MARY BARTOW

My sincere condolences to the Bartow -Sechrist families. May your memories bring you comfort and strength. Loved Mary´s Facebook humor. Franklin King `78 forever.

Our deepest condolences to Frank and the Family. I met Mary and Frank thru my husband Paul who knows them a long time. Mary was a beautiful and loving soul. Albertina and Paul Shapiro

Mary was a Smith College classmate and like some other friends below we reconnected on social media. We were both art history majors, and her discerning eye and broad intellectual curiosity were already apparent, as was her passion for art. I treasure the several visits we had when I was in New York years later. Other gifts included a genuine concern for her many friends, generosity with her time, and a wonderful sense of humor. I will never forget her enthusiastic tour of Sotheby's! I join...

If I am not there ( jury duty imposes) on the 9th to join the large gathering of family, friends and colleagues to remember a much admired and loved friend, please count me in. I worked with Mary for decades and think or her as one of the very rare specialists who shared their knowledge and enthusiasm. We were there at a special time, a kind of art Camelot, with colleagues chasing whatever was the holy grail of our specialty...crazed and overwhelmed with deadlines but for the most part loving...

I am heartbroken at the news of Mary´s untimely departure. I like Terry below, and others, knew Mary from our shared years in Franklin King House at Smith College. We reconnected via Facebook in 2010, and saw one another every time our family visited New York. Mary had a rare gift for friendship, even raising it to an art form. She made each of us feel that we were truly interesting to her - no matter what our lives - and not only the legion of us who considered her a close friend, but our...

My deepest condolences to Mary's family and friends. I knew Mary from Franklin King House. "Even then," Mary was deeply thoughtful and highly knowledgeable about art, art history, and history in general. She was caringly curious about all of us around her, delighting in our diversity of quirks and strengths and their combinations, perhaps as if we were artworks. We reconnected on social media, sharing especially a love of trees but also being loving and devoted aunts. I know I join many...

I treasured my friendship with Mary. I adored her! This is very very sad news. My love to Frank. ZIbby Tozer

I knew Mary for as long as she lived. I was friends with her parents in York PA and kept in touch with Mary. My condolences to Frank and her family. Her godmother Louise Wilton Bupp lives at the same retirement home where I am and I saw two of Mary's cousins today when they visited their mother. Another day has passed!

Glad to have met you!