 TARBELL, ALBERT, REVEREND The Reverend Albert Weatherbee Tarbell, Honorary Canon of the Cathedral of St. John, Albuquerque, New Mexico died on December 26, 2012. He was predeceased by his wife, Mabelle S. Tarbell, in 1994. A native of Bangor, Maine, he received his early education in Bangor, and graduated from Deerfield Academy in 1928, and Bowdoin College in 1932. He then attended Yale University Drama School for three years earning a Masters Degree. He was the Director of a summer theater in Great Neck, Long Island, and was Associate Producer of the revival of "The Importance of Being Earnest" with Clifton Webb, Estelle Winwood, and Hope Williams on Broadway in 1936. He toured in Cole Porter's "Leave It To Me" and took part in the London Production of "Post Road." In 1942 he entered the military service and had tours of duty in both Europe and Japan. In 1954 he was stationed in Albuquerque and was Commanding Officer of the Counterintelligence Corps at Sandia Base. In 1956, he retired from active duty as a Lieutenant Colonel and entered The General Theological Seminary in New York City. Upon graduation in 1959, he returned to Albuquerque where he became a Canon at The Cathedral Church of St. John. As a layman he was instrumental in the establishment of St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, and as an Episcopal priest he became Vicar of St. Aidan's Episcopal Church in 1962. St. Aidan's grew to become one of the larger parishes in the Diocese of the Rio Grande. Eventually it merged with St. Matthew's Episcopal Church to become St. Mary's Episcopal Church. Following his retirement as Rector of St. Aidan's, Father Tarbell returned to the Cathedral Church of St. John where he had served previously in his ministry and was awarded the title of Honorary Canon. In addition to his ministerial occupations, he was a member of the Kiwanis Club of Albuquerque for over forty years and was its oldest living active member. He is survived by two nephews, the sons of his late sister, Lillian, of Rose Valley, Pennsylvania; 5 children of his late brother, John W. Tarbell; and by his special grandniece, Caroline Kennedy Stone, and fifteen other grandnieces and nephews, including Bentley and George Kennedy-Stone. Funeral services will be held at the Cathedral Church of St. John, 318 Silver Avenue, SW, on Sunday, December 30, 2012, at 1 pm. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to the Cathedral Endowment Fund. Officiants for the service will include The Reverend Canon Adams Lovekin, and the The Very Reverend Mark Goodman, and pallbearers will be Dr. Steven Bush, George Foster Hannett, Bentley Kennedy-Stone, Dick Ransom, Thomas Seamon, and John Vaughn. FRENCH 1111 University Blvd NE 505-843-6333
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