Tucson Daily Citizen, Tucson, Arizona, Friday, July 31, 1970, Page 13
'Aunt Margaret's' Passing Ends Era
Earlier this month, four lines in the Citizen obituary column noted that "Margaret Perry, 94, died peacefully in her sleep at her summer home in Hancock, N.H." So was written finis to an era, to a member of one of this nation's most distinguished families to the great lady many Tucsonians knew as "Aunt Margaret" for the past 11 years, she spent most of her time in the Old Pueblo. Margaret Perry was the daughter of a great turn-of-the-century scholar, Thomas Sergeant Perry, and his artist wife Lilla Cabot Perry. Margaret's childhood summers were spent in Giverny, France, on the estate next to that of Claude Monet; her winters at 312 Marlborough Street in Boston amid the many Cabot relatives. Later, the Perry farm in Hancock, N. H., was a gathering place for most literary notables of that time. During on period in Margaret's life, her father accepted the chair of English literature at Keiogojku College in Tokyo and the family lived in Japan for four years. Yet few of Aunt Margaret's Tucson friends knew much about her background. Occasionally, on Thanksgiving, she would reminisce about holiday dinners in Boston at the home of her grandparents, Dr. and Mrs. Samuel Lowell Cabot. She recalled that she and the other children were fed at a second sitting, the 114 adult relatives requiring all available space at the first. She enjoyed remembering a day when her father took her and her two sisters, Alice (who later married Joseph Clark Grew, Ambassador to Japan) and Edith (cellist of note and later the wife of composer Edward Ballantine) to the roof of their Boston home to hear all of the church bells of Boston peel in unison. At that moment, in 1884, Boston and "the rest of the civilized world" adopted Greenwich Mean Time. Though she rarely spoke of her connection with her great fore-bearers, she was fond of the history they helped create, and somewhat, a student of that history. Margaret's grandmother, Frances Sergeant of Philadelphia, was the great granddaughter, by direct descent, of Benjamin Franklin. Margaret's father's resemblance to Franklin was striking, and indeed, was noticeable in Margaret. Thomas Sergeant Perry's father - Aunt Margaret's grandfather - was the son of the Commodore Perry who won the naval battle on Lake Erie in the was of 1812. A great uncle was the other Commodore Perry, who drew Japan from her self-imposed seclusion into the society of nations. Among the close associates of Margaret's father-men she knew as a child and young woman-were Moorfield Storey, William Henry and Garth James, William Dean Howells. Edwin Arlington Robinson, Booth Tarkington, Robert Herrick, Findley Peter Dunne and a host of others. Biographers give Thomas Sergeant Perry much of the credit for "discovering" Mark Twain.
It is Margaret's mother, however, whose memory dominates the Catalina Foothills home which Margaret shared with a courtesy niece, Pat Holsaert, Lilla Cabot Perry's magnificent and varied paintings line the walls. Her daughters were among her favorite models, and Margaret, at 10, holds her violin and looks placidly onto a spacious porch and into a patio filled with plants authorities say won't grow in Tucson. Aunt Margaret had a great feeling for the earth. She was a conservationist long before it was chic to be one. Says one biographer of Thomas Sergeant Perry: "The eldest daughter, Margaret, she remained unmarried, showed unusual capacity and enthusiasm not only for managing the farm (in Hancock) but also for looking after the home and performing the routine services which fell to her lot as her parents advanced in age." He continues to describe Perry family life, here and abroad, among the greats of the era. What a treasury of golden memories Aunt Margaret must have possessed! And though few of us were able to share many, many of us shared a few. How great the Brahmin turn-of-the-century world; how different from our sometimes-sick Seventies. It becomes even more remote with the passing of Margaret Perry.
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Boston Herald, Boston, MA, THursday, July 23, 1970
PERRY - Formerly of Boston, died in Hancock, New Hampshire, Tuesday, July 21. Miss Margaret Perry; survived by three nieces, four great nieces and two great nephews. A memorial service will be held Saturday, July 25 at 2 p.m. from All Saints Church in Peterborough, New Hampshire. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in her memory to a favorite charity.
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'Aunt Margaret's' Passing Ends Era
Earlier this month, four lines in the Citizen obituary column noted that "Margaret Perry, 94, died peacefully in her sleep at her summer home in Hancock, N.H." So was written finis to an era, to a member of one of this nation's most distinguished families to the great lady many Tucsonians knew as "Aunt Margaret" for the past 11 years, she spent most of her time in the Old Pueblo. Margaret Perry was the daughter of a great turn-of-the-century scholar, Thomas Sergeant Perry, and his artist wife Lilla Cabot Perry. Margaret's childhood summers were spent in Giverny, France, on the estate next to that of Claude Monet; her winters at 312 Marlborough Street in Boston amid the many Cabot relatives. Later, the Perry farm in Hancock, N. H., was a gathering place for most literary notables of that time. During on period in Margaret's life, her father accepted the chair of English literature at Keiogojku College in Tokyo and the family lived in Japan for four years. Yet few of Aunt Margaret's Tucson friends knew much about her background. Occasionally, on Thanksgiving, she would reminisce about holiday dinners in Boston at the home of her grandparents, Dr. and Mrs. Samuel Lowell Cabot. She recalled that she and the other children were fed at a second sitting, the 114 adult relatives requiring all available space at the first. She enjoyed remembering a day when her father took her and her two sisters, Alice (who later married Joseph Clark Grew, Ambassador to Japan) and Edith (cellist of note and later the wife of composer Edward Ballantine) to the roof of their Boston home to hear all of the church bells of Boston peel in unison. At that moment, in 1884, Boston and "the rest of the civilized world" adopted Greenwich Mean Time. Though she rarely spoke of her connection with her great fore-bearers, she was fond of the history they helped create, and somewhat, a student of that history. Margaret's grandmother, Frances Sergeant of Philadelphia, was the great granddaughter, by direct descent, of Benjamin Franklin. Margaret's father's resemblance to Franklin was striking, and indeed, was noticeable in Margaret. Thomas Sergeant Perry's father - Aunt Margaret's grandfather - was the son of the Commodore Perry who won the naval battle on Lake Erie in the was of 1812. A great uncle was the other Commodore Perry, who drew Japan from her self-imposed seclusion into the society of nations. Among the close associates of Margaret's father-men she knew as a child and young woman-were Moorfield Storey, William Henry and Garth James, William Dean Howells. Edwin Arlington Robinson, Booth Tarkington, Robert Herrick, Findley Peter Dunne and a host of others. Biographers give Thomas Sergeant Perry much of the credit for "discovering" Mark Twain.
It is Margaret's mother, however, whose memory dominates the Catalina Foothills home which Margaret shared with a courtesy niece, Pat Holsaert, Lilla Cabot Perry's magnificent and varied paintings line the walls. Her daughters were among her favorite models, and Margaret, at 10, holds her violin and looks placidly onto a spacious porch and into a patio filled with plants authorities say won't grow in Tucson. Aunt Margaret had a great feeling for the earth. She was a conservationist long before it was chic to be one. Says one biographer of Thomas Sergeant Perry: "The eldest daughter, Margaret, she remained unmarried, showed unusual capacity and enthusiasm not only for managing the farm (in Hancock) but also for looking after the home and performing the routine services which fell to her lot as her parents advanced in age." He continues to describe Perry family life, here and abroad, among the greats of the era. What a treasury of golden memories Aunt Margaret must have possessed! And though few of us were able to share many, many of us shared a few. How great the Brahmin turn-of-the-century world; how different from our sometimes-sick Seventies. It becomes even more remote with the passing of Margaret Perry.
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Boston Herald, Boston, MA, THursday, July 23, 1970
PERRY - Formerly of Boston, died in Hancock, New Hampshire, Tuesday, July 21. Miss Margaret Perry; survived by three nieces, four great nieces and two great nephews. A memorial service will be held Saturday, July 25 at 2 p.m. from All Saints Church in Peterborough, New Hampshire. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in her memory to a favorite charity.
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Tucson Daily Citizen, Tucson, Arizona, Friday, July 31, 1970, Page 13
'Aunt Margaret's' Passing Ends Era
Earlier this month, four lines in the Citizen obituary column noted that "Margaret Perry, 94, died peacefully in her sleep at her summer home in Hancock, N.H." So was written finis to an era, to a member of one of this nation's most distinguished families to the great lady many Tucsonians knew as "Aunt Margaret" for the past 11 years, she spent most of her time in the Old Pueblo. Margaret Perry was the daughter of a great turn-of-the-century scholar, Thomas Sergeant Perry, and his artist wife Lilla Cabot Perry. Margaret's childhood summers were spent in Giverny, France, on the estate next to that of Claude Monet; her winters at 312 Marlborough Street in Boston amid the many Cabot relatives. Later, the Perry farm in Hancock, N. H., was a gathering place for most literary notables of that time. During on period in Margaret's life, her father accepted the chair of English literature at Keiogojku College in Tokyo and the family lived in Japan for four years. Yet few of Aunt Margaret's Tucson friends knew much about her background. Occasionally, on Thanksgiving, she would reminisce about holiday dinners in Boston at the home of her grandparents, Dr. and Mrs. Samuel Lowell Cabot. She recalled that she and the other children were fed at a second sitting, the 114 adult relatives requiring all available space at the first. She enjoyed remembering a day when her father took her and her two sisters, Alice (who later married Joseph Clark Grew, Ambassador to Japan) and Edith (cellist of note and later the wife of composer Edward Ballantine) to the roof of their Boston home to hear all of the church bells of Boston peel in unison. At that moment, in 1884, Boston and "the rest of the civilized world" adopted Greenwich Mean Time. Though she rarely spoke of her connection with her great fore-bearers, she was fond of the history they helped create, and somewhat, a student of that history. Margaret's grandmother, Frances Sergeant of Philadelphia, was the great granddaughter, by direct descent, of Benjamin Franklin. Margaret's father's resemblance to Franklin was striking, and indeed, was noticeable in Margaret. Thomas Sergeant Perry's father - Aunt Margaret's grandfather - was the son of the Commodore Perry who won the naval battle on Lake Erie in the was of 1812. A great uncle was the other Commodore Perry, who drew Japan from her self-imposed seclusion into the society of nations. Among the close associates of Margaret's father-men she knew as a child and young woman-were Moorfield Storey, William Henry and Garth James, William Dean Howells. Edwin Arlington Robinson, Booth Tarkington, Robert Herrick, Findley Peter Dunne and a host of others. Biographers give Thomas Sergeant Perry much of the credit for "discovering" Mark Twain.
It is Margaret's mother, however, whose memory dominates the Catalina Foothills home which Margaret shared with a courtesy niece, Pat Holsaert, Lilla Cabot Perry's magnificent and varied paintings line the walls. Her daughters were among her favorite models, and Margaret, at 10, holds her violin and looks placidly onto a spacious porch and into a patio filled with plants authorities say won't grow in Tucson. Aunt Margaret had a great feeling for the earth. She was a conservationist long before it was chic to be one. Says one biographer of Thomas Sergeant Perry: "The eldest daughter, Margaret, she remained unmarried, showed unusual capacity and enthusiasm not only for managing the farm (in Hancock) but also for looking after the home and performing the routine services which fell to her lot as her parents advanced in age." He continues to describe Perry family life, here and abroad, among the greats of the era. What a treasury of golden memories Aunt Margaret must have possessed! And though few of us were able to share many, many of us shared a few. How great the Brahmin turn-of-the-century world; how different from our sometimes-sick Seventies. It becomes even more remote with the passing of Margaret Perry.
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Boston Herald, Boston, MA, THursday, July 23, 1970
PERRY - Formerly of Boston, died in Hancock, New Hampshire, Tuesday, July 21. Miss Margaret Perry; survived by three nieces, four great nieces and two great nephews. A memorial service will be held Saturday, July 25 at 2 p.m. from All Saints Church in Peterborough, New Hampshire. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in her memory to a favorite charity.
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'Aunt Margaret's' Passing Ends Era
Earlier this month, four lines in the Citizen obituary column noted that "Margaret Perry, 94, died peacefully in her sleep at her summer home in Hancock, N.H." So was written finis to an era, to a member of one of this nation's most distinguished families to the great lady many Tucsonians knew as "Aunt Margaret" for the past 11 years, she spent most of her time in the Old Pueblo. Margaret Perry was the daughter of a great turn-of-the-century scholar, Thomas Sergeant Perry, and his artist wife Lilla Cabot Perry. Margaret's childhood summers were spent in Giverny, France, on the estate next to that of Claude Monet; her winters at 312 Marlborough Street in Boston amid the many Cabot relatives. Later, the Perry farm in Hancock, N. H., was a gathering place for most literary notables of that time. During on period in Margaret's life, her father accepted the chair of English literature at Keiogojku College in Tokyo and the family lived in Japan for four years. Yet few of Aunt Margaret's Tucson friends knew much about her background. Occasionally, on Thanksgiving, she would reminisce about holiday dinners in Boston at the home of her grandparents, Dr. and Mrs. Samuel Lowell Cabot. She recalled that she and the other children were fed at a second sitting, the 114 adult relatives requiring all available space at the first. She enjoyed remembering a day when her father took her and her two sisters, Alice (who later married Joseph Clark Grew, Ambassador to Japan) and Edith (cellist of note and later the wife of composer Edward Ballantine) to the roof of their Boston home to hear all of the church bells of Boston peel in unison. At that moment, in 1884, Boston and "the rest of the civilized world" adopted Greenwich Mean Time. Though she rarely spoke of her connection with her great fore-bearers, she was fond of the history they helped create, and somewhat, a student of that history. Margaret's grandmother, Frances Sergeant of Philadelphia, was the great granddaughter, by direct descent, of Benjamin Franklin. Margaret's father's resemblance to Franklin was striking, and indeed, was noticeable in Margaret. Thomas Sergeant Perry's father - Aunt Margaret's grandfather - was the son of the Commodore Perry who won the naval battle on Lake Erie in the was of 1812. A great uncle was the other Commodore Perry, who drew Japan from her self-imposed seclusion into the society of nations. Among the close associates of Margaret's father-men she knew as a child and young woman-were Moorfield Storey, William Henry and Garth James, William Dean Howells. Edwin Arlington Robinson, Booth Tarkington, Robert Herrick, Findley Peter Dunne and a host of others. Biographers give Thomas Sergeant Perry much of the credit for "discovering" Mark Twain.
It is Margaret's mother, however, whose memory dominates the Catalina Foothills home which Margaret shared with a courtesy niece, Pat Holsaert, Lilla Cabot Perry's magnificent and varied paintings line the walls. Her daughters were among her favorite models, and Margaret, at 10, holds her violin and looks placidly onto a spacious porch and into a patio filled with plants authorities say won't grow in Tucson. Aunt Margaret had a great feeling for the earth. She was a conservationist long before it was chic to be one. Says one biographer of Thomas Sergeant Perry: "The eldest daughter, Margaret, she remained unmarried, showed unusual capacity and enthusiasm not only for managing the farm (in Hancock) but also for looking after the home and performing the routine services which fell to her lot as her parents advanced in age." He continues to describe Perry family life, here and abroad, among the greats of the era. What a treasury of golden memories Aunt Margaret must have possessed! And though few of us were able to share many, many of us shared a few. How great the Brahmin turn-of-the-century world; how different from our sometimes-sick Seventies. It becomes even more remote with the passing of Margaret Perry.
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Boston Herald, Boston, MA, THursday, July 23, 1970
PERRY - Formerly of Boston, died in Hancock, New Hampshire, Tuesday, July 21. Miss Margaret Perry; survived by three nieces, four great nieces and two great nephews. A memorial service will be held Saturday, July 25 at 2 p.m. from All Saints Church in Peterborough, New Hampshire. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in her memory to a favorite charity.
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