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By Allen W Baker Jr.
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Married by C. Harold Weinman
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Harry Dixon Sturr
Captain, United States Navy Michigan State Flag
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Walnut Creek, California -- Henry Sturr, a decorated career Navy captain who commanded World War II submarines, has died. He was 88.
Sturr died in Walnut Creek on Wednesday, August 19, 1998, from complications following heart surgery, family members said.
Born in Sturgis, Michigan, Sturr graduated from the Naval Academy in 1933. Three years later, he joined the submarine service at Pearl Harbor.
He spent much of World War II aboard submarines patrolling the Pacific. In 1942, he received his first command, the Stingray. In 1944, he served as commander of the USS Becuna.
After commanding destroyers, attack transports and a destroyer squadron, Sturr led the Far East Military Sea Transport Service based in Yokohama, Japan.
He retired in 1961, becoming assistant director of the Museum of Science and Industry at the University of Southern California.
Sturr moved to Rossmoor, California, in 1984.
Sturr is survived by his wife, Jane; his son, Henry Dixon Jr. of Maryland; his daughters, Mary Stuart of Orinda and Bette Nelson of Martinez; a sister, Margaret, of Wisconsin; 13 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
A memorial service is planned for September 12 at Lafayette-Orinda Presbyterian Church. Sturr will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia.
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Baltimore Sun July 9, 2004
[Henry Dixon Sturr Jr.], a retired Navy lieutenant commander who led a clandestine mission at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, during the Bay of Pigs invasion, died Monday of a rare form of dementia at Madonna Heritage Assisted Living in Jarrettsville. The Kingsville resident was 67.
In 1971, he was named commanding office of the USNS Bowditch, a Navy oceanographic survey ship that charted ocean currents in the North Atlantic. He then taught at the Naval War College's Command and Staff School in Newport, R.I., and, before retiring in 1978 as a lieutenant commander, worked in underwater acoustics and ocean currents at the Fleet Numerical Weather Center in Monterey.
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On July 5, 2004, DIXON STURR, of Bel Air, MD; beloved husband of Mig Sturr (nee Garrity); devoted father of Dixanne M. Sturr, Sharon S. Lund, and Dara-Lynn Van Pee; loving sister of Bette S.
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SHorewood High News: Miss Margaret Sturr passed away, in February, 2008, of pneumonia at 95 years of age. No funeral. A special memorial service was held for Miss Sturr in the chapel at Alexian Village. She was fondly remembered by friends, relatives and faculty. Tuffy (Crean) Nell, Mike Spector, Tom Rebholz and Sue (Mollwitz) Rebholz represented our class at the memorial. Mr. Elmer Jacobson was in charge of her affairs. She donated her body to the Medical College.
Sad Passing: Margaret Sturr
Margaret Sturr came to Shorewood in 1944 from Lansing, Michigan, where she had taught and completed a master?s degree at the University of Michigan. She remained in Shorewood until her retirement in 1974, earning the respect of students and staff for her ability as a teacher, advisor, and leader. She received the Shorewood Tradition of Excellence Award in 2004.
Miss Sturr taught English and was recognized as an intelligent master of her subject who set high standards for her students and herself. She was an advisor for the National Honor Society and the Student Council where she had a strong, positive influence on student leaders such as Les Aspin and Michael Spector. Miss Sturr was also a staff leader, inspiring young teachers to take leadership positions and to challenge the status quo. She could be counted on to speak thoughtfully on school issues. In 1960, Miss Sturr received a Fulbright Scholarship to teach for a year in Japan.
Miss Sturr is probably the only SHS teacher to have a day named for her. On “Miss Sturr Day” (the first day of spring) students dressed up in their best clothes as a compliment to her and as a reflection of the high expectations she had for all of them.
Miss Sturr passed away in early 2008 at the age of 94.
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Mrs. Lucy STURR wife of A.W. STURR, died at their home in Volinia Sunday afternoon.
The funeral was held at Wayne Chapel, Wednesday.
from The Marcellus News 80 Years Ago Column March 13, 1986