WWII vet, father of Harvard woman
Al Hunter. (Courtesy photo)
Alonzo “Al” Linn Hunter, 82 died Tuesday, January 15, 2008 at The Oaks at The Marshes on Skidaway Island, Ga.
Al was born in Chicago, Ill. Aug. 22, 1925, to Dr. Merlin Hunter and Evangeline Groves Hunter. He grew up in Champaign-Urbana, Ill. where his father was professor and head of the economics department at the University of Illinois. He attended University High School where he met his first wife, Stella Jean Lehmann, and attended the University of Illinois where he was a member of Phi Delta Theta.
Al was a veteran of World War II, serving as a naval supply officer in Manila. After his discharge from the Navy, he received a degree in business administration from the University of Illinois and accepted a fellowship at the University of Southern California for a master’s degree in business administration.
He retired after 25 years as senior executive vice-president of Buster Brown Textiles, Inc. After retirement he served as associate professor of retail at Pace University in Pleasantville, N.Y., and served as an associate professor at Savannah State University. He and his brother John co-owned the Havens Farm in Newman, Ill.
Al is survived by his wife, Mary Howard Nelson Hunter, of Savannah; his son and daughter-in-law, Scott Linn and Margaret Hunter, of Bingham Farms, Mich.; his daughter and son-in-law, Heidi Hunter and Donald Siegrist, of Harvard; and three grandchildren, Thomas Hunter, Henley Siegrist, and Hunter Siegrist.
A memorial service will be held Saturday, Feb. 2, at 11 a.m. at Skidaway Island United Methodist Church.
In lieu of flowers remembrances may be made to the Alonzo and Stella Jean Hunter Fund, University High School, 1212 W. Springfield Ave., Urbana, Ill., 61801 or the Skidaway Island United Methodist Church, 81 Diamond Causeway, Savannah, Ga., 31411.
