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- Worcester Telegram & Gazette (MA)
May 15, 1997
NORTHBORO - David G. Proctor, 83, formerly of Northboro, a teacher, died Saturday at Hillside Manor in Beaver Dam, Wis.
He leaves his wife, Bertha Proctor; two sons, the Rev. David Proctor of Providence, R.I., and Dr. Allen J. Proctor of Columbus, Ohio; a brother, Howard Proctor of Vineland, N.J.; two sisters, Helen Stevens of Benicia, Calif., and Patricia MacFarland of Portsmouth, R.I.; and five grandchildren. He was born in Framingham, son of Fred and Hattie (Haskell) Proctor. He graduated from Harvard University in 1935, and received a master's degree from Boston University in 1940. He did other graduate work at Middlebury College, the Thomas Whitney Surette School of Music and the University of Wisconin at Madison.
An Army veteran of World War II, Mr. Proctor participated in the D-Day invasion, the Battle of the Bulge and the freeing of the Buchenwald concentration camp.
Mr. Proctor was chairman of the English and drama departments at Wayland Academy in Beaver Dam, retiring in 1976 after 27 years. He later served on the Beaver Dam Board of Education for six years. Before moving to Wisconsin in 1949, he had taught at Northboro High School, Proctor Academy in New Hampshire and West Nottingham Academy in Maryland.
He was active in theater, and many years ago was a semi-professional actor at the Boston Repertory Theatre and the Kennebunkport (Maine) Theatre. Mr. Proctor was active in his community, and received a number of professional and civic awards. Last year, he was named a George Hixson Fellow by Kiwanis International.
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1913 - 1997 (83 years)
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