Agatha Poor

Agatha Walker Poor, 94
SCARBOROUGH – Agatha Walker Poor, 94, died peacefully on August 30 at Piper Shores in Scarborough where she had resided since 2002.
She was born in Petersburg, Va. to John Otey and Evelyn Denley (known as DD) Walker. Her twin brother, John Denley Walker, was born a bit later that day. She graduated from St Agnes School in Alexandria, Va. and attended Parsons School of Design in New York City. She married Daniel Sydney Poor in October 1944 in Alexandria, Va. Together they had five children.
Aggie lived in Ridgewood, NJ from 1946 to 2002 and summered on Nantucket from the mid-1950s to 2013. She was predeceased by her husband who died in 1968. She raised her children (then ages 8-23) as a single parent from that point on.
In Ridgewood, she was a trailblazer on many fronts. She coached baseball and softball teams for both her sons and daughters, was a "den mother" for various scouting ventures, an avid tennis and then paddle tennis player at Upper Ridgewood Tennis Club. She was part of the founding team for the Depot, an organization established by a few volunteers in 1965 in the baggage room of the Ridgewood Railroad Station for the purpose of raising funds to benefit Family Counseling Service in Ridgewood, a member of the Children's Aid and Family Services family.
Aggie was active at the Nantucket Yacht Club; for many years she served as the "coach" of the girls' tennis team and as a dedicated member of the Nantucket One Design Indian fleet. She "retired" from active racing to take up long-time service on the Race Committee. Her Nantucket house was a welcome home base for many of her children and older grandchildren and their friends for summer jobs in their high school and college years and a family gathering place for Thanksgiving for many decades.
Aggie was a strong woman; a legend among her children, friends and neighbors. She spoke her mind but was willing to accept other people's opinions. Living independently and raising her children on her own, she was a role model for the many young people who entered her orbit.
She loved the opera and attended whenever she could make the trip into New York, even after she moved from Ridgewood to Maine. For decades she had two of the best seats in the house for the weekend Metropolitan Opera performances at Lincoln Center. In her final days, an opera CD played quietly in the background much of the day.
In addition to her husband, Aggie was predeceased by her brother who died in 2002; and by her middle son John Woodward-Poor, a resident of Plainfield, NH, who died in June 2015. She is survived by two sons, Dan and his wife Rickey of Cornish, NH and David and his wife Pat of New York City, two daughters, Taydie Drummond and her husband Kent of Divide, Colo. and Denley Poor-Reynolds and her husband Matt of Freeport and John's wife Jeanne Woodward-Poor of Plainfield, NH. She is also survived by 11 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews and their children.
A memorial service will be held in Nantucket at a later date. Arrangements were made by Hobbs Funeral Home, 230 Cottage Road, South Portland, ME. On-line condolences may be shared at: www.hobbsfuneralhome.com.
The family extends its thanks to all the staff of Piper Shores for the dedicated support, friendship and care they provided to Aggie in her years there.

In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to:
the Nantucket Conservation Foundation
(www.nantucketconservation.org)
Children's Aid and Family Services in NJ (http://www.cafsnj.org) or:
to the charity of your choice