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Kate Alson
August 29, 2024
Kate Alson
August 29, 2024
Kate Alson
August 29, 2024
Kate Alson
August 29, 2024
Kate Alson
August 29, 2024
Kate Alson
August 29, 2024
August 28, 2024
To My Beloved Mom/Mamaseeta (Elizabeth "Libby" Lee),
It´s been 10 years(8/28/14) yesterday since you´ve physically been gone. On the rollercoaster of life full of highs and lows, twists and turns, and unknowns we arrive at this milestone marker that I never wanted to reach. 10 years since new memories were made together, 10 years since I got to hug you, share a cappuccino or chai latte with you, or even just pick up the phone and chat. Yet upon reflection happily there are still many things that link you (and Dad) to us.
At the beginning of August we spent two weeks staying in the West Village at Harpi´s place on 11th Street while he, Alice, and Edie were away, and while there were some ups and downs during that stay, we got to live like locals (taking the subway or walking most everywhere, walking to buy groceries and often cooking at home, seeing favorite local museums or parks, visiting with family and friends including childhood ones, hanging at the local branch of the library, even winning the last minute lottery tickets to take E to see Wicked) and it inevitably made me understand a bit more about your love of the City and imagine you living in it, perhaps the rhythm of one version of the NYC life. Then we came home to MA for some work, seeing friends, more last minute theater time (this time winning lottery tix to Queen of Versailles!) and time with the Corgis at a local sandy watering hole.
As I write, the Summer is winding down, but as many kids return to school we slipped in another quick overnight - this time to Upstate NY - a last trip to LEGOLAND NY before E begins 6th grade next week. Inconceivable! You wouldn´t believe how big the toddler you knew him as has grown emotionally and physically. He is smart, fun, funny, stubborn, can be outspoken, has your love of reading, the color green, tasty food and desserts (including your chocolate pots), and coffee ice cream. He is growing up with Corgis, the breed of dogs you introduced into our family, the love of adventure, a curiosity about the world, opinionated about many things including our need to work quickly on Global Warming and Climate Change and with an appreciation of theater and music.
Anyway, we stumbled upon a true New York Diner for dinner on the way back and I had eggplant (another favorite of yours) and we shared a slice of dense flourless chocolate cake with a dollop of vanilla ice cream all in your honor. It seemed right to be in a snazzy true New York diner thinking of you and Dad today. This is a restaurant executed well that you both would have deemed worthy of a return visit as we tucked away leftovers to bring back. So as we returned home later than we hoped my biggest regret never is the journeys taken together, but instead the ones that I wish we got to take and never will. However the memories and connections I hold onto of both of you live on. Thankfully there are so many things you loved that are still threaded through our lives, and in that way you are still with us for these life events and travels.
Thank you for being a loving and supportive Mom, as well as fun, funny, a good listener and good conversationalist, a seeker of social justice and making things right in the world, and a model on much of how things should be done. You and Dad spent a lot of time savoring some of the best parts of life which included your abundant village of people and many adventures both big and small. We continue to try to instill those loves and values in E. Your voice and connection is strong within us and hopefully E will be able to keep a piece of it to hold onto too.
Your memory is a blessing and you continue on to remain close to my heart. I think of you daily, miss you much, and love you always.
xoxoxo
SUSAN DICHTER
August 26, 2024
Tom and I remember Libby in a hundred ways -- her wit, her love of birds, her kindness, her beauty (in every sense). It was always a joy to be near her.
Kate Alson
July 30, 2024
7/28/24
On the way home today we visited Mom and Dad´s Celebration Bench in Croton Point Park, NY. We try to do this visit a couple of times a year to honor them, and the timing seemed particularly apropos with the 8th anniversary of Dad´s death (7/23/16) just passing, it almost being Dad´s birthday (8/10/20), and nearing the 10th anniversary of Mom´s death (8/28/14). Mom and Dad used to frequent this spot to birdwatch including looking for Eagles, and stroll with their beloved Corgis. It seemed fitting today that we met a lovely family gathering to enjoy the bench and surrounds including the beautiful Hudson River. Ariel was not only from New City, NY where Jason grew up, but also a NYC Police Officer, and a nice guy who loved meeting us and hearing about my folks and the meaning behind the bench. I think my parents would have loved the family celebration and sense of community and connection we all felt together. Mom and Dad wished for their bench to be a celebration of life, rather than a somber place. It definitely felt this was a fitting way to honor them today - visiting the bench and meeting nice people including their dog. Love you, Mom and Dad. Hope you felt the positive energy remembering and celebrating you and the dogs, and your lives today. Love you always. xoxo
Kate Alson
July 28, 2024
Kate Alson
July 28, 2024
Kate Alson
July 28, 2024
Kate Alson
July 28, 2024
Kate Alson
July 28, 2024
Kate Alson
July 28, 2024
On the way home today we visited Mom and Dad´s Celebration Bench in Croton Point Park, NY. We try to do this visit a couple of times a year to honor them, and the timing seemed particularly apropos with the 8th anniversary of Dad´s death (7/23/16) just passing, it almost being Dad´s birthday (8/10/20), and nearing the 10th anniversary of Mom´s death (8/28/14). Mom and Dad used to frequent this spot to birdwatch including looking for Eagles, and stroll with their beloved Corgis. It seemed fitting today that we met a lovely family gathering to enjoy the bench and surrounds including the beautiful Hudson River. Ariel was not only from New City, NY where Jason grew up, but also a NYC Police Officer, and a nice guy who loved meeting us and hearing about my folks and the meaning behind the bench. I think my parents would have loved the family celebration and sense of community and connection we all felt together. Mom and Dad wished for their bench to be a celebration of life, rather than a somber place. It definitely felt this was a fitting way to honor them today - visiting the bench and meeting nice people including their dog. Love you, Mom and Dad. Hope you felt the positive energy remembering and celebrating you and the dogs, and your lives today. Love you always. xoxo
Kate (Katherine Lee)
May 5, 2024
Dearest Mamaseeta,
I´m not gonna lie or sugarcoat it, this has been a tough week for me leading up to your birthday. It´s been almost 10 years (August 28th) since you shuffled off this mortal coil and exactly 10 years today since we last celebrated your birthday together. I keep thinking each year that it will feel less unfair or more "normal(ish)" without you here as time passes. We do "all have an expiration date" as Dad used to say, but yet it still feels just plain wrong that you (and Dad) are gone. But yet, we continue to go on somehow, and the idea of you actually turning 90 seems bizarre in and of itself. You and Dad always seemed much younger than the official years based on your birth certificate, so it seems unfathomable that if you were physically here you would in fact be turning 90.
At any rate, I have set up a fundraiser to raise money for PPFA to celebrate our May birthdays and Mothers´ Day. You and Dad instilled in me my values of social justice and good works and here is my attempt at trying to find the positive in the hard.
Today Jason and I tried to mark your important day by checking out a new bakery/art gallery to peruse local and international art and eat a chocolate scone and a cup of rose French tea (all things you would have loved), we hoped to talk a short hike in the Fells (which was sadly rained out), Eliot did some drawing, Eliot and I played a word puzzle game (in this case the Wheel of Fortune board game and Eliot won) and I made a special family dinner of lemon Alfredo pasta with veggie meatballs and chopped salad with artichoke hearts, and pot de creme (your recipe). The dessert didn´t have time to set and mistakenly got mixed with the whipped cream (when I sadly got distracted) so were more like chocolate mousse drink but still tasty. Eliot said you would have appreciated me making a new version, but I just craved your version. More pots are in the fridge solidifying for other days of enjoyment and will hopefully taste more like what you intended. There of course have been lots of corgi cuddles and hugs today. Eliot contributed to a school window painting in town yesterday, and plays his trumpet in a school concert on Friday. He has a great sense of humor and a quick mind like you. He is a voracious reader (like you), recently attended the Graphic Novel Book Festival, and met some of his hero authors, his favorite color is green (like you), and just this morning he whipped us up tasty fried eggs the Jacques Pepin way (some tasty cooking like yours). So there are certainly glimmers of you that continue to shine through. I truly hope you and Dad are peering down every so often seeing our goings on and know how much you are loved and thought of and how different parts of both of you carry on through family traditions and sometimes even through your grandson.
Thanks for being such a great Mom. As always I miss you much, carry you deep in my heart, and love you always.
Your daughter,
Kate (Katherine Lee)
Kate Alson
February 3, 2024
Happy 57th Wedding Anniversary (February 4th) to you, my beloved parents. Wish you were here. Love you always.
Kate Alson
August 28, 2023
Kate Alson
August 28, 2023
Kate Alson
August 28, 2023
Kate Alson
August 28, 2023
Kate Alson
August 28, 2023
Kate Alson
August 28, 2023
Dearest Mommy,
Today marks nine (9?!) years, another year that´s passed by where you´ve been gone. There´s always a looming feeling of dread leading up to this anniversary date. However remembering things you enjoyed and doing some of them helps me feel closer to you, and makes the day seem a bit more manageable. Today Eliot and I visited the Hammond Castle Museum for the first time. We then ventured over to Rockport to have a casual lunch overlooking the water and wandered around town. Yesterday Jason, Eliot, and I went to picnic and listen to live music at Tanglewood (Eliot and Jason´s first time). Museums, history, beautiful architecture, amazing vistas and nature, wonderful music and adventures, were all things that you appreciated. The Hammond Castle Museum and Tanglewood did indeed feel connected to your years working at Caramoor in the education program and helping with the music concerts. Dear Mamaseeta miss you every day, and love you always.
Kate Alson
May 5, 2023
Kate Alson
May 5, 2023
Kate Alson
May 5, 2023
Kate Alson
May 5, 2023
Kate Alson
May 5, 2023
Kate Alson
August 29, 2022
Kate Alson
August 29, 2022
Kate Alson
August 29, 2022
Kate Alson
August 29, 2022
Dearest Mamaseeta,
Today, August 28, 2022 marks eight (8!) years since you died.
In life you were such a presence. A bright light shining in the world, a sparkly, vibrant, beautiful woman who people gravitated to. Most would list you as a best friend and it was no surprise as you made most everyone feel important and special. Your energy alone attracted everyone as well as your intelligence, your quick wit, your beauty inside and out, and your ability to cook a scrumptious meal or host a lively dinner party. You often had infectious enthusiasm and positive spirit, and possessed a love of giving back to others, working in the community, or just genuinely wanting to get to know people. You had a keen curiosity about things, were opinionated, sometimes stubborn, and were a voracious reader and writer. You loved the arts, Corgis, creamy coffee with cinnamon, fine food and deep dinner conversations, travel, adventure, or just cuddling with Dad, or being with friends and family. In fact you loved too many things to list here but what was always clear was that you lit up the world and made it a better place.
I so wish you were here to share our lives with us here and see Eliot grow and grow and become a fine, smart, funny, stubborn, opinionated, and dear person. I see so many things in him that come from both you and Dad. Also it seems fitting to mention on this day - not meant to focus on your death, but instead of speaking of you and continuing to keep your spirit alive- that we - Jason, Eliot, Jane, and Leo (yes the Corgis came too!) and me - are currently traveling on a six-week epic cross country roadtrip. Harpi said this trip reminds him of you, Dad, and him traveling with the Corgis decades ago in your Austin Healey through Europe.
Also we found a disco ball outside our last hotel room under a bush this morning while packing up our car to continue our drive, next stop will be Toronto. Not only would you approve of venturing to a new City to explore and experience, but also you loved disco balls with their tiny mirrors combining to reflecting light everywhere, and you even hung one up in our kitchen in Ossining. Jason teases but I will not question the possibility that it is your sign that you are indeed watching over us, and the disco ball seems fitting. No matter, your light continues to sparkle brightly in our world. Thanks for everything. I remain grateful to call you my Mom, and love you, always.
Lysa Hoffman
August 25, 2022
Libby was so very wonderful with our cats. I know that she took as loving care of them as we did. She positively sparkled.
Kate Alson
May 5, 2022
Dearest Mommy,
Happy, Happy 88th Birthday. 88 sounds crazy. You will be forever younger in my head...full of spirit, love, wit and wisdom, energy, and interest in the world around you.
Today I cleared out the beginning of my day to spend some quality time celebrating you. Eliot and I even saw a Corgi puppy on the drive to school. Then I ventured to a new arboretum "museum of trees" I had never been to before and enjoyed seeing the flowers, trees, and nature. I glimpsed a small red squirrel, birds, and turtles, and frogs on the connected nature trails. I smelled lilac, and admired trees blossoming. Then I discovered a new farm to home foodie shop that crafted a vegetarian ploughman´s sandwich for me for lunch.
After soccer I took Eliot to try Korean Bimbibap for the first time, and while we waited for the order we visited the used bookstore next door. So it was a very Libby/Mom day indeed -corgi sightings, adventuring trying new places and foods, and even visiting a bookstore. It will never be the same without you here, but I still think about you daily. In fact you are all our minds often and we carry you with us and speak about you.
Dearest Mamaseeta -we miss you and love you always. xoxoxo
Kate Alson
February 4, 2022
Dearest Mom and Dad,
Happy 55th Wedding Anniversary. Every year we try to figure out ways to celebrate you. You were so great, and so great together, and we want to honor you. Today school was cancelled for an "Ice Day" so Eliot and I stayed home with the Corgis. We had food you would both enjoy like lattes, Cinnamon rolls, French Onion soup (one of the great soups you both would have said), crab cakes, Brie and bagel and lox. We watched the Olympics (Dad especially loved the competition and watching the best of the best), played Trekking The World (a travel board game, and you both loved to travel), and made Mom´s famous chocolate pots. Eliot also noticed a bird landed outside our window and hung out with us for probably at least an hour. We´d like to think that was you paying a visit and showing us you were watching out for us. We also made special drinks, sparkling cranberry for E, and Kir Royale and toasted you and your day. However in this house we think of you daily. We miss you both, and love you always.
Kate Alson
February 4, 2022
Happy 55th Wedding Anniversary to you, my beloved parents. Wish you were here. Love you always.
Susan Dichter
August 25, 2021
There are many birds on our land this summer. Each time we spot a new kind, Tom and I remember Libby and her love of birds. A small thing, but it brings her back to us.
Kate Alson
May 6, 2021
Happy, happy, 78th birthday to my beloved Mom/Libby! We did it. We created a fundraiser that not only reached our goal but exceeded it. We raised $1,137! Such a lovely way to not only support Teatown Lake Reservation, a great organization, while also honoring and marking Libby Alson’s birthday and the upcoming Mother’s Day. Every dollar goes directly to this nonprofit. Many thanks again to the friends and family who generously gave to remember this amazing person.
Kate Alson
May 6, 2021
May 5, 2021
Dearest Mom,
Happy birthday!
Another trip around the sun without you here to celebrate your birthday together. It feels so crazy that every year moves you further away from physically being here...and so many memories are being made without the possibilities of you in any of them.
Yet, you are in some real ways still (almost) here. We talk about you, look at photos, sing songs you sang and loved, and listen to music you loved. We do activities you enjoyed, and eat foods that you craved.
On your birthday, Wednesday May 5, 2021, during COVID, we raised $1,137 for Teatown to honor you and your birthday. While you may not have wanted the limelight, I think you would have loved how many people stepped forward to remember you and support a place you loved.
E and I were home today homeschooling, and I originally imagined venturing somewhere beautiful to see flowers, animals, and birds, or view outside art to mark your birthday but it rained and rained. Instead I cut red and orange Tulips and lavender and pink Hyacinth from our garden. While outside I found a Momma Robin sitting on her nest in our bush, and back inside saw a Cardinal flitting outside our window. Usually we also see tons of bunnies hopping around. Inside we painted and listened to Ella Fitzgerald with the Corgis at our feet (you brought Corgis into our life in your 30s and here they still belong). We bought French food (a favorite of yours) from MA France and devoured crepes for lunch, and later baguette and Brie and Blue Cheese in the afternoon, and after dinner we split some French pastries.
Tonight after continuing to read “Wind In The Willows” (you loved for us to read together) to Eliot, we said our evening bedtime prayer (the 18th Century one you taught me), and I sang him “Moon River” and “Always.”
Mom I suddenly realize you *were* right with us all along just in a different way. Thank you for being such an amazing person, wonderful mother and wife, and a loving Nana. We carry you here in our hearts forever. Miss you every day, love you, always! xoxoxoxoxo
Carolyn Hanley Carollo
September 18, 2020
I grew up as a "sort of" cousin. She spent growing up time visiting our home. We both attended Radcliffe at the same time. Guy Lee, her maternal grandfather was my step grandfather in U.K. I am Carolyn Hanley Carollo (nickname Crinnie). & live in N. California.
Kate Alson
February 4, 2020
Happy 53rd Wedding Anniversary to our beloved parents/in-laws/grandparents, Libby & Larry Alson. They are unfortunately physically gone but carried close in our hearts. 2007 was their 40th Wedding Anniversary and Jason and I, along with Jason's mother, traveled with my parents to their cherished Paris to celebrate. Today to remember them, that wonderful family trip, and their special love for each other, Eliot and I ventured to a lovely local French place, and feasted on crepes - Brie, spinach, and mushroom, and egg and cheese, a chocolate croissant, and I had a cafe'. Then before E's doctor appointment we visited Mount Auburn Cemetery- known for it's beauty - birders, nature lovers, walkers, and runners frequent it to appreciate the scenery and wildlife. We also found the grave of their old friend and artist, John Bageris, who Eliot has heard about for years. French food, cafes, birds, nature, art were all things you enjoyed. Dearest Mom and Dad- Happy Anniversary, we celebrate you both today, and love you always! ❤❤❤❤
Kate Alson
August 29, 2019
Dearest Mom,
Five years ago, yesterday, you left your earthly form, and life has truly never felt the same. If only I could just hug you tight, or pick up the phone to talk like we did almost daily. But no, it is not possible, and somehow life still goes on, despite the injustice of you not being physically here with us.
So, I'm back to report on Eliot and my recent adventures...adventures chosen specifically to honor you. The Heritage Garden & Museums was an amazing fit of some of your loves. There were of course beautiful flowers, trees, plants, water features, and vibrant colors and arrangements. There were hidden gardens, a labyrinth, a maze, an old fashioned carousel you could ride on, a creative and wonderful nature kids' space, a treehouse, art museums of Americana and paintings, a collection of antique cars, and even a tasty cafe. So your love of nature, gardens, adventure, fun, fast and stylish cars, and even good food all got checked off. And can you imagine unlimited carousel rides (we only rode five times, and I think E would have kept going if he could, but lunch beckoned)? Really the day was truly special, and reflected your magical spirit well. Then we ate fresh tomato, basil, mozzarella Neapolitan pizza, Greek salad with fresh feta, toasted you, and went in search of sweets. No creme brûlée was easily had, but we did find homemade chocolate and salt water taffy and sampled cappuccino truffles in your name.
Love you always, Mamaseeta.
Forever, and for true. That, and our
connection, indeed is eternal.
Kate Alson
August 28, 2019
Dearest Mommy - it is five years today since you have been physically gone. Eliot and I celebrated you today including visiting the Heritage Gardens and Museums in Sandwich. You would have loved it. More details and pictures to follow tomorrow since we are quite tired and are going to bed. Know you are thought of daily, greatly missed, and loved always. ❤❤❤❤
Kate Alson
August 28, 2019
We love you, Mamaseeta!! Eliot and I celebrated you today, miss you.
Kate Alson
May 13, 2019
Dear Mom- Yesterday was Mother's Day, May 12, 2019. The weather - rainy, cold, windy - felt like pathetic fallacy. While Jason, Eliot, and I visited beautiful Ogunquit, ate tasty seafood with a water view, played and strolled on the beach, and had a candlelit steak and lobster tail home cooked dinner, amidst all of it my heart felt tight and ached for you, and I was at times weepy.
Grief certainly changes over time but when it hits hard it sucks big time. I still feel robbed that you are gone. Not sure that will change. I expected we had more time. You were gone way too soon, and here we are doing all these family things together, things that you should be here doing with us now.
Thanks for teaching me about the importance of relationships, and connection. Thank you for helping me to appreciate beaches and nature in all weather, and be mindfulness enough to stop and notice the details. I wish I had hugged you more, and held your hand more, even though I did a bunch, in retrospect it wasn't enough. I would give a lot for a hug from you right now.
You and Dad brought me up in a loving, physical/huggy family and Eliot is getting a similar dose. Eliot is growing big fast, but yesterday I managed to give him a piggyback ride while I am still able, and I continue to often sing him the song, (I'll be loving you) Always that you sang to me. He still wants to play, share, cuddle, and read together and hopefully that won't totally change. I hope we can maintain a strong child/Mom bond throughout the years, like you and I have always had. What I do know is I will keep listening, and holding his hand as long as he will let me. In my heart and mind I keep reaching out to you, and holding your hand too, and won't let go.
Thanks for being such an amazing person, and filling my life with love and light. Happy Heavenly Mother's Day, Mommy. I celebrate you. Loving you, Always!
Kate Alson
May 5, 2019
Happy 85th birthday, my beloved Mamaseeta.
Road tripping to a family Bat Mitzvah we stopped and ate hot dogs from Dad's favorite local truck, slices from Capriccio's Pizza, drove past our house at 101, and visited your and Dad's celebration bench. We enjoyed the beauty of the Hudson, and familiar Westchester views, and drove on the new Tappan Zee Bridge. We spent much of the weekend visiting with cousins, swimming, socializing, and celebrating a rite of passage with family; something you would have enjoyed. On our drive back we toasted you, and ate tasty food. I carry you close in my heart every day. Cheers Mom. We were so lucky to have you in our lives, and we continue to thread you through, just in a different way. So glad to call you my Mom.
Love you, always. ❤❤❤❤❤
Kate Alson
February 4, 2019
Happy 52nd Wedding Anniversary, Mom and Dad/Nana Libby and Papa Larry. You will always be among my favorite people, and remain in my heart. Its a Monday, so harder for the three of us to celebrate this year. But I did sneak away for a couple of hours to the MFA to view Ansel Adams. Lovely exhibit, you would have loved it. Somehow I could only find a parking space on the Mary Cassatt level (one of Moms favorite artists), and many subjects reminded me of you: Yosemite, Canyon de Chelly, ferns, Redwoods, and activism for nature. Lunch was lobster corn bisque (definitely all Dad), and a fancy salad (a true Mom pick). Then tonight Eliot and I shared memories of you, toasted with sparkling cider, and had heart candies. Cheers! We love you, always. ❤❤❤
August 30, 2018
Tom and I remember Libby all the time. It is hard to believe that it is 4 years since her death. Her daughter Kate reminds us, once again, how much we miss her.
Susan and Tom Dichter
Kate Alson
August 28, 2018
Lighting a candle in honor and loving memory of Elizabeth Libby Lee Alson, beloved Mom and Nana.
Kate Alson
August 28, 2018
Dearest Mommy,
Today marks four years since you physically left us. It's been a hard year for many reasons. A mix of good, bad, and in between. So many times I've yearned to talk to you about life and hear your insights, receive your support, and feel your hug. So many times I wished I could just pick up the phone, or talk in person over a cafe and a croissant, or make a plan to go to a museum, a book reading, see a movie, or just hang out together as a family. When we came back from our three week trip to Africa I so wanted to tell you all about our adventures, and share the amazing photos we took. My love of travel and adventures certainly came from you and Dad.
We continue to sing the songs you sang to me as a child, read the books you gave E, and E's favorite stuffie is one of the Gund Bears you gave him. We are working to instill many of the values and interests you and Dad possessed to your grandson like appreciation of nature, travel, love of the arts and books, being a good friend, curiosity, Joie de vivre, and having a good sense of humor. I've wanted you to be here to see Eliot growing into such a big boy. Can you believe he's heading to Kindergarten next week, and will be 6 in November??
But the universe had other ideas, and life must continue on, a little less bright, and a little less sparkly without your presence. I know you are still here, close to my heart. I think of you daily, and try my hardest to share memories of you with Eliot so he will know you too.
Mom- know you are missed and remembered. Today I sit at Paul's French cafe and eat Salad Nicoise, an almond croissant, and sip an iced creme cafe. All tasty things I know you would have enjoyed. Tonight Jason, Eliot, and I will share a dessert (perhaps your favorite, a creme brûlée), and toast you. But know this is only one day, and I celebrate daily that you were, and will always be my Mamaseeta, and Eliot's Nana Libby. For that we are lucky.
Loving you Always,
xoxoxo
Katherine Lee Victoria Plum
Kate Alson
August 28, 2018
(Written May 5, 2018)
Mom we celebrated your 84th birthday by doing some of the things you enjoyed - exploring nature, sculpture and art, and flowers at Garden in the Woods, and eating Italian at Gran Gusto in Cambridge (one of the places where we celebrated your birthday with you four years ago). Mom we love you so much! We raised a toast to you. Happy, Happy birthday! Wish you were here. ❤❤❤❤
Kate Alson
August 31, 2017
Mom lighting a candle in your honor. Loving you always!
Kate Alson
August 31, 2017
Dearest Mom/Libby - how is it that Monday marked three years since you died? It feels both long and short. Always in our hearts and minds, I miss you so. You were beautiful inside and out. I continue to work to thread you through our lives, and make sure Eliot knows about you, and hears memories about you. We celebrated you on Sunday and Monday, told a few stories, and remembered some of the things you loved - fine French food, and art. Sunday night we ate at Bistro Duet and toasted you with a Negroni, and Monday Eliot and I visited the MFA. We followed an art "passport" scavenger hunt, and even supported local artists by purchasing two tiny paintings. It would have all been right up your alley. Nothing will replace your physical presence, but know you are right here, close to my heart. So lucky to call you my Mommy. Loving you...always! ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Kate Alson
September 4, 2015
Mom - August 28, 2015 marked a year since you "shuffled off this mortal coil." Life is not as rich without you, yet I think of you everyday, and carry you (and your spirit) with me even in little things, like singing lullabies to Eliot that you sang to me, telling stories about you, sipping Chai Lattes, eating creme brûlée, and enjoying good food, watching birds and soaking in nature, looking for Corgis and wildflowers, making connections with old and new friends, and in so many other ways. I will be eternally grateful to call you my Mamacita. Miss you so much. "I'll be loving you always..." ❤❤❤❤
Lysa & Gary Hoffman
May 4, 2015
I'm so sorry to hear about Libby. She took amazing care of our cats the few times we went away. She left the most wonderfully detailed notes about their exploits.
Meghan Dent
December 19, 2014
I only had the pleasure of meeting Libby once, and she made such an impression on me. Very caring and warm, calling Ivy "Miss Pink" - you could tell she loved being a grandmother and had a big heart. She will be missed!
Peter Svirsky
November 25, 2014
Libby was a very good friend in high school, where we worked together on the newspaper and yearbook. She did excellent work for both, maybe most notably in her incisive profiles of members of the class. Though we haven't been in touch since then, the memories are still strong. My condolences to the family.
Pete Huberth
November 21, 2014
Libby was a vibrant member of our high school class, especially by elevating it to appreciate the arts more. When it came to literature and the performing arts she was a real leader. Pete Class of 1952
Mark Duggan
September 17, 2014
Kate, Jason and Eliot
So sorry for your loss. I have very fond memories of Libby, especially when I met her in Northampton at Nat's and she was so lovely as she sat with me and went through wedding photos.
A sad loss to us all
Mark
Neil Andrews
September 15, 2014
Dear Kate,
I'm so sorry for your loss. When I first met your mom I remember liking her immediately--so fun to talk to and get to know. My thoughts are with you, and please let me know if there is anything I can do to help you and your family during this tough time.
Jessica Monk
September 13, 2014
Deepest sympathies and love. I wish I had another opportunity to spend time with Libby, but I am glad for good memories of time spent with two families who have been like one. Here's to friends and family, and the wonderful people who show us how to be both.
Boriana Canby
September 9, 2014
Dear Kate , Jason and Larry, my deepest sympathy for your loss. Libby was the most generous and loving soul. I loved her energy, always smiling and caring. I am so grateful I got to know and love her. She was an inspiration . Much love to you all dear friends.
Boriana
September 8, 2014
Again, so sorry for your loss. You mom was truly special. Although I can't bring her back, I'm happy that I could help out during this difficult time.
Love,
Steph K.
Jenna Fischberg Schultz
September 8, 2014
Thoughts and prayers are going out to the whole family during this incredibly sad time. Although its been 20 plus years since I'd seen Libby, I remember her fondly from my youth.
September 6, 2014
Our thoughts and prayers are with Libbys beautiful family. Libby was such a special lady she made us all feel special. She touched us all. Keep your eyes and ears open, knowing her, she will continue to touch us forever. Harold and Barbara
Angela
September 6, 2014
Thoughts and prayers for the family at this sorrowful time, may your fond memories, prayers and the love of family and friends see you through
Daniel Kearney
September 4, 2014
Having recently lost my father I can say that although condolences are appreciated, they can't fill the emptiness that remains after a dear one departs. That is a non-healing wound. There is solace in knowing that others feel this with you though. I add my voice to that chorus. Amen.
September 2, 2014
With Her passing the world became poorer.
You will live in our hearts.
Tom S.
September 1, 2014
Libby is a beautiful, loving "Soul Friend" to both Dagne and I. We are deeply grateful to have had her in our lives. Adam and Dagne Crane
September 1, 2014
My deepest sympathy to the family, may you find comfort and strength from the God of all comfort (Acts24:15)
Mary Bracken Phillips
September 1, 2014
She was a friend and a treasure I will sorely miss. Love you Libi.
September 1, 2014
No words can express the sadness that all of Libby's friends feel at this time. Our deepest sympathy to Larry and the entire family. Susan and Tom Dichter
August 31, 2014
To the family of Elizabeth, our deepest sympathy. May God comfort you all during this time.
Alexis
August 31, 2014
I'm very sorry to hear about your loss. May the God of all comfort be with you during this difficult time. Isaiah 33:2
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