J. E. Markham,
IRS counsel, 51
James E. Markham Jr., longtime official of the Boston office of the Internal Revenue Service, died yesterday in Youville Hospital, Cambridge, after a long illness. He was 51.
Mr. Markham, who had been with the IRS since his graduation from Georgetown University School of Law in 1949, was assistant chief counsel for the agency in Washington.
Prior to assuming the second-highest legal job in the IRS last year, Mr. Markham had served as assistant regional counsel in charge of the New England area.
Mr. Markham, who retired from the US Naval Reserve as a lieutenant-commander following service in the South Pacific during World War II, was born in Lowell, but moved to Washington as a child.
Mr. Markham, who lived at 32 High St., Winchester, was a former president of the Boston Federal Bar Association, a member of the board of directors of the Catholic Charitable Bureau and a member of the Finance Committee of Winchester.
He leaves his wife, Joan M. (Barrett); two daughters, Anne and Patricia, and two sons, James E. 3d and Joseph, all of Winchester; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James E. Markham of Boston; a brother, Atty. Paul Markham of Melrose; two sisters, Mary Rita of Boston, and Virginia of Quincy.
A concelebrated funeral Mass will be celebrated in St. Eulalia's Church, Winchester, Tuesday morning at 10. Burial will be in Wildwood Cemetery, Winchester.
The Boston (MA) Globe, March 29, 1975
IRS counsel, 51
James E. Markham Jr., longtime official of the Boston office of the Internal Revenue Service, died yesterday in Youville Hospital, Cambridge, after a long illness. He was 51.
Mr. Markham, who had been with the IRS since his graduation from Georgetown University School of Law in 1949, was assistant chief counsel for the agency in Washington.
Prior to assuming the second-highest legal job in the IRS last year, Mr. Markham had served as assistant regional counsel in charge of the New England area.
Mr. Markham, who retired from the US Naval Reserve as a lieutenant-commander following service in the South Pacific during World War II, was born in Lowell, but moved to Washington as a child.
Mr. Markham, who lived at 32 High St., Winchester, was a former president of the Boston Federal Bar Association, a member of the board of directors of the Catholic Charitable Bureau and a member of the Finance Committee of Winchester.
He leaves his wife, Joan M. (Barrett); two daughters, Anne and Patricia, and two sons, James E. 3d and Joseph, all of Winchester; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James E. Markham of Boston; a brother, Atty. Paul Markham of Melrose; two sisters, Mary Rita of Boston, and Virginia of Quincy.
A concelebrated funeral Mass will be celebrated in St. Eulalia's Church, Winchester, Tuesday morning at 10. Burial will be in Wildwood Cemetery, Winchester.
The Boston (MA) Globe, March 29, 1975
J. E. Markham,
IRS counsel, 51
James E. Markham Jr., longtime official of the Boston office of the Internal Revenue Service, died yesterday in Youville Hospital, Cambridge, after a long illness. He was 51.
Mr. Markham, who had been with the IRS since his graduation from Georgetown University School of Law in 1949, was assistant chief counsel for the agency in Washington.
Prior to assuming the second-highest legal job in the IRS last year, Mr. Markham had served as assistant regional counsel in charge of the New England area.
Mr. Markham, who retired from the US Naval Reserve as a lieutenant-commander following service in the South Pacific during World War II, was born in Lowell, but moved to Washington as a child.
Mr. Markham, who lived at 32 High St., Winchester, was a former president of the Boston Federal Bar Association, a member of the board of directors of the Catholic Charitable Bureau and a member of the Finance Committee of Winchester.
He leaves his wife, Joan M. (Barrett); two daughters, Anne and Patricia, and two sons, James E. 3d and Joseph, all of Winchester; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James E. Markham of Boston; a brother, Atty. Paul Markham of Melrose; two sisters, Mary Rita of Boston, and Virginia of Quincy.
A concelebrated funeral Mass will be celebrated in St. Eulalia's Church, Winchester, Tuesday morning at 10. Burial will be in Wildwood Cemetery, Winchester.
The Boston (MA) Globe, March 29, 1975
IRS counsel, 51
James E. Markham Jr., longtime official of the Boston office of the Internal Revenue Service, died yesterday in Youville Hospital, Cambridge, after a long illness. He was 51.
Mr. Markham, who had been with the IRS since his graduation from Georgetown University School of Law in 1949, was assistant chief counsel for the agency in Washington.
Prior to assuming the second-highest legal job in the IRS last year, Mr. Markham had served as assistant regional counsel in charge of the New England area.
Mr. Markham, who retired from the US Naval Reserve as a lieutenant-commander following service in the South Pacific during World War II, was born in Lowell, but moved to Washington as a child.
Mr. Markham, who lived at 32 High St., Winchester, was a former president of the Boston Federal Bar Association, a member of the board of directors of the Catholic Charitable Bureau and a member of the Finance Committee of Winchester.
He leaves his wife, Joan M. (Barrett); two daughters, Anne and Patricia, and two sons, James E. 3d and Joseph, all of Winchester; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James E. Markham of Boston; a brother, Atty. Paul Markham of Melrose; two sisters, Mary Rita of Boston, and Virginia of Quincy.
A concelebrated funeral Mass will be celebrated in St. Eulalia's Church, Winchester, Tuesday morning at 10. Burial will be in Wildwood Cemetery, Winchester.
The Boston (MA) Globe, March 29, 1975
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