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John Grinnell  Wetmore Husted Jr.

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John Grinnell Wetmore Husted Jr.

Birth
Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Death
9 May 1999 (aged 72)
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Bedford, Westchester County, New York, USA Add to Map
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HUSTED-John G.W. Jr.. Died on May 9, 1999 in Boston, Ma. of a sudden illness at the age of 72. A resident of Nantucket, Ma. Mr. Husted moved in 1939 to Bedford, NY from England. He attended St. Paul's School, graduating in 1949, and served in the American Field Service throughout the European theater during WW II. He was a member of the Class of 1950 at Yale University and spent a business career of over 30 years at Dominick and Dominick, a NYSE Member where he served as head of the Foreign Department. Moving from Bedford to Nantucket in 1982, he became active in town and community affairs as a member of The Nantucket Association, FINCOM and The Board Of The Nantucket Cottage Hospital.

Husted was briefly engaged to be married to Jacqueline Bouvier who later married John F. Kennedy, future president of the United States. He married Ann Frowert Hagerty, the former Mrs. John Sherrard Brittain III, on July 21, 1954 in New York City. They had two children, Pamela and John. She died on August 16, 1971. He remarried on June 6, 1972 in London, England to Mrs. Elizabeth Keeling, a twin daughter of Major-General Sir John Hanbury-Williams and Lady Hanbury-Williams. Mr. Husted was survived by his wife, Elizabeth, daughter Pamela, son John, sister Anne, brother William, two stepchildren and seven grandchildren. A funeral service was held at St. Matthew's Church, Bedford, NY on Thursday, May 13 at 11:30am. The family asked that In lieu of flowers, contributions be made to The Nantucket Cottage Hospital or the Nantucket MSPCA. Dated Jackie Kennedy before her marriage to JFK.

HUSTED-John G.W. Jr.. Died on May 9, 1999 in Boston, Ma. of a sudden illness at the age of 72. A resident of Nantucket, Ma. Mr. Husted moved in 1939 to Bedford, NY from England. He attended St. Paul's School, graduating in 1949, and served in the American Field Service throughout the European theater during WW II. He was a member of the Class of 1950 at Yale University and spent a business career of over 30 years at Dominick and Dominick, a NYSE Member where he served as head of the Foreign Department. Moving from Bedford to Nantucket in 1982, he became active in town and community affairs as a member of The Nantucket Association, FINCOM and The Board Of The Nantucket Cottage Hospital.

Husted was briefly engaged to be married to Jacqueline Bouvier who later married John F. Kennedy, future president of the United States. He married Ann Frowert Hagerty, the former Mrs. John Sherrard Brittain III, on July 21, 1954 in New York City. They had two children, Pamela and John. She died on August 16, 1971. He remarried on June 6, 1972 in London, England to Mrs. Elizabeth Keeling, a twin daughter of Major-General Sir John Hanbury-Williams and Lady Hanbury-Williams. Mr. Husted was survived by his wife, Elizabeth, daughter Pamela, son John, sister Anne, brother William, two stepchildren and seven grandchildren. A funeral service was held at St. Matthew's Church, Bedford, NY on Thursday, May 13 at 11:30am. The family asked that In lieu of flowers, contributions be made to The Nantucket Cottage Hospital or the Nantucket MSPCA. Dated Jackie Kennedy before her marriage to JFK.



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