Canton Obituary: Rev. William Low, 88

The Rev. William Harrison Low, 88, died at home in Canton on September 19, 2016, following an extended illness.

He was born on February 18, 1928, in Hyannis, MA to the late Alfred Leslie and Lillian Chase Low. Bill enlisted in the Navy in early 1945. While he never saw battle, he did get as far as Shanghai, China. Upon his return, he graduated from Rivers Country Day School (Now Rivers School), then attended Oxford Business School. He had a career in business for a number of years.

In 1962 Bill enrolled in seminary at Berkeley Divinity School at Yale. He was ordained to the diaconate and the priesthood in New Hampshire in 1965. After serving churches in New Hampshire for two years, Bill came to Connecticut and served churches in East Hartford and Simsbury before retiring for the first time in 1993. In 1974 he was awarded the Masters of Sacred Theology from Yale. In 1996 Bill decided he had read enough British mysteries and became part-time chaplain and teacher at South Kent School, where he served until 2013. He continued to follow the school’s sports teams, especially the hockey teams, on his iPad until his death.

Bill is survived by his wife, Salin Miller Low; by his daughter Sandra Kneen and her husband Frank of Dunedin, FL; and by his grandson Geoffrey Kneen of Tallahassee, FL. He is also survived by his brother Bradford and wife Carol of Rhode Island and by several nieces and a nephew. In addition to his parents, Bill was predeceased by brother Alfred L. Low, Jr., by sister Jean McEntee, and by a son, William H. Low, Jr.

The Burial Office and Eucharist will be held on Saturday, October 8 at 11:00 at St. Alban’s Episcopal Church, 197 Bushy Hill Rd., Simsbury. Family will greet friends for an hour before the service and at a luncheon following the service. Burial will be at South Kent School, 40 Bulls Bridge Rd., South Kent, on Sunday, October 9, following a brief chapel service at 2:00.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made either to St. Alban’s or to South Kent School or to a charity of the donor’s choice.

The Vincent Funeral Home is caring for the arrangements.