William H.Harding Sr., 89 FALMOUTH - William H. Harding Sr., 89, of Falmouth Foreside died peacefully at his home on Aug. 19, 2005.He was born Oct. 18, 1915 in Merion, Pa., to Helen Bulmer and Edward E. Harding. He graduated from Phillips Andover Academy in 1934 and Yale University in 1938. Bill was an All-Time pole vaulting champion between 1936 and 1938 and qualified for the Olympic team. He then went on to receive his Master's Degree at Harvard University. Following his education and marriage, Bill joined the banking industry in New York City. Afterward, he went to the Boeing Aeronautical School and worked for the Henry J. Kaiser Corporation in California. He served in the Merchant Marines until November of 1945. After the war, he returned to the East Coast to teach historyas a member of the Phillips Andover faculty. He joined the Pike School, Andover, Mass., as Headmaster in 1956. During his tenure, Bill directed the purchase and construction of the current campus. He remained as Head of School until his retirement. After retirement, he was the FBO at Worcester Airport and Interim Director at the Worcester Historical Museum. He continued to pursue his other activities including flying, tennis, skiing, and biking -- putting 4000 miles on his bicycle in the US and Europe.In 1986, Bill moved to Falmouth where he married his second wife, Alice Leonard. Bill was on the Vestry of St. Mary's Episcopal Church and was one of the founders of the Bowdoin Crew Team. He was an accomplished clarinet player with the Casco Bay Concert Band.As a husband and father, he will be sadly missed by his loving wife, Alice; and children, Margot (Harding) Comer and husband, Gale of Lincoln, Calif., Virginia (Harding) Peck and her husband Malcolm of Jefferson; Robert Jablonski of Falmouth, Jeffrey Harding and his wife Mary of London, England, and Kristine Tomlinson, of Littleton, Mass.; and several grandchildren, nieces and nephews. He also leaves behind a brother, Edward E. Harding III, of Stuarts Draft, Va., and a sister, Isabel (Harding) Brown of Staunton, Va.Mr. Harding was predeceased by his first wife, Barbara May (Stursberg) Harding; and a son, William H. Harding Jr.In lieu of flowers, charitable gifts may be made in his memory to:Hospice of Southern Maine 901 Washington Ave. Portland, Maine 04103 or St. Mary's Church of Falmouth A service will be held on Aug. 31st at 11 a.m. at St. Mary's Church, Falmouth. William H.Harding Sr.