Peter H. Tolman

Peter Hobart Tolman, 90, of Cohasset, passed away on February 2, 2016. He was born in Ossining, New York and grew up in Hingham, and later lived in Milton, NH, Scituate and for many years in Cohasset. Peter proudly shared stories of his service as a Staff Sergeant in World War II, stationed in Belgium.  Upon returning to Hingham after the war, Peter attended Worcester Polytechnical Institute, M.I.T., and Northeastern University. His mechanical aptitude led him to a lifelong career as a skilled Master Electrician where he worked for Towle Electric in Cohasset and Atlantic Electric in Boston. He also taught at South Shore Vo-Tech and New Hampshire Vocational Technical College.  Peter was never one to sit idly and worked into his 80’s providing skilled maintenance services for the South Shore Community Center in Cohasset. Maintaining the bowling alley at the Community Center was a job Peter loved.

Peter felt blessed to have spent 60 years of his life married to his best friend, Connie. They shared a busy and rich life together as they took their family of five exploring and camping all over New England, spent every Friday at the Boston Pops, traveled to Jamaica, Puerto Rico, and Scotland, and generally enjoyed all that life had to offer, together. Peter and Connie attended Fourth of July festivities in Hingham, together, every year for over 50 years. He enjoyed the company of many over the years and truly appreciated the friends he spent time with during his luncheons at the Cohasset Senior Center. Peter was also an active philanthropist who gave generously to causes he believed in. 

He was the beloved husband of the late Constance “Connie” (Bigelow) Tolman,  and survived by Dave Smith and his wife Beth of Arkansas, Connie (Smith) Hodo of South Carolina, Doug Tolman and his wife Susan of Scituate, Celia “Cici” Franklin of Colorado, and Stuart Tolman and his wife Aileen of Idaho. He was the grandfather of Laura, Carolyn, Scott, Sarah, Amy, Corey, Keaton, Jhovi, David and Julianne and the great grandfather of Ava. He is also remembered by many dear friends, especially Sally Spear of Scituate who was a devoted friend to Peter these past few years.

A Memorial Service will take place at a later date.

Donations in memory of Peter may be made to Norwell Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice, 120 Longwater Drive, Norwell, MA 02061, or to MSPCA, 350 South Huntington Ave., Jamaica Plain, MA 02130.