Former city of Salem Planning Board Chairman Walter B. "Tip" Power III, 77, of Salem, died April 18, 2008, at the North Shore Medical Center, after a long illness. He and his wife, Sandra (Sherman) Power, would have celebrated 53 years of marriage in July.
Born and raised in Marblehead, the son of the late Walter Brown Power Jr. and Margaret (Waller) Power, Mr. Power graduated from Marblehead High School in the Class of 1950. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 1955 and was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon. He went on to earn his MBA at Northeastern University.
As a sales engineer, Mr. Power covered New England for many years, and he later founded Power Sales Group Inc., a manufacturers' representative company in Peabody servicing New England utilities. On selling his company in 2002, he went on to counsel and mentor start-up businesses and entrepreneurs for the SBDC at the Salem State College Enterprise Center.
He served since 1975, by successive mayoral appointments, on the Salem Planning Board, including over 30 years as its chairman. In 2007, he was honored by the city for his long service to the Planning Board at a retirement "Roast" party, and he received the Outstanding Planning Award/Citizen Planner from the Massachusetts Chapter of the American Planning Association. He was actively involved in many other city boards and commissions, including the Salem Citizens for Public Schools, the Salem School Building Commission, overseeing the planning and construction of the high school, the Winter Island Commission, and the Salem Harbor Commission. He was also a member of the Masonic Lodge in Marblehead. To those who knew him, Mr. Power exemplified personal integrity and was commonly cited for his civility and fairness in dealing with others. His dedication to his community was absolute and unwavering and gave his life great purpose.
His side interests included vegetable gardening, which produced champion tomatoes, very special Italian pole beans, brussels sprouts and asparagus. He made grape jelly every fall from his own grapes and delighted in giving it out as gifts. As an amateur arborist, he loved to plant trees, prune and discuss pruning and could often be seen hanging precariously from his trees trying to get to that one last branch just beyond reach. His other loves were the stock market and wines, both of which required a great deal of study and in the case of the latter, tasting. He could expound widely on both. He greatly enjoyed occasional weekends at the family camp in Maine with the children and later the grandchildren. At camp, he was prone to starting small projects, which evolved into large projects involving much planning, acquisition of new tools that might never be used again, and occasionally language from which the grandchildren had to be shielded.
In addition to his wife, Mr. Power is survived by four children, Walter "Topper" B. Power IV of Amsterdam, Sherman Douglas Power and his wife, Christine, of Naperville, Ill., Matthew Eli Power of Salem and Elizabeth "Betsy" Atwood Power of Seattle, Wash.; a brother, James Peyton Power of Florida and Maine; five grandchildren, Wm. Chase, Caroline, Margaret, Jetson and Rocket Power; his nephews, Gregg and Eric Fitzgerald of Newton; and his nieces, Tara Gilbert of Eliot, Maine and Laurel Perry and Peyton Dixey of Marblehead.
A memorial service will be held Sunday, April 27, at 3 p.m. in the Tabernacle Church, 50 Washington Street, Salem. At the family's request, there are no visiting hours. Interment will be private.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial contributions be made in Mr. Power's memory to the Walter Brown Power Scholarship Fund, c/o Salem High School, 77 Wilson Road, Salem, MA 01970, to assist Salem students attending Worcester Polytechnic Institute, or to the Explorers LLI (Lifelong Learning Institute), 10 Federal St., Suite 10, Salem, MA 01970.
To sign the online guest book, visit www.MurphyFuneralHome.com.
(Published Thursday, April 24, 2008 in the Swampscott Reporter)
Born and raised in Marblehead, the son of the late Walter Brown Power Jr. and Margaret (Waller) Power, Mr. Power graduated from Marblehead High School in the Class of 1950. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 1955 and was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon. He went on to earn his MBA at Northeastern University.
As a sales engineer, Mr. Power covered New England for many years, and he later founded Power Sales Group Inc., a manufacturers' representative company in Peabody servicing New England utilities. On selling his company in 2002, he went on to counsel and mentor start-up businesses and entrepreneurs for the SBDC at the Salem State College Enterprise Center.
He served since 1975, by successive mayoral appointments, on the Salem Planning Board, including over 30 years as its chairman. In 2007, he was honored by the city for his long service to the Planning Board at a retirement "Roast" party, and he received the Outstanding Planning Award/Citizen Planner from the Massachusetts Chapter of the American Planning Association. He was actively involved in many other city boards and commissions, including the Salem Citizens for Public Schools, the Salem School Building Commission, overseeing the planning and construction of the high school, the Winter Island Commission, and the Salem Harbor Commission. He was also a member of the Masonic Lodge in Marblehead. To those who knew him, Mr. Power exemplified personal integrity and was commonly cited for his civility and fairness in dealing with others. His dedication to his community was absolute and unwavering and gave his life great purpose.
His side interests included vegetable gardening, which produced champion tomatoes, very special Italian pole beans, brussels sprouts and asparagus. He made grape jelly every fall from his own grapes and delighted in giving it out as gifts. As an amateur arborist, he loved to plant trees, prune and discuss pruning and could often be seen hanging precariously from his trees trying to get to that one last branch just beyond reach. His other loves were the stock market and wines, both of which required a great deal of study and in the case of the latter, tasting. He could expound widely on both. He greatly enjoyed occasional weekends at the family camp in Maine with the children and later the grandchildren. At camp, he was prone to starting small projects, which evolved into large projects involving much planning, acquisition of new tools that might never be used again, and occasionally language from which the grandchildren had to be shielded.
In addition to his wife, Mr. Power is survived by four children, Walter "Topper" B. Power IV of Amsterdam, Sherman Douglas Power and his wife, Christine, of Naperville, Ill., Matthew Eli Power of Salem and Elizabeth "Betsy" Atwood Power of Seattle, Wash.; a brother, James Peyton Power of Florida and Maine; five grandchildren, Wm. Chase, Caroline, Margaret, Jetson and Rocket Power; his nephews, Gregg and Eric Fitzgerald of Newton; and his nieces, Tara Gilbert of Eliot, Maine and Laurel Perry and Peyton Dixey of Marblehead.
A memorial service will be held Sunday, April 27, at 3 p.m. in the Tabernacle Church, 50 Washington Street, Salem. At the family's request, there are no visiting hours. Interment will be private.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial contributions be made in Mr. Power's memory to the Walter Brown Power Scholarship Fund, c/o Salem High School, 77 Wilson Road, Salem, MA 01970, to assist Salem students attending Worcester Polytechnic Institute, or to the Explorers LLI (Lifelong Learning Institute), 10 Federal St., Suite 10, Salem, MA 01970.
To sign the online guest book, visit www.MurphyFuneralHome.com.
(Published Thursday, April 24, 2008 in the Swampscott Reporter)
Former city of Salem Planning Board Chairman Walter B. "Tip" Power III, 77, of Salem, died April 18, 2008, at the North Shore Medical Center, after a long illness. He and his wife, Sandra (Sherman) Power, would have celebrated 53 years of marriage in July.
Born and raised in Marblehead, the son of the late Walter Brown Power Jr. and Margaret (Waller) Power, Mr. Power graduated from Marblehead High School in the Class of 1950. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 1955 and was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon. He went on to earn his MBA at Northeastern University.
As a sales engineer, Mr. Power covered New England for many years, and he later founded Power Sales Group Inc., a manufacturers' representative company in Peabody servicing New England utilities. On selling his company in 2002, he went on to counsel and mentor start-up businesses and entrepreneurs for the SBDC at the Salem State College Enterprise Center.
He served since 1975, by successive mayoral appointments, on the Salem Planning Board, including over 30 years as its chairman. In 2007, he was honored by the city for his long service to the Planning Board at a retirement "Roast" party, and he received the Outstanding Planning Award/Citizen Planner from the Massachusetts Chapter of the American Planning Association. He was actively involved in many other city boards and commissions, including the Salem Citizens for Public Schools, the Salem School Building Commission, overseeing the planning and construction of the high school, the Winter Island Commission, and the Salem Harbor Commission. He was also a member of the Masonic Lodge in Marblehead. To those who knew him, Mr. Power exemplified personal integrity and was commonly cited for his civility and fairness in dealing with others. His dedication to his community was absolute and unwavering and gave his life great purpose.
His side interests included vegetable gardening, which produced champion tomatoes, very special Italian pole beans, brussels sprouts and asparagus. He made grape jelly every fall from his own grapes and delighted in giving it out as gifts. As an amateur arborist, he loved to plant trees, prune and discuss pruning and could often be seen hanging precariously from his trees trying to get to that one last branch just beyond reach. His other loves were the stock market and wines, both of which required a great deal of study and in the case of the latter, tasting. He could expound widely on both. He greatly enjoyed occasional weekends at the family camp in Maine with the children and later the grandchildren. At camp, he was prone to starting small projects, which evolved into large projects involving much planning, acquisition of new tools that might never be used again, and occasionally language from which the grandchildren had to be shielded.
In addition to his wife, Mr. Power is survived by four children, Walter "Topper" B. Power IV of Amsterdam, Sherman Douglas Power and his wife, Christine, of Naperville, Ill., Matthew Eli Power of Salem and Elizabeth "Betsy" Atwood Power of Seattle, Wash.; a brother, James Peyton Power of Florida and Maine; five grandchildren, Wm. Chase, Caroline, Margaret, Jetson and Rocket Power; his nephews, Gregg and Eric Fitzgerald of Newton; and his nieces, Tara Gilbert of Eliot, Maine and Laurel Perry and Peyton Dixey of Marblehead.
A memorial service will be held Sunday, April 27, at 3 p.m. in the Tabernacle Church, 50 Washington Street, Salem. At the family's request, there are no visiting hours. Interment will be private.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial contributions be made in Mr. Power's memory to the Walter Brown Power Scholarship Fund, c/o Salem High School, 77 Wilson Road, Salem, MA 01970, to assist Salem students attending Worcester Polytechnic Institute, or to the Explorers LLI (Lifelong Learning Institute), 10 Federal St., Suite 10, Salem, MA 01970.
To sign the online guest book, visit www.MurphyFuneralHome.com.
(Published Thursday, April 24, 2008 in the Swampscott Reporter)
Born and raised in Marblehead, the son of the late Walter Brown Power Jr. and Margaret (Waller) Power, Mr. Power graduated from Marblehead High School in the Class of 1950. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 1955 and was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon. He went on to earn his MBA at Northeastern University.
As a sales engineer, Mr. Power covered New England for many years, and he later founded Power Sales Group Inc., a manufacturers' representative company in Peabody servicing New England utilities. On selling his company in 2002, he went on to counsel and mentor start-up businesses and entrepreneurs for the SBDC at the Salem State College Enterprise Center.
He served since 1975, by successive mayoral appointments, on the Salem Planning Board, including over 30 years as its chairman. In 2007, he was honored by the city for his long service to the Planning Board at a retirement "Roast" party, and he received the Outstanding Planning Award/Citizen Planner from the Massachusetts Chapter of the American Planning Association. He was actively involved in many other city boards and commissions, including the Salem Citizens for Public Schools, the Salem School Building Commission, overseeing the planning and construction of the high school, the Winter Island Commission, and the Salem Harbor Commission. He was also a member of the Masonic Lodge in Marblehead. To those who knew him, Mr. Power exemplified personal integrity and was commonly cited for his civility and fairness in dealing with others. His dedication to his community was absolute and unwavering and gave his life great purpose.
His side interests included vegetable gardening, which produced champion tomatoes, very special Italian pole beans, brussels sprouts and asparagus. He made grape jelly every fall from his own grapes and delighted in giving it out as gifts. As an amateur arborist, he loved to plant trees, prune and discuss pruning and could often be seen hanging precariously from his trees trying to get to that one last branch just beyond reach. His other loves were the stock market and wines, both of which required a great deal of study and in the case of the latter, tasting. He could expound widely on both. He greatly enjoyed occasional weekends at the family camp in Maine with the children and later the grandchildren. At camp, he was prone to starting small projects, which evolved into large projects involving much planning, acquisition of new tools that might never be used again, and occasionally language from which the grandchildren had to be shielded.
In addition to his wife, Mr. Power is survived by four children, Walter "Topper" B. Power IV of Amsterdam, Sherman Douglas Power and his wife, Christine, of Naperville, Ill., Matthew Eli Power of Salem and Elizabeth "Betsy" Atwood Power of Seattle, Wash.; a brother, James Peyton Power of Florida and Maine; five grandchildren, Wm. Chase, Caroline, Margaret, Jetson and Rocket Power; his nephews, Gregg and Eric Fitzgerald of Newton; and his nieces, Tara Gilbert of Eliot, Maine and Laurel Perry and Peyton Dixey of Marblehead.
A memorial service will be held Sunday, April 27, at 3 p.m. in the Tabernacle Church, 50 Washington Street, Salem. At the family's request, there are no visiting hours. Interment will be private.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial contributions be made in Mr. Power's memory to the Walter Brown Power Scholarship Fund, c/o Salem High School, 77 Wilson Road, Salem, MA 01970, to assist Salem students attending Worcester Polytechnic Institute, or to the Explorers LLI (Lifelong Learning Institute), 10 Federal St., Suite 10, Salem, MA 01970.
To sign the online guest book, visit www.MurphyFuneralHome.com.
(Published Thursday, April 24, 2008 in the Swampscott Reporter)
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