Charlotte was the only child of the distinguished landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. and his wife Sarah Hall Sharples Olmsted. Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. designed, among other projects, the National Mall in Washington DC and the California Park System. She was the granddaughter of the founder of landscape architecture in the United States, Frederick Law Olmsted, who designed Central Park in New York City in 1858. A graduate of Sweet Briar College of Virginia, Charlotte was married for 23 years to Robert Lee Gill, Jr. of Baltimore, MD, who predeceased her. She is survived by their four children: Dr. Sarah Gill of Berkeley, CA, Dr. Stephen Paschall Gill of Atherton, CA, Jane Gill-Shaler of High Point, NC, and Mary Gill Jordan of Fair Oaks, CA.
After her children were grown, Charlotte embarked on a new career, earning her Ph.D. in anthropology at Stanford and publishing many articles and books, including her study of gambling, "Heads I Win, Tails You Lose." Charlotte was happily married for 27 years to her second husband, artist and musician Maurice Kursh, who died in 1987. Charlotte and Maurice made their home for many years in San Miguel de Allende, Gto., Mexico, where they are still remembered for their hospitality to family and friends.
In her later years, Charlotte made her home in Fair Oaks, CA. She died following a bout with pneumonia. Charlotte is survived by her four children; two stepchildren; eight grandchildren, and ten great-grandchildren. Her remains are interred in the Olmsted family vault in Hartford, CT.
After her children were grown, Charlotte embarked on a new career, earning her Ph.D. in anthropology at Stanford and publishing many articles and books, including her study of gambling, "Heads I Win, Tails You Lose." Charlotte was happily married for 27 years to her second husband, artist and musician Maurice Kursh, who died in 1987. Charlotte and Maurice made their home for many years in San Miguel de Allende, Gto., Mexico, where they are still remembered for their hospitality to family and friends.
In her later years, Charlotte made her home in Fair Oaks, CA. She died following a bout with pneumonia. Charlotte is survived by her four children; two stepchildren; eight grandchildren, and ten great-grandchildren. Her remains are interred in the Olmsted family vault in Hartford, CT.
Charlotte was the only child of the distinguished landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. and his wife Sarah Hall Sharples Olmsted. Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. designed, among other projects, the National Mall in Washington DC and the California Park System. She was the granddaughter of the founder of landscape architecture in the United States, Frederick Law Olmsted, who designed Central Park in New York City in 1858. A graduate of Sweet Briar College of Virginia, Charlotte was married for 23 years to Robert Lee Gill, Jr. of Baltimore, MD, who predeceased her. She is survived by their four children: Dr. Sarah Gill of Berkeley, CA, Dr. Stephen Paschall Gill of Atherton, CA, Jane Gill-Shaler of High Point, NC, and Mary Gill Jordan of Fair Oaks, CA.
After her children were grown, Charlotte embarked on a new career, earning her Ph.D. in anthropology at Stanford and publishing many articles and books, including her study of gambling, "Heads I Win, Tails You Lose." Charlotte was happily married for 27 years to her second husband, artist and musician Maurice Kursh, who died in 1987. Charlotte and Maurice made their home for many years in San Miguel de Allende, Gto., Mexico, where they are still remembered for their hospitality to family and friends.
In her later years, Charlotte made her home in Fair Oaks, CA. She died following a bout with pneumonia. Charlotte is survived by her four children; two stepchildren; eight grandchildren, and ten great-grandchildren. Her remains are interred in the Olmsted family vault in Hartford, CT.
After her children were grown, Charlotte embarked on a new career, earning her Ph.D. in anthropology at Stanford and publishing many articles and books, including her study of gambling, "Heads I Win, Tails You Lose." Charlotte was happily married for 27 years to her second husband, artist and musician Maurice Kursh, who died in 1987. Charlotte and Maurice made their home for many years in San Miguel de Allende, Gto., Mexico, where they are still remembered for their hospitality to family and friends.
In her later years, Charlotte made her home in Fair Oaks, CA. She died following a bout with pneumonia. Charlotte is survived by her four children; two stepchildren; eight grandchildren, and ten great-grandchildren. Her remains are interred in the Olmsted family vault in Hartford, CT.
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