Garth Albert Stonestreet ’45 died on April 6, 2004, in Milton, Massachusetts.

Born on March 10, 1922, in Hyde Park, MA, he prepared for college at Milton High School and Milton Academy and became a member of Theta Delta Chi Fraternity at Bowdoin, which he attended from September of 1941 to December of 1941. Following his graduation from the Massachusetts Maritime Academy in July of 1943, he served in the Merchant Marine during World War II. While on the North Atlantic run during the war, he had recurring attacks and for years suffered from mental illness. Surviving are an uncle, Lawrence Pierce of Seattle, WA; an aunt, Elaine Pierce, also of Seattle, and several cousins.