Thomas S. Nicely, of Manhasset (Strathmore Vanderbilt) and Ft. Lauderdale, died on March 21, 2001 in Florida. He was 92. A graduate of Swarthmore College and an avid tennis player throughout his life, Mr. Nicely retired as a sales manager for the Johns-Manville Corporation in 1973. He is survived by his wife of 67 years, Marian; son Tom and daughter-in-law Jeanne Paul of Ann Arbor, and granddaughters Megan Nicely of San Francisco and Alexis Stiles of Chapel Hill. Mr. Nicely served in the US Army at the end of WWII and will be interred at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington DC.

Former Manhasset resident Pauline Allen Hathaway died at her Ka'anapali, Maui home Jan. 11, at the age of 91.

Mrs. Hathaway received her BA degree in elementary education from Colorado State College of Education (now University of Northern Colorado) where she was initiated into Alpha Sigma Tau sorority. She taught in Colorado and California and served as assistant to the dean of adult education at the University of Omaha (Nebraska).

During her years in Manhasset, she was active in many organizations, including Manhasset Community Club, North Shore Women's Club and American Association of University Women (AAUW). She was a long-time member of Community Reformed Church.

Following the death of her husband, Jarrett Lewis Hathaway in 1973, she retired to Hawaii where she continued her membership in AAUW and become involved in Lahaina AARP and Christian Women's Club.

Hathaway participated in writer's groups and conferences, both on the mainland and in Hawaii, and authored short stories and poetry. In her autobiography, titled It's About Time and published when she was 88 years old, she wrote, "No matter how old you are, never give up dreaming. There has to be something to live for, some goal to achieve, some new adventure, some wish to come true." It was a philosophy she lived out each day of her life.

She is survived by her children, Rozann (George) Shackleton, Barrington, Illinois; F.A. "Buddy" Hathaway, Honolulu, Hawaii; Robert (Margaret) Hathaway and Ann Hathaway, both of Scranton, PA; and grandchildren, Suzanne Hader, New York, New York; Ann Bornhuetter and William Bornhuetter, both of Kenosha, Wisconsin.

Following a memorial service in Hawaii, her ashes were interred with those of her husband in Denver, Colorado, where she was born and spent the early years of her life.