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- Worcester Telegram & Gazette (MA)
October 31, 1997
PORTSMOUTH, R.I. - Jameson D. MacFarland, 72, of 30 Belmont Drive, formerly of Northboro, Mass., a retired engineering draftsman and a longtime social studies teacher, died yesterday in Newport Hospital after an illness.
He leaves his wife of 45 years, Patricia P. (Proctor) MacFarland; a sister, Virginia M. Dalrymple of Port Clyde, Maine; nephews and nieces. He was born in Worcester, Mass., son of Frank D. and Claire M. (Jameson) MacFarland, and lived 36 years in Northboro and nine years in Portsmouth. He graduated from North High School and Clark University in 1953, both in Worcester.
He was an Army veteran of World War II, serving in the Asian-Pacific and China. He was a veteran of the Korean War, serving as a sergeant.
Mr. MacFarland was a photo interpreter and draftsman at the Army Laboratories in Natick from 1953 to 1956. He was then a social studies teacher at Northboro and Southboro Junior High schools for 20 years, until 1976. He was then an engineering draftsman at Camp, Dresser & Mckee Inc., in Boston, retiring in 1984.
Mr. MacFarland was a former trustee of the Northboro Public Library, and past president and a former board member of the Northboro Historical Society. He served on the Northboro American Revolution Bicentennial Committee. He was active in library and historical groups in Rhode Island. He was a member of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.
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