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History
Mr.
Kervick was born in Springfield, son of the late William L. and Jane
(Collins) Kervick and has lived in Worcester since 1968. He graduated
from Technical High School in Springfield and received a scholarship to
Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Penn., where he majored in Metallurgy.
After serving in the U.S. Coast Guard in World War II, he was a sales
representative of Industrial Stainless Steels, Inc. of Cambridge, from
1945 until 1962. He was then Vice-President of Brookfield Wire Co in
Brookfield until 1965.
Mr. Kervick was an owner and director of the former Enterprise Brewing
Co. of Fall River. With his co-owner, Adolph F. Haffenraffer, they
liquidated the brewery and bought in 1965 the assets of Providence Steel
& Iron Co. Inc., a structural steel fabricator.
Mr. Kervick subsequently acquired H.E. Holbrook Drop Forge, Inc. of
Worcester in 1968. Alloys Research, Inc. of Bristol, N.H., an investment
casting company, was bought in 1981 and was merged into Kom TeK Inc.
Along with Bassett Printers of Springfield, a company owned by Mr.
Kervick's late father, all the companies were then merged into a holding
company, Kervick Enterprises, Inc. with 325 employees. Mr. Kervick
served as chairman.
He was President of the Kervick Family Foundation which established
scholarship funds at Babson College and the University of Rhode Island
for the benefit of the children of employees of Kervick Enterprises,
Inc. He was a member of Lehigh University's Asa Packer and Tower
Societies, reflecting substantial contributions to his alma mater. The
Kervick Family Foundation and Mr. Kervick were benefactors of many local
charities such as Children's Friend, Saint Paul Society of the Bishops
Fund, Memorial Hospital Cancer Center and its new Emergency Center,
Alexis de Tocqueville Society of the United Way, Worcester County
Mechanics Association, The Centrum and The Centrum Center,
Adopt-A-Student program of the Worcester Diocese, St. John's High
School, The Bancroft School, Notre Dame Academy, Christ the King Church
Building Fund, Mercy Centre and the Central Mass. Symphony Orchestra.
In 1996, Mr. Kervick and his son Robert were the Miles-Lincoln Honorees
of Children's Friend of which he served as an Honorary Director. He was
a member and past longtime Treasurer of the Worcester Club. He was a
member of both the Worcester Country Club and the Daufuskie Island Club
of South Carolina for over 25 years. Mr. Kervick served as a Director of
the University of Massachusetts Medical Center Foundation, Inc. from
1991 through 1998 and was presently serving as a Director of the UMass-Memorial
Foundation. He was a lifetime member of the American Society for Metals.
He was past President of the Structural Steel Fabricators of New
England, as well as past member of the Hudson Hoaglund Society, the Moss
Creek Club of Hilton Head, South Carolina, the Quequechan Club of Fall
River, and the Rhode Island Country Club of Barrington, R.I. He was a
member of the Economic Club of Worcester.
In lieu
of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Adopt-A-Student
Program, Diocese of Worcester, 49 Elm St., Worcester 01609 or Christ the
King Church.
http://www.worcesterdiocese.org/
Everyone who knew Paul; we think will agree, that his personal charm,
unfailing optimism, and his raucous sense of humor, made everyone
appreciate his extraordinary character. He will certainly be missed on
this earth, but will forever remain in our hearts and minds. Mr. Kervick
was a person whose life's ambition was to make whatever personal
sacrifices necessary to improve the lives of others.
Thank you for the love, the laughter and the smiles that will remain on
our faces forever.
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