Genevieve Livingston Estes du Pont of Palm Beach died after a long illness. Always known as "Bunnie" to her family and many friends, she was in her 98th year.
Mrs. du Pont, who grew up Jacksonville, made her debut in New York in the 1936 season where she attended Finch College. The following year, 1937, when she was 21, she became engaged to Nicholas Ridgely du Pont, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene du Pont of Wilmington.
Eugene du Pont was a member of the family which owned and/or controlled E. I, du Pont de Nemours & Company, where he was involved in the family business from 1897 to 1912. That brief period belies Mr. du Pont's place in the world of the nation and its business. In 1930, James Watson Gerard, Woodrow Wilson's Ambassador to Germany named Eugene du Pont as one of the "sixty-four men who rule the United States."
The young couple, Nicholas and Bunnie, were married that fall of 1937 in Jacksonville. Earlier that same year, in June, Nicholas du Pont's sister Ethel du Pont married Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr., the son of Eleanor and Franklin who was then in his second term as President of the United States.
As one of the leading, and wealthiest industrial families in 20th century America, the du Ponts were prominent in the world that was known as Society which represented solid wealth as well as social prominence and political power. The newlyweds naturally were prominent in that world in New York, Wilmington and Palm Beach.
Mrs. du Pont was a member of the Garden Club of Palm Beach; president of the Garden Club of Wilmington, Del.; president of the Garden Club of America; a credited judge of horticulture for life; board member emeritus of the Pacific Tropical Botanical Gardens; a member of the advisory committee at Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, Pa.; and a trustee of the American Horticultural Society.
She is survived by a daughter, Nicole Limbocker and husband Derek Limbocker; two granddaughters, Hilary Dick and Ridgely Brode and husband Charles Brode; and a grandson, Brian Sayer and his wife, Colleen. In addition, she is survived by four great-grandchildren, Sophie and Gigi Dick, and Hunter and Cole Brode. She was pre-deceased by her husband; and a daughter, Genevieve (always known as ViVi) duPont.
The burial will be in Wilmington on an undetermined date. A memorial service will be held at 5:30 p.m. March 15 in Palm Beach, at The Society of Four Arts in the Pannill Pavilion.
Instead of flowers, donations in her memory may be made to the Garden Club of Palm Beach, P.O. Box 2791, Palm Beach, FL 33480 or to Longwood Gardens, P.O. Box 501, Kennett Square, PA 19348.
Mrs. du Pont, who grew up Jacksonville, made her debut in New York in the 1936 season where she attended Finch College. The following year, 1937, when she was 21, she became engaged to Nicholas Ridgely du Pont, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene du Pont of Wilmington.
Eugene du Pont was a member of the family which owned and/or controlled E. I, du Pont de Nemours & Company, where he was involved in the family business from 1897 to 1912. That brief period belies Mr. du Pont's place in the world of the nation and its business. In 1930, James Watson Gerard, Woodrow Wilson's Ambassador to Germany named Eugene du Pont as one of the "sixty-four men who rule the United States."
The young couple, Nicholas and Bunnie, were married that fall of 1937 in Jacksonville. Earlier that same year, in June, Nicholas du Pont's sister Ethel du Pont married Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr., the son of Eleanor and Franklin who was then in his second term as President of the United States.
As one of the leading, and wealthiest industrial families in 20th century America, the du Ponts were prominent in the world that was known as Society which represented solid wealth as well as social prominence and political power. The newlyweds naturally were prominent in that world in New York, Wilmington and Palm Beach.
Mrs. du Pont was a member of the Garden Club of Palm Beach; president of the Garden Club of Wilmington, Del.; president of the Garden Club of America; a credited judge of horticulture for life; board member emeritus of the Pacific Tropical Botanical Gardens; a member of the advisory committee at Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, Pa.; and a trustee of the American Horticultural Society.
She is survived by a daughter, Nicole Limbocker and husband Derek Limbocker; two granddaughters, Hilary Dick and Ridgely Brode and husband Charles Brode; and a grandson, Brian Sayer and his wife, Colleen. In addition, she is survived by four great-grandchildren, Sophie and Gigi Dick, and Hunter and Cole Brode. She was pre-deceased by her husband; and a daughter, Genevieve (always known as ViVi) duPont.
The burial will be in Wilmington on an undetermined date. A memorial service will be held at 5:30 p.m. March 15 in Palm Beach, at The Society of Four Arts in the Pannill Pavilion.
Instead of flowers, donations in her memory may be made to the Garden Club of Palm Beach, P.O. Box 2791, Palm Beach, FL 33480 or to Longwood Gardens, P.O. Box 501, Kennett Square, PA 19348.
Genevieve Livingston Estes du Pont of Palm Beach died after a long illness. Always known as "Bunnie" to her family and many friends, she was in her 98th year.
Mrs. du Pont, who grew up Jacksonville, made her debut in New York in the 1936 season where she attended Finch College. The following year, 1937, when she was 21, she became engaged to Nicholas Ridgely du Pont, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene du Pont of Wilmington.
Eugene du Pont was a member of the family which owned and/or controlled E. I, du Pont de Nemours & Company, where he was involved in the family business from 1897 to 1912. That brief period belies Mr. du Pont's place in the world of the nation and its business. In 1930, James Watson Gerard, Woodrow Wilson's Ambassador to Germany named Eugene du Pont as one of the "sixty-four men who rule the United States."
The young couple, Nicholas and Bunnie, were married that fall of 1937 in Jacksonville. Earlier that same year, in June, Nicholas du Pont's sister Ethel du Pont married Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr., the son of Eleanor and Franklin who was then in his second term as President of the United States.
As one of the leading, and wealthiest industrial families in 20th century America, the du Ponts were prominent in the world that was known as Society which represented solid wealth as well as social prominence and political power. The newlyweds naturally were prominent in that world in New York, Wilmington and Palm Beach.
Mrs. du Pont was a member of the Garden Club of Palm Beach; president of the Garden Club of Wilmington, Del.; president of the Garden Club of America; a credited judge of horticulture for life; board member emeritus of the Pacific Tropical Botanical Gardens; a member of the advisory committee at Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, Pa.; and a trustee of the American Horticultural Society.
She is survived by a daughter, Nicole Limbocker and husband Derek Limbocker; two granddaughters, Hilary Dick and Ridgely Brode and husband Charles Brode; and a grandson, Brian Sayer and his wife, Colleen. In addition, she is survived by four great-grandchildren, Sophie and Gigi Dick, and Hunter and Cole Brode. She was pre-deceased by her husband; and a daughter, Genevieve (always known as ViVi) duPont.
The burial will be in Wilmington on an undetermined date. A memorial service will be held at 5:30 p.m. March 15 in Palm Beach, at The Society of Four Arts in the Pannill Pavilion.
Instead of flowers, donations in her memory may be made to the Garden Club of Palm Beach, P.O. Box 2791, Palm Beach, FL 33480 or to Longwood Gardens, P.O. Box 501, Kennett Square, PA 19348.
Mrs. du Pont, who grew up Jacksonville, made her debut in New York in the 1936 season where she attended Finch College. The following year, 1937, when she was 21, she became engaged to Nicholas Ridgely du Pont, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene du Pont of Wilmington.
Eugene du Pont was a member of the family which owned and/or controlled E. I, du Pont de Nemours & Company, where he was involved in the family business from 1897 to 1912. That brief period belies Mr. du Pont's place in the world of the nation and its business. In 1930, James Watson Gerard, Woodrow Wilson's Ambassador to Germany named Eugene du Pont as one of the "sixty-four men who rule the United States."
The young couple, Nicholas and Bunnie, were married that fall of 1937 in Jacksonville. Earlier that same year, in June, Nicholas du Pont's sister Ethel du Pont married Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr., the son of Eleanor and Franklin who was then in his second term as President of the United States.
As one of the leading, and wealthiest industrial families in 20th century America, the du Ponts were prominent in the world that was known as Society which represented solid wealth as well as social prominence and political power. The newlyweds naturally were prominent in that world in New York, Wilmington and Palm Beach.
Mrs. du Pont was a member of the Garden Club of Palm Beach; president of the Garden Club of Wilmington, Del.; president of the Garden Club of America; a credited judge of horticulture for life; board member emeritus of the Pacific Tropical Botanical Gardens; a member of the advisory committee at Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, Pa.; and a trustee of the American Horticultural Society.
She is survived by a daughter, Nicole Limbocker and husband Derek Limbocker; two granddaughters, Hilary Dick and Ridgely Brode and husband Charles Brode; and a grandson, Brian Sayer and his wife, Colleen. In addition, she is survived by four great-grandchildren, Sophie and Gigi Dick, and Hunter and Cole Brode. She was pre-deceased by her husband; and a daughter, Genevieve (always known as ViVi) duPont.
The burial will be in Wilmington on an undetermined date. A memorial service will be held at 5:30 p.m. March 15 in Palm Beach, at The Society of Four Arts in the Pannill Pavilion.
Instead of flowers, donations in her memory may be made to the Garden Club of Palm Beach, P.O. Box 2791, Palm Beach, FL 33480 or to Longwood Gardens, P.O. Box 501, Kennett Square, PA 19348.
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