially jazz and the big 
bands. He volunteered for the Hazardville Fire Department, was a 
Rotarian for more than 20 years and its president, and also was on the 
board of directors for the Johnson Memorial Hospital in Stafford. 
Mr. Sosebee was known for his great love of family, was a great athlete, 
was considered "a triple threat," and was the quarterback at Towle High 
School. He played on the same team as Ted Williams while in the Navy,
achieved a hole-in-one in golf in 1962, and coached little league in 
Hazardville. For 25 years, Mr. Sosebee held season tickets to the New 
York Giants, loved the Boston Red Sox, and saw many Boston Celtic games.

Mr. Sosebee is survived by his wife, Madeline; and five children and 
nine grandchildren, Debbie and Doug Sosebee, granddaughter, Jessica, of
New Bern, N.C. and Nantucket; Marlene Sosebee of Hollywood, Calif.; 
Pam and Curt Sosebee, grandsons, Ryan and Sean of Nantucket; Jan and
Gary Sosebee, grandchildren, Kaleigh, Philip, Joy, and Hope of 
Ridgefield; and Verona and Rick Donnellan, granddaughter, Amy and 
grandson, Jonathan of Nantucket.

A memorial service for friends and family will be held at the 
Hazardville Cemetery in the spring.

Donations in his memory may be made to North Central Hospice, 8 Keynote 
Drive, Vernon, CT 06066, or to the American Cancer Society, 538 Preston 
Ave., Box 1004, Meriden, CT 06450-1004.

Memorials may be made to St. Martha School Fund, 214 Brainard Road, 
Enfield, CT 06082





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