EDWARD SUTTON STIMPSON III

1932 - 2022

STIMPSON, Edward Sutton III Edward Sutton Stimpson, III, of Falmouth, passed away on October 22, 2022 at his home in Naples, Florida. Born in Boston, Massachusetts on January 11, 1932, he was the son of Margaret (Williams) and Edward S. Stimpson, inventor of golf's Stimpmeter. He lived his early years in Newton and Wellesley, Massachusetts, and raised his own family in Weston, Massachusetts and Baltimore, Maryland. His later years were spent in West Falmouth, Massachusetts and then Florida. Eddie was educated at Noble & Greenough School (1950), Princeton University (1954) and Harvard Business School (1958). He wrote his college thesis on Virginia Woolf and therein identified his personal lodestars - love, awareness and humility. He was an accomplished athlete and devoted alumnus. Among his most treasured memories were those of his classmates and teammates, whose names and clutch plays were intertwined with his own life's lessons. He played baseball and ice hockey in college and was always a worthy opponent on the tennis court or golf course. His love of competition, which expressed itself in many venues, was equaled by his passion for honest play. He was a true sportsman and an expert on the rules of golf. In all things, he endeavored to conduct himself as a gentleman. He enjoyed both competitive fun and good fellowship as a long-time member of The Country Club and Woods Hole Golf Club, where he served two separate terms as president. Eddie served as a lieutenant in the U.S. Army in Hanau, Germany, before starting his business career. He spent a year as a case writer at Harvard Business School and worked as an analyst at Fidelity Investments and later at T. Rowe Price. He was an entrepreneur and capable helmsman of various enterprises which stemmed from his indomitable curiosity and desire to master new things, including photography, videography, woodworking, Civil War history, genealogy, flight simulators, lighthouses, backgammon, chess, checkers, weathervanes and fishing. He read fiction and non-fiction with equal vigor, often consuming an entire book in an afternoon. Eddie was married to Anne "Pinty" Bolster, with whom he shared a 63-year romance, until her death in 2012. He is survived by his wife, Maura Jean (O'Donnell), who was his dear companion for nine happy years; his children, Joanna Stimpson (Edward Vydra) and Sarah Strong; his six grandchildren, Welles (Jennifer), Gardner (Kelley) and Charlotte Vydra, and Hilary (Thomas) Battey and Audrey and Graham Strong; and his three great-grandchildren, Brooks and Edward Vydra and Phoebe Battey. He also leaves his brothers and sisters-in-law, Wally and Susie Stimpson, John and Trish Stimpson, Alice Hatch and Marshall Bolster; Maura's children and grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews. Burial will be private. A celebration of life is planned for a later date. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in his memory to West Falmouth Library, 575 West Falmouth Highway, P.O. Box 1209, West Falmouth, MA 02574 or Alzheimer's Support Network, 1421 Pine Ridge Road, Suite 100, Naples, FL 34109. For online guestbook and directions, please visit www.chapmanfuneral.com Chapman Funerals & Cremations, Falmouth 508-540-4172