With heartfelt grief, we announce the passing of Elizabeth Anne Stevens Winship on May 24, 2024, at the age of 94.

Elizabeth was born October 20, 1929 in Worcester, MA to John Howard and Annie Betsy Cameron Stevens. She grew up in North Brookfield, MA where she witnessed a bank robbery among other adventures.

She attended Bryn Mawr and then Stanford University where she met the love of her life, Emory Winship V. They married on August 12, 1950, in North Brookfield. She and Emory returned to the San Francisco Bay Area and welcomed their first three children: Tannis Anne, Emory Stevens, and John Duncan Cameron. After an appropriate introduction to South Georgia by being left waiting, sweltering, at the train station, she and Emory settled on St Simons Island where they produced their final child, Douglas Alexander Beauregard.

Having largely raised her children, she resumed her educational career, earned a Master’s in Library Science from Georgia Southern University, and pursued a career in education. Her educational pursuits were emblematic of her lifelong thirst for intellectual enrichment, both of herself and of anyone she encountered. She had a special love for a good book, the Wall Street Journal, and a good bourbon… and a special loathing of aircraft. She would have enjoyed correcting any minor errors in this announcement.

In her final decades, she enjoyed looking over the marshes on Amelia Island, FL and escaping the heat by spending time in Stratham, NH.

She is preceded in death by her husband Emory (1994) and outlived her brothers (John and Duncan), their wives (Betty and Victoria), and two daughters-in-law (Gloria and Vicky). To her amazement there are still people on the planet that survived her and will miss her: her children Tannis Parker (William W), Emory Winship (Johanna), Cameron (Julie), and Douglas (Margaret); eleven grand children; and eleven great grandchildren and counting.

The funeral will be a private service at a later date. In lieu of flowers, please direct donations to either the Brunswick-Glynn County Library or the Nassau County Public Library System.

Caroline Gavin Arnold, 95, died peacefully on April 1, 2025 at the Linda Manor Skilled Nursing Facility in Leeds, Massachusetts. We have lost our wonderful mother, grandmother, great grandmother, aunt, and friend.

Caroline was born to Helen and Phillip Gavin in 1930 and raised with her three older sisters Phyllis (“Bunny”) ’37, Sarah (“Sally”) ’39, and Mary ’44 in Norton, Massachusetts. She received her education at Northampton School for Girls, founded by her Aunt Sarah Whitaker, and Sophie Newcombe College of Tulane University which she left to marry Richard D. Pickett and start a family. She was proud to finish her college education at the University of Massachusetts Amherst where she graduated with a degree in Anthropology at the age of 37. At UMASS, she also worked as an assistant to the Dean of Foreign Students and attended graduate level seminars. Passionate about native plants, she received a Certificate in Native Plant Studies from The New England Wildflower Society at Garden in the Woods, Framingham, MA in 1998.

Caroline and her first husband settled in Leeds with their three children. In 1958 they moved to a home on Puffer’s Pond in Amherst which became her oasis. She was always the first person to take a swim in the early spring and the last in the late fall. She skated there in the winter and traversed the local trails on foot and cross-country skis.

Caroline divorced in 1966 and remarried Dr. Gordon Arnold and became stepmother to his five children. Through the UMASS Anthropology Department they formed a wide and eclectic circle of lifelong friends. Caroline and Gordon enjoyed adventures together such as alpine skiing in Europe, stints in Grenada and Thailand where Gordon volunteered his surgical skills and many foreign trips with their friends including to Central America, Europe, and Morocco.

Throughout her life, Caroline maintained a keen curiosity and a thirst for learning. She could pretty much do anything she set her mind to and would tackle any project-whether it be butchering a deer or restoring antique furniture and gilded picture frames. Among her other varied skills, she was a talented watercolor artist, expert gardener, invasive plant crusader, naturalist, and exceptional cook/baker. In her younger days, she raised, groomed and showed poodles and also lent a hand grooming the family Morgan horses. While helping her children fix up their homes, she acquired the nickname “Granny Gooper” (referencing joint compound) after developing a talent for drywall installation.

Caroline relished good food, good drink, and good company. She was an early adopter of Julia Child’s cookbooks and brought home recipes from her travels abroad that inspired countless feasts for friends and family. She was a sucker for blue-eyed men including Bing Crosby, Paul Newman, her first husband Richard, her second husband Gordon, and her last gentleman friend John Murphy whom she met in her late 80s while residing at the Lathrop Community.

Caroline was one of a kind and a true bon vivant. She will be remembered as smart, funny, fearless, and incredibly generous to those who knew and adored her. She taught us to be serious about what you love but not take yourself too seriously.

She is survived by her three children, Molly Pickett (m. Steve Tirrell), Jack Pickett ’72 (m. Julie Pickett), Lucy Pickett, three stepchildren, four grandchildren, four great grandchildren as well as many beloved nieces and nephews and dear friends.

In lieu of flowers,donations can be made to Trustees of the Reservation at thetrustees.org or Kestrel Land Trust at kestreltrust.org

Our family would like to thank the staff on Forestview unit at Linda Manor for their care.

Katharine Lattimore Young McCaw walked into her Savior’s arms May 29, 2024. She was born in New York City, New York, on March 18, 1930, to Alleyne and George Young.
In 1946 she graduated from Northampton School for Girls in Northampton, Massachusetts, and enrolled in Westhampton College for Women, a part of the University of Richmond. Two years later, she transferred to Baylor University in Waco, and earned a BS in Education. While a student she was a member of the university’s water ballet team. Katharine met Mack McCaw on a blind date to a NOZE Brotherhood event at the Raleigh Hotel. It was a match! Following their graduations, they married Dec. 27, 1950. She is one of sixty-four Baylor alumni in her family, with her grandmother being the first woman elected to the Board of Trustees.
After working twenty years in Dallas, Mack bought an insurance agency in Greenville, so the family moved. Katharine then returned to college, and in twelve months she earned her Masters in Education with an emphasis in special education from East Texas State University. She taught at Greenville High School, as well as Paris Junior College when it was located in the
Henson building on Lee Street. Leaving the classroom, she worked for MHMR, placing and supervising clients in their jobs. Then she managed a showroom at the World Trade Center in Dallas for several years.
When she finally retired, she turned her attention to the community; she was an organizing member of the local American Association of University Women, always chairing the scholarship committee; the Audie Murphy/Cotton Museum; the Edward Buckley Chapter, DAR; and the Cotton Patch Quilt Guild, Cotton Strippers, and Sunbonnet Sues quilt circles. She was also an active member of the Garden Study Club, Rejebian Book Review Club,
and Kavanaugh United Methodist Church.
Her husband, Mack, preceded her in death in 1985. Katharine is survived by her sister, Jean Harrison ’52 of Pennsylvania, as well as four children and their spouses: Bill and LaVonne McCaw, Alleyne and Bill Coleman, Kelly and Ron Greiner, and Mary McCaw; plus ten grandchildren and seventeen great-grandchildren.
The Lord calls us to serve Him, and she certainly did. Not only did she have the spirit of hospitality, but she also quietly and unpretentiously helped those in need. She has set an example of servanthood worthy to follow: 1 Peter 4: 8-9: “Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers a multitude of sins. Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling.”
A Memorial Service will be held Saturday, June 8, 2024 at 11:30am in the Lynch Funeral Service Chapel in Greenville, Texas.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be made to the Community Service Committee of the Cotton Patch Quilt Guild, PO Box 8953, Greenville, TX 75403.

Mildred (Goldstein) Eisenstock, 94, Boynton Beach, FL, and Framingham, MA, passed peacefully Wednesday, May 29, 2024, at home in the presence of her loving family.

Millie was a devoted mother to Marc Eisenstock and his wife Debra, and Phyllis Eisenstock; grandchildren: Jordan Eisenstock, and his wife Kimberly, and Lee Eisenstock; great-grandchildren: Makenna Eisenstock, William Eisenstock, and Everly Eisenstock. She leaves her nieces and nephews: Marilyn Andrews, Stuart Goldstein, Judie Ochsner, Marjorie Berg, Janine Goldstein, Donalyn Gross and she was predeceased by her nephews Marc Goldstein and Steven Goldstein. She deeply missed the love of her life, husband, and best friend, James Eisenstock; they celebrated 63 years of marriage in Sept. 2011, just prior to his passing in 2012. They met on the tennis courts in Springfield when she was just sixteen and it was love at first sight.

Born in Springfield, MA to the late Maurice and Clara Goldstein. She was predeceased by her two older brothers, Selden Goldstein and Herbert Goldstein. She was a member of Congregation B’nai Shalom in Westborough and former member of Temple Beth El in Springfield and Temple Emanuel in Worcester.

She was a graduate of Northampton School for Girls and Briarcliff College. Millie loved her time spent at Florida Hunters Run, but most especially loved spending time on the golf course in both MA and in Florida. She was a member of Mount Pleasant Country Club in Boylston. Millie also enjoyed playing tennis, bowling, Mahjong, and Canasta. She loved the Arts and enjoyed going to the theatre. Millie loved being a kindergarten teacher prior to raising her children. Above all else, she cherished her family and the many wonderful memories they shared together.

Millie’s family founded Mass. Wholesale Drug Company. The company later merged with other wholesale drug companies and formed Spectro Industries. In 1985, McKesson Corporation acquired Spectro.

Millie was an inspiration to all with her strength, energy, generosity, and with her impeccable style. Everyone who knew her was blessed with her thoughtfulness and sense of humor. She will be deeply missed by her family and her friends.

Her family would like to extend their sincere appreciation and gratitude to her caretaker and constant companion of many years, Donna Persaud, for her continued kindness, warmth, and compassion for Millie; she was like a daughter to her.

Services will be held on Sunday, June 2nd at 10:15 AM at Beth Israel Memorial Chapel, 11115 S. Jog Road, Boynton Beach, FL followed by entombment at Eternal Light Memorial Gardens, 11520 State Road 7, Boynton Beach, FL. Memorial observance will be following the service at her Florida home from 1:00 PM through 4:00 PM.

Contributions may be made to the Maurice, Selden, and Herbert Goldstein Fund, 1160 Dickinson Street, Springfield, MA 01108, or to the charity of your choice.

Barbara Bruce Wicks passed peacefully away in her sleep on November 19, 2023. She was 94 years old.

Barbara was born on February 25, 1929 in Delhi, NY to Florence Herring Bruce, of Richmond, VA, and M. Linn Bruce ll of Delhi, NY. After her father’s death they moved to Northampton where she later attended Smith College.

She met her husband Robert Stewart Wicks while playing a game of pickup baseball in Westport Point, MA, only a few streets away from where they would spend decades of their lives together. From there she lived in Lawrenceville, NJ then Newton, MA where she worked as a secretary at St. Paul’s Church in Brookline, MA. In 1986 she moved to Westport Point with her husband to live year round.

Barbara was the mother of Robert Borden Wicks of Marlboro, MA, and Sue Sarah Wicks of Oxford, MA. She was “Gaia” to her 5 grandchildren: Elizabeth Lefrancois, Sarah Medeiros, Rebecca Slattery, Haley Wicks, and Eric Wicks. She also had 7 great-grandchildren and two great-great-granddaughters, along with two nieces, a nephew, and her late brother Linn Bruce of Putney, VT.

Barbara will be remembered as a poet, a lover of birds, an avid reader, a Quaker, an active member of her community, and a devoted friend. She was happiest while walking in the woods with her dog by her side, in her garden, or floating on the Westport River. She lived simply, surrounded by beauty.

A memorial service will be announced at a later date.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to Oxfam America at Oxfamamerica.org

Elizabeth (Betsy) H. Holmes died at age 93 on Saturday, March 2nd. She was born in Baltimore, and was preceded by four older brothers: Gere, Jack, Tom and Tono. She leaves a sister, Mary Ball Howkins, a resident of Dighton, Massachusetts, and Mary Ball’s daughter, Thea Howkins Knotts, of San Pablo, California.

Betsy, born in 1930, was an early professional woman. On the tails of WWII, she worked for Radio Free Europe, an informational arm of the CIA. She subsequently worked as an editor for a president of Northeastern University, Asa Smallidge Knowles, and then as writer and editor, in a husband and wife team, of a grammar workbook series for D C Heath and Company publisher.

She was a Zen Buddhist by belief. Betsy and her husband, a Zen teacher and English professor, decorated their winter holiday tree with tiny buddhas to celebrate the season.

Betsy and her husband lived in Hendersonville for many decades, writing and walking miles upon miles, up and down mountains, daily. You may have encountered them on your walks.