GRACE SPRING

GRACE H. SPRING  
Of Washington, DC, 84, died, Thursday, March 29, 2018 of complications due to Alzheimer's. She was an artist, an activist, and a long time advocate drawing attention to the plight of the Tibetan people. She was a member of the board of the International Campaign for Tibet, a recent recipient of the Light of Truth Award and a supporter of many charities including Amnesty International, Doctors without Borders and Greenpeace.  She was admired by many for her empathy and support of people, children and animals around the world. She greatly enjoyed teaching ceramics to students at the Field School. Her artwork often reflected her emerging spiritual beliefs and became more representative of her Buddhist faith as she grew older. She was most known for her life-sized figures made with a plaster of Paris mixture, her beautiful clay animal sculptures and paper Mache puppets.  A life long Washingtonian, she was beloved by her family and is the daughter of George Adams Howard and Lilly Mae Hargrave Howard. She is survived by her three loving children, Cassandra Corcoran and son-in-law, Jon Corcoran, Joshua Spring and daughter-in-law, Tundi Agardy and Abigail Spring; six grandchildren, Pearse and Wendee Corcoran, Aurelia Corcoran and Liam Corcoran, Alex Spring, Sophie Spring and Christopher Spring; as well as, four great grandchildren. She is also survived by her sister, Jeanne McVey; her niece and nephews, Dawn Paige Arnold, Mark Stedman and Peter Stedman and her cousin Mary Manning Cleveland. A service, followed by a reception, will be held Saturday, June 23, 2018, at 3 p.m. at the River Road Unitarian Universalist Congregation, the Sanctuary, 6301 River Road, Bethesda, Maryland. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her memory to the Community Center at the Tibetan Association of Vermont in Burlington, Vermont.