Obituary for Western Adams Todd
Western Adams Todd
THOMASTON, MAINE………………Western Adams Todd, 95, died in his sleep at his son’s home in Maine on May 31, 2022.
He was born on November 14, 1926 and grew up in White Plains, New York, the son of William Simmons and Catherine Adams Todd, as part of a large family of siblings, aunts, uncles, cousins and grandparents.
He graduated from White Plains High School in 1943 and briefly attended Washington & Lee University before enlisting in the U.S. Navy. He served at Admiral Nimitz’ Pacific Fleet Headquarters at Pearl Harbor as a cryptography specialist. Following the war, he graduated from Princeton University in 1947.
After graduation he worked for Life Magazine in New York City. While travelling on business with the Cluett & Peabody Company in 1950 he met Sylvia Morrill in Atlanta, Georgia. After a brief courtship they were married in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The newlyweds set up housekeeping in Mobile, Alabama, then lived for several years in Cincinnati, Ohio and settled in White Plains, New York in 1955. They spent many happy years on Ogden Avenue in White Plains surrounded by members of the extended Todd family.
In 1965 he began a successful career in the advertising business which brought the family to Cleveland, Ohio, where Wes and Sylvia developed many rewarding, longstanding friendships. In 1985 he and Sylvia moved to Hartford, Connecticut for a career opportunity with Loctite Corporation. In his 20 years with Loctite, Wes continued to expand many great professional and personal friendships.
He survived by his son, Wes and his wife Jana of Thomaston, Maine, grandchildren Wiley, Clara (Chris), great-grandson, William; his son, Chip and his wife Cindy of Millburn, New Jersey, grandchildren Courtney and Carter.
Wes will always be remembered affectionately for his warm, positive spirit; his abiding love for his family and friends with whom he faithfully stayed in touch through phone calls and letter writing. He was the ‘glue’ that held family and friends together. He loved sports and games of all stripes, but most especially golf and the friendships that came with that. Through the Morrill family he forged a lifelong love of Otsego Lake and special friendships with the families of St. John's Cove.
A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. on Monday, August 1, 2022 at St. John's Episcopal Church, 51 Church St., Pine Meadow, Connecticut. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Wes’s memory to the Valpo Surf Project, founded by his grandson, Wiley. Condolences may be shared at www.longfuneralhomecamden.com. Arrangements are with the Long Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Camden, Maine.
THOMASTON, MAINE………………Western Adams Todd, 95, died in his sleep at his son’s home in Maine on May 31, 2022.
He was born on November 14, 1926 and grew up in White Plains, New York, the son of William Simmons and Catherine Adams Todd, as part of a large family of siblings, aunts, uncles, cousins and grandparents.
He graduated from White Plains High School in 1943 and briefly attended Washington & Lee University before enlisting in the U.S. Navy. He served at Admiral Nimitz’ Pacific Fleet Headquarters at Pearl Harbor as a cryptography specialist. Following the war, he graduated from Princeton University in 1947.
After graduation he worked for Life Magazine in New York City. While travelling on business with the Cluett & Peabody Company in 1950 he met Sylvia Morrill in Atlanta, Georgia. After a brief courtship they were married in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The newlyweds set up housekeeping in Mobile, Alabama, then lived for several years in Cincinnati, Ohio and settled in White Plains, New York in 1955. They spent many happy years on Ogden Avenue in White Plains surrounded by members of the extended Todd family.
In 1965 he began a successful career in the advertising business which brought the family to Cleveland, Ohio, where Wes and Sylvia developed many rewarding, longstanding friendships. In 1985 he and Sylvia moved to Hartford, Connecticut for a career opportunity with Loctite Corporation. In his 20 years with Loctite, Wes continued to expand many great professional and personal friendships.
He survived by his son, Wes and his wife Jana of Thomaston, Maine, grandchildren Wiley, Clara (Chris), great-grandson, William; his son, Chip and his wife Cindy of Millburn, New Jersey, grandchildren Courtney and Carter.
Wes will always be remembered affectionately for his warm, positive spirit; his abiding love for his family and friends with whom he faithfully stayed in touch through phone calls and letter writing. He was the ‘glue’ that held family and friends together. He loved sports and games of all stripes, but most especially golf and the friendships that came with that. Through the Morrill family he forged a lifelong love of Otsego Lake and special friendships with the families of St. John's Cove.
A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. on Monday, August 1, 2022 at St. John's Episcopal Church, 51 Church St., Pine Meadow, Connecticut. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Wes’s memory to the Valpo Surf Project,