Dorinda M. Burrows

Groton - Dorinda M. Burrows, 90, passed away at the family home in Poquonnock Bridge, Groton, on Oct. 27, 2011, following a prolonged illness. She was buried on Oct. 30, next to her husband of 64 years, Belton A. Burrows, in a private ceremony at the Benjamin Burrows Cemetery on Fort Hill.

Born in Newport, R.I., June 26, 1921, she was raised in Buffalo, N.Y., and graduated from Columbia-Presbyterian School of Nursing in 1943. As well as raising six children, she pursued her love of art. Starting the 1960s, she studied with Barbara Swan and others, becoming an artist who saw things many did not see and was enabled to express them in many media (drawing, oils, watercolors), developing a particular interest in printmaking. She was, for many years, one of the group Partners in Printmaking based at the Decordova Museum in Lincoln, Mass., with many individual and group shows, including one in Ireland and another in France.

A resident of Brookline, Mass., for 57 years and a member of the Church of Our Savior, she was active in community affairs including trusteeships at the Park School and the Goddard House.

She leaves six children, Calvin, Warren, Ellen, Emily, Sarah and Allyn; and 13 grandchildren, including a namesake, Sadie Dorinda, who was born 12 hours before she died, and a great-grandson.

In lieu of flowers, donations in her memory may be made to the Decordova Museum, Lincoln, Mass.

Byles-Groton Memorial Home is assisting the family.