Springer, Maxwell E.

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• Other Info or Events: 21 Oct 1913; son of Elzie Spring (born abt 1886) and Mabel (born abt 1888)
• 1920 Census: 1920, Boone, Crawford, Missouri, USA
• Obituary: Aft 11 Oct 2009
• Obituary: 16 Oct 2009

Notes:

Family History Researcher:
Sent: Fri, Oct 16, 2009 6:09 pm
Subject: Max Springer
Hi Mom and Dad,
I have been meaning to call. Last week Kent's father suffered a massive stroke. He was responsive to voices and other stimulation for a couple of days during the week, but was unresponsive much of the time. Kent went down last weekend to spend time there, since Max was not expected to live long. Max had requested no IV fluids, no feed tube, etc. but was very comfortable. He died on Sunday morning while Kent and Jean were in the room-- great timing! Kent came home Sunday night. We are leaving tomorrow AM to be there this weekend for the memorial service on Sunday. I think Max had a great life-- lived to 95, was very healthy except for occasional surgeries for bladder cancer and had survived stomach cancer treatment. As you know, he competed this year in Master's track events and even set some more world records in his age category. I know this will be hard for Jean, but we are glad that she is also very healthy and active.
Perhaps I will have a chance to call sometime this weekend. Looking forward to talking with you both.All my love,carrie
Carrie Wilpolt, Lic.Ac, Dipl.OM (NCCAOM)
Nashoba Acupuncture --and Traditional Herbal Medicine
Offices in Westford, MA
978-888-7100
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Here are some of Max Springers races from age 84 thru 92 (partial listing)
ntbl Event Name & Course State Date Bib Plc A Plc G Plc O Final ntbl
Vmc 5K TN 8/13/2005 - 1 152 252 41:08:00ntbl
Tennessee Sports Medicine Expo 5K - Run # 5K TN 5/28/2005 - 1 158 277 40:03:00ntbl
New Year'S Day 5K 2005 TN 1/01/2005 - 1 221 366 41:34:00ntbl
New Year'S Day 5K 2004 TN 1/01/2004 - 1 269 437 42:02:00ntbl
9Th Annual Gazebo Run 5K TN 8/30/2003 - 1 87 124 40:07:00ntbl
Fireball Moonlite Classic 5K TN 7/03/2003 - 1 554 826 40:17:00ntbl
Tennessee Sports Medicine Expo 5K - Run # 5K TN 5/24/2003 - 1 231 372 39:29:00ntbl
New Year'S Day 5K TN 1/01/2003 - 1 207 319 38:16:00ntbl
Gazebo Run - 8Th Annual 5K TN 8/31/2002 - 1 87 133 40:12:00ntbl
18Th Annual Fireball Moonlite Classic 5K TN 7/03/2002 - 1 496 719 39:10:00ntbl Tennessee Sports Medicine Expo 5K - Run - 5K TN 5/25/2002 - 1 227 361 36:51:00ntbl The Millennium 5K TN 1/01/2002 - 1 228 354 39:23:00ntbl
Boomsday 5K TN 9/01/2001 - 1 137 209 37:21:00ntbl
Annual Gazebo 5K Run TN 8/18/2001 - 1 103 156 39:59:00ntbl
Vmc 5K Run TN 8/11/2001 - 1 193 307 36:31:00ntbl
17Th Annual Fireball Moonlite Classic 5K TN 7/03/2001 - 1 626 939 38:46:00ntbl
17Th Annual Dogwood 5K TN 4/21/2001 - 1 334 560 37:04:00ntbl
Love Your Libraries 5K TN 3/03/2001 - 2 79 132 35:19:00ntbl
Fireball Classic 5-K TN 7/03/2000 - 1 587 890 36:26:00ntbl
Bobcat 5K 2000 TN 6/17/2000 - 1 81 111 33:51:00ntbl
Expo 5K - Run - 5K TN 5/27/2000 - 1 288 456 35:11:00ntbl
Greenways 5K TN 4/01/2000 - 1 89 140 34:36:00ntbl
Mardi Gras 5K TN 3/04/2000 - 1 160 244 34:46:00ntbl
Run For The Pumpkins 8K TN 10/31/1999 - 1 195 295 56:34:00ntbl
Annual Waterfront Run 5K TN 9/04/1999 - 1 284 403 32:25:00ntbl
Annual Gazebo 5K Run TN 8/21/1999 - 1 97 130 33:40:00ntbl
Race For Rights 5K TN 7/17/1999 - 1 45 59 33:52:00ntbl
Fireball Classic 5-K TN 7/03/1999 - 1 498 709 33:08:00ntbl
Expo 5K - Run - 5K TN 5/29/1999 - 1 241 369 33:05:00ntbl
15Th Annual Dogwood 5-K TN 4/24/1999 - 1 325 494 29:39:00ntbl
Autumnfest 8K TN 11/26/1998 - 1 335 521 56:53:00ntbl
Run For The Pumpkins 8K TN 10/25/1998 - 1 227 319 56:27:00ntbl
First Annual Vmc 5K Run TN 8/08/1998 - 1 148 209 32:47:00ntbl
Fireball Classic 5-K TN 7/04/1998 - 1 494 711 32:52:00ntbl
Expo 10K - Run :: 5k TN 5/23/1998 - 1 207 364 32:40:00ntbl
Thirteenth Annual Autumnfest 8K TN 11/27/1997 - 1 319 450 1:08:51ntbl
Run For The Pumpkins 8K TN 10/26/1997 - 1 190 260 53:35:00ntbl ntbl
Additional Results Matching "Max Springer"ntbl We match an Athlete's Results based on Age, Gender, and Home State. If results fall outside of your account, they may be listed below and can be claimed during signup so that you can build YOUR complete race history!ntbl
Max Springer (M-95) - Californiantbl
National Senior Games 800M Track Event 2009ntbl Fri, Aug 07, 2009 - Palo Alto, Californiantbl
Max Springer (M-95) - Mainentbl
Usa Masters Outdoor Track And Field Championshipsntbl Thu, Aug 02, 2007 - Orono, Mainentbl
Usa Masters Outdoor Track And Field Championshipsntbl Thu, Aug 02, 2007 - Orono, Mainentbl
Usa Masters Outdoor Track And Field Championshipsntbl Thu, Aug 02, 2007 - Orono, Mainentbl
Max Springer (M-94) - Nevadantbl
Celebrate Education 8Kntbl Sun, Jan 04, 2004 - Henderson, Nevadantbl
Max Springer (M-95) - Oregonntbl
Usa Masters Outdoor T&F Championships 2003ntbl Thu, Aug 07, 2003 - Eugene, Oregonntbl
Usa Masters Outdoor T&F Championships 2003ntbl Thu, Aug 07, 2003 - Eugene, Oregonntbl
Usa Masters Outdoor T&F Championships 2003ntbl Thu, Aug 07, 2003 - Eugene, Oregonntbl
Usa Masters Outdoor T&F Championships 2003ntbl Thu, Aug 07, 2003 - Eugene, Oregonntbl Max Springer (U-95) - Knoxville, Tennesseentbl
Twentyfourth Annual News-Sentinel Expontbl Fri, May 25, 2001 - Knoxville, Tennessee

1920 Census:
Elzie M Springer 34
Mabel C Springer 32
Maxwell E Springer 6
Maurice C Springer 4 4/12

Obituary:
Maxwell Springer dies at 95; Hall of Famer and world champ
By Ken Stone on October 14, 2009 10:02 AM | 17 Comments
Maxwell Springer, who competed as recently as August, suffered a fatal stroke on Sunday, October 11, I've been informed. He was 10 days short of 96. This is a great loss to our tribe. Former WMA Vice President Rex Harvey, who shared the sad news, wrote: "He was a fine man and conducted himself with real dignity and class." Max, one of three M95s competing at Oshkosh nationals, was elected to the USATF Masters Hall of Fame in 2006. At the National Senior Olympics in Palo Alto, he won the 100, 200, 400, 800 and long jump. And his local paper reported the admiration of his running rival, Frank Levine, who said after the Oshkosh 400: "I have to bow to a better man. He's six months older than I am, so he deserves a lot of credit."
Max Springer chugged around the track at Oshkosh masters nationals in July.
Max at Gateshead
He also piled up records and friends at world and national championships, often competing for the Knoxville Track Club.
At 2005 San Sebastian worlds, he was the M90 gold medalist in the 800, 1500, long jump and triple jump. (He set many records in long sprints and the 800 and still holds the listed M90 WR for the indoor long jump.)
Club member and Olympic Trials official Stanley Underwood says Max's funeral service will be held Sunday, October 18, at Second Presbyterian Church in Knoxville, Tennessee. Stanley says an obituary is forthcoming. (I'll share the link when I see it.)
I first met Max at Gateshead worlds in 1999 and chatted with him again at Oshkosh. He had survived serious illness and surgery, and I'm sure he wouldn't have lived this long without masters track. He was a quiet, classy gentleman.
Our sincerest condolences to his family.
Max led Frank Levine after 100 meters of the M95 400-meter dash at Oshkosh.
Update: Max's death notice was published in the Knoxville News Sentinel on October 16, 2009:
SPRINGER, DR. MAXWELL ELSWORTH - age 95, died Sunday, October 11. He was preceded in death by his parents, Elzie and Mabel Springer, and by his brother Maurice. He is survived by his wife of 55 years Jean; sons Steve (Lurilee), Kent (Carrie), and Scott (Barbara); granddaughters Alison and Audrey; and nieces Sheila Gephardt and Sherry High. Max was born October 21, 1913 and grew up on a Missouri farm.
He received AB and AM degrees from the University of Missouri and a PhD in soils from the University of California, Berkeley. Max was on the Missouri faculty before coming to UT, where he was a dedicated teacher and adviser from 1957-1979. Max contributed to soil surveys throughout Missouri and Tennessee, was co-author of "Tennessee Soils", and was a Fulbright professor at the University of Ghent, Belgium.
He was a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and member of Soil Science Society of America, Sigma Xi, and Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity. Max served as a US Army hospital administrator in Europe during World War II. He was captain at time of discharge and was awarded the Bronze Star.
In 1946-1947 he was a civilian soil scientist in occupied Japan. Max was a member of Second Presbyterian Church, where he had served as deacon and grounds committee member and continued to plant and prune until his death.
His hobbies included gardening, fishing, photography, travel, and watching UT sports. In 1978 Max started running. Over the next 30 years he competed in local road races, National Senior Games, and USA Track & Field and world Masters championships. He set two age group American records this summer.
Max received a lifetime achievement award from the Knoxville Track Club and was elected to the Greater Knoxville Sports Hall of Fame and USATF Masters Hall of Fame. Rev. Bryan Wilson will lead a memorial service at Second Presbyterian Church, 2829 Kingston Pike, at 2 pm Sunday, October 18.
The family will receive friends at a reception afterwards. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be given to Second Presbyterian Church or to the "Maxwell E. and Jean H. Springer endowment fund" for graduate students in soils, Office of Development, 2621 Morgan Circle, Knoxville, TN 37996.

Obituary:
SPRINGER, DR. MAXWELL ELSWORTH - age 95, died Sunday, October 11. He was preceded in death by his parents, Elzie and Mabel Springer, and by his brother Maurice. He is survived by his wife of 55 years Jean; sons Steve (Lurilee), Kent (Carrie), and Scott (Barbara); granddaughters Alison and Audrey; and nieces Sheila Gephardt and Sherry High. Max was born October 21, 1913 and grew up on a Missouri farm.
He received AB and AM degrees from the University of Missouri and a PhD in soils from the University of California, Berkeley. Max was on the Missouri faculty before coming to UT, where he was a dedicated teacher and adviser from 1957-1979. Max contributed to soil surveys throughout Missouri and Tennessee, was co-author of "Tennessee Soils", and was a Fulbright professor at the University of Ghent, Belgium.
He was a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and member of Soil Science Society of America, Sigma Xi, and Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity. Max served as a US Army hospital administrator in Europe during World War II. He was captain at time of discharge and was awarded the Bronze Star.
In 1946-1947 he was a civilian soil scientist in occupied Japan. Max was a member of Second Presbyterian Church, where he had served as deacon and grounds committee member and continued to plant and prune until his death.
His hobbies included gardening, fishing, photography, travel, and watching UT sports. In 1978 Max started running. Over the next 30 years he competed in local road races, National Senior Games, and USA Track & Field and world Masters championships. He set two age group American records this summer.
Max received a lifetime achievement award from the Knoxville Track Club and was elected to the Greater Knoxville Sports Hall of Fame and USATF Masters Hall of Fame. Rev. Bryan Wilson will lead a memorial service at Second Presbyterian Church, 2829 Kingston Pike, at 2 pm Sunday, October 18.
The family will receive friends at a reception afterwards. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be given to Second Presbyterian Church or to the "Maxwell E. and Jean H. Springer endowment fund" for graduate students in soils, Office of Development, 2621 Morgan Circle, Knoxville, TN 37996.

Maxwell married Huston, Jean H. 22 Dec 1953. Jean was born 26 Mar 1924; died 28 Jan 2015. [Group Sheet]

Steve — Unknown, Lurilee. [Group Sheet]

Kent married Wilpolt, Carrie Ann (daughter of Wilpolt, Glenn John and Schuster, Teresa Claire) [Group Sheet]

Scott married Unknown, Barbara [Group Sheet]