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JONATHAN MATSON Obituary

MATSON, Jonathan Essex- Jonathan Philip Matson, age 67, beloved husband of Laura Bishop Matson, died unexpectedly of heart failure on January 31, 2017 in his home of 41 years. Born in Greenwich CT, he was the son of the late Harold and Ann (Toomey) Matson. Mr. Matson was President of the Harold Matson Co. literacy agency in NYC where for thirty years he continued his father's legacy of collaborating with talented and accomplished authors (including Richard Condon, Robert Ruark, and Herman Wouk) to bring critically acclaimed and best-selling books to publication. He graduated from the Darrow School in 1967, and attended Hamline College in St. Paul, MN, after which he returned to NYC where he began his publishing career at Simon & Schuster. He later worked for fifteen years at Harvard University Press as Manager of Subsidiary Rights. He will be dearly missed by his colleague, Ben Camardi, and his clients and friends that include Deborah Cramer, Michael Downing, Raymond Feist, George Michelsen Foy, Susanna Kaysen, William Patrick, Jonathan Shay, and Janny Wurts, among many others. In 2009, he helped to found Christ the Redeemer Church in Danvers, and took particular joy in belonging to the usher team whose duties mirror the callings of his generous and hospitable heart. He attributed his blessed and happy life to the Grace of God. A life-long singer and instrumentalist, in 1983 he and friends formed the Walker Creek Band. For over twenty years of marvelous nights (for a moondance), he performed with them across New England. His fellowship of creative, musical, and witty friends and neighbors always supported and encouraged him during his times of illness. In addition to his wife Laura, with whom he celebrated their forty-fifth wedding anniversary on January 15, he is survived by a son, Jonathan Philip Matson, Jr., of San Francisco, CA, a daughter, Ann Elizabeth Bishop Matson Bailis, and her husband David of Brooklyn, NY, as well as their daughter, Skye Matson Bailis. Other survivors include two brothers, Timothy Matson of Thetford Center, VT and Christopher Matson and his wife Colette of Essex, CT, two sisters, Katinka Matson, and her husband John Brockman of NYC, and Hallie Matson and her husband David Studley of Mountain Ranch, CA, and many treasured nieces and nephews. He was Godfather to Philippa Renwick Kennedy of Bedford, NY, and Haley Fitch Barraza of Holliston, MA. He also leaves behind a constellation of extended Matson, Bishop, Fitch and Bailis family members, each of whom were precious to him. Jonathan's funeral service will be held at Christ the Redeemer Anglican Church, 188 Elliott St., Danvers, MA 01923 on Saturday, February 11, 2017 at 11AM. Relatives and friends are also invited to attend the reception that will follow the service at Myopia Hunt Club in Hamilton. Arrangements by the Campbell Funeral Home, 525 Cabot St., BEVERLY, MA 01915. If so moved, contributions may be made to The Trustees of Reservations, Essex County Greenbelt, or to the Music Ministry of Christ the Redeemer Church. Information, directions, condolences at www.campbellfuneral.com

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To Mr. Jonathans family. My deepest condolence. God will comfort you. Mathew 5:4

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Myopia Hunt Club

Hamilton, MA

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Christ the Redeemer Anglican Church

188 Elliott St., Danvers, MA

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