J. Rogers Flather Jr.

Of New York City, Nov. 22, age 71, died peacefully in his home, after he battled esophageal and liver cancer for the past 9 months. Beloved husband of Rebecca "Becky" Davis Flather, father of Lisa Flather, Julie Zeitlin, and her husband Marc, Roger Flather III, Meg Flather, and her partner James Rogers, grandfather of Rachel and Sam Zeitlin. Raised in Lowell and a former long term resident of the Boston area, graduate of Noble and Greenough School, and Harvard College, earned an MBA from Northeastern University, a MS in Education from Long Island University. Former officer and pilot in US Navy, and administrator in the first Peace Corps program in Philippines, Malaysia, and Micronesia, where he was Program Chief. Special education teacher in New York City grades 1-12 for the past 14 years. Perennial top caller for the Harvard Fund, which he solicited for the past 30 years. Memorial service will be held in Tillman Chapel, Church Center for United Nations. Donations may be made to Memorial Sloan - Kettering Hospital c/o Dr. David Kelsen's Research for Esophageal Cancer, 175 York Ave. at 68th St., New York NY 10021.