Charles W. "Chuck" Getchell

GETCHELL, Charles W. "Chuck" Age 81, long-time Ipswich, Massachusetts resident, formerly of Hamilton, died Monday, November 8, at the Kaplan Family Hospice House in Danvers. Born in Los Angeles, California, Mr. Getchell was a graduate of Stanford University and Stanford Law School. He served as an officer in the US Navy, as a civilian lawyer for the US Air Force in France, and as an assistant US attorney in San Francisco. He moved to New York City in 1961 to work for the First National Bank of New York and in 1964 was posted to the bank's branch in Brussels, Belgium, where he lived until 1976. After his return to the United States, Mr. Getchell joined a Boston law firm, later establishing a private practice in Ipswich. A member of the Tavern Club, Boston, he was for many years secretary of the Sabre Foundation in Cambridge, MA. An attorney by profession, Chuck Getchell was a writer and poet at heart. In 1980 he founded the Ipswich Press and his commentary and light verse often appeared in local and regional publications. He leaves his wife, Ann (Winthrop); daughters, Katie, Emily, and Sarah; grandsons, Max Clark, Cassius Grenot, and Ulysses Grenot; his sister, Katharine Cosovich of San Francisco, nephews, Charlie and Peter Cosovich, and niece, Sarah Cosovich. A Memorial Service will be held in Ipswich in May. Donations in his memory may be made to the Hospice of the North Shore, 75 Sylvan St., Suite B 102, Danvers, MA 01923, or to the Sabre Foundation, 872 Massachusetts Avenue, Suite 2-1, Cambridge, MA 02139.