The Foreign Service Journal, March 2015

66 MARCH 2015 | THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL ment support for the newly democratic state. Amb. Bellocchi is survived by his wife, Lilan, whom he met in Taiwan, and their children, Luke and Jacqualine. n Edward Anthon Berg, 85, a retired FSO, died on Sept. 12 in Venice, Fla. Mr. Berg served in the U.S. Air Force from 1949 to 1955. His original assign- ment with the 10th Mountain Division in Colorado helped prepare him for his later career in the Foreign Service. In the Air Force he trained to speak and interpret Russian, adding that to a list of languages which included German, French and Danish. He later trained to speak Flemish, Afrikaans, Swedish, Farsi and Spanish. After an honorable discharge from the Air Force, Mr. Berg continued his service in the Refugee Relief Program in the Netherlands during the 1950s. He then transferred to the Foreign Service, where he focused on consular work in France, Nigeria, Israel, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, South Africa, Sweden, Mexico and Bermuda. Tracking international affairs, fishing, gardening and playing chess were among Mr. Berg’s lifelong hobbies and interests. He is survived by his wife, Loan, four children and five grandchildren. n Harvey Taylor Clew, 80, a retired FSO, died on Nov. 19 of a cerebral hemor- rhage at Hartford Hospital in Hartford, Conn. Mr. Clew was the son of William J. Clew, former managing editor of The Hartford Courant , and Mona (Gallivan) Clew, a former junior high school teacher in the Middletown, Conn., school district. Mr. Clew attended St. John’s Elemen- tary School and graduated fromMiddle- town High School in 1952. In high school he was on the swim and football teams and served as mayor of Middletown for a day. He graduated fromWesleyan Univer- sity in 1956. He then joined the U.S. Army, where he served for three years in counterintel- ligence in Germany. He went on to work as a reporter for The Washington Star in Washington, D.C., covering events such as the inauguration of President John F. Kennedy. Mr. Clew joined the Foreign Service in 1962 and was posted to the United King- dom, Lebanon, Nigeria, Belize and South Africa during his 30-year career. He met his wife of 43 years, Joy (Lee) Clew, on an ocean liner en route to his first diplomatic posting in Cape Town in 1963. Following his retirement, the couple settled in Haddam, Conn., where Mr. Clew served as a second selectman, as a member of the Region 17 School Board and as president of the HaddamHistori- cal Society. He also served on the Mid- State Regional Planning Association and was president of Foreign Affairs Retirees of New England. Mr. Clew was an environmentalist who worked diligently to protect open spaces in Connecticut. Recently, he helped successfully fight to preserve land for a state wildlife refuge along the Con- necticut River across from the Goodspeed Opera House. Mr. Clew is survived by his wife, Joy of Haddam, Conn.; son, Timothy W. Clew of Warren, Conn.; daughter, Carole Clew Elms of New York, N.Y.; their spouses and five grandchildren; his twin sister, Carole Clew Hoey of Middletown and Haddam, Conn.; his brother, William T. Clew (a former managing editor of the Sunday Telegram ) of Webster and Worcester, Mass.; his sister, Elizabeth (Betsy) Clew Kampmeinert of Pittsburgh, Pa.; two brothers-in-law, three nieces and one nephew. Donations in his memory may be made to the Cure Alzheimer’s Fund at 34 Washington Street, Suite 200, Wellesley Hills MA 02481. n Ruth Eloise Day, 88, the wife of retired Foreign Service Officer Robert W. Day, died on Oct. 4 in Tallahassee, Fla. Mrs. Day was born on Aug. 18, 1926, and raised in Andrew County, Miss. She graduated from Fillmore High School in 1943, attended Missouri State Teachers College in Maryville, Mo., and taught elementary school during World War II. She worked for several corporations as an executive secretary from 1946 to 1988. Mrs. Day married Alfred N. Hurst in 1946, and the couple had three children. Job transfers took the family to Omaha, Neb.; Endicott, N.Y.; Rochester, Minn.; Barrington, Ill.; Stamford, Conn.; and Atlanta, Ga. In 1988, Mrs. Day married Robert W. Day, a retired FSO, and they made their home in Tallahassee. During their 26-year marriage, the couple enjoyed traveling extensively throughout the United States, Europe and South America. Mrs. Day was a member of the Trinity United Methodist Church in Tallahassee and a volunteer at Tallahassee Memo- rial Hospital for many years. As a harpist, she was active in the Tallahassee Music Guild, the Tallahassee Symphony Society, the Killearn Ladies Club and the Golden Eagle Ladies Club. Mrs. Day instilled her deeply held values of honesty and integrity in all of her children, who remember her with great love. Mrs. Day was predeceased by her former husband, Alfred N. Hurst; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Lambright; her brother, Eldon L. Lambright; and sister, Elaine Skelton. She is survived by her husband, Robert; two sons: Byron N. Hurst (and