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Richard Lewontin Obituary
He was pre-deceased by his wife of 73 years, Mary Jane, by 3 days.
In addition to membership in the Marlboro Volunteer Fire Department, Dick served as a trustee of the Marlboro Music Festival, as Academic Advisor to Marlboro College, President and Treasurer of the Ames Hill Marlboro Community Center, and Treasurer of the Marlboro Historical Society.
He will be greatly missed.
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Nancy Shea
July 8, 2021
Dick and Mary Jane at the same time. What a blow but what happiness for them. They will both be missed. I have thought of them and Vermont and Cambridge so often with such happy thoughts..
michelle plakas-kaiser
July 7, 2021
RIP
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