Arthur L. Sherman, 96, of Charlestown, RI died peacefully at home on the evening of August 28. Husband to Jeanne D. (née Rocheleau) Sherman.
He was born in Providence on 1 March, 1925 to Emma L. (née DiGrado) and James F. Sherman.
He was the youngest brother to his late siblings Francis H. and Edward M. Sherman of Coventry, and Emma L. O'Brien of Indian Orchard, MA.
An outstanding interscholastic track athlete at LaSalle Academy in Providence,
Arthur was drafted into the US Army in 1943 and became a medical corpsman in the 63rd Infantry Division. In February of 1945, while in combat near Saarbrucken, Germany, he was severely wounded, requiring long rehabilitation.
After his discharge from the service, he attended the University of Rhode Island (then RI State College) on the GI Bill, where he studied English Literature and Art. There he resumed his involvement with track and field on the championship teams of that era coached by Fred Tootell and Mal Williams. He competed in the long jump and, primarily, the pole vault, at which he was among the best in the nation, being named to the NCAA All-America Track Team in 1950.
After college he worked as a cartographer for the Defense Mapping Agency and taught in the Coventry School System and at LaSalle Academy. In 1959 he became an assistant coach of the track and cross-country teams for Tootell, beginning his long career with Athletics and Physical Education at URI. Earning MEd and EdD degrees from Boston University, he became an Associate Professor of Physical Education, retiring from the University in 1989.
He and Jeanne raised three children and have five grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. In addition to his wife, he is survived by a son Mark of South Kingstown and his wife Pamela Hallene, Karen Sherman of Charlestown (married to the late Kevin Donovan) and Pamela Sherman of Narragansett, married to Bryan Taplin. Their grandchildren are Hannah and Lotte Sherman, Kerry and Kristen Donovan, and Margaret Taplin.
His Mass of Christian Burial and burial were private.
Friends are encouraged to make contributions in Arthur's memory to the Sherman Family Scholarship Fund of the Nursing Foundation of Rhode Island, PO Box 41702, Providence, RI 02904.
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He was born in Providence on 1 March, 1925 to Emma L. (née DiGrado) and James F. Sherman.
He was the youngest brother to his late siblings Francis H. and Edward M. Sherman of Coventry, and Emma L. O'Brien of Indian Orchard, MA.
An outstanding interscholastic track athlete at LaSalle Academy in Providence,
Arthur was drafted into the US Army in 1943 and became a medical corpsman in the 63rd Infantry Division. In February of 1945, while in combat near Saarbrucken, Germany, he was severely wounded, requiring long rehabilitation.
After his discharge from the service, he attended the University of Rhode Island (then RI State College) on the GI Bill, where he studied English Literature and Art. There he resumed his involvement with track and field on the championship teams of that era coached by Fred Tootell and Mal Williams. He competed in the long jump and, primarily, the pole vault, at which he was among the best in the nation, being named to the NCAA All-America Track Team in 1950.
After college he worked as a cartographer for the Defense Mapping Agency and taught in the Coventry School System and at LaSalle Academy. In 1959 he became an assistant coach of the track and cross-country teams for Tootell, beginning his long career with Athletics and Physical Education at URI. Earning MEd and EdD degrees from Boston University, he became an Associate Professor of Physical Education, retiring from the University in 1989.
He and Jeanne raised three children and have five grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. In addition to his wife, he is survived by a son Mark of South Kingstown and his wife Pamela Hallene, Karen Sherman of Charlestown (married to the late Kevin Donovan) and Pamela Sherman of Narragansett, married to Bryan Taplin. Their grandchildren are Hannah and Lotte Sherman, Kerry and Kristen Donovan, and Margaret Taplin.
His Mass of Christian Burial and burial were private.
Friends are encouraged to make contributions in Arthur's memory to the Sherman Family Scholarship Fund of the Nursing Foundation of Rhode Island, PO Box 41702, Providence, RI 02904.
averystortifuneralhome.com
Arthur L. Sherman, 96, of Charlestown, RI died peacefully at home on the evening of August 28. Husband to Jeanne D. (née Rocheleau) Sherman.
He was born in Providence on 1 March, 1925 to Emma L. (née DiGrado) and James F. Sherman.
He was the youngest brother to his late siblings Francis H. and Edward M. Sherman of Coventry, and Emma L. O'Brien of Indian Orchard, MA.
An outstanding interscholastic track athlete at LaSalle Academy in Providence,
Arthur was drafted into the US Army in 1943 and became a medical corpsman in the 63rd Infantry Division. In February of 1945, while in combat near Saarbrucken, Germany, he was severely wounded, requiring long rehabilitation.
After his discharge from the service, he attended the University of Rhode Island (then RI State College) on the GI Bill, where he studied English Literature and Art. There he resumed his involvement with track and field on the championship teams of that era coached by Fred Tootell and Mal Williams. He competed in the long jump and, primarily, the pole vault, at which he was among the best in the nation, being named to the NCAA All-America Track Team in 1950.
After college he worked as a cartographer for the Defense Mapping Agency and taught in the Coventry School System and at LaSalle Academy. In 1959 he became an assistant coach of the track and cross-country teams for Tootell, beginning his long career with Athletics and Physical Education at URI. Earning MEd and EdD degrees from Boston University, he became an Associate Professor of Physical Education, retiring from the University in 1989.
He and Jeanne raised three children and have five grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. In addition to his wife, he is survived by a son Mark of South Kingstown and his wife Pamela Hallene, Karen Sherman of Charlestown (married to the late Kevin Donovan) and Pamela Sherman of Narragansett, married to Bryan Taplin. Their grandchildren are Hannah and Lotte Sherman, Kerry and Kristen Donovan, and Margaret Taplin.
His Mass of Christian Burial and burial were private.
Friends are encouraged to make contributions in Arthur's memory to the Sherman Family Scholarship Fund of the Nursing Foundation of Rhode Island, PO Box 41702, Providence, RI 02904.
averystortifuneralhome.com
He was born in Providence on 1 March, 1925 to Emma L. (née DiGrado) and James F. Sherman.
He was the youngest brother to his late siblings Francis H. and Edward M. Sherman of Coventry, and Emma L. O'Brien of Indian Orchard, MA.
An outstanding interscholastic track athlete at LaSalle Academy in Providence,
Arthur was drafted into the US Army in 1943 and became a medical corpsman in the 63rd Infantry Division. In February of 1945, while in combat near Saarbrucken, Germany, he was severely wounded, requiring long rehabilitation.
After his discharge from the service, he attended the University of Rhode Island (then RI State College) on the GI Bill, where he studied English Literature and Art. There he resumed his involvement with track and field on the championship teams of that era coached by Fred Tootell and Mal Williams. He competed in the long jump and, primarily, the pole vault, at which he was among the best in the nation, being named to the NCAA All-America Track Team in 1950.
After college he worked as a cartographer for the Defense Mapping Agency and taught in the Coventry School System and at LaSalle Academy. In 1959 he became an assistant coach of the track and cross-country teams for Tootell, beginning his long career with Athletics and Physical Education at URI. Earning MEd and EdD degrees from Boston University, he became an Associate Professor of Physical Education, retiring from the University in 1989.
He and Jeanne raised three children and have five grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. In addition to his wife, he is survived by a son Mark of South Kingstown and his wife Pamela Hallene, Karen Sherman of Charlestown (married to the late Kevin Donovan) and Pamela Sherman of Narragansett, married to Bryan Taplin. Their grandchildren are Hannah and Lotte Sherman, Kerry and Kristen Donovan, and Margaret Taplin.
His Mass of Christian Burial and burial were private.
Friends are encouraged to make contributions in Arthur's memory to the Sherman Family Scholarship Fund of the Nursing Foundation of Rhode Island, PO Box 41702, Providence, RI 02904.
averystortifuneralhome.com
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