Deceased February 20, 2022
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Arthur T. Lichtenberger, 93, died at home on Feb. 20, surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Memphis, Tenn., to the late Most Rev. Arthur C. Lichtenberger and Florence T. Lichtenberger.
After graduating from Newark Academy and earning a bachelor’s degree in biology from Amherst College, Art served in the U.S. Army at the Edgewood Chemical Biological Center, Edgewood, Md., during the Korean War and married his Mount Holyoke College sweetheart, Anne Weston, in 1952. Art and Anne had three children: Carol, Cynthia and Arthur ’80. Returning to private life, Art was the plant manager at Jones-Dabney Co., a paint company in Newark, N.J. He went to Rutgers University at night to earn his MBA. Always hoping to return to Massachusetts, he accepted a position in the lab at Westfield Chemical Co. (later Westfield Coatings Co.). He was head of the lab when RPM of Medina, Ohio, bought the company and made Art president as well as vice president and technical director of RPM.
In 2014, Art and Anne moved to a senior community in Southwick, Mass. Art served on the boards of Noble Hospital and Noble Health Systems, the YMCA and the Red Cross. He was a corporator, trustee and president of Shurtleff Children’s Services and a corporator of Sarah Gillett Services for the Elderly. He was a devoted member of the Church of the Atonement, serving as a Sunday school teacher, vestry member and chairman of the Rector Search Committee. Art also served three terms as chairman of the Commission on Ministry for the Episcopal Diocese of Western Massachusetts. He enjoyed being a long-term member of the Get Together Club in Westfield.
Arthur W. Lichtenberger ’80