Willard Cutler Salter, 85, died on Feb. 26 in Duxbury.  He was born in Glen Ridge, N.J., and educated at the Taft School and Bowdoin College.

He served in India as an American Field Service Volunteer during World War II.  He began his business career as a market researcher and promotional writer, later turning to sales.  He transferred to Time Magazine in 1964, where he worked in a number of positions in New York City, Connecticut and Boston.  He retired in 1981 and moved with his family to Orleans.

Mr. Salter was active in community affairs, serving on three Church vestries, running several Heart and Cancer drives, and volunteering with the Cape Cod Community Hospital, the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History, the Orleans Rescue Squad, the Friends of Snow Library, the Orleans Zoning Board of Appeals, the Orleans Affordable Housing Committee and the Bylaws Revision Committee.  He served two terms as Commodore of Namequoit Sailing Association.  In 1986 he was elected as a Selectman in Orleans.

Mr. Salter took up the game of bridge seriously in 1988 and became a Four Star teacher, a Master teacher, and a member of the American Bridge Teacher’s Association board of directors and a tournament director.

In 2003, Mr. Salter and his wife moved to the Village of Duxbury, where he continued his involvement with community activities and bridge.  He leaves his wife of 61 years, Mary Hook Salter; their five children, William H. Salter, of France, Robert S. Salter, of Reading, Richard C. Salter, of Geneva, N.Y., Suzanne Krautmann, of Keene, N.H., and Mary Jean Rest of Duxbury; 11 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.  A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. on Sunday, March 15 at St. John the Evangelist Episcopal Church in Duxbury.  In lieu of flowers, do something unexpected and nice for someone else this week.