Catharine Kerlin Wilder, died from complications of a stroke on Sept. 1, 2006, at the Mere Point Nursing Home in Brunswick, Maine. She was born on Dec. 3, 1906, in Camden, N.J., the daughter of Ward Dix Kerlin and Sarah Jenney Gilbert Kerlin. Her early life was spent in Moorestown, N.J.
Catharine was educated at schools in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Following graduation from Smith College in 1929, where she majored in history, she spent three years in Geneva, Switzerland, where she studied international relations, worked for the American Committee for the League of Nations, and taught at the International School in that city. Following her return to the United States, she taught at Friends' Academy, Locust Valley, N.Y.
Catharine married the biblical scholar and poet, Amos Niven Wilder in 1935. His career included faculty positions at the Andover- Newton Theological Seminary, the Chicago Theological Seminary, and the Harvard Divinity School, institutions in which she played a prominent role as a faculty spouse. She will also be remembered for her active membership in the Cambridge Historical Society and the Smith College clubs of Chicago and Cambridge. Among her other activities in the Boston area, she was a member of the Chilton Club, the Saturday Morning Club, and the Mothers' Study Club. She devoted much time to her hobby of creative stitchery, and exhibited her work in Cambridge. Throughout their lives, she and her husband traveled extensively in Europe, and Mrs. Wilder particularly enjoyed trips to Japan and the former Soviet Union. Finally, she was a generous supporter of the Public Library and the Kneisel Hall School of Music in Blue Hill, where the Wilders and their children regularly spent summers. In 1998, she moved from Cambridge to the Thornton Oaks retirement community in Brunswick to be closer to family and her summer home.
Catharine is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Catharine Wilder Guiles and Philip E. Guiles, of New Gloucester; her son and daughter-in-law, Tappan Wilder and Robin Gibbs Wilder, of Chevy Chase, Maryland; her granddaughter, Jenney G. Wilder, of Washington, D.C.; and four step-grandchildren, Richard E. Guiles of Portland, Austin P. Guiles II of Chapel Hill, N.C., Ethan S. Guiles of Montpelier, Vt., and Pamela M. E. Guiles of Scarborough; as well as five nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased by her husband, who died in 1993; her grandson, Amos Todd Wilder; and her two brothers, Ward Dix Kerlin Jr., and Gilbert Kerlin.
A private interment was held at the Mount Carmel Burying Ground, Hamden, Connecticut.
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The above information was contributed by FAG Member 46519209.
Catharine was educated at schools in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Following graduation from Smith College in 1929, where she majored in history, she spent three years in Geneva, Switzerland, where she studied international relations, worked for the American Committee for the League of Nations, and taught at the International School in that city. Following her return to the United States, she taught at Friends' Academy, Locust Valley, N.Y.
Catharine married the biblical scholar and poet, Amos Niven Wilder in 1935. His career included faculty positions at the Andover- Newton Theological Seminary, the Chicago Theological Seminary, and the Harvard Divinity School, institutions in which she played a prominent role as a faculty spouse. She will also be remembered for her active membership in the Cambridge Historical Society and the Smith College clubs of Chicago and Cambridge. Among her other activities in the Boston area, she was a member of the Chilton Club, the Saturday Morning Club, and the Mothers' Study Club. She devoted much time to her hobby of creative stitchery, and exhibited her work in Cambridge. Throughout their lives, she and her husband traveled extensively in Europe, and Mrs. Wilder particularly enjoyed trips to Japan and the former Soviet Union. Finally, she was a generous supporter of the Public Library and the Kneisel Hall School of Music in Blue Hill, where the Wilders and their children regularly spent summers. In 1998, she moved from Cambridge to the Thornton Oaks retirement community in Brunswick to be closer to family and her summer home.
Catharine is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Catharine Wilder Guiles and Philip E. Guiles, of New Gloucester; her son and daughter-in-law, Tappan Wilder and Robin Gibbs Wilder, of Chevy Chase, Maryland; her granddaughter, Jenney G. Wilder, of Washington, D.C.; and four step-grandchildren, Richard E. Guiles of Portland, Austin P. Guiles II of Chapel Hill, N.C., Ethan S. Guiles of Montpelier, Vt., and Pamela M. E. Guiles of Scarborough; as well as five nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased by her husband, who died in 1993; her grandson, Amos Todd Wilder; and her two brothers, Ward Dix Kerlin Jr., and Gilbert Kerlin.
A private interment was held at the Mount Carmel Burying Ground, Hamden, Connecticut.
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The above information was contributed by FAG Member 46519209.
Catharine Kerlin Wilder, died from complications of a stroke on Sept. 1, 2006, at the Mere Point Nursing Home in Brunswick, Maine. She was born on Dec. 3, 1906, in Camden, N.J., the daughter of Ward Dix Kerlin and Sarah Jenney Gilbert Kerlin. Her early life was spent in Moorestown, N.J.
Catharine was educated at schools in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Following graduation from Smith College in 1929, where she majored in history, she spent three years in Geneva, Switzerland, where she studied international relations, worked for the American Committee for the League of Nations, and taught at the International School in that city. Following her return to the United States, she taught at Friends' Academy, Locust Valley, N.Y.
Catharine married the biblical scholar and poet, Amos Niven Wilder in 1935. His career included faculty positions at the Andover- Newton Theological Seminary, the Chicago Theological Seminary, and the Harvard Divinity School, institutions in which she played a prominent role as a faculty spouse. She will also be remembered for her active membership in the Cambridge Historical Society and the Smith College clubs of Chicago and Cambridge. Among her other activities in the Boston area, she was a member of the Chilton Club, the Saturday Morning Club, and the Mothers' Study Club. She devoted much time to her hobby of creative stitchery, and exhibited her work in Cambridge. Throughout their lives, she and her husband traveled extensively in Europe, and Mrs. Wilder particularly enjoyed trips to Japan and the former Soviet Union. Finally, she was a generous supporter of the Public Library and the Kneisel Hall School of Music in Blue Hill, where the Wilders and their children regularly spent summers. In 1998, she moved from Cambridge to the Thornton Oaks retirement community in Brunswick to be closer to family and her summer home.
Catharine is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Catharine Wilder Guiles and Philip E. Guiles, of New Gloucester; her son and daughter-in-law, Tappan Wilder and Robin Gibbs Wilder, of Chevy Chase, Maryland; her granddaughter, Jenney G. Wilder, of Washington, D.C.; and four step-grandchildren, Richard E. Guiles of Portland, Austin P. Guiles II of Chapel Hill, N.C., Ethan S. Guiles of Montpelier, Vt., and Pamela M. E. Guiles of Scarborough; as well as five nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased by her husband, who died in 1993; her grandson, Amos Todd Wilder; and her two brothers, Ward Dix Kerlin Jr., and Gilbert Kerlin.
A private interment was held at the Mount Carmel Burying Ground, Hamden, Connecticut.
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The above information was contributed by FAG Member 46519209.
Catharine was educated at schools in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Following graduation from Smith College in 1929, where she majored in history, she spent three years in Geneva, Switzerland, where she studied international relations, worked for the American Committee for the League of Nations, and taught at the International School in that city. Following her return to the United States, she taught at Friends' Academy, Locust Valley, N.Y.
Catharine married the biblical scholar and poet, Amos Niven Wilder in 1935. His career included faculty positions at the Andover- Newton Theological Seminary, the Chicago Theological Seminary, and the Harvard Divinity School, institutions in which she played a prominent role as a faculty spouse. She will also be remembered for her active membership in the Cambridge Historical Society and the Smith College clubs of Chicago and Cambridge. Among her other activities in the Boston area, she was a member of the Chilton Club, the Saturday Morning Club, and the Mothers' Study Club. She devoted much time to her hobby of creative stitchery, and exhibited her work in Cambridge. Throughout their lives, she and her husband traveled extensively in Europe, and Mrs. Wilder particularly enjoyed trips to Japan and the former Soviet Union. Finally, she was a generous supporter of the Public Library and the Kneisel Hall School of Music in Blue Hill, where the Wilders and their children regularly spent summers. In 1998, she moved from Cambridge to the Thornton Oaks retirement community in Brunswick to be closer to family and her summer home.
Catharine is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Catharine Wilder Guiles and Philip E. Guiles, of New Gloucester; her son and daughter-in-law, Tappan Wilder and Robin Gibbs Wilder, of Chevy Chase, Maryland; her granddaughter, Jenney G. Wilder, of Washington, D.C.; and four step-grandchildren, Richard E. Guiles of Portland, Austin P. Guiles II of Chapel Hill, N.C., Ethan S. Guiles of Montpelier, Vt., and Pamela M. E. Guiles of Scarborough; as well as five nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased by her husband, who died in 1993; her grandson, Amos Todd Wilder; and her two brothers, Ward Dix Kerlin Jr., and Gilbert Kerlin.
A private interment was held at the Mount Carmel Burying Ground, Hamden, Connecticut.
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The above information was contributed by FAG Member 46519209.
