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Helen P. Holt
1941 - 2013 BRATTLEBORO Helen Pennock Holt, "Penny," died peacefully on June 16, 2013, at the Hospice House in Charlottesville, Va.
Penny was born in West Hartford, Conn., on March 28, 1941, the daughter of the late Guy Bryan Holt and Helen Pennock Holt. She attended Saint Mary's-in-the-Mountains school and received a BA from Boston University in 1966. She earned an MA in Counseling from St. Joseph College in 1981 and an MA in Religious Studies from Yale University in 1988.
She worked in counseling early on but found her true passion later in life in Shakespeare. She was a lifelong student and loved to share her knowledge of Shakespeare through teaching classes at the Chautauqua Institution and Hartford College for Women.
She lived in Brattleboro near her family farm from 1990 to 2003 and then moved to Charlottesville, Va., to be near her son and his family.
She enjoyed traveling, theatre, music, Vermont, summers at Chautauqua, the Stratford Shakespeare Festival, The Miller Center of Public Affairs and her grandchildren with whom she shared many of these experiences.
Penny is survived by her sister, Eunice Van Vleck and husband, David, of Middlebury; her brother, Stanley Holt and wife, Marjorie, of Townshend; her twin sister, Kathy Barnes and husband, Travis, of Tiger, Ga., and many nieces and nephews. She is also survived by her son, Joseph Pennock Hoskins, his wife, Elvira, and their three daughters, Ellie, Lucia, and Alice of Charlottesville, Virginia.
She was preceded in death by her brother, Nick Holt.
FUNERAL NOTICE: A family memorial service will be held on Aug. 11, at The Pines, Lake Skaneateles, N.Y.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to The Chautauqua Foundation, PO Box 28, Chautauqua, NY 14722 or to The Pines Fund c/o Alan Cooper 2632 Pine grove Road, Skaneateles, NY 13151.
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I remember Penny as lively, fun, and funny - and those fabulous Norwegian sweaters at St. Mary's. She was a terrific skier as well. Coincidentally, I know her first husband, Joe Hoskins, and met Jody once
during the time he and my neice were an item early on in their respective adulthoods. Penny was a vivid person, an excellent way to remember her. Her death was much too soon.
Ingrid Anderson
August 21, 2013
Penny was my room-mate senior year at St. Mary's. She was so bright and full of fun and mischief. She didn't seem to study much but did well anyway. I'm sorry I didn't stay in touch with her after we left St. Mary's. My sympathies to her sister Kathy (of whom she spoke most often) and the rest of the family.
Alice Barney Aronow
August 20, 2013
My condolences to Penny's family. I am so grateful to have had her as a friend. I have many wonderful memories of great conversations. Penny really broadened my already strong love of film. I will miss her a lot.
Merry Elder
July 5, 2013
Penny spent many summers renting an apartment in my house at Chautauqua, where we became friends. Will miss her very much and always remember her love of Chautauqua and Shakespeare.
Lynne Ballard
July 3, 2013
Stan,Marjorie and families, I am so sorry for your loss. May God Bless you all. Love and prayers, Mary
Mary Tier (Childs)
June 27, 2013
Au revoir, ma tante.
CVV
June 20, 2013
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