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About Gay Wells, MA
- From https://www.boardwayandcilley.com/obituary/3256684:
- "Gay W. Mize -- November 4, 1928 - July 12, 2015
- "CHELSEA, VERMONT
- "Gay Wells Mize, of Chelsea, died peacefully on July 12, 2015 at Valley Terrace, in Wilder, at age 86. Her leaving was as she wanted it, with family, laughter, poetry, and flowers surrounding her, and her husband of 62 years holding her hand.
- "Gay was born in New York City and graduated from Vassar College, in 1950; she later earned a master’s degree at Columbia University's Teachers College. She and her husband, David Wood Mize, spent 45 years living and working overseas, mostly in the Middle East. While abroad, she perfected her tennis game, winning the United Nations tennis tournament in Jerusalem in 1979.
- "She was a well-known hostess, a wicked bridge player, and an ardent supporter of the Democratic Party; her charitable work included raising funds for the Edward Said National Conservatory of Music in Palestine.
- "She and her husband bought their house in Chelsea in 1967, and it was there that Gay created her first home in the United States. In a final letter, she listed her 1797 house and garden as among the keen joys of her life. Her gardening included the cultivation of lady's-slipper orchids, and she was a blue-ribbon winner at the Tunbridge World’s Fair for her flower arrangements.
- "She loved opera -- enthusiastically supporting Opera North -- and she devoured biographies, especially of historic Americans.
- "She leaves her husband of 62 years, David Mize; her daughters, Elizabeth "Betsy" Douglass Mize Currie (Peter L. S. Currie) and Lucy Shackleford Mize (Timothy H. Brown); and her grandchildren, Peter and Timothy Currie and Thaddeus and Elizabeth "Belle" Brown.
- "A memorial service will take place Saturday, Aug. 15, 2015 at 3:30 p.m. at the Mize home, Bark Mill Farm, in Chelsea. A private message of sympathy for the family can be shared at www.boardwayandcilley.com. Arrangements are under the direction of the Boardway & Cilley Funeral Home in Chelsea, VT."
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Gay Wells, MA's Timeline
| 1928 |
November 4, 1928
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New York City, New York, United States
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| 2015 |
July 12, 2015
Age 86
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"Valley Terrace", Wilder, Windsor County, Vermont, United States
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