Barbara Allen Harring
Doris Berger Berkstresser
Alice Blomquist Crotty
Valerie Bloomstein Sickle
Bette Marie Christ
Kathryn Coram Gagnon
Margaret Cranston Parsons
Susan Danielson Wood
Connie DeMuzio Kehoe
Frances Eskridge Guttmacher
Deborah Fenbert Weiss
Nancy A. Finck
Sandra Fitch Stakeley
Judith Fuld Miller
Janet Galley Peckham
Anne Goodrich Raynor
Barbara Grave Storms
Margaret Hale Kunhardt
Cynthia Hannah Jones
Pat Hassick Bolton
Naomi Isquith Moessinger
Margot Johnson Grubb
Barbara Klickstein Rubenberg
Beverly Lindholm Kelsey
Florence Lockhart Nimick
Sally Morton Duncombe
Barbara McReynolds Dubee
Anne Orvis Lucas
Evangeline Papantones
Callahan
Polly Paradise Russell
Virginia Perkins Fraser
Barbara Raye Lockert
Jeanne Romieux Uhlich
Eda Small Mayer
Mary Sommer Seasword
Ellen Steiner
Joan Throckmorton Folger
Phyllis Walsh Crocker
Anna M. Washburn
Mary Weaver Wilson
Gwendolyn Weirnick Herzig
Nancy Whittum Steen
Joan Williams Stern
Helene Yeager Peters
The College recently sent word of the death of Doris Berger
Berkstresser, x1955, on October 26, 2007. Doris attended MHC and
later graduated (Phi Beta Kappa) from Barnard. A psychologist in
Lexington, MA, for the past 35 years, Doris was hit by a car while in a pedestrian crossing and subsequently died. It was doubly tragic
because after 8 years of widowhood she had been planning to
remarry. She leaves 3 adult children, two adult stepchildren, and 4
grandchildren.
Her obituary in the Lexington (MA) Minuteman concludes,
"Contributions in Mrs. Berkstresser's memory may be made to the
charity of one's choice, for she thought not of herself but of
everyone else."
This was received by Betsy Horton from her fiancee:
Thank you for your message regarding my fiancee Doris.
She and I met late 1999, about a year after she had lost
her husband to a heart attack and I had lost my wife to
ovarian cancer. We began a loving and lasting relationship
that came to an end on October 26, 2007. That month we
were finalizing our wedding plans. On that day she was in a
cross walk in Lexington when a truck struck and killed her.
At her funeral I resolved to do three things to enshrine her
memory. All three tasks I set have been completed.
Firstly, I resolved to write her biography and include a
gallery of photos so that I, her sons, and her grandchildren
would have a lasting memory of a truly wonderful person.
Secondly, I commissioned a golden dove of peace weathervane
to be placed above the steeple of her church together with a
memorial plaque placed in the vestibule.
Thirdly, I arranged for a memorial bench and plaque to be
placed on the trail at the Great Meadows Wildlife Refuge in
Concord where we so often walked hand in hand.
If it would help you to prepare her obituary, I would be
happy to loan you her biography and gallery. Just let me
know where to mail them.
When I retired from the Harvard Faculty three years ago they
set up a forwarding arrangement which has turned out to be
less than perfect. Your e-mail did manage to come through,
for which I am grateful.
Finally, I am not positive, but I believe Anna Pandiscio
is in fact a cousin of mine.
Let me know if I can be of any help, and, again, thank you
for your note
A. Pandiscio
