Angel R. Sepulveda
Angel R. Sepulveda, 66, of Holyoke, a retired maintainer
I in the Lincoln Campus Center, died Nov. 18 in Holyoke Hospital.
Originally from Ciales, Puerto Rico, he spent most
of his life in Western Massachusetts.
He worked on campus for 21 years before retiring
in 1999.
Gesa Gordon, 72, of Storrs, Conn., a former instructor
in the departments of Music and Germanic Languages, died Nov.
19 at home.
She served the University for 16 years before resigning
in 1971.
A graduate of the Hamburg State Academy of Music
and Theater, she immigrated to New York state in the early 1950s.
She received a master's degree in German from Middlebury College
and continued her work with the violin, performing as a soloist
at Carnegie Recital Hall.
Upon moving to Amherst in 1965, she began teaching
German language on campus and soon added a position as concert
mistress of the Symphony Orchestra. She also was a charter member
of the Amherst Music Group and the Five College Chamber Soloists.
She leaves her husband, professor emeritus of Sociology
Milton Gordon; a daughter, Karin Dionne; and four grandchildren.
