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Margaret “Polly” <I>Palfrey</I> Woodrow

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Margaret “Polly” Palfrey Woodrow

Birth
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
26 Aug 1997 (aged 90–91)
Santa Clara, Santa Clara County, California, USA
Burial
Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York, USA Add to Map
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Mrs. Woodrow lived in Schenectady from 1940 to 1985. While residing in Schenectady she was a former president of the Schenectady Junior League and a member of the Mohawk Golf, Schenectady Garden and Smith clubs. She was the eldest of the five famous tennis-playing Palfrey sisters, winning the U.S. National Girls Junior Doubles championship title in 1924. Polly graduated from Smith College in 1929 and was a former English professor at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania. She was the widow of Charles "Woody" Woodrow. Survivors include her daughter and her sister Joanna Palfrey Brown
(Information paraphrased from The Daily Gazette)

She was preceded also by sister Sarah Hammond Palfrey Fabyan Cooke Danzig
Mrs. Woodrow lived in Schenectady from 1940 to 1985. While residing in Schenectady she was a former president of the Schenectady Junior League and a member of the Mohawk Golf, Schenectady Garden and Smith clubs. She was the eldest of the five famous tennis-playing Palfrey sisters, winning the U.S. National Girls Junior Doubles championship title in 1924. Polly graduated from Smith College in 1929 and was a former English professor at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania. She was the widow of Charles "Woody" Woodrow. Survivors include her daughter and her sister Joanna Palfrey Brown
(Information paraphrased from The Daily Gazette)

She was preceded also by sister Sarah Hammond Palfrey Fabyan Cooke Danzig

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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/143642983/margaret-woodrow: accessed ), memorial page for Margaret “Polly” Palfrey Woodrow (1906–26 Aug 1997), Find a Grave Memorial ID 143642983, citing First Reformed Church Columbarium, Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York, USA; Maintained by Jeni (contributor 47733487).