MYRNA RUTH FARNSWORTH

FARNSWORTH, MYRNA RUTH, died in Miami Beach, FL on May 29, 2011, at the age of 72, after a brief illness. Born to Dr. Daniel and Celia Kaplan of Worcester, MA, she graduated from Classical High School in 1957 and then briefly attended the Cambridge City Hospital School of Nursing before marrying in 1958. After a brief first marriage ended in divorce, she later married Calvin "Bart" Farnsworth in 1977. A long-time resident of Worcester and Miami Beach, FL, she and Bart found great joy in living an exciting life on the ocean aboard the motor vessel "Stony" boating from the Maine coast to the Bahamas and the Florida Keys. The spent their summers on the Charles River, Cape Cod and Wickford, RI. Her life was full of adventure and punctuated by a large, gregarious and diverse group of friends from Worcester and her many boating trips up and down the East Coast. She was engaged in life, avidly followed the Red Sox and Patriots, and was connected to current events. She was lively, fun loving and generous to many and lived life without regrets. She was predeceased by Bart (March 2010) and is survived by her brother and sister-in-law, Richard and Janie Kaplan, of Greenwich, CT, her two nephews, Matthew Kaplan of New York City and Andrew Kaplan of Washington, DC, 4 grand nieces, her son and daughter-in-law Dave and Carey Burwick and their 4 children of New Canaan, CT. Funeral services were held on Tuesday, May 31st in Perlman Funeral Home, Worcester, MA. Burial was in B'Nai Brith Cemetery. Memorial observance was held on Wednesday, June 1st in Greenwich, CT. View this Guest Book at www. MiamiHerald.com/obituaries.