Janet Ten Broeck Passed away peacefully while in hospice at Tippett House in Needham, Massachusetts on July 5th. She was 83 and died from complications of a brain tumor.
A former social worker at Massachusetts General Hospital, Jan had a lifelong commitment to charitable work and philanthropy. She was a graduate of Simmons School of Social Work and Wheaton College. She was a former president of the New England Farm and Garden Association, an organization providing scholarships to students of horticulture, conservation, environmental science, and other related fields. She was also a Chairman of the Massachusetts Committee of the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. and a member of numerous charitable organizations in Boston, including the Fragment Society and the Emery Bag; she ran the Ladies Lecture Series of the Harvard Club of Boston for many years. A lifelong devout Episcopalian worshiping at Trinity Episcopal Church in Castine, Maine and the Parish of the Good Shepherd in Waban, Massachusetts, Jan was also a member of the Margaret Coffin Prayer Book Society. She was a longtime member of The Chilton Club of Boston and The Country Club of Brookline, where she played on the golf team for many years; she was also a member of the Castine Golf Club and the Castine Yacht Club in Castine, Maine.
She is survived by her husband, Donald S. Pierce, M.D. of Wellesley, Massachusetts and Castine, Maine; three sons: D. Shelton Pierce, Jr. of North Attleboro, Massachusetts, Broeck Pierce of Atlanta, Georgia, Rick Pierce of Cambridge, Massachusetts; a daughter, Jennifer Pierce Barr of Bronxville, New York; a brother, Peter D. Ten Broeck of Amherst, New Hampshire, and 11 grandchildren.
A celebration of Jan's life will be held at Trinity Episcopal Church in Castine on Friday, July 10, at 11:00 a.m.
Location of death; corrected maiden name; links to mother-father provided by contributor townsendburial.
A former social worker at Massachusetts General Hospital, Jan had a lifelong commitment to charitable work and philanthropy. She was a graduate of Simmons School of Social Work and Wheaton College. She was a former president of the New England Farm and Garden Association, an organization providing scholarships to students of horticulture, conservation, environmental science, and other related fields. She was also a Chairman of the Massachusetts Committee of the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. and a member of numerous charitable organizations in Boston, including the Fragment Society and the Emery Bag; she ran the Ladies Lecture Series of the Harvard Club of Boston for many years. A lifelong devout Episcopalian worshiping at Trinity Episcopal Church in Castine, Maine and the Parish of the Good Shepherd in Waban, Massachusetts, Jan was also a member of the Margaret Coffin Prayer Book Society. She was a longtime member of The Chilton Club of Boston and The Country Club of Brookline, where she played on the golf team for many years; she was also a member of the Castine Golf Club and the Castine Yacht Club in Castine, Maine.
She is survived by her husband, Donald S. Pierce, M.D. of Wellesley, Massachusetts and Castine, Maine; three sons: D. Shelton Pierce, Jr. of North Attleboro, Massachusetts, Broeck Pierce of Atlanta, Georgia, Rick Pierce of Cambridge, Massachusetts; a daughter, Jennifer Pierce Barr of Bronxville, New York; a brother, Peter D. Ten Broeck of Amherst, New Hampshire, and 11 grandchildren.
A celebration of Jan's life will be held at Trinity Episcopal Church in Castine on Friday, July 10, at 11:00 a.m.
Location of death; corrected maiden name; links to mother-father provided by contributor townsendburial.
Janet Ten Broeck Passed away peacefully while in hospice at Tippett House in Needham, Massachusetts on July 5th. She was 83 and died from complications of a brain tumor.
A former social worker at Massachusetts General Hospital, Jan had a lifelong commitment to charitable work and philanthropy. She was a graduate of Simmons School of Social Work and Wheaton College. She was a former president of the New England Farm and Garden Association, an organization providing scholarships to students of horticulture, conservation, environmental science, and other related fields. She was also a Chairman of the Massachusetts Committee of the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. and a member of numerous charitable organizations in Boston, including the Fragment Society and the Emery Bag; she ran the Ladies Lecture Series of the Harvard Club of Boston for many years. A lifelong devout Episcopalian worshiping at Trinity Episcopal Church in Castine, Maine and the Parish of the Good Shepherd in Waban, Massachusetts, Jan was also a member of the Margaret Coffin Prayer Book Society. She was a longtime member of The Chilton Club of Boston and The Country Club of Brookline, where she played on the golf team for many years; she was also a member of the Castine Golf Club and the Castine Yacht Club in Castine, Maine.
She is survived by her husband, Donald S. Pierce, M.D. of Wellesley, Massachusetts and Castine, Maine; three sons: D. Shelton Pierce, Jr. of North Attleboro, Massachusetts, Broeck Pierce of Atlanta, Georgia, Rick Pierce of Cambridge, Massachusetts; a daughter, Jennifer Pierce Barr of Bronxville, New York; a brother, Peter D. Ten Broeck of Amherst, New Hampshire, and 11 grandchildren.
A celebration of Jan's life will be held at Trinity Episcopal Church in Castine on Friday, July 10, at 11:00 a.m.
Location of death; corrected maiden name; links to mother-father provided by contributor townsendburial.
A former social worker at Massachusetts General Hospital, Jan had a lifelong commitment to charitable work and philanthropy. She was a graduate of Simmons School of Social Work and Wheaton College. She was a former president of the New England Farm and Garden Association, an organization providing scholarships to students of horticulture, conservation, environmental science, and other related fields. She was also a Chairman of the Massachusetts Committee of the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. and a member of numerous charitable organizations in Boston, including the Fragment Society and the Emery Bag; she ran the Ladies Lecture Series of the Harvard Club of Boston for many years. A lifelong devout Episcopalian worshiping at Trinity Episcopal Church in Castine, Maine and the Parish of the Good Shepherd in Waban, Massachusetts, Jan was also a member of the Margaret Coffin Prayer Book Society. She was a longtime member of The Chilton Club of Boston and The Country Club of Brookline, where she played on the golf team for many years; she was also a member of the Castine Golf Club and the Castine Yacht Club in Castine, Maine.
She is survived by her husband, Donald S. Pierce, M.D. of Wellesley, Massachusetts and Castine, Maine; three sons: D. Shelton Pierce, Jr. of North Attleboro, Massachusetts, Broeck Pierce of Atlanta, Georgia, Rick Pierce of Cambridge, Massachusetts; a daughter, Jennifer Pierce Barr of Bronxville, New York; a brother, Peter D. Ten Broeck of Amherst, New Hampshire, and 11 grandchildren.
A celebration of Jan's life will be held at Trinity Episcopal Church in Castine on Friday, July 10, at 11:00 a.m.
Location of death; corrected maiden name; links to mother-father provided by contributor townsendburial.
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