MARGARET GALDSTON "PEGGY" FRANK

1930 - 2022

GALDSTON FRANK, Margaret "Peggy" Age 91, died peacefully on January 3, 2022. Peggy was a loving and devoted mother to Nathaniel, Jeremiah, Lisa, and Peter; mother-in-law to Licia; adoring grandmother to Julian; sister-in-law to Joan Galdston; aunt to her nieces and nephews, Sarah, Rebecca, Joshua, Benjamin, and Susannah. She was a beloved cousin to many. She was one of 26 grandchildren of Russian immigrants, Abraham and Molly Goldstein. She was the daughter of Iago Galdston, MD and Theresa Wolfson, PhD. She was educated at Vassar College and the Columbia University School of Social Work. In the 1960s, Peggy served several stints with the Peace Corps abroad, and with the Vista Training Program, Head Start, and the Follow-Through Program in the US. She worked to develop programs to benefit socially disadvantaged children and their families. Her early career was devoted to the care of children and families, as a therapist and social worker. She taught social work at many institutions, and was the Clinical Director of the graduate program at Smith College. She had a busy private practice spanning her career. Peggy was a fiercely competitive Scrabble-player and loved theatre and the arts. She adored Handel's Messiah, and always stood in her seat and cheered for the Halleluiah Chorus, even if she was the only one standing. She was an accomplished skier and a cultivator of exceptionally lush gardens, especially the one on her beloved "hill" in Truro, Massachusetts. For her family and friends, she will always be remembered in this way: squatting in her Truro garden, a blue floral kerchief on her head, soil under her finger nails, a garden trowel in one hand and a purple petunia ready to be planted in the other. During her last days, despite the effects of dementia, she retained the capacity for giving and receiving love. She had a certain "twinkle" in her blue eyes for which she was known throughout her life, and this never faded, even at the end.

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