Sylvia Burack

To the Family of Sylvia Burack:

As the chair of MFA Associates, known until recently as the Ladies Committee of the Museum of Fine Arts, I extend my sympathies on the loss of an indomitable woman.

Having just read Ms. Hamlett's charming tribute to your mother and grandmother, I have a sense that Mrs. Burack was cut from the same elegant and durable bolt of cloth that characterizes so many of the founding, visionary members of this dedicated group of...

Dear Elizabeth,

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It is so painful to loose a mother. Where once we were the forest we are now the maturing trees. I never knew your mother but after seeing her smile in the paper today, I know I would have liked her. I would have loved to sit on her porch steps, accompanied by flowers, not snow, and listened to her relive her past. I appreciate this more since my own parents have passed away. Their wisdom is often not realized until they are gone but I believe you...

My children and I will always remember with fondness our Great Aunt Sylvia.

SYLVIA'S TYPEWRITER

Of all the jobs I’ve ever had, the best has always been the very same one I’ve held since graduation; specifically, writing. Whether for pay or just psychic satisfaction, I truly can’t remember a time when I didn’t have a pen in my hand or a keyboard under my fingers. The solitary nature of this profession has also not only meant that I can perform the bulk of my work in my bathrobe but that, at any given time, the nearest “boss” is at least 100 miles away. ...