Victoria Carchidi

Victoria Sartori Ewer Carchidi (nee Kirkland) age 54 on August 15, 2012 of Narberth, PA. She was the much loved wife of Bruce Carchidi for 31 years. She was a graduate of the Baldwin School class of 1976 and the University of Pennsylvania class of '80 where she earned a PhD in English in 1987 and wrote her dissertation on T. E. Lawrence. Dr. Carchidi taught at Hershey Medical School, Emory and Henry University (Emory, VA), Massey University (Palmerston North, New Zealand) and Green Mountain College (Poultney, VT) where she was head of the English Department. Recently she was a student in the landscape architecture program at the University of Pennsylvania. Victoria is remembered for her intelligence, love of animals and her championing of environmental and feminist causes. She is survived by her husband Bruce Carchidi, her mother Mrs. Faris R. Kirkland of Bryn Mawr, her sister and brother-in law Emelyn Story and Stephen Biddle of Southampton PA, her brother Russell Kirkland and his wife Cheri Laughner of Bahama, NC and nephews Benjamin Story Biddle and Jacob Ewer Biddle as well as her aunt Mrs. John Alan Gower Tiffin of Sussex, England. A memorial service for family and friends will take place on Saturday, August 25, 2012 at 10AM at the Church of the Redeemer at New Gulph and Pennswood Roads in Bryn Mawr, PA, 19010. Because of Victoria's lifelong love of cats, contributions in her memory to the Francisvale Home, 328 Upper Gulph Road, Radnor, PA 19087 would be appreciated.