Helen-Ladd-Obituary

Helen Pratt Ladd

Amherst, Massachusetts

1924-2012 (Age 87)

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DIED
October 19, 2012
AGE
87
LOCATION
Amherst, Massachusetts

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AMHERST- Helen Pratt Ladd died on Friday, Oct. 19th in her home in Amherst, MA. She was born on Oct. 21, 1924 in New York City to Jane Abbott Pratt and George D. Pratt Jr. Helen and her sister and life long friend Anne (who predeceased her), spent their early years in New York City and...

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Helen will always live in my heart and prayers. My sympathy to the family

Count me among those who were fortunate to have co-mediated with Helen. Wholly apart from her sensibility and sensitivity, I also admired the grit by which she managed each and every challenge she encountered.

Helen was my co-mediator twenty years ago at the Community Dispute Settlement Center, when I was just beginning as a mediator. She exhibited such ease and grace -- I couldn't have asked for a better teacher. Her optimism, authentic love of people, and zest for life were infectious.

Helen, Mrs. Ladd, was such a wonderful role model. Her caring and her inner strength helped to guide many in the right direction.

A lovely soul with a zest for life, learning, and giving...much like her amazing daughter Jenny. So sorry for your loss Jenny, and ours, as well.

A good and generous friend, a zest for life, passionate about the planet's welfare, funny, clear-eyed, endlessly interesting and interested. A mountain of a woman...