<html> <body>Hi, Aaron and Colleagues - <br/><br/>This Mary Steinway sounds like one who's Steinway (naturally) I used to care for at her vacation home in Vermont. The age and names seem right. Nice lady and a pleasure to work for. <br/><br/>~ Tom McNeil ~ <br/>Vermont Piano Restorations<div>~ Tom McNeil ~</div><hr/><div><b>From: </b> Aaron Bousel <abousel@comcast.net> </div><div><b>Sender: </b> caut-bounces@ptg.org </div><div><b>Date: </b>Tue, 01 May 2012 07:28:28 -0400</div><div><b>To: </b><caut@ptg.org></div><div><b>ReplyTo: </b> caut@ptg.org </div><div><b>Subject: </b>[CAUT] Local obit- Amherst, MA</div><div><br/></div> Just saw this in our local (Amherst, MA) paper. Never knew we had Steinways living here. <br> Aaron<br><br> <h1><b>Mary Steinway</b></h1>By <i>Ashley Blais<br> </i>Created <i>04/27/2012 - 5:00am<br><br> </i>DALLAS, Texas - Mary Kathryn Steinway passed away Tuesday, April 10, 2012, in Dallas, Texas.<br><br> Mary was born in 1924 in Tulsa, Okla., to Kathleen and Harry Castle. Mary attended Radcliffe College in Boston and graduated with a degree in fine arts.<br><br> She married Frederick Steinway of the piano firm Steinway & Sons and lived in New York City for 35 years. She worked in various roles with the Bank Street College of Education Arts in Education program associated with the John D. Rockefeller III Fund. This program enabled elementary school teachers to incorporate the arts as classroom learning tools.<br><br> After moving to Amherst in 1975, she became acting director of the Amherst Historical Society and Museum. She was also president of the Amherst Woman's Club and active in the Traveler's Club.<br><br> She is survived by her three sons: Frederick of Amherst, Robert and his wife, Wendy, of Boulder, Colo., and Christian and his wife, Sue, of Dallas. She is also survived by four grandchildren: Melanie, Abby, Nathan and Natalie.<br><br> There will be a memorial service at Grace Church in Amherst at 10 a.m. May 12.<br><br> Memorial gifts may be made to The Pilgrim Society, 75 Court St., Plymouth, MA 02360.<br> Daily Hampshire Gazette © 2011 All rights reserved <br> <hr> <b>Source URL:</b> <a href="http://www.gazettenet.com/2012/04/27/mary-steinway"> http://www.gazettenet.com/2012/04/27/mary-steinway</a><br><br> <br> <x-sigsep><p></x-sigsep> <font face="Eras Medium ITC"> ------------------------------------------<br> Aaron Bousel<br> </font><font face="Eras Medium ITC" color="#0000FF"> abousel@comcast.net<br> </font><font face="Eras Medium ITC">(413) 253-3544 (voice)<br> (413) 253-3846 (voice & fax)</font> </body> </html>