Douglas G. Cochrane Sr. Summered on the Island

Douglas G. Cochrane Sr. of RiverMead Retirement Community died May 12 after a period of failing health. He was 87. Mr. Cochrane was a longtime summer resident on the Island, since 1997 at his home on Prospect Hill in Chilmark.

Mr. Cochrane was born March 3, 1917 to Lillian (Higham) Cochrane and George Cochrane in Havana, Cuba. One of three children, Mr. Cochrane attended Bishop's College School in Lennoxville, Quebec, The Taft School in Watertown, Conn., and Princeton University (Class of 1939). Drafted during World War II, he served in Panama, the Philippines and New Guinea, attaining the rank of captain. A longtime resident of Darien, Conn. and Chilmark, he moved to New Hampshire in 2001. He was a partner of Haskins and Sells (now Deloitte & Touche). Following retirement, he worked with SCORE in Connecticut. Always a good athlete, Mr. Cochrane played for the St. Nicholas Hockey Club, America's oldest amateur hockey club. In retirement, he played golf here and in Britain with the Connecticut Seniors.

He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Evelyn Makepeace Cochrane; his daughter, Candace P. Cochrane of Newburyport; his son, Douglas G. Cochrane 2nd and his wife, Eleanor, of Hancock, N.H.; four grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

A memorial service will be held on June 19 at 4 p.m. at the First Congregational Church in Darien. Contributions in his memory may be made to the Quebec Labrador Foundation, 55 South Main street, Ipswich, MA 01938.