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In Memoriam
“Death leaves a heartache no one can heal; love leaves a memory no one can steal.”
The Sarasota Branch of the NLAPW pays tribute to our departed sisters. Please click on their pictures or name to refresh your memories of their beautiful gifts to the world.
1933 – 2022
Judy, a proud and long-time member of the Sarasota Branch of the National League of American Pen Women, passed away in April 2022.
1934 – 2022
Beverly Fleming, a proud and long-time member of the Sarasota Branch of the National League of American Pen Women, passed away in April 2022.
1933 – 2022
Halide Smith, a proud and long-time member of the Sarasota Branch of the National League of American Pen Women, passed away in January 2022.
1924 – 2020
Patricia W. Davidson, a proud and long-time member of the Sarasota Branch of the National League of American Pen Women, passed away on May 25, 2020.
1928 – 2020
Dee Winterhalter, art educator whose watercolors made their way across the U.S. and Canada, often willingly gave her work to family and friends, sharing a Chinese proverb with them, “Happiness is for life; art is forever.” She passed on April 18, 2020.
1932 – 2019
Sylvia Price passed away on September 7, 2019 after a battle with cancer. She was an amazing woman who lived a remarkable life and we will remember her as a devoted Sarasota Branch member who loved being a Pen Woman.
1947 – 2018
Kathleen A. McDonald passed on May 28, 2018, in her home in Venice, Florida. She served as a past president of our own Sarasota Branch of the National League of American Pen Women.