Caryl Entwistle Huffaker

     Caryl Entwistle Huffaker, 92, of Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, passed away on Wednesday, September 20, 2023, in Media, PA.

    Caryl was born February 26, 1931 in Richmond, Virginia to Frederick Turner Entwistle and Blanch Greene Entwistle.

    Caryl grew up in Richmond, VA and Buenos Aries, Argentina due to her father’s career moves. She graduated from Middlebury College with a BA in American Literature and later did graduate work in the School of Critical Studies at the University of Vermont and Columbia University. She started her career with the BBD & O Advertising of NY, and then the DuPont Company, where she met her surviving and loving husband of 63 years, William (Bill). They were married in Taunton, MA and lived in various North Carolina and Pennsylvania locations before settling into their Kennett Square, PA countryside home for the last 58 years.

    Caryl later became a homemaker, raising three children and a large assortment of wayward pets who needed homes. She was active in local and community affairs throughout her life, ultimately taking her writing passion to the Kennett Paper.  In her time there, she wrote her "Down Wind" Social and Arts column for over 30 years.

    Caryl loved the arts, literature, and music, and participated with groups such as the Richmond Church Choir, the Charlotte Westminster Church Choir, the Charlotte Voices Christmas Tree Choir, and the Wilmington Skating Club. She also served actively with Pen Women, The Red Hat Society, and The Kennett Symphony where she was recently recognized for her decades of volunteer service. Caryl laughed easily, enjoyed strong conversation, and made friends for life. She loved to entertain.  She frequently hosted large dinner parties, firework picnics, and extended-family gatherings.  A particularly memorable event was a formal re-creation of the Titanic's final dinner. She loved English tea, steamed clams, ginger ale, fresh flowers, chocolate brownies, fine china, big dogs, noble cats, good gossip, and an even better flea market. Above all, she and Bill loved the theatre and travel which they pursued passionately over their lifetime together.

     Caryl is survived by her husband, Bill; three children, Miles "Hoot" Huffaker and his spouse Linda, Turner Huffaker and his spouse Michele, and Hillary Clark; six grandchildren, Charlotte Huffaker, Wyatt Huffaker, Asa Huffaker, Quinn Huffaker, Owen Huffaker, and Ellie Clark; her brother-in-law, John Huffaker; and nieces, Meg Huffaker and Christiana Logan-Smith, and their families. She is preceded in death by her parents, a brother she adored, Fredrick T. Entwistle, Jr., her son-in-law, Doug Clark; and a large assortment of friends and relatives whom she cherished.

     You are invited to visit with Caryl’s family and friends for her viewing from 10:00-11:00am on Saturday, September 30, 2023 at Lower Brandywine Presbyterian Church, 101 Old Kennett Road, Wilmington, DE 19807. Her life celebration funeral service will follow at 11:00am. Interment will be in the adjoining cemetery.  A reception will follow in the church hall.  Memorial donations may be made in Caryl's name to the Kennett Symphony https://kennettsymphony.org/

 

    Arrangements are by Matthew Grieco of Grieco Funeral Home & Crematory, Inc. (484-734-8100) of Kennett Square.  To share memories, please visit www.griecofunerals.com