Ruth Ellen Lord
Ruth Ellen Lord
New Haven, CT
Ruth Ellen duPont Lord of New Haven and East Lyme, CT, died Monday, Aug. 4 2014 in New Haven. Born in 1922 to Henry Francis and Ruth Wales duPont, Ruth grew up in New York City as well as Winterthur Delaware and Boca Grande Florida. She attended Foxcroft School, Vassar College and received a Masters degree in Education from Yale. She and her first husband, George de Forest Lord, lived a Yale-centered life in New Haven and raised three children, Pauline, George and Henry. Their baby daughter, Edith, died in 1954. In 1964, Ruth and three friends founded the Long Wharf Theatre, to which she remained passionately committed. She and George Lord divorced in 1977. In 1970, she took a job at Yale New Haven Hospital, co-leading support groups for parents of severely ill children and writing research papers on disparate topics, including a teenage girl's right to refuse kidney dialysis and the impact on the patient of the death of the psychoanalyst. She later became Research Associate at Yale's Child Study Center, working on custody issues. In 1994, she collaborated with Albert J. Solnit and Barbara Nordhaus in publishing, "When Home is No Haven." Ruth spent 16 joyful years with her second husband, John Grier Holmes, a theatre man and one-time head of the Yale Whiffenpoofs. At his urging, she wrote "Henry Francis duPont and Winterthur - A Daughter's Portrait," now in its 4th printing. John Holmes died in 1997. In her mid-80's, Ruth by chance re-met her childhood friend and neighbor, Harold G Haskell, of Chadds Ford, and a marvelous romance blossomed. They were "Partners for Life" until her death. Ruth wrung the most out of life, with an upbeat spirit, hilarious, irreverent sense of humor, deep friendships, and generosity to causes that included social welfare, education, the theatre, and the environment.
Her death creates a terrible void for family, colleagues and friends including Hal Haskell, Pauline Lord & David Harlow of East Lyme, George de F. and Gail Lord of Athens GA, Henry Lord of New Haven, 5 grandchildren, and 3 great-grandchildren.
A funeral service will be held Saturday, Aug. 16 at 3 p.m. at St. Ann's Episcopal Church in Old Lyme CT. A second service will occur September 6 at 11 a.m. at Christ Church Christiana Hundred in Greenville, DE. Burial will be in the duPont Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Ruth's memory to the Long Wharf Theatre, or to the Albert J. Solnit Program at the Yale Child Study Center.
Published in The News Journal on Aug. 8, 2014
Ruth Ellen Lord
New Haven, CT
Ruth Ellen duPont Lord of New Haven and East Lyme, CT, died Monday, Aug. 4 2014 in New Haven. Born in 1922 to Henry Francis and Ruth Wales duPont, Ruth grew up in New York City as well as Winterthur Delaware and Boca Grande Florida. She attended Foxcroft School, Vassar College and received a Masters degree in Education from Yale. She and her first husband, George de Forest Lord, lived a Yale-centered life in New Haven and raised three children, Pauline, George and Henry. Their baby daughter, Edith, died in 1954. In 1964, Ruth and three friends founded the Long Wharf Theatre, to which she remained passionately committed. She and George Lord divorced in 1977. In 1970, she took a job at Yale New Haven Hospital, co-leading support groups for parents of severely ill children and writing research papers on disparate topics, including a teenage girl's right to refuse kidney dialysis and the impact on the patient of the death of the psychoanalyst. She later became Research Associate at Yale's Child Study Center, working on custody issues. In 1994, she collaborated with Albert J. Solnit and Barbara Nordhaus in publishing, "When Home is No Haven." Ruth spent 16 joyful years with her second husband, John Grier Holmes, a theatre man and one-time head of the Yale Whiffenpoofs. At his urging, she wrote "Henry Francis duPont and Winterthur - A Daughter's Portrait," now in its 4th printing. John Holmes died in 1997. In her mid-80's, Ruth by chance re-met her childhood friend and neighbor, Harold G Haskell, of Chadds Ford, and a marvelous romance blossomed. They were "Partners for Life" until her death. Ruth wrung the most out of life, with an upbeat spirit, hilarious, irreverent sense of humor, deep friendships, and generosity to causes that included social welfare, education, the theatre, and the environment.
Her death creates a terrible void for family, colleagues and friends including Hal Haskell, Pauline Lord & David Harlow of East Lyme, George de F. and Gail Lord of Athens GA, Henry Lord of New Haven, 5 grandchildren, and 3 great-grandchildren.
A funeral service will be held Saturday, Aug. 16 at 3 p.m. at St. Ann's Episcopal Church in Old Lyme CT. A second service will occur September 6 at 11 a.m. at Christ Church Christiana Hundred in Greenville, DE. Burial will be in the duPont Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Ruth's memory to the Long Wharf Theatre, or to the Albert J. Solnit Program at the Yale Child Study Center.
Published in The News Journal on Aug. 8, 2014
Ruth Ellen Lord
Ruth Ellen Lord
New Haven, CT
Ruth Ellen duPont Lord of New Haven and East Lyme, CT, died Monday, Aug. 4 2014 in New Haven. Born in 1922 to Henry Francis and Ruth Wales duPont, Ruth grew up in New York City as well as Winterthur Delaware and Boca Grande Florida. She attended Foxcroft School, Vassar College and received a Masters degree in Education from Yale. She and her first husband, George de Forest Lord, lived a Yale-centered life in New Haven and raised three children, Pauline, George and Henry. Their baby daughter, Edith, died in 1954. In 1964, Ruth and three friends founded the Long Wharf Theatre, to which she remained passionately committed. She and George Lord divorced in 1977. In 1970, she took a job at Yale New Haven Hospital, co-leading support groups for parents of severely ill children and writing research papers on disparate topics, including a teenage girl's right to refuse kidney dialysis and the impact on the patient of the death of the psychoanalyst. She later became Research Associate at Yale's Child Study Center, working on custody issues. In 1994, she collaborated with Albert J. Solnit and Barbara Nordhaus in publishing, "When Home is No Haven." Ruth spent 16 joyful years with her second husband, John Grier Holmes, a theatre man and one-time head of the Yale Whiffenpoofs. At his urging, she wrote "Henry Francis duPont and Winterthur - A Daughter's Portrait," now in its 4th printing. John Holmes died in 1997. In her mid-80's, Ruth by chance re-met her childhood friend and neighbor, Harold G Haskell, of Chadds Ford, and a marvelous romance blossomed. They were "Partners for Life" until her death. Ruth wrung the most out of life, with an upbeat spirit, hilarious, irreverent sense of humor, deep friendships, and generosity to causes that included social welfare, education, the theatre, and the environment.
Her death creates a terrible void for family, colleagues and friends including Hal Haskell, Pauline Lord & David Harlow of East Lyme, George de F. and Gail Lord of Athens GA, Henry Lord of New Haven, 5 grandchildren, and 3 great-grandchildren.
A funeral service will be held Saturday, Aug. 16 at 3 p.m. at St. Ann's Episcopal Church in Old Lyme CT. A second service will occur September 6 at 11 a.m. at Christ Church Christiana Hundred in Greenville, DE. Burial will be in the duPont Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Ruth's memory to the Long Wharf Theatre, or to the Albert J. Solnit Program at the Yale Child Study Center.
Published in The News Journal on Aug. 8, 2014
Ruth Ellen Lord
New Haven, CT
Ruth Ellen duPont Lord of New Haven and East Lyme, CT, died Monday, Aug. 4 2014 in New Haven. Born in 1922 to Henry Francis and Ruth Wales duPont, Ruth grew up in New York City as well as Winterthur Delaware and Boca Grande Florida. She attended Foxcroft School, Vassar College and received a Masters degree in Education from Yale. She and her first husband, George de Forest Lord, lived a Yale-centered life in New Haven and raised three children, Pauline, George and Henry. Their baby daughter, Edith, died in 1954. In 1964, Ruth and three friends founded the Long Wharf Theatre, to which she remained passionately committed. She and George Lord divorced in 1977. In 1970, she took a job at Yale New Haven Hospital, co-leading support groups for parents of severely ill children and writing research papers on disparate topics, including a teenage girl's right to refuse kidney dialysis and the impact on the patient of the death of the psychoanalyst. She later became Research Associate at Yale's Child Study Center, working on custody issues. In 1994, she collaborated with Albert J. Solnit and Barbara Nordhaus in publishing, "When Home is No Haven." Ruth spent 16 joyful years with her second husband, John Grier Holmes, a theatre man and one-time head of the Yale Whiffenpoofs. At his urging, she wrote "Henry Francis duPont and Winterthur - A Daughter's Portrait," now in its 4th printing. John Holmes died in 1997. In her mid-80's, Ruth by chance re-met her childhood friend and neighbor, Harold G Haskell, of Chadds Ford, and a marvelous romance blossomed. They were "Partners for Life" until her death. Ruth wrung the most out of life, with an upbeat spirit, hilarious, irreverent sense of humor, deep friendships, and generosity to causes that included social welfare, education, the theatre, and the environment.
Her death creates a terrible void for family, colleagues and friends including Hal Haskell, Pauline Lord & David Harlow of East Lyme, George de F. and Gail Lord of Athens GA, Henry Lord of New Haven, 5 grandchildren, and 3 great-grandchildren.
A funeral service will be held Saturday, Aug. 16 at 3 p.m. at St. Ann's Episcopal Church in Old Lyme CT. A second service will occur September 6 at 11 a.m. at Christ Church Christiana Hundred in Greenville, DE. Burial will be in the duPont Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Ruth's memory to the Long Wharf Theatre, or to the Albert J. Solnit Program at the Yale Child Study Center.
Published in The News Journal on Aug. 8, 2014
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