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MARTHA NESBITT Obituary

NESBITT--Martha. Martha Nesbitt of Lakeville, Connecticut and New York City passed away on January 26, 2025. Martha, the daughter of Ruth and Henry Wendt, was born March 14, 1942 in New York City. She grew up in Sands Point and Tuxedo Park, New York. As a child, she attended the Tuxedo Park Country Day school, and The Masters School in Dobbs Ferry, New York. Later she studied the classics at St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland, and at New York University. In New York City, she worked for the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus and later in computer program design at Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA). Although she met her husband Michael in 1960 they were not married until 1972, each of them having a prior marriage. After her retirement, she and her husband of 52 years spent most of their time in Lakeville, Connecticut. She was an active member of the Colonial Dames, the Cosmopolitan Club, the Millbrook Garden Club, the Berkshire Choral International, a mahjong group, and the Crescendo choral group. She was practicing for a Crescendo concert at the time she fell ill. She will be remembered by her family and friends as the most sweet, kind, loving and thoughtful wife, to Michael, mother to Ian, Christopher and Seth Nesbitt, sister to Nancy Evans, grandmother to Caelan, Cosmo, Esperanza, Harper, and Zephyr, and friend to all. She was especially close to her brother Henry Wendt and sister Lindsay Serrell, both of whom predeceased her. A celebration of Martha's life will be held on February 22nd at 11am at the Trinity Church in Lime Rock, Connecticut. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Crescendo choral at: www.crescendomusic.org Remembrances and photographs are welcomed at: marthawendtnesbitt@gmail. com

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Published by New York Times on Feb. 9, 2025.

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Ed Speno

April 2, 2025

RIP Marths

Lorraine Alexander

February 16, 2025

Martha was such a supportive colleague and the sweetest friend and fellow member of MGC imaginable. How fortunate her other friends and her family were to know and love her and to receive her enduring kindness.

Marita Altman

February 14, 2025

Dear Michael,
I was so saddened to learn of Martha's passing. We worked together at TIAA. She was a lovely person. For many years we ran into one another at the MET Opera, where I then worked, and we always took the opportunity to catch up about our families and about ourselves. Please accept my heartfelt condolences on her passing.
Sincerely, Marita Altman

Bayard Howard Gordon Baker

February 11, 2025

Dearest Martha, my oldest friend since we were 4 years. I found pictures of us as merry Maidens singing in Gilbert & Sullivan“s "Mikado". Can you believe that ? Rest in peace and we will sing together again.Sweet dreams. Xx Bayard

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Steve Smith

February 9, 2025

It was a pleasure to sing with Martha. Our condolences to family and friends from everyone at Berkshire Choral

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