Burch Hindle ’53 died on March 10, 2025, in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
(The following was provided by the Union Leader on March 15, 2025:)
Burch Hindle ’53
With heavy hearts, we announce the passing of Burch Hindle, who left us peacefully at home on March 10, 2025, at 94 years of age.
Burch lived a remarkable life. He was born in Flushing, NewYork, and lived on the waters in Setauket, Long Island, New York, with his parents, Raymond Burch and Katherine (Kit) Hindle, and his sister, Kay Poten. He was a proud graduate of Kent School in Connecticut (class of 1949) and Bowdoin College in Maine (class of 1953). Burch also pursued further studies at Columbia University and New York University.
His sense of duty led him to serve his country as a first lieutenant in the United States Army’s 2nd Amphibious Support Brigade during the Korean War from 1953 to 1955, after participating in the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) during his years at Bowdoin College. He was stationed in Hayama, Japan, training men to operate landing craft, vehicles, and personnel (LCVP) for amphibious landings. After the war, Burch served six more years before being honorably discharged in December of 1961.
Burch built a distinguished career at Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corporation and then at twenty-five years with Scott Paper Company. His work took him around the globe, serving as president and general manager for Scott Paper International in Taiwan, Japan, Malaysia, and Singapore. He later became president of Velcro International, Limited, in Manchester, NH, guiding the company and its affiliates in India, New Zealand, Australia, Hong Kong, and South Africa until his retirement in 1990.
While growing up, Burch was an active member of the Downtown Athletic Club in Manhattan, NY. He was a member of the Westside Tennis Club in Forest Hills, NY. He also took great pride in his involvement with the New York World’s Fair Exhibitors Council (1964 to 1965), representing Scott Paper Company. While overseas, Burch was a founding member of the American Club in Taipei, Taiwan, and a former governor of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Taiwan. In Tokyo, Japan, he was an associate member of the Foreign Correspondents Club and a member of the Tokyo Lawn Tennis Club. After retiring in Portsmouth, he enjoyed his membership at Wentworth-by-the-Sea Country Club in Rye, NH.
Yet, for all Burch’s professional and civic accomplishments, his greatest joy was his family. Burch met the love of his life, Johanna, before moving overseas. While living in Taipei, Taiwan, they started their family, having three sons, Raymond, David, and Paul. They had a life of adventure and exploration for thirteen years before moving back to the US and settling in Amherst, NH. Burch and Johanna later moved to Portsmouth, NH.
Burch is survived by his beloved wife of fifty-five years, Johanna Duzy Hindle, and their children, Raymond Burch Hindle II and his wife, Taylor, along with their children Tripp, Will, Garwood, and Piper; David Stanley Hindle; Paul Howard Hindle and his wife, Catherine, and their children Burch and Josephine; his sister, Kay Poten; his niece, Bobbi Sue Egan (Tim) and their family, Debbie Kraner (JeU) and their family; his brother-in-law, Stanley Duzy (Claire) and their son, Robert Duzy (Chris) and their family. His legacy lives on in each of them – a legacy of love, strength, and integrity.
As a husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle, friend, and patriot, Burch meaningfully touched countless lives.