JAMESON, V. Lloyd (Yokubaitis), 84, of Boston passed away Sunday, September 17, 2017 at the Clark House Nursing Center in Westwood. He was predeceased by his partner Kenneth Hilliard, his mother Abbie Seaver Jameson, his father Victor J. (Yokubaitis) Jameson and his niece Kimball Hastings.
Lloyd was born in Putnam, CT. He spent his early years in Watertown CT where he and his sister Ann loved to play, explore and generally raise Cain. His mother later moved to Manchester, NH where he graduated from Manchester High School Central in 1952. He attended the University of New Hampshire and received his BA in 1956. In 1955 he was initiated as a member of Alpha Kappa Delta, National Honorary Sociological Fraternity. He went on to serve as a Social Worker Technician at Fort Lewis, Washington, in the US Army from 1956 to 1958 and spent 4 more years in the army reserve. At the time of his discharge he received a letter of commendation for “excellent quality of efficiency and effectiveness”. He was also an excellent marksman, holding the highest score in his class.
Lloyd worked in nearly all the departments of the Boston Public Library (BPL), ending his career as the head of government documents. He loved his work and loved the BPL. He never missed a chance to give friends and family tours of the building, pointing out artwork and historical facts. It was while working at the library that he was encouraged to get his Master of Science, which he did by attending the School of Library Science at Simmons College. He received his degree in 1965.
Lloyd loved history, particularly all things Victorian. He owned property in Boston’s South End and was very active in the South End Historical Society. He was instrumental in organizing the Cyclorama Flea market, to raise money for this non-profit group. This involvement allowed him to pursue his passion for collecting, and sometimes selling, antiques. His collecting interests ranged from simple glassware to clocks, to statues, to furniture to paintings to books to tchotchke to anything that tickled his fancy. If something brought back a childhood memory he bought it. He could not stand to walk by an orphaned top of a pot because someone else might need it. Being a true librarian, he cataloged every purchase.
Lloyd owned two properties in New Hampshire. One he called “the farm” and the other, which was on a small lake and could only be reached by boat, he called “the camp”. These brought him years of happiness where he puttered away restoring them, planting flowers, growing vegetables, canoeing, hiking, flea marketing and entertaining friends. He was an avid photographer, who was particularly fascinated by clouds, sun rises, sun sets, and trees. He loved birds and kept his feeders full so he could enjoy watching them year-round. In his last years, he would load up his recycled plastic bags with birdseed and bread crumbs and head outside with his wheel chair to feed them every day. Although he was a quiet man he was not shy. He had many friends, which he would give Ken credit for. He would say that if Ken got on an elevator with 15 strangers he would get off with 15 new friends.
Lloyd is survived by his beloved sister Ann Jameson Hastings from Granby (formerly of Amherst), his niece Deborah Towle and her husband Wayne Towle and his niece Andrea McHenry, many friends including Bill Murphy and Diane Ota and his 7 grandnieces and nephews.
In Lloyds memory, the family asks that you reach out to someone you have not seem in a while and see how they are doing.
At Lloyd’s request, a Celebration of Life service, under the direction of the John Everett & Sons Funeral Home 4 Park Street, at Natick Common, will be held in private.