Former and long time Garden Club of the Back Bay member Susan G. Loring passed away June 16 at the Herrick House in Beverly, at age 95. She attended Chestnut Hill and Winsor Schools, and graduated with a degree in Social Work from Vassar College. From her obituary in The Boston Globe: “Her love of the natural world and her deep social consciousness led her to support and volunteer for decades at numerous ecological and social service organizations, including the Women’s Educational and Industrial Union, Friendship Works, Recording for the Blind, to name but a few. She was an active member of First Unitarian Universalist Church of Boston, and of many service and social justice organizations associated with that church and the U.U. denomination. Most of her career was spent at the Audubon Society of Massachusetts, where she worked in publications and retail, and was eventually Assistant to the Director. A music lover, she attended countless concerts at Symphony, New England Conservatory (where she sang in a chorus) and churches and halls around the Boston area.” There will be a memorial service at 3 pm on Friday, July 5, as part of visiting hours (1 – 5) at Campbell Funeral Home, 525 Cabot Street in Beverly. Donations in Sue’s memory may be made, in lieu of flowers, to the Beverly Historical Society, First Church UU Boston, Massachusetts, Audubon Society, or the charity of your choice.
Our most vivid recent memory is Sue driving around Back Bay at an age which, in retrospect, was perhaps too advanced to be altogether safe, delivering holiday wreaths to our always satisfied customers, and regaling her in-vehicle assistants with tales of Back Bay from years past.
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