Alfred J. Cotton, 95.WORCESTER Alfred J. Cotton, 95, of Worcester, died Friday, Jan. 18, 2008 at the University Commons Nursing Care Center, Worcester. He leaves his loving wife of 70 years, Claire E. (McRae) Cotton; two sons, Alfred J. Cotton Jr. of Worcester and John W. Cotton and his wife Michelle of Langhorne, Penn.; two sisters, Dorothy Allen of Arlington, Va. and Marion Ratzel of Brookfield, Wis; two grandsons and five great-grandchildren. Alfred and Claire were born and raised in Athol. He was the son of the late James G. Cotton and Jennie D. (Goddard) Cotton of Athol. Mr. Cotton was a graduate of Athol High School, Dartmouth College Dartmouth College, at Hanover, N.H.; coeducational; chartered 1769, opened 1770, the ninth colonial college (see Wheelock, Eleazar). Originally a men's college, Dartmouth began admitting women in 1972. and the Dartmouth Thayer School of Engineering The Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College was founded in 1867 by General Sylvanus Thayer, widely known as the "father of the U.S. Military Academy." The Thayer School offers both undergraduate and graduate programs in engineering sciences. , both in Hanover, N.H. Following college, he worked as Town Engineer for the Town of Athol, Regional Engineer and Designer for President Franklin Delano Roosevelts Works Progress Administration Works Progress Administration: see Work Projects Administration. and Surveyor for the National Geodetic Survey geodetic survey n. A survey of a large area of land in which corrections are made to account for the curvature of the earth. geodetic survey . He joined the American Steel & Wire Division of United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. Steels Worcester Works in 1940 as an Engineering Manager, retiring in 1968. Mr. Cotton was elected to the Worcester City Council from 1968 to 1979 and served as Worcesters Vice Mayor in 1979, after which he retired from public life. He was very active in a large number of Worcesters civic and neighborhood organizations. Calling hours at the Athy Memorial Home, 111 Lancaster St., Worcester, are Monday, Jan. 21 from 6 to 8 p.m. His funeral and burial in Gethsemane Gethsemane (gĕthsĕm`ənē), olive grove or garden, E of Jerusalem, near the foot of the Mount of Olives. In the Gospels, it is the scene of the agony and betrayal of Jesus. Cemetery in Athol will be private. ART: PHOTO |
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