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Birth:          27 Jul 1942 Pittsburgh, Pa.
Death:          14 Feb 2017 
Cause of Death: multiple myeloma

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obit of William Armstrong Oates, Sr.
of Dedham, Mass.
http://www.currentobituary.com/member/obit/204314
OATES, William Armstrong, Jr. Died Tuesday, February 14, 2017 at the age of 74 from 
complications of multiple myeloma. He was born in Pittsburgh, PA on July 27, l942 to 
William Armstrong and Margaret Nichols Oates. His childhood was spent at St. Paul’s 
School in Concord, New Hampshire. He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth Macy Oates 
(Muffy) and three married daughters - Elizabeth (Lilly) Rosegard, Katherine (Kate) 
Sweeny, and Emily Torres as well as brothers, James Maclay Oates and Thomas 
Nichols Oates. Bill has six grandchildren: Ethan and Kate Rosegard, Macy and Walker 
Sweeny, and Billy and Georgie Torres. 

He graduated from Groton School, Colby College, and the Harvard Business School. 
He was an investment advisor and founding partner of Northeast Investment 
Management in Boston, where he managed Northeast Investors Growth Fund for more 
than 30 years, and also a former director of the Horn Corporation, Clifford of Vermont 
and Furman Lumber. He was a trustee of Colby College and a director of the Colby Art 
Museum, a former trustee and treasurer of the Roxbury Latin School, and a former 
trustee and board president of Groton School. While living in Dedham, MA all his 
married life, he had avid interests in art collecting, gardening, photography, and 
travel. 

A Funeral Service will be held at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Dedham on Friday, 
February 24 at 11AM. Relatives and friends kindly invited. 

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to: the Oates Faculty Travel Fund at The 
Roxbury Latin School, West Roxbury, MA - The William A. Oates, Jr. ‘61 Fund to 
Support Faculty Summer Study at Groton School, Groton, MA - or the William A. Oates, 
Jr. ’65 Endowed Fund for the Colby College Art Museum, Waterville, ME. 

Parents
OATES William Armstrong (22 Sep 1916 - 10 Jan 2015)
NICHOLS Margaret Eavey (19 Nov 1917 - 1965)

Siblings
OATES William Armstrong (27 Jul 1942 - 14 Feb 2017)
OATES James Maclay ()
OATES Thomas Nichols ()

Marriage To MACY Elizabeth ("Muffy") ()
    m.  

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Children by MACY Elizabeth ("Muffy") 
OATES Katherine ("Kate") ()
OATES Elizabeth ("Lily") ()
OATES Emily Eavey Armstrong ()

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