Elsie Winslow Smith | Service:
Saturday, August 23, 2008
11:00 AM
Jericho Congregational Church
Jericho Center, VT
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| | | Elsie Winslow Smith of Jericho, VT died at her beloved camp on Lake Champlain in Colchester on August 18, 2008. She was the daughter of Harold and Helen (Winslow) Cressingham and was born October 26, 1920 in Bound Brook, NJ. She grew up in Upper Montclair, NJ and spent her summers at Camp Barnard in Colchester which was owned by her great Uncle T.E. Lyon. She graduated from Montclair High School and attended St. Lawrence University in Canton, NY and the Parsons School of Design in New York City.
During World War II she became a nurse’s aide and also worked at Grunman Aviation on Long Island where she met her husband Winton S. Smith at a U.S.O. party. Winton and Elsie had been married for fifty-three years when he passed away in 1999. Elsie enjoyed traveling, sailing, gardening, cooking, singing, and many other activities, including early American crafts, especially stenciling and quilting. She was a prize-winning quilter, taught quilting and started quilting groups in New Jersey and Vermont. She loved sailing her sunfish on Lake Champlain and won the “Ladies Cup” at several races in the 1960’s. She sang in many choral groups, some of which she led and composed or arranged music for. She introduced her children and dozens of Girl Scouts to the pleasures of hiking, camping and singing.
In 1987 Elsie and her husband retired to Vermont where they divided their time between the historic home they restored in Jericho Center and their Colchester camp. She was a member of the College Street Congregational Church in Burlington and P.E.O. In addition to her P.E.O sisters and many friends, cousins and neighbors, Elsie is survived by her four children, Joanna Weinstock and her husband Henry of Jericho; Polly Smith of New York City; Jeffrey Smith and his wife Jolinda of Montclair, NJ; and Meredith Smith and her partner Robin Carton of Somerville, MA; seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Elsie wished to thank the doctors and nurses of the VNA and FAHC Oncology for their kindness and care.
A memorial service will be held on Saturday August 23 at 11:00 a.m. at the Jericho Congregational Church in Jericho Center. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the P.E.O. Foundation, 3700 Grand Avenue, Des Moines, IA 50312 (www.peointernational.org) or the Visiting Nurse Association, 1110 Prim Road, Colchester, VT 05446. Arrangements are in the care of the Ready Funeral & Cremation Service, Burlington. For directions or to send online condolences to the family please visit www.readyfuneral.com.
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