John Guy ... longtime Seacoast Savings Bank president

DOVER - John T. Guy, 80, of Sierra Hill Drive, died at Watson Fields on Saturday, January 26, 2019. Born April 6, 1938, in Portsmouth, N.H.; the son of Dr. John T. and Sarah (Morgan) Guy.
A longtime resident of Dover, he worked as president of Seacoast Savings Bank, and then as an independent financial adviser.
John and Viki, his wife of 53 years, have lived in Dover since 1972. Here, he was deeply involved in the community, volunteering his time and expertise to a variety of causes. For 30 years, he sat on the board of trustees at the Southeastern New Hampshire Alcohol and Drug Abuse Services, including a term as Chairman in 1995. He also served on the board at My Friend's Place, as a Trustee at Berwick Academy (from which all four of his children graduated), was President of the Rotary Club, Director of the Dover Chamber of Commerce, Chairman of the New Hampshire Association of Savings Banks, and longtime Chairman of the Dover Housing Authority.
He was also a prominent figure in the Seacoast area's substance abuse recovery community, and over the course of 32 years of sobriety, he was a mentor to countless recovering alcoholics.
John was a devoted mariner and hiker, a tortured golfer, lover of ice cream cones, proud father and grandfather, and, over the decades, an increasingly active participant in Democratic politics. In 1996, he served as treasurer of Jeanne Shaheen's successful campaign to become New Hampshire's first female governor.
The son of a beloved local physician, John grew up in Eliot, Maine, attended Lawrence Academy on a full scholarship. He then went on to Dartmouth College, from which he graduated with a degree in Economics in 1960. He remained an active member of the class and a close friend to his classmates.
He began a career in finance with a brief stint in federal government in Washington, D.C., and then became Vice President of Amoskeag Bank, in Manchester. In 1972, at the age of 34, he became NH's youngest bank president when he was hired by Seacoast Savings Bank, in Dover, a position he relished for two decades.
John never really retired. He worked out every day, sailed boats from the Caribbean to the Canadian border, and continued to operate his independent financial advisory, Guy Financial Group, well into his 70s.
He is survived by his wife Virginia B. (Moss) Guy of Dover; children, Timothy D. Guy of Marblehead, Mass., Sarah G. Lord of Waterbury, Vt., Michael B. Guy of Brooklyn, N.Y., and J. Conor Guy of Germantown, N.Y.; six grandchildren; and his sisters, Sheila Roy of Salem, Mass., Sally McConnell of Marblehead, Mass., and Susan Morrison of Dover. He is predeceased by this brother, Kevin M. Guy, of Portsmouth.