Mrs. Middleton was born in Lakewood, NJ, in 1921 and grew up on Norfolk, VA. She attended the College of William and Mary. She met Roderick Middleton while he was a midshipman at the Naval Academy. After his graduation he served on the USS Washington in the Pacific during World War II. Mrs. Middleton lived with their first child, Anne, in Pomona Park during the war. Shortly thereafter, they moved to Cambridge, MA, where he attended graduate school at Harvard. As a Navy wife, Mrs. Middleton also lived in Japan, Massachusetts, Texas, Rhode Island, Maryland, Alabama, Virginia, and Florida, and toured the Mediterranean for six months with her daughter Stephanie while Admiral Middleton was on a good will tour in Europe and Africa in 1965. The Middletons had a son, Roderick O. Middleton, Jr. who died in 1968.
Mrs. Middleton is survived by her daughters, Anne Jackson of Sacramento and Stephanie Middleton of Philadelphia. She was the beloved grandmother of Christopher Beale, Eric Kuenstler, Kevin Kuenstler, Mary Felton, Susannah Chamie, and Adele Carr; and great grandmother of Katherine Beale, Rod Beale, Jeremy Felton, Madeline Felton, Nathaniel Felton, Jordan Chamie, and Willow Kuenstler. Her grandchildren often spent their summers with her, and she took them on trips to Ashland, Oregon,Yosemite, and Hawaii, as well as to Europe and Australia. She never missed her grandchildrens' graduations, weddings or performances. She was an avid gardener, storyteller, traveler, reader, and lover of art, music, and theater. She will be remembered for her generosity of spirit, her great sense of humor, her intellectual curiosity, and her loving devotion to her family and friends.
Mrs. Middleton was born in Lakewood, NJ, in 1921 and grew up on Norfolk, VA. She attended the College of William and Mary. She met Roderick Middleton while he was a midshipman at the Naval Academy. After his graduation he served on the USS Washington in the Pacific during World War II. Mrs. Middleton lived with their first child, Anne, in Pomona Park during the war. Shortly thereafter, they moved to Cambridge, MA, where he attended graduate school at Harvard. As a Navy wife, Mrs. Middleton also lived in Japan, Massachusetts, Texas, Rhode Island, Maryland, Alabama, Virginia, and Florida, and toured the Mediterranean for six months with her daughter Stephanie while Admiral Middleton was on a good will tour in Europe and Africa in 1965. The Middletons had a son, Roderick O. Middleton, Jr. who died in 1968.
Mrs. Middleton is survived by her daughters, Anne Jackson of Sacramento and Stephanie Middleton of Philadelphia. She was the beloved grandmother of Christopher Beale, Eric Kuenstler, Kevin Kuenstler, Mary Felton, Susannah Chamie, and Adele Carr; and great grandmother of Katherine Beale, Rod Beale, Jeremy Felton, Madeline Felton, Nathaniel Felton, Jordan Chamie, and Willow Kuenstler. Her grandchildren often spent their summers with her, and she took them on trips to Ashland, Oregon,Yosemite, and Hawaii, as well as to Europe and Australia. She never missed her grandchildrens' graduations, weddings or performances. She was an avid gardener, storyteller, traveler, reader, and lover of art, music, and theater. She will be remembered for her generosity of spirit, her great sense of humor, her intellectual curiosity, and her loving devotion to her family and friends.
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