[CAUT] Local obit- Amherst, MA

[Tom McNeil]

Hi, Aaron and Colleagues - 

This Mary Steinway sounds like one who's Steinway (naturally) I used to care for at her vacation home in Vermont.  The age and names seem right.  Nice lady and a pleasure to work for. 

~  Tom McNeil  ~ 
Vermont Piano Restorations
~   Tom McNeil   ~

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Subject: [CAUT] Local obit- Amherst, MA

Just saw this in our local (Amherst, MA) paper. 
Never knew we had Steinways living here.
Aaron


Mary Steinway

By Ashley Blais
Created 04/27/2012 - 5:00am

DALLAS, Texas - Mary Kathryn Steinway passed away 
Tuesday, April 10, 2012, in Dallas, Texas.

Mary was born in 1924 in Tulsa, Okla., to 
Kathleen and Harry Castle. Mary attended 
Radcliffe College in Boston and graduated with a degree in fine arts.

She married Frederick Steinway of the piano firm 
Steinway & Sons and lived in New York City for 35 
years. She worked in various roles with the Bank 
Street College of Education Arts in Education 
program associated with the John D. Rockefeller 
III Fund. This program enabled elementary school 
teachers to incorporate the arts as classroom learning tools.

After moving to Amherst in 1975, she became 
acting director of the Amherst Historical Society 
and Museum. She was also president of the Amherst 
Woman's Club and active in the Traveler's Club.

She is survived by her three sons: Frederick of 
Amherst, Robert and his wife, Wendy, of Boulder, 
Colo., and Christian and his wife, Sue, of 
Dallas. She is also survived by four 
grandchildren: Melanie, Abby, Nathan and Natalie.

There will be a memorial service at Grace Church in Amherst at 10 a.m. May 12.

Memorial gifts may be made to The Pilgrim 
Society, 75 Court St., Plymouth, MA 02360.
Daily Hampshire Gazette © 2011 All rights reserved

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