Fredric M. Dustin

EAST ORLEANS — Fredric M. Dustin, 74, of East Orleans, died Oct. 9, 2008, at Epoch Senior Healthcare of Brewster.

He was the husband of Virginia (Wright) Dustin for 52 years.

Mr. Dustin was born in East Mansfield and raised in South Yarmouth. He graduated from Yarmouth High School in 1952, where he had competed in sports. He earned a full scholastic scholarship to the University of Pennsylvania and graduated on the Dean's List from the Wharton School. While at Penn, he played football and received the Edgar M. Church Award.

He served in the S.S. Air Force Honor Guard in Washington, D.C., from 1957 to 1960 and was a member of the Air Force Honor Guard Association. He was also a member of the Bolling Generals, a military football team.

He lived many years in Suffield, Conn., and worked 27 years for United Technologies Corp. in various human resources positions and attained vice president of personnel resources at Hamilton Standard Division and Controls Group. He was also director of executive compensation at the corporate office in Hartford, Conn.

He retired to Winhall, Vt., and returned to Cape Cod in 1998, residing in East Orleans.

His community activities in Connecticut were director of Urban League of Greater Hartford; coach of Suffield Little League; secretary of Suffield Lions Club; and co-founder, incorporator, and president of Suffield Youth Hockey Club.

In Vermont, he was golf captain of the "Crunch Bunch," and director and vice president of Stratton Mountain Country Club.

An artist, he exhibited his oil paintings at the Southern Vermont Arts Center, Barnstable Cape Cod Art Association, Chatham Creative Arts Center, and the Orleans Cultural Council and Senior Center. He enjoyed golfing, surfcasting, web surfing, reading, and collecting art books, and mostly playing with his grandchildren.

In addition to his wife, he leaves a son, Kevin W. and wife, Nichola, and their three children Jacob, Hannah and Rebecca of West Hartford, Conn.; a daughter, Kellee Dustin of Nantucket, and her daughter, Tatum B. Nolen; a second daughter, Sarah Dustin of East Orleans, and her daughter, Tanner I. Dustin; he also leaves a sister, Jane Dustin of Florida.

All services are private.

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