Obituaries

This week, members of the bookselling community learned of the passing of two of their colleagues: Carole Fewx, longtime co-owner of the former Jackson's Books, in Salem, Oregon; and Trumbull Huntington, owner of the former Huntington's Book Stores in Middletown, Hartford, and West Hartford, Connecticut.

Carole Fewx

Carole Fewx, longtime co-owner of Jackson's Books, in Salem, Oregon, died on February 18. She was 55. The Statesman Journal reported that she died from injuries sustained in a fall.

Fewx was an Oregon native, born in Portland and raised in Monmouth. She made Salem her home for the last 30 years. Fewx was an active participant in the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association for many years, and had served on its Board and as chair of its Education Committee. She worked at Jackson's for 24 years before becoming a co-owner in 1985. The store closed in 2006 after 29 years of business. Fewx owned the bookstore with Greg Millard.

Survivors include Fewx' sisters Gala Fewx, Karin Noll, and Jane Nielsen, and children Aaron and Caitland Fewx.

Millard said that her family has scheduled a "Celebration of Carole's Life," an informal gathering, for Thursday, February 28, at 6:00 p.m. at the Grand Ballroom, 187 High St., in Salem. The program is still being developed, but Millard said it will be an informal gathering with food and drink galore. (For more information, contact Greg Millard.)

Trumbull Huntington

Trumbull Huntington died of pneumonia on February 3 at the age of 89, according to the Hartford Courant. He was the owner of the former Huntington's Book Stores in Middletown, Hartford and West Hartford, Connecticut, and co-owner/publisher of Parnassus Imprints of Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

Huntington was a staunch advocate of free speech. In 1961, he was arrested and convicted for the sale of "obscene material" for selling the Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller in defiance of a Connecticut ban. Huntington's successful appeal of the conviction went all the way to the Supreme Court, which declared the ban unconstitutional.

Huntington is survived by his daughters, Constance Willard Huntington, Mary Clark Huntington, and Emily Huntington Bailey and her husband, John Winslow, his granddaughter, Erika Bailey, and her husband, Fausto Espinosa, as well as many nieces and nephews.

A memorial service will be held for Trumbull Huntington at the Faith Lutheran Church, 311 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02139 at 3:00 p.m., March 29. Donations may be sent in his name to ReadBoston, 43 Hawkins St., Boston, MA, 02114, a program that promotes literacy among primary school children in Boston, by enhancing family involvement, access to libraries, and the building of personal libraries.