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Chatham Woman's Club Home Page IN MEMORIUM Francesca Stone -- July 2009 She was very civic oriented and a volunteer for various organizations. She enjoyed reading, painting, and was a benefactor at Eldredge Public Library. She is survived by a son, Gerald McMillan of Marietta Ga.; grandchildren Gerald McMillan of Norwalk Conn., Christy Rady of Seminole, Fla., and Robert Stanley of Toronto Canada; and great-grandchildren, Stacie and Kendal. A Mass was celebrated in Holy Redeemer Church Chatham July 30. In lieu of flowers contributions may be made to St Vincent DePaul Society at Holy Redeemer Church, Highland Ave. Chatham Ma. 02633 or Children’s Cove P.O. Box 427 Superior Court House, Barnstable Ma. 02630. Margaret (Peg) Flynn--2009 In adulthood, Peg resided in Fairfield, N.J., and McLean, Va., prior to retiring to North Chatham in 2001. Peg spent her entire 38-year career in the telecommunications instry, starting with NYNEX and then Bell Atlantic, where she was vice president of public and operator services. She was responsible for all sales activities in the public segment and she played a key role in all industry forums related to interexchange topics. Following the merger of Bell Atlantic into Verizon, she was the vice president of sales for the wholesale markets organization, utilizing her in-depth knowledge of sales and account management activities across a wide spectrum of customer markets. Peg retired from Verizon in 2001. Not one to be content with throwing her feet up in retirement, Peg volunteered her talents and services to various community activities. She was a member of the Friends of the Eldredge Public Library, where she served as the chairwoman of its fundraising committee. She was a member of the Chatham Women's Club and, at the time of her untimely death, was president, of the club. She was an active member of the Chatham-Nauset Lions Club, serving two terms as first vice president and was to become president on July 1, 2009, had she lived. Peg was also active in the Big Brother/Big Sister program of Cape Cod and was Big Sister to Alana. She also was a member of the New Comers Club and Conch, the Monomoy Yacht Club, and the Lighthouse Investment Club, where she was chairwoman of the stock selection committee. Peg was also a member of the Saint Christopher's Episcopal Church of Chatham, serving as an usher and member of its fellowship committee. Besides her husband, Peg is survived by a sister, Debby, and her husband Kevin J. Leto, of New Winsor, N.Y.; a sister-in-law, Joyce Bradley, whose husband and brother of Peg, Bill Bradley, predeceased Peg, of Bellville, N.J.; a stepdaughter, Meghan Flynn Girsch, and her husband Richard, of Stamford, Conn.; two stepsons, Brian Flynn Jr. of Caldwell, N.J., and Brendan Flynn and his wife Jackie of Chicago, Ill.; a nephew, Kevin B. Leto and Brenda; two nieces, Kerri Leto and Kelly Leto of New Winsor, N.Y.; five grandchildren, Tyler and Connor Flynn, Riley and Harrison Flynn and Madeline Flynn; three grandnephews, Kevin W. Leto, Loghan Leto and Daniel; and her loving and loyal German shepherd, Fritz. Peg will be remembered as a loving and caring wife, stepmother, sister, sister-in-law, grandmother, aunt and grandaunt. Her indomitable spirit, wit, charm, intelligence and leadership will be sorely missed by her family and all who knew her. A memorial service will be conducted by St. Christopher's Episcopal Church at 11 a.m. Friday, April 17, 2009, at the First United Methodist Church, 16 Cross St., Chatham, Mass., with a reception to immediately follow in the hall of St. Christopher's Church, 625 Main St., Chatham. In remembrance of Peg, donations may be made to the Chatham-Nauset Lions Club, P.O. Box 1241, Orleans, MA 02653; or to the Eldredge Public Library, 564 Main St., Chatham, MA 02633; and/or simply perform a random act of kindness. Janet Arnold Betz Herbert - 2008 Elsie Barrows Woolaver - 2008 Jane Alcott Hurlburt Wade - 2008 Jane’s ancestral ties to Chatham go back at least as far as her great-grandfather, sea captain Benejah Crowell. She became a summer resident in 1952 before retiring and moving to Chatham fulltime in 1990. Her professional life was devoted to educating children with special needs. She taught and cared for children in the Waterbury Educational Treatment Center of the United Cerebral Palsy from 1958 to 1967. After earning her bachelor’s degree part time from the University of Southern Connecticut in 1967 (master’s degree, 1972), she spent the next 22 years in the Watertown school system teaching children with learning disabilities. She was a member of the Special Education Association of Connecticut and the Association for Children with Learning Disabilities. In Waterbury, Mrs. Wade served in various official capacities in her local PTA, Cub and Girl Scouts, and Community Club for 35 years. After moving to Chatham, she was an active member of the council on aging, serving as chairman of the board and as vice president of the Friends of the COA. She joined the zoning board of appeals in 1992, where she served as chairman. She also worked on the advisory board of the Cape and Islands COPD support Group, and is a former director of the Chatham Women’s Club, where she received the Friendship Cup in 2006. Her other affiliations include the Chatham Republican Town Committee, Chatham First Night Committee, The Art of Charity, Friends of the Monomoy Theatre, Chatham Music Club and the Chatham Historical Society. She was a member of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Waterbury for 55 years, where she served two terms on the Vestry. At St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church in Chatham, she served on the Vestry, was co-chair of the Pastoral Concerns Group, and was a frequent lay reader and lay communicant. Along with her four sons, Jane is survived by five grandchildren, Emily Wade, Andrew Wade, Ashley Wade, Christopher Wade and Molly Wade; a daughters-in-law, Dale Michaels Wade, Kathy Calvert Wade, and Beth Hardy Wade; a son-in-law, Richard Costello; and her beloved Cairn terrier, Archie. Services will be held at St. Christopher’s Church on Saturday, May 24 at 11 a.m. Donations in her memory be made to St. Christopher’s. Iris Sams Usowski - 2008 She attended the University of Montana and studied journalism. She went on to work in Washington, D.C., for a Montana senator. Iris later worked for Eugene Riotte, whom she married in 1947, and had three children. She was a lifelong bridge player, was passionate about learning and music, and loved to dance. She leaves her husband, Andrew J. Usowski; her son, Ray Riotte of Nevada; and her daughters, Carol Cvercko of Connecticut and Anita Heslin of Missouri. In addition, she leaves five grandchildren, Deborah Orosz, Sharon Turcotte, Jeremy Heslin, Michael Heslin, and Jane Heslin. She also leaves seven great-grandchildren. A memorial service will be held on Wednesday, April 2, at 10 a.m., at the Pilgrim Church in Harwich Port. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her memory to the Pilgrim Church Memorial Garden Fund . Published in the Cape Cod Times on 3/30/2008. Clara Leonore Wichmann - 2008 After she retired, she moved back to the family home in White Plains and then to Chatham, after being a longtime summer resident. She traveled extensively with her sister, who was with the YMCA International Committee, widely visiting people in YMCAs in many countries. She was a member of the Chatham Women's Club, the Chatham Garden Club, the Dorcas Nickerson Questers and the First Congregational Church of Chatham. She was also a past member of the Chatham Planning Board. A funeral service will be held in the First Congregational
Church, Main St., Chatham, on Thursday, Feb. 21, at 1 p.m. Burial will
be held in Ferncliff Cemetery, Hartsdale, N.Y. In lieu of flowers, contributions
may be made to the First Congregational Church, Main St., Chatham, MA
02633, or to the Animal Rescue League of Boston, Main St., Brewster, MA
02631. Mary Smolens - MEMORIES OF MARY by Barbara Sifflard
- 2007 She met every goal in her life with steadfast determination and infinite courage. Moving to the Cape as a widow would be insurmountable for many people! From her cozy home base in Harwich, Mary plunged right in and joined the Newcomers Club (which was composed of mostly couples). In no time at all, she was elected President Not surprising to anyone who knew Mary! Her wide range of interests (especially bridge), her sparkling wit and her incredible hospitality endeared her to everyone she met. She could whip up a dinner for 12 people, throw a bridge party with four tables or hostess a large cocktail party. Her little house expanded to hold whatever amount of people she wanted. An invitation to Mary's was always a treat! As President she supervised a successful raffle, with tickets sold over the summer months. Another fundraiser involved selling sweatshirts decorated with a sketch (done by a club member) of the Mitchell River Bridge. She worked hard on the idea of the Chatham Woman's Club donating special signage on the history of the "Break" to be erected at the Chatham Light Overlook. That project continued under other Presidents but always seemed to be stymied by the town. To this day, there is no sign on that site! Mary loved literature, and one of her proudest moments as President was when author William Martin came and spoke at a meeting. She also loved introducing her son, John, a successful best-selling author and English professor at the University of Michigan. Her health brought problems over the years, but Mary handled it all with a smile. When she made the decision to move to Oregon to be near her daughter and grandchildren, she treated it as another of life's great adventures. Her farewell party, held at a tearoom in Brewster, was attended by 50 women and was a wonderful, upbeat affair. She told of how she had driven all around Chatham for one last time and then set her sights west! How fitting it was that after her memorial service here in Chatham, her children donated $500.00 in her name to the Chatham Woman's Club. This legacy will assure that the memory of an extraordinary woman will live on. Tina Durham - 2007 Tina Durham was born in Lemberg, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Lviv, Ukraine). Her father, William Gegner, was a first violinist at the NBC Symphony Orchestra under Arturo Toscanini and her mother, Raya Selvinskaya Gegner, was an actress and poet. Her mother's brother, Ilya Selvinsky, was a revered Russian poet. Her early childhood in Russia was difficult due to the Russian Revolution. Her Father, an officer in the Czar's army fought in the Revolution against the Bolsheviks- when the Bolsheviks won, Tina and her family were evacuated to Turkey from Crimea by British forces. After the Sultan of Turkey fell from power in another revolution, Tina and her family came to New York in 1923 where she attended Haran High School and became an American citizen. She married Harry A. Grunewald in 1932 and had two children, Donald Grunewald of Wilton, CT and Chatham, MA, a former president of Mercy College Dobbs Ferry, New York and currently a professor at lona College in New Rochelle, New York, and Lawrence C. Durham, who worked as an independent architectural designer of homes until his death about 15 years ago. She is survived by her son, Donald, her daughter in law, Barbara S. Frees, and by two grandchildren, Donald F. Grunewald, a graduate law student at the University of Pennsylvania who graduated from Haverford College and Oxford University and a granddaughter, Susan Christina Grunewald, who is a senior at St Luke's School in New Canaan, Connecticut and by her favorite niece, Nina M. Frankenheim and Nina's spouse, Samuel, and by their two children, Robert and John Frankenheim and by her brother, Lionel Gegner. Two sisters, Inna Mennerich, and Theresa Gegner, pre-deceased her. In 1946, Tina married Richard I. Durham and lived in New Rochelle and later in Scarsdale, New York. After Richard's death in 1961 she started a career as a real estate broker in Westchester County and later relocated to her summer home in Chatham, Massachusetts where she operated Sage East Real Estate until she retired several years ago. In Chatham, she built a new house on Shore Road opposite the Chatham Bars Inn, designed by Lawrence Durham which was striking in its architecture. She later sold this house to the Chatham Bars Inn and has resided near White's Pond in Chatham in recent years. Tina was active in women's golf as a member of the Eastward Ho Country Club and sang in the Holy Redeemer Church Choir for many years. She spent her winters in Key Biscayne, Florida. She loved her garden and loved entertaining her family and friends. She will be buried in Seaside Cemetery in Chatham next to her son, Lawrence and her sister, Theresa Gegner. Please omit flowers. Donations may be made in her memory to the Visiting Nurse Association of Cape Cod or to the American Cancer Society. A Funeral Mass will be held at Holy Redeemer Church in Chatham on Saturday May 5, 2007 at 11 AM. Marcella M. (Stevens) Daniels - 2007 The ''old Cape" meant much to Marcy. Devoted to preserving the Chatham she loved and adopted as her own, Marcella was elected to and served on the Chatham Planning and Appeals Boards for many years. A committed citizen, she was a frequent advocate of her views at hearings and town meetings, always with an opinion and rarely hesitant to express it. Mrs. Daniels was a longtime member and past president of the Chatham Women's Club and a supporter of the South Chatham Village Hall. She taught cribbage at the Chatham Council on Aging. On at least two occasions, she was also a candidate for town selectman. In the early 1960s, the Daniels, seasoned beach walkers, collected enough flotsam to supply and operate a driftwood shop in South Chatham, called the Beachcomber Retreat. Mrs. Daniels is survived by her foster daughter Janet Eldridge Brennan and her husband, William ''Bill" Brennan, of West Chatham, and their children, Peter Brennan of Coppell, Texas, and Pamela (Brennan) Bowden of West Chatham; and three grandchildren, Emily Brennan, Sarah Brennan and Emma Bowden. Many cousins in the Perry family survive in the Framingham/Natick area. Surviving on Cape Cod are several children and grandchildren of Marcella's sister, Dorothea ''Nina" Norgeot, who predeceased Mrs. Daniels in 2000. They include Peter S. Norgeot, Albert J. ''Skip" Norgeot and Marc Norgeot, all of Orleans; and a nephew, William Daniels, now or formerly of Chatham. Also predeceasing their sister were Herbert Stevens of St. Regis Falls, N.Y., and Walter Stevens of Lebec, Calif. Mrs. Daniels leaves many friends and caregivers from the Trinity Lutheran Church in Brewster and from the many agencies and health care services she has been associated with in recent years. A Mass in Marcella's name will be offered at the Holy Redeemer Church, Highland Avenue, Chatham, on Thursday, June 14, 2007, at 11 a.m. A reception will immediately follow. Interment will be private. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Chatham Rescue Squad, c/o Fire Department Association, Depot Street, Chatham, MA 02633; or to the Chatham Council On Aging, Stony Hill Road, Chatham, MA 02633. |
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