Cecil Lee Harvey, 94, died peacefully at the Sweet Brook Nursing Home, Williamstown, Mass., on Sunday, Jan. 20.

He was born July 9, 1918 in Washington, D.C., son of the late Walter H. and Carrie (Garrett) Harvey. 

He played trumpet in Franklin Delano Roosevelt's first inaugural parade in 1933. He graduated from the University of Maryland in 1939 with a degree in electrical engineering. As an ROTC graduate, he was commissioned into the U.S. Army as a lieutenant and was promoted to captain in the 29th Infantry Division, 227th Field Battalion, and served honorably during World War II.  He was actively involved in the planning and execution of the D-Day invasion and was one of very few officers holding BIGOT security clearance.

Following the war, he worked for the Duquesne Light Co. and the Gibson Power Co. in Pittsburgh, Pa., then for the Elliot Co. in Ridgway, Pa. In August of 1962, he began working for the Sprague Electric Co.. where he was a sales engineer. He retired in 1983 and spent his time volunteering for Habitat for Humanity, the Red Cross bloodmobile, driving friends and neighbors to medical appointments, serving as honor guard at military funerals, and sailing off Ocean Point, Maine. 

He enjoyed Friendly Friday with friends at the Williams College Faculty Club. He walked his Samoyed everywhere and was well-known around Williamstown as the white-haired man with the white-haired dog.

He was a 50-year member of the First Congregational Church of Williamstown, a member of the American Legion Post 152, the Masons and Shriners. 

In addition to his wife of 70 years, Elisabeth (Robinson) “Betty” Harvey, he leaves two sons, George R. Harvey and his wife, C. Victoria, of Essex, Mass. and William Lee Harvey of Boothbay; two grandchildren, Aaron Lee Harvey of Valley Village, Calif. and Abbigail Lee Harvey of Portland; a niece and nephews. He would proudly say that another soldier has faded away. 

Services will be held at a later date at the convenience of the family. Arrangements are by the Flynn Dagnoli Funeral Home, North Adams, Mass.

Memorial gifts may be made to the American Legion Post 152, 117 Latham St., Williamstown, MA 01267.