Father: Richard Henry Dana (1879–1933)
Mother: Ethel Nathalie (Smith) Dana (1878–1972)
Spouse: Arthur Leffingwell Shipman Jr. (1906-1983) m. 8 May 1941 in New York, NY
Daughter: Anne (Shipman) MacFarland (1950-2014)
Son: Harry Shipman of Newark, DE
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THE HARTFORD COURANT
February 4, 2000
Mary Dana Shipman of Duncaster, Bloomfield, died on Tuesday (February 1, 2000), after a long life filled with the joys of music and artistic expression. Her many friends and family will remember her for her smile, her laugh, her music, her painting, and her eclectic mix of interests. She performed and exhibited paintings for several decades. Her pictures for the children's book "Hurry Hurry" earned her a prize in the 1930s. She continued to exhibit her art, mostly watercolors, throughout her life; most recently at an October 1999 exhibit, at the 100 Pearl Gallery, directed by the Paessaggio Gallery of West Hartford. She wrote that she "likes to bring out the abstract patterns in realistic subject." She played the violin, performing locally and in Spain, Austria, and Hungary, with the Connecticut String Orchestra and other chamber groups. Her family had a summer home in Washington, CT, where she met Arthur Shipman, a lawyer, violist and raconteur. They married in 1941 and spent the war years in Washington D.C., he as a Navy lawyer and she on a fellowship at the Phillips Art School. They returned to Hartford after the war. Mary divided her time between Hartford and Washington for the last 55 years of her rich life. In the 1950s, she led the efforts to establish the Mark Twain House as a museum, which is now one of Hartford's major tourist attractions. Her work included hosting an event where hundreds of young children invaded her front lawn trying to persuade their frogs to jump long and straight; recreating the Mark Twain story about the "Jumping Frog of Calaveras County." In her later years she worked with Humphrey Tomkin, then President of the University of Hartford, to attract the Emerson String Quartet to its current residence at the University. She is survived by a daughter, Anne Shipman MacFarland of Wellesley, MA, and her husband Phillip; a son, Harry Shipman of Newark, DE, and his wife Valerie Bergeron; four grandchildren, three step grandchildren, and many friends from the various villages which she lived in through painting, music, family, and civic activities. A memorial service will be held in the meeting room of Duncaster, Bloomfield, on Saturday, Feb., 26th, at 11 a.m. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be sent to the Mary Shipman fund of the University of Hartford, where it will support visual arts and musical activities. The James T. Pratt Funeral Service, Wethersfield, is in charge of arrangements.
Mother: Ethel Nathalie (Smith) Dana (1878–1972)
Spouse: Arthur Leffingwell Shipman Jr. (1906-1983) m. 8 May 1941 in New York, NY
Daughter: Anne (Shipman) MacFarland (1950-2014)
Son: Harry Shipman of Newark, DE
___________________________________________________________
THE HARTFORD COURANT
February 4, 2000
Mary Dana Shipman of Duncaster, Bloomfield, died on Tuesday (February 1, 2000), after a long life filled with the joys of music and artistic expression. Her many friends and family will remember her for her smile, her laugh, her music, her painting, and her eclectic mix of interests. She performed and exhibited paintings for several decades. Her pictures for the children's book "Hurry Hurry" earned her a prize in the 1930s. She continued to exhibit her art, mostly watercolors, throughout her life; most recently at an October 1999 exhibit, at the 100 Pearl Gallery, directed by the Paessaggio Gallery of West Hartford. She wrote that she "likes to bring out the abstract patterns in realistic subject." She played the violin, performing locally and in Spain, Austria, and Hungary, with the Connecticut String Orchestra and other chamber groups. Her family had a summer home in Washington, CT, where she met Arthur Shipman, a lawyer, violist and raconteur. They married in 1941 and spent the war years in Washington D.C., he as a Navy lawyer and she on a fellowship at the Phillips Art School. They returned to Hartford after the war. Mary divided her time between Hartford and Washington for the last 55 years of her rich life. In the 1950s, she led the efforts to establish the Mark Twain House as a museum, which is now one of Hartford's major tourist attractions. Her work included hosting an event where hundreds of young children invaded her front lawn trying to persuade their frogs to jump long and straight; recreating the Mark Twain story about the "Jumping Frog of Calaveras County." In her later years she worked with Humphrey Tomkin, then President of the University of Hartford, to attract the Emerson String Quartet to its current residence at the University. She is survived by a daughter, Anne Shipman MacFarland of Wellesley, MA, and her husband Phillip; a son, Harry Shipman of Newark, DE, and his wife Valerie Bergeron; four grandchildren, three step grandchildren, and many friends from the various villages which she lived in through painting, music, family, and civic activities. A memorial service will be held in the meeting room of Duncaster, Bloomfield, on Saturday, Feb., 26th, at 11 a.m. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be sent to the Mary Shipman fund of the University of Hartford, where it will support visual arts and musical activities. The James T. Pratt Funeral Service, Wethersfield, is in charge of arrangements.
Father: Richard Henry Dana (1879–1933)
Mother: Ethel Nathalie (Smith) Dana (1878–1972)
Spouse: Arthur Leffingwell Shipman Jr. (1906-1983) m. 8 May 1941 in New York, NY
Daughter: Anne (Shipman) MacFarland (1950-2014)
Son: Harry Shipman of Newark, DE
___________________________________________________________
THE HARTFORD COURANT
February 4, 2000
Mary Dana Shipman of Duncaster, Bloomfield, died on Tuesday (February 1, 2000), after a long life filled with the joys of music and artistic expression. Her many friends and family will remember her for her smile, her laugh, her music, her painting, and her eclectic mix of interests. She performed and exhibited paintings for several decades. Her pictures for the children's book "Hurry Hurry" earned her a prize in the 1930s. She continued to exhibit her art, mostly watercolors, throughout her life; most recently at an October 1999 exhibit, at the 100 Pearl Gallery, directed by the Paessaggio Gallery of West Hartford. She wrote that she "likes to bring out the abstract patterns in realistic subject." She played the violin, performing locally and in Spain, Austria, and Hungary, with the Connecticut String Orchestra and other chamber groups. Her family had a summer home in Washington, CT, where she met Arthur Shipman, a lawyer, violist and raconteur. They married in 1941 and spent the war years in Washington D.C., he as a Navy lawyer and she on a fellowship at the Phillips Art School. They returned to Hartford after the war. Mary divided her time between Hartford and Washington for the last 55 years of her rich life. In the 1950s, she led the efforts to establish the Mark Twain House as a museum, which is now one of Hartford's major tourist attractions. Her work included hosting an event where hundreds of young children invaded her front lawn trying to persuade their frogs to jump long and straight; recreating the Mark Twain story about the "Jumping Frog of Calaveras County." In her later years she worked with Humphrey Tomkin, then President of the University of Hartford, to attract the Emerson String Quartet to its current residence at the University. She is survived by a daughter, Anne Shipman MacFarland of Wellesley, MA, and her husband Phillip; a son, Harry Shipman of Newark, DE, and his wife Valerie Bergeron; four grandchildren, three step grandchildren, and many friends from the various villages which she lived in through painting, music, family, and civic activities. A memorial service will be held in the meeting room of Duncaster, Bloomfield, on Saturday, Feb., 26th, at 11 a.m. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be sent to the Mary Shipman fund of the University of Hartford, where it will support visual arts and musical activities. The James T. Pratt Funeral Service, Wethersfield, is in charge of arrangements.
Mother: Ethel Nathalie (Smith) Dana (1878–1972)
Spouse: Arthur Leffingwell Shipman Jr. (1906-1983) m. 8 May 1941 in New York, NY
Daughter: Anne (Shipman) MacFarland (1950-2014)
Son: Harry Shipman of Newark, DE
___________________________________________________________
THE HARTFORD COURANT
February 4, 2000
Mary Dana Shipman of Duncaster, Bloomfield, died on Tuesday (February 1, 2000), after a long life filled with the joys of music and artistic expression. Her many friends and family will remember her for her smile, her laugh, her music, her painting, and her eclectic mix of interests. She performed and exhibited paintings for several decades. Her pictures for the children's book "Hurry Hurry" earned her a prize in the 1930s. She continued to exhibit her art, mostly watercolors, throughout her life; most recently at an October 1999 exhibit, at the 100 Pearl Gallery, directed by the Paessaggio Gallery of West Hartford. She wrote that she "likes to bring out the abstract patterns in realistic subject." She played the violin, performing locally and in Spain, Austria, and Hungary, with the Connecticut String Orchestra and other chamber groups. Her family had a summer home in Washington, CT, where she met Arthur Shipman, a lawyer, violist and raconteur. They married in 1941 and spent the war years in Washington D.C., he as a Navy lawyer and she on a fellowship at the Phillips Art School. They returned to Hartford after the war. Mary divided her time between Hartford and Washington for the last 55 years of her rich life. In the 1950s, she led the efforts to establish the Mark Twain House as a museum, which is now one of Hartford's major tourist attractions. Her work included hosting an event where hundreds of young children invaded her front lawn trying to persuade their frogs to jump long and straight; recreating the Mark Twain story about the "Jumping Frog of Calaveras County." In her later years she worked with Humphrey Tomkin, then President of the University of Hartford, to attract the Emerson String Quartet to its current residence at the University. She is survived by a daughter, Anne Shipman MacFarland of Wellesley, MA, and her husband Phillip; a son, Harry Shipman of Newark, DE, and his wife Valerie Bergeron; four grandchildren, three step grandchildren, and many friends from the various villages which she lived in through painting, music, family, and civic activities. A memorial service will be held in the meeting room of Duncaster, Bloomfield, on Saturday, Feb., 26th, at 11 a.m. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be sent to the Mary Shipman fund of the University of Hartford, where it will support visual arts and musical activities. The James T. Pratt Funeral Service, Wethersfield, is in charge of arrangements.
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