Willam G. Coulter
February 12, 1928 - April 14, 2017
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CLINTON
William G. Coulter, 89, passed away Friday, April 14, 2017.
William, who preferred the name Bill, was born in Clinton on February 12, 1928, son of Craven H. and Barbara (Goddard) Coulter. He attended the Corcoran School in Clinton, and later the Kent School, a high school run by the Order of the Holy Cross, in Connecticut. In 1951, he graduated from Boston University with a degree in journalism.
During his college years, he wrote for the Boston University News, covered BU’s football games, and wrote features for the International News Service. He also reported for the Brookline Citizen, a weekly newspaper, and spent his summers as Sports Editor and General Reporter for the Clinton Daily Item.
After college, he served with the United States Army and worked as supervisor of all the Army publications in the Alaskan Command and as Editor of an Army magazine for the troops. He also wrote a column for the Fort Richardson, Alaska newspaper.
Following his Honorable Discharge in 1953, he worked as a general assignment reporter for the Quincy Patriot Ledger. He later taught journalism and creative writing at the former Hudson Institute, a small college located in Hudson, MA.
He became a reporter, then Editor, and from 1969 to 1986, he was, along with his brother, Jim, co-publisher of the Clinton Daily Item. For 30 years, he wrote a column called “Cabbages and Kings,” for which he received 12 awards for excellence, including a first place “All England Award” from the United Press International. For the next three years, he wrote a column that was published twice a week for the Worcester Gazette, and also continued his weekly column with the Item.
In 1989, he became an Adjunct Professor of Journalism at Northeastern University, Boston, and taught: news writing, editing, publication production, graphics and design, and management for seven years. He also taught “Writing for the Media” at the University College of Northeastern’s Framingham Campus.
He served as chairman of the Clinton Bicentennial Book Committee for the 1776-1976 historical volume and contributed two chapters in the “Clinton at the Turn of the Century” book. He wrote a story for the book “An Extraordinary Town,” about how a group of civil-minded people bailed the Town out when economic disaster struck in the early 1930’s.
Bill was a member of the Board of Directors of the New England Press Association and a member of the Society of Professional Journalists. He was a charter member of the New England Society of Newspaper Editors and a member of the Mass. Publishers’ Association.
He was a Chairman of the Clinton Citizens Council in 1973, and President of the Clinton Visiting Nursing Association. In 1981, he was the recipient of the “Outstanding Citizen Award” given by the Berlin Grange.
He became a member of the Board of the Clinton Hospital in 1970, and in 1983, became Chairman of the Board, a position he held for 10 years. He was a director of the Clinton Chamber of Commerce for several years, and served as President of the Clinton Rotary Club in 1965.
He was a choir member, lay reader, Eucharistic Minister, church school teacher, Vestryman, and Senior Warden at the Church of the Good Shepherd, Clinton, over a span of 30 years.
Bill authored seven books: “W.J. Coulter, Printer, Patriot, Publisher,” about his great-grandfather; “Perkins People, A Century of Excellence,” a history of 100 years at the Franklin Perkins School; “Profiles of Nypro,” which is the history of the first 35 years at Nypro in Clinton; “This Newspaper Editor’s Life,” about his own life and family, whom he loved so much; and “We Are Clintonians,” about the people of Clinton, the town he loved, and which was dedicated to Rita Naughton, and the proceeds from the sales of which went to a Clinton High School Scholarship for Journalism. In addition, he wrote a history of his church, “The Church of the Good Shepherd. His last book was about some of the significant things that happened through the years in Clinton, entitled “Where the hell is Clinton?”
He leaves four daughters: Carolyn Finch of Lunenburg, Constance Coulter of Londonderry, NH, Candace Cederberg of Rehoboth, and Catherine Ellsworth of Sterling; two sons: James “Jay” Coulter of Clinton, and Christopher Coulter of Richmond, VT; ten grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. His beloved wife of 56 years, Joyce M. (Mallar) Coulter, predeceased him in 2010.
The Coulter Family wishes to thank the staff of the Corcoran House for their excellent care and compassion.
Bill’s funeral service will be held on Saturday, April 29, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. in the Church of the Good Shepherd, 209 Union St., Clinton. Burial will follow in Woodlawn Cemetery, Clinton. Relatives and friends are invited to attend calling hours on Friday, April 28, 2017, from 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. in the McNally & Watson Funeral Home, 304 Church St., Clinton. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Church of the Good Shepherd, 209 Union St., Clinton, MA 01510.
February 12, 1928 - April 14, 2017
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CLINTON
William G. Coulter, 89, passed away Friday, April 14, 2017.
William, who preferred the name Bill, was born in Clinton on February 12, 1928, son of Craven H. and Barbara (Goddard) Coulter. He attended the Corcoran School in Clinton, and later the Kent School, a high school run by the Order of the Holy Cross, in Connecticut. In 1951, he graduated from Boston University with a degree in journalism.
During his college years, he wrote for the Boston University News, covered BU’s football games, and wrote features for the International News Service. He also reported for the Brookline Citizen, a weekly newspaper, and spent his summers as Sports Editor and General Reporter for the Clinton Daily Item.
After college, he served with the United States Army and worked as supervisor of all the Army publications in the Alaskan Command and as Editor of an Army magazine for the troops. He also wrote a column for the Fort Richardson, Alaska newspaper.
Following his Honorable Discharge in 1953, he worked as a general assignment reporter for the Quincy Patriot Ledger. He later taught journalism and creative writing at the former Hudson Institute, a small college located in Hudson, MA.
He became a reporter, then Editor, and from 1969 to 1986, he was, along with his brother, Jim, co-publisher of the Clinton Daily Item. For 30 years, he wrote a column called “Cabbages and Kings,” for which he received 12 awards for excellence, including a first place “All England Award” from the United Press International. For the next three years, he wrote a column that was published twice a week for the Worcester Gazette, and also continued his weekly column with the Item.
In 1989, he became an Adjunct Professor of Journalism at Northeastern University, Boston, and taught: news writing, editing, publication production, graphics and design, and management for seven years. He also taught “Writing for the Media” at the University College of Northeastern’s Framingham Campus.
He served as chairman of the Clinton Bicentennial Book Committee for the 1776-1976 historical volume and contributed two chapters in the “Clinton at the Turn of the Century” book. He wrote a story for the book “An Extraordinary Town,” about how a group of civil-minded people bailed the Town out when economic disaster struck in the early 1930’s.
Bill was a member of the Board of Directors of the New England Press Association and a member of the Society of Professional Journalists. He was a charter member of the New England Society of Newspaper Editors and a member of the Mass. Publishers’ Association.
He was a Chairman of the Clinton Citizens Council in 1973, and President of the Clinton Visiting Nursing Association. In 1981, he was the recipient of the “Outstanding Citizen Award” given by the Berlin Grange.
He became a member of the Board of the Clinton Hospital in 1970, and in 1983, became Chairman of the Board, a position he held for 10 years. He was a director of the Clinton Chamber of Commerce for several years, and served as President of the Clinton Rotary Club in 1965.
He was a choir member, lay reader, Eucharistic Minister, church school teacher, Vestryman, and Senior Warden at the Church of the Good Shepherd, Clinton, over a span of 30 years.
Bill authored seven books: “W.J. Coulter, Printer, Patriot, Publisher,” about his great-grandfather; “Perkins People, A Century of Excellence,” a history of 100 years at the Franklin Perkins School; “Profiles of Nypro,” which is the history of the first 35 years at Nypro in Clinton; “This Newspaper Editor’s Life,” about his own life and family, whom he loved so much; and “We Are Clintonians,” about the people of Clinton, the town he loved, and which was dedicated to Rita Naughton, and the proceeds from the sales of which went to a Clinton High School Scholarship for Journalism. In addition, he wrote a history of his church, “The Church of the Good Shepherd. His last book was about some of the significant things that happened through the years in Clinton, entitled “Where the hell is Clinton?”
He leaves four daughters: Carolyn Finch of Lunenburg, Constance Coulter of Londonderry, NH, Candace Cederberg of Rehoboth, and Catherine Ellsworth of Sterling; two sons: James “Jay” Coulter of Clinton, and Christopher Coulter of Richmond, VT; ten grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. His beloved wife of 56 years, Joyce M. (Mallar) Coulter, predeceased him in 2010.
The Coulter Family wishes to thank the staff of the Corcoran House for their excellent care and compassion.
Bill’s funeral service will be held on Saturday, April 29, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. in the Church of the Good Shepherd, 209 Union St., Clinton. Burial will follow in Woodlawn Cemetery, Clinton. Relatives and friends are invited to attend calling hours on Friday, April 28, 2017, from 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. in the McNally & Watson Funeral Home, 304 Church St., Clinton. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Church of the Good Shepherd, 209 Union St., Clinton, MA 01510.
Willam G. Coulter
February 12, 1928 - April 14, 2017
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CLINTON
William G. Coulter, 89, passed away Friday, April 14, 2017.
William, who preferred the name Bill, was born in Clinton on February 12, 1928, son of Craven H. and Barbara (Goddard) Coulter. He attended the Corcoran School in Clinton, and later the Kent School, a high school run by the Order of the Holy Cross, in Connecticut. In 1951, he graduated from Boston University with a degree in journalism.
During his college years, he wrote for the Boston University News, covered BU’s football games, and wrote features for the International News Service. He also reported for the Brookline Citizen, a weekly newspaper, and spent his summers as Sports Editor and General Reporter for the Clinton Daily Item.
After college, he served with the United States Army and worked as supervisor of all the Army publications in the Alaskan Command and as Editor of an Army magazine for the troops. He also wrote a column for the Fort Richardson, Alaska newspaper.
Following his Honorable Discharge in 1953, he worked as a general assignment reporter for the Quincy Patriot Ledger. He later taught journalism and creative writing at the former Hudson Institute, a small college located in Hudson, MA.
He became a reporter, then Editor, and from 1969 to 1986, he was, along with his brother, Jim, co-publisher of the Clinton Daily Item. For 30 years, he wrote a column called “Cabbages and Kings,” for which he received 12 awards for excellence, including a first place “All England Award” from the United Press International. For the next three years, he wrote a column that was published twice a week for the Worcester Gazette, and also continued his weekly column with the Item.
In 1989, he became an Adjunct Professor of Journalism at Northeastern University, Boston, and taught: news writing, editing, publication production, graphics and design, and management for seven years. He also taught “Writing for the Media” at the University College of Northeastern’s Framingham Campus.
He served as chairman of the Clinton Bicentennial Book Committee for the 1776-1976 historical volume and contributed two chapters in the “Clinton at the Turn of the Century” book. He wrote a story for the book “An Extraordinary Town,” about how a group of civil-minded people bailed the Town out when economic disaster struck in the early 1930’s.
Bill was a member of the Board of Directors of the New England Press Association and a member of the Society of Professional Journalists. He was a charter member of the New England Society of Newspaper Editors and a member of the Mass. Publishers’ Association.
He was a Chairman of the Clinton Citizens Council in 1973, and President of the Clinton Visiting Nursing Association. In 1981, he was the recipient of the “Outstanding Citizen Award” given by the Berlin Grange.
He became a member of the Board of the Clinton Hospital in 1970, and in 1983, became Chairman of the Board, a position he held for 10 years. He was a director of the Clinton Chamber of Commerce for several years, and served as President of the Clinton Rotary Club in 1965.
He was a choir member, lay reader, Eucharistic Minister, church school teacher, Vestryman, and Senior Warden at the Church of the Good Shepherd, Clinton, over a span of 30 years.
Bill authored seven books: “W.J. Coulter, Printer, Patriot, Publisher,” about his great-grandfather; “Perkins People, A Century of Excellence,” a history of 100 years at the Franklin Perkins School; “Profiles of Nypro,” which is the history of the first 35 years at Nypro in Clinton; “This Newspaper Editor’s Life,” about his own life and family, whom he loved so much; and “We Are Clintonians,” about the people of Clinton, the town he loved, and which was dedicated to Rita Naughton, and the proceeds from the sales of which went to a Clinton High School Scholarship for Journalism. In addition, he wrote a history of his church, “The Church of the Good Shepherd. His last book was about some of the significant things that happened through the years in Clinton, entitled “Where the hell is Clinton?”
He leaves four daughters: Carolyn Finch of Lunenburg, Constance Coulter of Londonderry, NH, Candace Cederberg of Rehoboth, and Catherine Ellsworth of Sterling; two sons: James “Jay” Coulter of Clinton, and Christopher Coulter of Richmond, VT; ten grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. His beloved wife of 56 years, Joyce M. (Mallar) Coulter, predeceased him in 2010.
The Coulter Family wishes to thank the staff of the Corcoran House for their excellent care and compassion.
Bill’s funeral service will be held on Saturday, April 29, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. in the Church of the Good Shepherd, 209 Union St., Clinton. Burial will follow in Woodlawn Cemetery, Clinton. Relatives and friends are invited to attend calling hours on Friday, April 28, 2017, from 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. in the McNally & Watson Funeral Home, 304 Church St., Clinton. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Church of the Good Shepherd, 209 Union St., Clinton, MA 01510.
February 12, 1928 - April 14, 2017
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CLINTON
William G. Coulter, 89, passed away Friday, April 14, 2017.
William, who preferred the name Bill, was born in Clinton on February 12, 1928, son of Craven H. and Barbara (Goddard) Coulter. He attended the Corcoran School in Clinton, and later the Kent School, a high school run by the Order of the Holy Cross, in Connecticut. In 1951, he graduated from Boston University with a degree in journalism.
During his college years, he wrote for the Boston University News, covered BU’s football games, and wrote features for the International News Service. He also reported for the Brookline Citizen, a weekly newspaper, and spent his summers as Sports Editor and General Reporter for the Clinton Daily Item.
After college, he served with the United States Army and worked as supervisor of all the Army publications in the Alaskan Command and as Editor of an Army magazine for the troops. He also wrote a column for the Fort Richardson, Alaska newspaper.
Following his Honorable Discharge in 1953, he worked as a general assignment reporter for the Quincy Patriot Ledger. He later taught journalism and creative writing at the former Hudson Institute, a small college located in Hudson, MA.
He became a reporter, then Editor, and from 1969 to 1986, he was, along with his brother, Jim, co-publisher of the Clinton Daily Item. For 30 years, he wrote a column called “Cabbages and Kings,” for which he received 12 awards for excellence, including a first place “All England Award” from the United Press International. For the next three years, he wrote a column that was published twice a week for the Worcester Gazette, and also continued his weekly column with the Item.
In 1989, he became an Adjunct Professor of Journalism at Northeastern University, Boston, and taught: news writing, editing, publication production, graphics and design, and management for seven years. He also taught “Writing for the Media” at the University College of Northeastern’s Framingham Campus.
He served as chairman of the Clinton Bicentennial Book Committee for the 1776-1976 historical volume and contributed two chapters in the “Clinton at the Turn of the Century” book. He wrote a story for the book “An Extraordinary Town,” about how a group of civil-minded people bailed the Town out when economic disaster struck in the early 1930’s.
Bill was a member of the Board of Directors of the New England Press Association and a member of the Society of Professional Journalists. He was a charter member of the New England Society of Newspaper Editors and a member of the Mass. Publishers’ Association.
He was a Chairman of the Clinton Citizens Council in 1973, and President of the Clinton Visiting Nursing Association. In 1981, he was the recipient of the “Outstanding Citizen Award” given by the Berlin Grange.
He became a member of the Board of the Clinton Hospital in 1970, and in 1983, became Chairman of the Board, a position he held for 10 years. He was a director of the Clinton Chamber of Commerce for several years, and served as President of the Clinton Rotary Club in 1965.
He was a choir member, lay reader, Eucharistic Minister, church school teacher, Vestryman, and Senior Warden at the Church of the Good Shepherd, Clinton, over a span of 30 years.
Bill authored seven books: “W.J. Coulter, Printer, Patriot, Publisher,” about his great-grandfather; “Perkins People, A Century of Excellence,” a history of 100 years at the Franklin Perkins School; “Profiles of Nypro,” which is the history of the first 35 years at Nypro in Clinton; “This Newspaper Editor’s Life,” about his own life and family, whom he loved so much; and “We Are Clintonians,” about the people of Clinton, the town he loved, and which was dedicated to Rita Naughton, and the proceeds from the sales of which went to a Clinton High School Scholarship for Journalism. In addition, he wrote a history of his church, “The Church of the Good Shepherd. His last book was about some of the significant things that happened through the years in Clinton, entitled “Where the hell is Clinton?”
He leaves four daughters: Carolyn Finch of Lunenburg, Constance Coulter of Londonderry, NH, Candace Cederberg of Rehoboth, and Catherine Ellsworth of Sterling; two sons: James “Jay” Coulter of Clinton, and Christopher Coulter of Richmond, VT; ten grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. His beloved wife of 56 years, Joyce M. (Mallar) Coulter, predeceased him in 2010.
The Coulter Family wishes to thank the staff of the Corcoran House for their excellent care and compassion.
Bill’s funeral service will be held on Saturday, April 29, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. in the Church of the Good Shepherd, 209 Union St., Clinton. Burial will follow in Woodlawn Cemetery, Clinton. Relatives and friends are invited to attend calling hours on Friday, April 28, 2017, from 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. in the McNally & Watson Funeral Home, 304 Church St., Clinton. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Church of the Good Shepherd, 209 Union St., Clinton, MA 01510.
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