SPRINGFIELD — Lee F Damon 37 died Friday, February 24, 1978 at the Veteran’s Administration Hospital in White River Junction.
He was born in Springfield Dec 21, 1940 the son of Francis and Marguerite (Caron) Damon.
Mr Damon was a member of the class of 1958 at Springfield High School and served with the United States Marine Corp from 1958-1962.
Survivors include his mother of Springfield a son Jon C Damon of Springfield two sisters Mrs William Todish of Sunnyvale, Calif and Mrs Peter Wright of Vernon Conn; his maternal grandmother Mrs Alfred J Caron of Springfield; nieces, nephews and cousins.
Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2 pm at St Mary’s Church in Springfield. Burial will be at a later date.
Friends may call at the Davis Memorial Chapel Saturday from 7-9 pm.
Catholic prayers will be recited Saturday evening at 8pm.
Kaye Reynolds (Dwinell)
Lee and I shared the same bithday. It was so sad when he died and I aways thourght he was another casualtiy of the Vietnam war.
Roberta Crossman (White)
We used to live next to Lee and his family when we lived on Pine street played many games of kick the can and hide and seek lost contact after graduation and I moved away
Richard "Dick" Forbush (Class Of 1959)
I remember Lee Damon as a very good basketball player - having played for hours and hours at the Community House gym. He was so good that Coach Birsky told him " that his passing game was so good that nobody on the team could catch his passes." So he cut Lee from the team. After getting out of the military, I and several other guys hung out and partied with Lee. I can say that us guys {and several young ladies}, have never met a more fun loving person than Lee Damon. He was a legend, in his own time. He packed more living in his short lifetime than anybody else I have ever known.
Kenneth Spence
Lee was a good friend during high school. We, as Dick Forbush, notes played a lot of basketball at the Community House and at the tennis courts by the junior high. I recall a group of us gathering on Sunday afternoons at his house to watch the NY Giants play football before there were NE Patriots. We also had fun times around the Springfield area. Lee was part of our wedding party soon after his discharge from the Marines. Life took us in different directions after that - me to Boston for a decade or so while Lee remained in the Springfield area. So we lost touch, but the memories of a good friendship still remain.
Rod Murch (Class Of 1957)
Lee Damon was a fun guy and probably knew about everyone at SHS. I always kind of thought of him as "The James Dean of Springfield HS". He had a lot of friends and just enough wild side to be a fun and exciting friend.
Rod