Jack E. Hunter, CPA

Jack E. Hunter Jr., 71, a certified public accountant who served on several Philadelphia tax-reform committees, died of emphysema at his Center City home on Aug. 13.

After graduating from Haddonfield Memorial High School in 1954, Mr. Hunter joined the Marines for a two-year hitch and played saxophone in a Marine band.

After being discharged, he earned a bachelor's degree in accounting in 1960 from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He had married Mary Anne Knight in 1958, and the couple restored a home in Center City where they raised two children.

Mr. Hunter worked for several accounting firms and had his own practice until joining Howe, Keller & Hunter. He retired in 2006.

An expert on state and local taxes, he was the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants' representative on the Advisory Committee of the Philadelphia Tax Reform Commission and a member of the Mayor's Select Committee for Tax Reform.

Mr. Hunter was active in Quaker activities and helped restore the 300-year-old Fairhill Burial Ground in North Philadelphia.

Mr. Hunter was a founder of Greene Towne School, a Montessori school on Arch Street, and alternative programs within the public school system.

In addition to his wife, Mr. Hunter is survived by a son, Ross; a daughter, Anne; three grandchildren; and two sisters.

A memorial Meeting for Worship will be at 2:30 p.m. Sept. 8 at Central Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, 1515 Cherry St. Burial was private.

Donations may be made to Friends Select School, 17th Street and the Parkway, Philadelphia 19103.