Ceil Baring-Gould, 96, co-author of "The Annotated Mother Goose"
Diner
Journal-Constitution on July 2, and in the New York Times today -
mentions her collaboration with her husband William S. Baring-Gould,
but it does not mention the two scholarly works he's most famous for:
"Sherlock Holmes of Baker Street: A Life of the World's First
Consulting Detective" (1963) and "Nero Wofle of West Thirty-Fifth
Street: The Life and Times of America's Largest Private
Detective" (published posthumously in 1969). These little "faux
biographies" are terrific, particularly the Wolfe book.
-Tim
BARING-GOULD--Lucile Marguerite Moody, known as "Ceil", died on June
27, 2010, at the age of 96 after several years of declining health.
She was born on April 4, 1914 in Mablehurst, Wisconsin, the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Robert James Moody. After her family moved to
Minneapolis, Minnesota, she attended St. Mary's Hall and then the
University of Minnesota where she earned a BBA degree. It was there
that she met William Stuart Baring-Gould whom she married in 1936.
Mrs. Baring-Gould and her husband moved to New York City where he was
originally employed by Hearst Publishing (later by Time, Inc.). In
1952 Mrs. Baring-Gould and her family moved to Pound Ridge, NY, where
they had purchased a 200 year-old Colonial farmhouse. In 1962 Mrs.
Baring-Gould co-authored with her husband "The Annotated Mother
Goose". The book was reviewed on the front page of the "New York Times
Book Review" and became a bestseller. Mrs. Baring-Gould was committed
to her community of Pound Ridge and was active in government there.
She was the first President of the Pound Ridge League of Women Voters
and a member of the Board of Directors of the New York State League of
Women Voters. She was the first woman elected to any town office when
she was elected to the Town Council in 1968. She served as Deputy Town
Supervisor for seven years. After the death of her husband and son,
she turned her interests toward real estate in the 1970s. She became a
licensed broker with the firm Houlihan/Lawrence, Inc. and was a member
of Sotheby's International Realty. Her endeavors in real estate
resulted in a number of local and national awards, ranging from
membership in the Million Dollar Club every year for thirty-two years,
the Gold Award for top sales in Westchester County, and the Realtor of
the Year Award for Westchester County. She was President of the
Westchester Women's Council of Realtors and was on the Executive
Committee of the Westchester Board of Realtors. Mrs. Baring-Gould was
active on the board of directors of several organizations, among them
the Westchester Lighthouse for the Blind, the Seven Springs
Foundation, and the Pound Ridge Nature Conservancy (now the Pound
Ridge Land Conservancy) where she was Chairperson for ten years. Mrs.
Baring-Gould moved from New York to Atlanta to be near her daughter
and family, living at Canterbury Court. She was one of the founders of
the Canterbury Court Book Club. Although Mrs. Baring-Gould was
preceded in death by her son, William Drake Baring-Gould II, in 1966,
and her husband, William Stuart Baring-Gould, in 1967, she is survived
by her daughter, Judy Baring-Gould Orthwein, and son-in-law, Adolphus
Busch Orthwein, Jr., and by her grandchildren, Adolphus Busch Orthwein
III and wife Ellen, William Drake Orthwein and wife Tabitha, and Pam
Orthwein Jensen and husband Colby. She is also survived by seven great-
grandchildren. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made
to The Pound Ridge Land Conservancy, P.O. Box 173, Pound Ridge, NY
10576, or to the Hiram Halle Memorial Library, 271 Westchester Avenue,
Pound Ridge, NY 10576. A memorial service for Mrs. Baring-Gould will
be held later this summer.
Published in The New York Times on July 11, 2010
Steve Hayes
>BARING-GOULD--Lucile Marguerite Moody, known as "Ceil", died on June
>27, 2010, at the age of 96 after several years of declining health.
Any relation of Sabine?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabine_Baring-Gould
--
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Charlene
> On Sun, 11 Jul 2010 16:41:26 -0700 (PDT), Diner <bwayst...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >BARING-GOULD--Lucile Marguerite Moody, known as "Ceil", died on June
> >27, 2010, at the age of 96 after several years of declining health.
>
> Any relation of Sabine?
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabine_Baring-Gould
Sabine was William's grandfather.
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