Josephine Crisfield Connerat, 95, died Sept. 24 at her home on the Vernon River.
She was born in Chestnut Hill, Pa., and attended Springside School in Philadelphia where she excelled in basketball, was president of her class and valedictorian. She majored in music with a minor in astronomy at Smith College, Northampton, Mass., and earned the coveted "S" Award for outstanding scholarship. She was a music teacher in Philadelphia and was the widow of William Spencer Connerat. She was a pianist and accompanied the dancers at Ebba Thomson's Ballet Class for many years and was a volunteer at the Georgia Regional Hospital and was named Outstanding Volunteer of the Year in 1983.
She was a member of Society of the Colonial Dames in the state of Georgia, the Board of Directresses of Telfair Hospital and served as president. She was a lifelong member of Christ Church, where she served as president of the Episcopal Church Women. She christened the Liberty Ship named after her great-great-grandfather, the S.S. Joseph Habersham, during World War II.
SURVIVORS: two daughters, Laura C. Lawton of Savannah and Josephine C. House of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; two sons, Spencer Connerat Jr. and Pearce C. Connerat; a sister, Mary C. Lain of Richmond Hill; a brother, Alfred P. Crisfield of Boulder, Colo.; 10 grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, 13 nieces and nephews, 26 great-nieces and nephews and a number of great-great-nieces and nephews.
VISITATION: noon-2 p.m. today at Sipple Mortuary.
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. today at Christ Episcopal Church, burial in Bonaventure Cemetery.
Savannah News, Saturday, September 26, 1998
She was born in Chestnut Hill, Pa., and attended Springside School in Philadelphia where she excelled in basketball, was president of her class and valedictorian. She majored in music with a minor in astronomy at Smith College, Northampton, Mass., and earned the coveted "S" Award for outstanding scholarship. She was a music teacher in Philadelphia and was the widow of William Spencer Connerat. She was a pianist and accompanied the dancers at Ebba Thomson's Ballet Class for many years and was a volunteer at the Georgia Regional Hospital and was named Outstanding Volunteer of the Year in 1983.
She was a member of Society of the Colonial Dames in the state of Georgia, the Board of Directresses of Telfair Hospital and served as president. She was a lifelong member of Christ Church, where she served as president of the Episcopal Church Women. She christened the Liberty Ship named after her great-great-grandfather, the S.S. Joseph Habersham, during World War II.
SURVIVORS: two daughters, Laura C. Lawton of Savannah and Josephine C. House of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; two sons, Spencer Connerat Jr. and Pearce C. Connerat; a sister, Mary C. Lain of Richmond Hill; a brother, Alfred P. Crisfield of Boulder, Colo.; 10 grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, 13 nieces and nephews, 26 great-nieces and nephews and a number of great-great-nieces and nephews.
VISITATION: noon-2 p.m. today at Sipple Mortuary.
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. today at Christ Episcopal Church, burial in Bonaventure Cemetery.
Savannah News, Saturday, September 26, 1998
Josephine Crisfield Connerat, 95, died Sept. 24 at her home on the Vernon River.
She was born in Chestnut Hill, Pa., and attended Springside School in Philadelphia where she excelled in basketball, was president of her class and valedictorian. She majored in music with a minor in astronomy at Smith College, Northampton, Mass., and earned the coveted "S" Award for outstanding scholarship. She was a music teacher in Philadelphia and was the widow of William Spencer Connerat. She was a pianist and accompanied the dancers at Ebba Thomson's Ballet Class for many years and was a volunteer at the Georgia Regional Hospital and was named Outstanding Volunteer of the Year in 1983.
She was a member of Society of the Colonial Dames in the state of Georgia, the Board of Directresses of Telfair Hospital and served as president. She was a lifelong member of Christ Church, where she served as president of the Episcopal Church Women. She christened the Liberty Ship named after her great-great-grandfather, the S.S. Joseph Habersham, during World War II.
SURVIVORS: two daughters, Laura C. Lawton of Savannah and Josephine C. House of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; two sons, Spencer Connerat Jr. and Pearce C. Connerat; a sister, Mary C. Lain of Richmond Hill; a brother, Alfred P. Crisfield of Boulder, Colo.; 10 grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, 13 nieces and nephews, 26 great-nieces and nephews and a number of great-great-nieces and nephews.
VISITATION: noon-2 p.m. today at Sipple Mortuary.
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. today at Christ Episcopal Church, burial in Bonaventure Cemetery.
Savannah News, Saturday, September 26, 1998
She was born in Chestnut Hill, Pa., and attended Springside School in Philadelphia where she excelled in basketball, was president of her class and valedictorian. She majored in music with a minor in astronomy at Smith College, Northampton, Mass., and earned the coveted "S" Award for outstanding scholarship. She was a music teacher in Philadelphia and was the widow of William Spencer Connerat. She was a pianist and accompanied the dancers at Ebba Thomson's Ballet Class for many years and was a volunteer at the Georgia Regional Hospital and was named Outstanding Volunteer of the Year in 1983.
She was a member of Society of the Colonial Dames in the state of Georgia, the Board of Directresses of Telfair Hospital and served as president. She was a lifelong member of Christ Church, where she served as president of the Episcopal Church Women. She christened the Liberty Ship named after her great-great-grandfather, the S.S. Joseph Habersham, during World War II.
SURVIVORS: two daughters, Laura C. Lawton of Savannah and Josephine C. House of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; two sons, Spencer Connerat Jr. and Pearce C. Connerat; a sister, Mary C. Lain of Richmond Hill; a brother, Alfred P. Crisfield of Boulder, Colo.; 10 grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, 13 nieces and nephews, 26 great-nieces and nephews and a number of great-great-nieces and nephews.
VISITATION: noon-2 p.m. today at Sipple Mortuary.
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. today at Christ Episcopal Church, burial in Bonaventure Cemetery.
Savannah News, Saturday, September 26, 1998
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