Daughter of Wallace Kelley and Barbara Tenney (b 4 July 1899).
Tenney was named after her maternal grandfather Fred Tenney (52107196).∼Tenney Barbara Kelley Lehman, 90
Headed Harvard's Nieman Foundation; Longtime Martha's Vineyard Resident; Wordsmith and Poet
Tenney K. Lehman, 90, died in the early hours of January 7, 2007, at Coolidge House nursing home in Brookline, where she was receiving hospice care. She was on the staff of Harvard University's Nieman Foundation for Journalism from 1968 to 1985, retiring as executive director. Her life was defined by devotion to her family, dedication to finding meaning through poetry and writing, and determination to prevail in the face of illness and other daunting challenges.
Tenney Barbara Kelley was born in Winthrop on December 23, 1917, and raised in Winthrop and Wellesley. She was especially devoted to her maternal grandfather, baseball player Fred Tenney of Georgetown (Boston Beaneaters and New York Giants), whose name she carried with pride. A graduate of Winthrop High School, she worked at WEEI as an advertising copywriter after completing studies at Chamberlayne Junior College. Her love of words, which started to blossom as she created jingles and slogans for such clients as Andy Boy Broccoli, stayed with her throughout her life. From her teenage years, she took pleasure in writing short stories and poetry; years later in the early 1960s, one of the high points of her life was studying at Brandeis University with acclaimed poet Louise Bogan.
She married another Winthrop resident, Thomas H. Lehman, on December 9, 1941, in Coral Gables, Florida, where Tom was attending OCS. During World War Two, the couple lived in Dayton, Ohio, where Tom was a flight instructor at Wright Field; at the end of the war, they returned to Massachusetts. When her husband enrolled in the Episcopal Theological Seminary in Cambridge, Tenney contributed to the family income by typing other seminarians' papers on her Underwood for ten cents a page.
Throughout their marriage, Tenney and Tom took pleasure in collecting antiques. For a time in the late 1940s, they ran a small shop, Five Acres Antiques, in Hudson, Mass. Their homes were furnished with many treasures found on antiquing expeditions throughout New England. After retirement, when they returned to the Vineyard full-time, Tenney became active in the Martha's Vineyard Doll Club. Despite their devotion to the Island, the couple enjoyed traveling. They went on safari in Kenya and visited museums, cathedrals, and ancient churches in England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. Their love of small islands was evidenced by visits to Nantucket, Bermuda, the Orkneys, and the Aran Isles.
Her husband died in 1998 and their son, Richard, died in 2004. Tenney is survived by her daughter, the Rev. Daphne B. Noyes, of Cambridge; her grandchildren Zoë Nickolas of Newton, Amanda Leone of Jamaica Plain, Jennifer Lehman of West Tisbury, and Thomas Lehman of Vineyard Haven; six great-grandchildren, and her cousin, Maribeth Hendricks of Whittier, California. Contributions in her memory may be made to the Cassem Professorship in Psychiatry Fund at Massachusetts General Hospital. 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114. A Requiem Mass will he held at the Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer Street, Boston, on Saturday, January 19, at 10:30am. Burial will take place on Martha's Vineyard later this year.
Tenney was named after her maternal grandfather Fred Tenney (52107196).∼Tenney Barbara Kelley Lehman, 90
Headed Harvard's Nieman Foundation; Longtime Martha's Vineyard Resident; Wordsmith and Poet
Tenney K. Lehman, 90, died in the early hours of January 7, 2007, at Coolidge House nursing home in Brookline, where she was receiving hospice care. She was on the staff of Harvard University's Nieman Foundation for Journalism from 1968 to 1985, retiring as executive director. Her life was defined by devotion to her family, dedication to finding meaning through poetry and writing, and determination to prevail in the face of illness and other daunting challenges.
Tenney Barbara Kelley was born in Winthrop on December 23, 1917, and raised in Winthrop and Wellesley. She was especially devoted to her maternal grandfather, baseball player Fred Tenney of Georgetown (Boston Beaneaters and New York Giants), whose name she carried with pride. A graduate of Winthrop High School, she worked at WEEI as an advertising copywriter after completing studies at Chamberlayne Junior College. Her love of words, which started to blossom as she created jingles and slogans for such clients as Andy Boy Broccoli, stayed with her throughout her life. From her teenage years, she took pleasure in writing short stories and poetry; years later in the early 1960s, one of the high points of her life was studying at Brandeis University with acclaimed poet Louise Bogan.
She married another Winthrop resident, Thomas H. Lehman, on December 9, 1941, in Coral Gables, Florida, where Tom was attending OCS. During World War Two, the couple lived in Dayton, Ohio, where Tom was a flight instructor at Wright Field; at the end of the war, they returned to Massachusetts. When her husband enrolled in the Episcopal Theological Seminary in Cambridge, Tenney contributed to the family income by typing other seminarians' papers on her Underwood for ten cents a page.
Throughout their marriage, Tenney and Tom took pleasure in collecting antiques. For a time in the late 1940s, they ran a small shop, Five Acres Antiques, in Hudson, Mass. Their homes were furnished with many treasures found on antiquing expeditions throughout New England. After retirement, when they returned to the Vineyard full-time, Tenney became active in the Martha's Vineyard Doll Club. Despite their devotion to the Island, the couple enjoyed traveling. They went on safari in Kenya and visited museums, cathedrals, and ancient churches in England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. Their love of small islands was evidenced by visits to Nantucket, Bermuda, the Orkneys, and the Aran Isles.
Her husband died in 1998 and their son, Richard, died in 2004. Tenney is survived by her daughter, the Rev. Daphne B. Noyes, of Cambridge; her grandchildren Zoë Nickolas of Newton, Amanda Leone of Jamaica Plain, Jennifer Lehman of West Tisbury, and Thomas Lehman of Vineyard Haven; six great-grandchildren, and her cousin, Maribeth Hendricks of Whittier, California. Contributions in her memory may be made to the Cassem Professorship in Psychiatry Fund at Massachusetts General Hospital. 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114. A Requiem Mass will he held at the Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer Street, Boston, on Saturday, January 19, at 10:30am. Burial will take place on Martha's Vineyard later this year.
Daughter of Wallace Kelley and Barbara Tenney (b 4 July 1899).
Tenney was named after her maternal grandfather Fred Tenney (52107196).∼Tenney Barbara Kelley Lehman, 90
Headed Harvard's Nieman Foundation; Longtime Martha's Vineyard Resident; Wordsmith and Poet
Tenney K. Lehman, 90, died in the early hours of January 7, 2007, at Coolidge House nursing home in Brookline, where she was receiving hospice care. She was on the staff of Harvard University's Nieman Foundation for Journalism from 1968 to 1985, retiring as executive director. Her life was defined by devotion to her family, dedication to finding meaning through poetry and writing, and determination to prevail in the face of illness and other daunting challenges.
Tenney Barbara Kelley was born in Winthrop on December 23, 1917, and raised in Winthrop and Wellesley. She was especially devoted to her maternal grandfather, baseball player Fred Tenney of Georgetown (Boston Beaneaters and New York Giants), whose name she carried with pride. A graduate of Winthrop High School, she worked at WEEI as an advertising copywriter after completing studies at Chamberlayne Junior College. Her love of words, which started to blossom as she created jingles and slogans for such clients as Andy Boy Broccoli, stayed with her throughout her life. From her teenage years, she took pleasure in writing short stories and poetry; years later in the early 1960s, one of the high points of her life was studying at Brandeis University with acclaimed poet Louise Bogan.
She married another Winthrop resident, Thomas H. Lehman, on December 9, 1941, in Coral Gables, Florida, where Tom was attending OCS. During World War Two, the couple lived in Dayton, Ohio, where Tom was a flight instructor at Wright Field; at the end of the war, they returned to Massachusetts. When her husband enrolled in the Episcopal Theological Seminary in Cambridge, Tenney contributed to the family income by typing other seminarians' papers on her Underwood for ten cents a page.
Throughout their marriage, Tenney and Tom took pleasure in collecting antiques. For a time in the late 1940s, they ran a small shop, Five Acres Antiques, in Hudson, Mass. Their homes were furnished with many treasures found on antiquing expeditions throughout New England. After retirement, when they returned to the Vineyard full-time, Tenney became active in the Martha's Vineyard Doll Club. Despite their devotion to the Island, the couple enjoyed traveling. They went on safari in Kenya and visited museums, cathedrals, and ancient churches in England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. Their love of small islands was evidenced by visits to Nantucket, Bermuda, the Orkneys, and the Aran Isles.
Her husband died in 1998 and their son, Richard, died in 2004. Tenney is survived by her daughter, the Rev. Daphne B. Noyes, of Cambridge; her grandchildren Zoë Nickolas of Newton, Amanda Leone of Jamaica Plain, Jennifer Lehman of West Tisbury, and Thomas Lehman of Vineyard Haven; six great-grandchildren, and her cousin, Maribeth Hendricks of Whittier, California. Contributions in her memory may be made to the Cassem Professorship in Psychiatry Fund at Massachusetts General Hospital. 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114. A Requiem Mass will he held at the Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer Street, Boston, on Saturday, January 19, at 10:30am. Burial will take place on Martha's Vineyard later this year.
Tenney was named after her maternal grandfather Fred Tenney (52107196).∼Tenney Barbara Kelley Lehman, 90
Headed Harvard's Nieman Foundation; Longtime Martha's Vineyard Resident; Wordsmith and Poet
Tenney K. Lehman, 90, died in the early hours of January 7, 2007, at Coolidge House nursing home in Brookline, where she was receiving hospice care. She was on the staff of Harvard University's Nieman Foundation for Journalism from 1968 to 1985, retiring as executive director. Her life was defined by devotion to her family, dedication to finding meaning through poetry and writing, and determination to prevail in the face of illness and other daunting challenges.
Tenney Barbara Kelley was born in Winthrop on December 23, 1917, and raised in Winthrop and Wellesley. She was especially devoted to her maternal grandfather, baseball player Fred Tenney of Georgetown (Boston Beaneaters and New York Giants), whose name she carried with pride. A graduate of Winthrop High School, she worked at WEEI as an advertising copywriter after completing studies at Chamberlayne Junior College. Her love of words, which started to blossom as she created jingles and slogans for such clients as Andy Boy Broccoli, stayed with her throughout her life. From her teenage years, she took pleasure in writing short stories and poetry; years later in the early 1960s, one of the high points of her life was studying at Brandeis University with acclaimed poet Louise Bogan.
She married another Winthrop resident, Thomas H. Lehman, on December 9, 1941, in Coral Gables, Florida, where Tom was attending OCS. During World War Two, the couple lived in Dayton, Ohio, where Tom was a flight instructor at Wright Field; at the end of the war, they returned to Massachusetts. When her husband enrolled in the Episcopal Theological Seminary in Cambridge, Tenney contributed to the family income by typing other seminarians' papers on her Underwood for ten cents a page.
Throughout their marriage, Tenney and Tom took pleasure in collecting antiques. For a time in the late 1940s, they ran a small shop, Five Acres Antiques, in Hudson, Mass. Their homes were furnished with many treasures found on antiquing expeditions throughout New England. After retirement, when they returned to the Vineyard full-time, Tenney became active in the Martha's Vineyard Doll Club. Despite their devotion to the Island, the couple enjoyed traveling. They went on safari in Kenya and visited museums, cathedrals, and ancient churches in England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. Their love of small islands was evidenced by visits to Nantucket, Bermuda, the Orkneys, and the Aran Isles.
Her husband died in 1998 and their son, Richard, died in 2004. Tenney is survived by her daughter, the Rev. Daphne B. Noyes, of Cambridge; her grandchildren Zoë Nickolas of Newton, Amanda Leone of Jamaica Plain, Jennifer Lehman of West Tisbury, and Thomas Lehman of Vineyard Haven; six great-grandchildren, and her cousin, Maribeth Hendricks of Whittier, California. Contributions in her memory may be made to the Cassem Professorship in Psychiatry Fund at Massachusetts General Hospital. 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114. A Requiem Mass will he held at the Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer Street, Boston, on Saturday, January 19, at 10:30am. Burial will take place on Martha's Vineyard later this year.
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