August 2018 - 72

In Memoriam
Bermuda

Lady Jacqueline A. Swan, Paget

Canada

* Wendy C. Hardman, Edmonton AB
Ormond W. Fleming, Delta BC
Margie Ovens, Bridgewater NS
* Kenneth W. Allan, Kingston ON
Judy M. Andrew, Toronto ON
Eileen Appleton, Niagara Falls ON
Jack R. Brennan, Port Stanley ON
D.G. Coultis, Washago ON
* Mary Drummie, Kanata ON
Paul H. Shotlander, Barrie ON
Lester F. Stanford, Don Mills ON
* Jack S. Nayer, Montreal QC
* Diane Taschereau, Quebec QC

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Denmark

* Britt Andersen, Varde

Thailand

* Alan E. Kleist, Chonburi

United States

Avrum Gross, Juneau AK
* Jim Dobbyn, Alexandria AL
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* Alan T. Drennen Jr., Birmingham AL
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* Patsy O. Billingsley, Hot Springs Village AR
Patrick J. Hunt, Hot Springs AR
Dorothy F. Colip, Green Valley AZ
* Wilma J. Krueger, Scottsdale AZ
* Richard Oetting, Prescott AZ
* David W. Patton, Peoria AZ
S.A. Adair, Palm Springs CA
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* Leslie J. Adams, Laguna Woods CA

Eileen Crane, Anahein CA
Jody Dassalenaux, Carlsbad CA
Pauline M. Dense, Redding CA
Ross G. Ehrhardt, El Cajon CA
Robert E. Fosse, Palm Springs CA
Laraine A. Havel, Bonita CA
Ronald G. Lawson, Seaside CA
Ronald W. Moeckel, Kentfield CA
Noel Norton, Walnut Creek CA
Ivar Stakgold, San Diego CA
Susan C. Wiebe, Oakland CA
Alice Wright, San Francisco CA
Marlene S. Shields, Greenwood Village CO
Carol A. Taylor, Aurora CO
Allan Clamage, Stratford CT
Louise G. Holland, New Canaan CT
Elinor Borenstine, Washington DC
William Barker, Lutz FL
Charles N. Christmas, Tallahassee FL
James G. Crowther, Naples FL
Evelyne Desbrow, Naples FL
Frances S. Griffith, Ocala FL
Richard A. Grimley, Jupiter FL
Ruth Joffe, Longboat Key FL
Dr. R. Philip Johnsen, Tallahassee FL
Eli Korisky, Boca Raton FL
Sidney L. Puteska, Highland Beach FL
Saul Schussel, Delray Beach FL
Judith M. Sluder, Dover FL
James A. Stidham, Tallahassee FL
Harold G. Wilkins, Ocala FL
Graciela Cann, Loganville GA
Morris Grodsky, Saint Simons Island GA
Marylynne R. Solomon, Monroe GA

Mark Gordon 1953-2018
Two-time NABC champion Mark Gordon of Purchase NY died June 14 from brain
cancer. He was 64.
Gordon won the 2002 Keohane North
American Swiss Teams and the 2011 Roth
Open Swiss Teams. He finished second in
the 2015 Reisinger BAM Teams.
In 2013, Gordon won a gold medal at the world championships held in Bali, Indonesia, when the team he captained won
the World Transnational Teams.
Pratap Rajadhyaksha, who partnered Gordon from 2008 to
2016, said, "Mark was a true prince among men. He was a fierce
competitor, but at the same time, the most kind, gentle and
generous human being I have ever known."
Gordon served in the financial services industry as an executive vice president at Alliance Bernstein L.P.
Gordon is survived by parents Alvin and Felice Gordon, wife
Patricia, children Bernard, Dora and Rebecca, and three grandchildren.

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Mary G. Talbert, Winder GA
Marva Anderson, Burr Ridge IL
Dr. Louise R. Greenswag, Buffalo Grove IL
Dr. David M. Grossmann, Highland Park IL
Steven Norvich, Barrington IL
Miriam Kahl, Jeffersonville IN
Peggie R. Bastin, Owensboro KY
Pamela K. Smith, Crestview Hills KY
Tom Clarke, Lake Charles LA
Sandra Irwin, Pineville LA
Marie E. Mahorner, New Orleans LA
Pearl Sackett, Metairie LA
Dottie B. Winn, West Monroe LA
Charity Randolph, Oak Bluffs MA
Leigh Shallenberger, Somerville MA
Dr. Alexander Gottesman,
North Bethesda MD
Alexander Kuzmuk, Mount Airy MD
Dr. Charles Stenger, Rockville MD
Michael C. St. John, Westbrook ME
Bonnie M. Barnes, Traverse City MI
N. M. Cohn, Novi MI
Dr. Roland L. Meade, Saline MI
Audrey Grossman, Olivette MO

* Martin Grossman, Olivette MO
Dr. Fred Hamburg, Springfield MO
Jane C. Hughes, St. Louis MO
Twyla J. Stewart, Goodson MO
Elmo Smoot, Hernando MS
Jeanne Wilson, Missoula MT
Jeanne L. Burrows, Raleigh NC
* Janet R. Gardner, Wilmington NC
Richard Hobby, Southport NC
* Dwain Imahara, Franklin NC
Martha B. Lawson, Charlotte NC
* Garland Samuels, Asheville NC
Grace W. Sanders, Wilmington NC
Carol C. Verrone, Wrightsville Beach NC
Joanne H. Woollen, Asheville NC
Daniel K. Powers, Lincoln NE
* G. Douglas Grant, Concord NH
W. P. Alina, Lakewood NJ
Elizabeth Harther, Essex Fells NJ
* Angie Flynn, Spring Lake NJ
Sandra Kahn, Rockaway NJ
* James M. Moyer, Northfield NJ
Mary Ellen Butler, Albuquerque NM
Lynn H. Tusha, Carlsbad NM

Murray Melton 1939-2018
By Simon W. Kantor
Emerald Life Master Murray Melton, 78, of Las Vegas NV,
died May 23 after succumbing to a long illness. We were best
friends and bridge partners for more than 55 years. Playing cards
was Murray's passion and vocation. He was an excellent bridge
and poker player, working as a poker dealer at several Las Vegas casinos for three decades. Previously, he was a director and
bridge teacher at Jim Becker's bridge club in New York City.
Murray was a fierce competitor who hated to lose. He and his
partners won more than 100 regional events and had numerous
high finishes in national contests. His most notable performance
was a second-place finish and silver medalist in the 1994 World
Senior Pairs in Albuquerque NM.
We started playing in the early 1960s before bidding boxes,
Alerts, bridge ethics, and extensive bidding systems with numerous conventions. Bidding was very un-scientific, keeping
everyone in the dark, including partner. Murray had a razorsharp ability to "read" the opponents, which was an important
part of the game back then.
In his younger days, Murray was a superb athlete excelling in
basketball and baseball. He was enshrined in the Linton High
School Sports Hall of Fame in Schenectady NY, where he grew
up. He was a star player on the Columbia University basketball team and was elected to the first team All-Ivy League basketball team. He also tried out to play for a few Major League
Baseball teams, but wasn't drafted. Watching and following
NBA basketball games also was a passion in his life.
Murray served in the U.S. Navy in the late 1950s.
Murray will be greatly missed by his many friends, partners
and teammates. I have lost my best friend. Please make any
contributions in Murray's name to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

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