Wed, 04/07/2021 - 12:05pm sarahp EDWARD HARTWELL MITCHAM JR.
BRIDPORT Edward Hartwell Mitcham, Jr. passed peacefully at home in Bridport, Vt., on March 23, 2021, surrounded by his loving wife and Hospice Staff. He was born April 10, 1931, in New York City, the son of Edward H. Mitcham and Helen Coppel Mitcham.
Ed grew up in Roslyn Estates, Long Island, and attended their public school system before attending Tilton School in New Hampshire and then Lafayette College in Pennsylvania. His years at Lafayette were interrupted from 1951 to 1954 by active duty in the U.S. Air Force, where he was stationed in England. Ed graduated from Lafayette College in 1958 with a B. S. in Business Administration. Ed was a stockbroker in New York City until 1970 when he moved to Brookfield, Conn., and joined the firm Fahnestock Co. Inc., which later became Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., located in Southbury, Conn. He was the manager there until retiring in 1997.