Father: Edwin Sibley Webster
Mother: Jane De Peyster Hovey
Married Jean B. Bennett, 1942
THE BRIDGEPORT POST, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1957. THIRTY-NINE 1 BANKER SUICIDE, POLICE DISCLOSE Edwin S. Webster, 57, of Newtown, Dies of Gunshot Wound.
NEWTOWN, Nov. 22 -- State Police today listed as a suicide the death of Edwin Sibley Webster, Jr., 57, an investment banker, whose body was found yesterday near his Hawleyville residence. No motive was established in the death which resulted from gunshot wound in the head, but police said Mr. Webster apparently was despondent over poor health.
The body was discovered face down in shallow water near the shore of Pond brook, a mile from his home. A .22 caliber rifle was nearby. Reported Missing By Wife State Police, Constable Hiram Hawleyville Volunteer Fire company had searched for Mr. Webster since his wife telephoned from New York city saying that he was missing since Tuesday.
Mr. Webster was a general partner in the investment banking firm of Kidder, Peabody and Company. He was a director of Stone and Webster Engineering corporation. Stone and Webster Inc., Stone and Webster Service corporation and the Freeport Sulphur company. Stone and Webster Inc., and Stone and Webster Engineering were founded by his father, the late Edwin Sibley Webster Sr.
A native of Newton, Mass., Mr. Webster was a graduate of Harvard university (1923) and the Harvard school of business administration (1925). Active In Clubs He was active in a number of clubs and social organizations, including the Bond club and the Recess club of New York, the Somerset club of Boston, and the Brookline, Mass., Country club.
He is survived by his wife, Jean, a son, Edwin Sibley Webster III; two daughters, Jean and Polly; his mother, Mrs. Edwin S. Webster Sr., of Boston; and two sisters, Mrs. Henry U. Harris, of Brookville, L. I., and Mrs. Richard Harte of Brookline, Mass.
Services will take place tomorrow in the Frank E. Campbell Funeral home, Madison avenue and 81st street, New York city, and at 11 a.m. in the Central Presbyterian church, Park avenue and 64th street. Burial will be in Mount Hope cemetery, Hastings, N. Y.
Mother: Jane De Peyster Hovey
Married Jean B. Bennett, 1942
THE BRIDGEPORT POST, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1957. THIRTY-NINE 1 BANKER SUICIDE, POLICE DISCLOSE Edwin S. Webster, 57, of Newtown, Dies of Gunshot Wound.
NEWTOWN, Nov. 22 -- State Police today listed as a suicide the death of Edwin Sibley Webster, Jr., 57, an investment banker, whose body was found yesterday near his Hawleyville residence. No motive was established in the death which resulted from gunshot wound in the head, but police said Mr. Webster apparently was despondent over poor health.
The body was discovered face down in shallow water near the shore of Pond brook, a mile from his home. A .22 caliber rifle was nearby. Reported Missing By Wife State Police, Constable Hiram Hawleyville Volunteer Fire company had searched for Mr. Webster since his wife telephoned from New York city saying that he was missing since Tuesday.
Mr. Webster was a general partner in the investment banking firm of Kidder, Peabody and Company. He was a director of Stone and Webster Engineering corporation. Stone and Webster Inc., Stone and Webster Service corporation and the Freeport Sulphur company. Stone and Webster Inc., and Stone and Webster Engineering were founded by his father, the late Edwin Sibley Webster Sr.
A native of Newton, Mass., Mr. Webster was a graduate of Harvard university (1923) and the Harvard school of business administration (1925). Active In Clubs He was active in a number of clubs and social organizations, including the Bond club and the Recess club of New York, the Somerset club of Boston, and the Brookline, Mass., Country club.
He is survived by his wife, Jean, a son, Edwin Sibley Webster III; two daughters, Jean and Polly; his mother, Mrs. Edwin S. Webster Sr., of Boston; and two sisters, Mrs. Henry U. Harris, of Brookville, L. I., and Mrs. Richard Harte of Brookline, Mass.
Services will take place tomorrow in the Frank E. Campbell Funeral home, Madison avenue and 81st street, New York city, and at 11 a.m. in the Central Presbyterian church, Park avenue and 64th street. Burial will be in Mount Hope cemetery, Hastings, N. Y.
Father: Edwin Sibley Webster
Mother: Jane De Peyster Hovey
Married Jean B. Bennett, 1942
THE BRIDGEPORT POST, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1957. THIRTY-NINE 1 BANKER SUICIDE, POLICE DISCLOSE Edwin S. Webster, 57, of Newtown, Dies of Gunshot Wound.
NEWTOWN, Nov. 22 -- State Police today listed as a suicide the death of Edwin Sibley Webster, Jr., 57, an investment banker, whose body was found yesterday near his Hawleyville residence. No motive was established in the death which resulted from gunshot wound in the head, but police said Mr. Webster apparently was despondent over poor health.
The body was discovered face down in shallow water near the shore of Pond brook, a mile from his home. A .22 caliber rifle was nearby. Reported Missing By Wife State Police, Constable Hiram Hawleyville Volunteer Fire company had searched for Mr. Webster since his wife telephoned from New York city saying that he was missing since Tuesday.
Mr. Webster was a general partner in the investment banking firm of Kidder, Peabody and Company. He was a director of Stone and Webster Engineering corporation. Stone and Webster Inc., Stone and Webster Service corporation and the Freeport Sulphur company. Stone and Webster Inc., and Stone and Webster Engineering were founded by his father, the late Edwin Sibley Webster Sr.
A native of Newton, Mass., Mr. Webster was a graduate of Harvard university (1923) and the Harvard school of business administration (1925). Active In Clubs He was active in a number of clubs and social organizations, including the Bond club and the Recess club of New York, the Somerset club of Boston, and the Brookline, Mass., Country club.
He is survived by his wife, Jean, a son, Edwin Sibley Webster III; two daughters, Jean and Polly; his mother, Mrs. Edwin S. Webster Sr., of Boston; and two sisters, Mrs. Henry U. Harris, of Brookville, L. I., and Mrs. Richard Harte of Brookline, Mass.
Services will take place tomorrow in the Frank E. Campbell Funeral home, Madison avenue and 81st street, New York city, and at 11 a.m. in the Central Presbyterian church, Park avenue and 64th street. Burial will be in Mount Hope cemetery, Hastings, N. Y.
Mother: Jane De Peyster Hovey
Married Jean B. Bennett, 1942
THE BRIDGEPORT POST, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1957. THIRTY-NINE 1 BANKER SUICIDE, POLICE DISCLOSE Edwin S. Webster, 57, of Newtown, Dies of Gunshot Wound.
NEWTOWN, Nov. 22 -- State Police today listed as a suicide the death of Edwin Sibley Webster, Jr., 57, an investment banker, whose body was found yesterday near his Hawleyville residence. No motive was established in the death which resulted from gunshot wound in the head, but police said Mr. Webster apparently was despondent over poor health.
The body was discovered face down in shallow water near the shore of Pond brook, a mile from his home. A .22 caliber rifle was nearby. Reported Missing By Wife State Police, Constable Hiram Hawleyville Volunteer Fire company had searched for Mr. Webster since his wife telephoned from New York city saying that he was missing since Tuesday.
Mr. Webster was a general partner in the investment banking firm of Kidder, Peabody and Company. He was a director of Stone and Webster Engineering corporation. Stone and Webster Inc., Stone and Webster Service corporation and the Freeport Sulphur company. Stone and Webster Inc., and Stone and Webster Engineering were founded by his father, the late Edwin Sibley Webster Sr.
A native of Newton, Mass., Mr. Webster was a graduate of Harvard university (1923) and the Harvard school of business administration (1925). Active In Clubs He was active in a number of clubs and social organizations, including the Bond club and the Recess club of New York, the Somerset club of Boston, and the Brookline, Mass., Country club.
He is survived by his wife, Jean, a son, Edwin Sibley Webster III; two daughters, Jean and Polly; his mother, Mrs. Edwin S. Webster Sr., of Boston; and two sisters, Mrs. Henry U. Harris, of Brookville, L. I., and Mrs. Richard Harte of Brookline, Mass.
Services will take place tomorrow in the Frank E. Campbell Funeral home, Madison avenue and 81st street, New York city, and at 11 a.m. in the Central Presbyterian church, Park avenue and 64th street. Burial will be in Mount Hope cemetery, Hastings, N. Y.
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