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Jeffery
Ashworth
G. Jeffrey
Ashworth, a
longtime
resident of
Quincy, died
peacefully
at home on
December 7,
2019, in his
seventieth
year. He was
diagnosed
with cancer
and
hospitalized
in March. He
returned
home in May
to be cared
for by his
family and
VNA Hospice.
Born in
Phillipsburg,
NJ, shortly
thereafter,
he and his
parents
moved to the
small rural
upstate
village of
Cambridge,
NY. He grew
up in a
place and
time when
you knew
everyone in
town and
didn’t lock
your doors.
He was the
oldest of
four
siblings. He
was
quarterback
of the high
school
football
team,
graduated
valedictorian
of his class
in 1967, and
went on to
Dartmouth
College. He
was a member
of the Phi
Sigma Psi
fraternity
and served
as
treasurer.
He earned an
AB in
engineering
sciences in
1971 and a
BE
concentrating
in
structural
engineering
from
Dartmouth’s
Thayer
School of
Engineering
in 1972. He
made
lifelong
friends in
college and
enjoyed
get-togethers
at
homecomings,
reunions,
and class
events.
Jeff joined
Stone &
Webster
Engineering
Corporation
in Boston in
1973 and
spent most
of his
career with
the company,
through
several
acquisitions.
He worked on
structural
and civil
aspects of
major
industrial
facilities,
primarily
electric
generation
stations,
including
nuclear,
hydroelectric,
and
fossil-fueled
plants. For
two years,
he was the
New England
regional
manager for
Vollmer
Associates,
an
engineering
firm
specializing
in
engineering
and
landscape
architecture.
He held
Professional
Engineer
licenses in
five states
and was a
member of
the BSCES
and ASCE.
His career
spanned from
slide rules
to 3D
modeling and
from manual
calculations
using
moment-distribution
to finite
element
analysis.
He retired
in 2016 and
continued to
enjoy his
family and
hobbies. He
also enjoyed
his weekly
volunteer
job sorting
and shelving
books in the
store run by
the Friends
of the
Thomas Crane
Public
Library.
Jeff had
broad
interests,
especially
railroads
and model
trains,
sparked by
playing with
American
Flyer toy
trains when
he was a
youngster.
He had a
large
collection
of model
trains and
railroad
books. He
belonged to
the New York
Central
System
Historical
Society and
the Rutland
Railroad
Historical
Society,
which he
served as
membership
chair. He
enjoyed
attending
the annual
conventions
of both,
particularly
the NYCSHS
convention
that met in
New York
City to
celebrate
the100th
anniversary
of Grand
Central
Station. He
was also
very handy
with
household
repairs, and
liked
driving his
cars, a PT
Cruiser and
a Mustang,
and keeping
them road
worthy.
He
maintained
ties with
his hometown
of
Cambridge,
returning to
visit
friends and
for an
annual
hunting
trip, often
staying in a
beloved
A-frame
cabin that
he built
with his
father and
brother
Bruce when
the boys
were
teenagers. A
family
cottage on
Cape Cod
overlooking
the Oyster
Pond River
in Chatham
saw many
summers of
boating,
fishing,
clamming,
and
relaxing,
often with
the extended
family. He
and his wife
enjoyed
exploring
all that the
main streets
and back
roads of New
England have
to offer.
Jeff is
survived by
his wife of
45 years,
Bonnie;
daughter
Maryann,
husband
Mark, and
children
Malia,
Miles, and
Marcus;
daughter
Elizabeth
and husband,
Ryan; sister
Joan and
husband
Terry Dwyer;
sister Beth
and husband
Paul Wenzel;
nine nieces
and nephews;
mother Meg
Ashworth;
father-in-law
John McCall;
sister-in-law
Maryann
McCall-Taylor
and husband
Doug Taylor;
and his
special
little pal,
Henry the
Boston
Terrier. He
is
predeceased
by his
father
Everett and
brother
Bruce.
The family
would like
to thank the
friends,
neighbors,
acquaintances,
and medical
people who
were
supportive
and helpful
over this
long vigil.
We met many
truly kind
people along
the way.
Services
will be
private.
Gifts in his
memory may
be made to
the Rutland
Railroad
Historical
Society,
care of Bill
Badger, 99
Sleepy
Hollow
Drive,
Manchester,
VT 05255,
and the
Friends of
the Thomas
Crane Public
Library, 40
Washington
Street,
Quincy, MA
02169.
Class of 1967
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