LUCILE BARING-GOULD

BARING-GOULD--Lucile Marguerite Moody, known as "Ceil", died on June 27, 2010, at the age of 96 after several years of declining health. She was born on April 4, 1914 in Mablehurst, Wisconsin, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert James Moody. After her family moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota, she attended St. Mary's Hall and then the University of Minnesota where she earned a BBA degree. It was there that she met William Stuart Baring-Gould whom she married in 1936. Mrs. Baring-Gould and her husband moved to New York City where he was originally employed by Hearst Publishing (later by Time, Inc.). In 1952 Mrs. Baring-Gould and her family moved to Pound Ridge, NY, where they had purchased a 200 year-old Colonial farmhouse. In 1962 Mrs. Baring-Gould co-authored with her husband "The Annotated Mother Goose". The book was reviewed on the front page of the "New York Times Book Review" and became a bestseller. Mrs. Baring-Gould was committed to her community of Pound Ridge and was active in government there. She was the first President of the Pound Ridge League of Women Voters and a member of the Board of Directors of the New York State League of Women Voters. She was the first woman elected to any town office when she was elected to the Town Council in 1968. She served as Deputy Town Supervisor for seven years. After the death of her husband and son, she turned her interests toward real estate in the 1970s. She became a licensed broker with the firm Houlihan/Lawrence, Inc. and was a member of Sotheby's International Realty. Her endeavors in real estate resulted in a number of local and national awards, ranging from membership in the Million Dollar Club every year for thirty-two years, the Gold Award for top sales in Westchester County, and the Realtor of the Year Award for Westchester County. She was President of the Westchester Women's Council of Realtors and was on the Executive Committee of the Westchester Board of Realtors. Mrs. Baring-Gould was active on the board of directors of several organizations, among them the Westchester Lighthouse for the Blind, the Seven Springs Foundation, and the Pound Ridge Nature Conservancy (now the Pound Ridge Land Conservancy) where she was Chairperson for ten years. Mrs. Baring-Gould moved from New York to Atlanta to be near her daughter and family, living at Canterbury Court. She was one of the founders of the Canterbury Court Book Club. Although Mrs. Baring-Gould was preceded in death by her son, William Drake Baring-Gould II, in 1966, and her husband, William Stuart Baring-Gould, in 1967, she is survived by her daughter, Judy Baring-Gould Orthwein, and son-in-law, Adolphus Busch Orthwein, Jr., and by her grandchildren, Adolphus Busch Orthwein III and wife Ellen, William Drake Orthwein and wife Tabitha, and Pam Orthwein Jensen and husband Colby. She is also survived by seven great-grandchildren. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to The Pound Ridge Land Conservancy, P.O. Box 173, Pound Ridge, NY 10576, or to the Hiram Halle Memorial Library, 271 Westchester Avenue, Pound Ridge, NY 10576. A memorial service for Mrs. Baring-Gould will be held later this summer.