William Vaughan Hovey of Duxbury, died at home on Tuesday, July 26.

He was born on Sept. 27, 1930, in Boston at the Massachusetts Osteopathic Hospital with which his grandfather Frank Mendel Vaughan was affiliated.  Mr. Hovey graduated from Dartmouth College in 1952, served in the Navy aboard the destroyer U.S.S. Stribling (DD867) from 1952 to 1955, leaving the ship as Gunnery Officer and graduated from Boston University Law School in 1958.  His professional associations included the Real Estate Bar Association of Massachusetts (formerly the Massachusetts Conveyancers Association) serving as President, Legislation Committee Chairman, Title Standards Committee Chairman, Executive Committee member and receiving the Richard B. Johnson Award for distinguished service in 1993; Boston Bar Association and the Abstract Club.  He was author of the monthly Avuncular Advisor articles in the Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, and of “The Best of the Avuncular Advisor.”  Mr. Hovey was a member of the Duxbury Yacht Club and Duxbury Pilgrim Church.

He was the son of Norman Hovey and Josephine Vaughan.  He leaves his wife, Beverly Joyce Breed; his children, Susan H. Dickow of Lakeville, Cynthia H. Ferreri of Plymouth, William Breed Hovey of Foxborough, Thomas Wentworth Hovey of Plymouth, and Timothy Vaughan Hovey of Duxbury; and 18 grandchildren.

Memorial Services will be held at the Pilgrim Church of Duxbury, 404 Washington St. on Saturday, Aug. 6 at 1 p.m.

In lieu of flowers, contributions in his memory may be made to the Pilgrim Church of Duxbury, P.O. Box 186, Duxbury, MA 02331 or to Cranberry Hospice, 36 Cordage Park Circle, Suite 326, Plymouth, MA 02360.