Margaret Davies Furber

Margaret Furber WELLESLEY HILLS Margaret Davies Furber, formerly of Sherborn, passed in her sleep from cardio-pulmonary complication on July 30th at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital in Needham, Massachusetts. She was 86 years old. Margaret was born July 12, 1923, in Brooklyn, NY to Samuel D. Davies and Emma Teresa (Jardin) Davies. She attended Sarah Lawrence College and, despite battling tuberculosis during her early college years, later received her degree with honors from Brooklyn College. A lifelong believer in childhood education, she was an educator of young children and a mentor to countless student teachers over the years. Margaret earned her Masters Degree in Early Childhood Education from Wheelock College in Boston. She worked at the Wellesley College Early Childhood Center before retiring after many years teaching in the Ashland school system. She was an avid sailor and tennis player and was active in various community and charitable organizations. She was deeply devoted to her family and friends who will all miss her keen intellect and her zest for life. As the beloved wife of the late Donald E. Furber, her husband of over 50 years, and devoted mother, she leaves Stephen H. Furber of Apollo Beach, Florida, Nancy A. Gardner of Tampa, Florida and Jeffrey D. Furber and his wife, Mary Elizabeth, of Boston, Massachusetts. She is also survived by five grandchildren, Morgan M. Furber, Lindsey A. and Stephen M. Gardner, and McKenzie F. and Jeffrey D. Furber, Jr. A private memorial service will be held at the Furber family plot at Mt. Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, MA. In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy in her memory to: Sarah T. Truslow, Treasurer, National Childrens Book and Literacy Alliance, 190 Bakersfield Rd., South Dartmouth, MA 02748 (NCBLA is a 501-C3 not-for-profit ). www.thencbla.org. Arrangements are by J.S. Waterman & Sons & Waring Funeral Home of Wellesley.