Obituary from the News-Standard:
Susan Shethar Whitin, 95
LITTLE COMPTON, R.I. -- Susan (Burchard) Shethar Whitin, 95, of Taylors Lane, died at home after suffering a stroke Wednesday, Aug. 19, 1998. She was the widow of Prentice Shethar, who died 1951, and Richard C. Whitin, who died in 1983.
Born in Boston a daughter of the late Roswell B. and Edith (Church) Burchard, she lived in Little Compton for most of her life. Mrs. Whitin's mother's family was among the original settlers of Little Compton, and Mrs. Whitin knew mostly everyone in the town.
Mrs. Whitin was a 1921 graduate of Mary C. Wheeler School and also attended Vassar College.
She was one of the early board members of the Village Improvement Society; an organizer of the local Christmas Seal campaigns; a frequent officer of and active volunteer in the Red Cross, especially at the time of the 1938 Hurricane and during World War II; a deacon at the United Congregational Church in Little Compton; one of the organizers of the Warren's Point Beach Club; and until the early 1950s, a member of the nominating committee of the Little Compton Republican Party.
Mrs. Whitin and her late husband, Prentice Shethar, founded the Shethar Real Estate Agency in 1927, and she was credited with preserving much of the open space in Little Compton.
Mrs. Whitin was an enthusiastic golfer and enjoyed playing bridge.
Survivors include a son, Norman Shethar of Little Compton and New York, N.Y.; three stepsons, Prentice Shethar of Amherset, N.H., R. Courtenay Whitin of Boston, and Thompson M. Whitin of Higganum, Conn., and Little Compton; a stepdaughter, Mary Rockwood of Jekyll Island, Ga.; 15 step-grandchildren; and 19 step-great-grandchildren.
Her memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 29, at the United Congregational Church, on the Commons.
Arrangements are by the 'Cherry Place' Home of Waring-Sullivan & Ashton-Coughlin-Driscoll, 178 Winter St., Fall River.
Susan Shethar Whitin, 95
LITTLE COMPTON, R.I. -- Susan (Burchard) Shethar Whitin, 95, of Taylors Lane, died at home after suffering a stroke Wednesday, Aug. 19, 1998. She was the widow of Prentice Shethar, who died 1951, and Richard C. Whitin, who died in 1983.
Born in Boston a daughter of the late Roswell B. and Edith (Church) Burchard, she lived in Little Compton for most of her life. Mrs. Whitin's mother's family was among the original settlers of Little Compton, and Mrs. Whitin knew mostly everyone in the town.
Mrs. Whitin was a 1921 graduate of Mary C. Wheeler School and also attended Vassar College.
She was one of the early board members of the Village Improvement Society; an organizer of the local Christmas Seal campaigns; a frequent officer of and active volunteer in the Red Cross, especially at the time of the 1938 Hurricane and during World War II; a deacon at the United Congregational Church in Little Compton; one of the organizers of the Warren's Point Beach Club; and until the early 1950s, a member of the nominating committee of the Little Compton Republican Party.
Mrs. Whitin and her late husband, Prentice Shethar, founded the Shethar Real Estate Agency in 1927, and she was credited with preserving much of the open space in Little Compton.
Mrs. Whitin was an enthusiastic golfer and enjoyed playing bridge.
Survivors include a son, Norman Shethar of Little Compton and New York, N.Y.; three stepsons, Prentice Shethar of Amherset, N.H., R. Courtenay Whitin of Boston, and Thompson M. Whitin of Higganum, Conn., and Little Compton; a stepdaughter, Mary Rockwood of Jekyll Island, Ga.; 15 step-grandchildren; and 19 step-great-grandchildren.
Her memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 29, at the United Congregational Church, on the Commons.
Arrangements are by the 'Cherry Place' Home of Waring-Sullivan & Ashton-Coughlin-Driscoll, 178 Winter St., Fall River.
Obituary from the News-Standard:
Susan Shethar Whitin, 95
LITTLE COMPTON, R.I. -- Susan (Burchard) Shethar Whitin, 95, of Taylors Lane, died at home after suffering a stroke Wednesday, Aug. 19, 1998. She was the widow of Prentice Shethar, who died 1951, and Richard C. Whitin, who died in 1983.
Born in Boston a daughter of the late Roswell B. and Edith (Church) Burchard, she lived in Little Compton for most of her life. Mrs. Whitin's mother's family was among the original settlers of Little Compton, and Mrs. Whitin knew mostly everyone in the town.
Mrs. Whitin was a 1921 graduate of Mary C. Wheeler School and also attended Vassar College.
She was one of the early board members of the Village Improvement Society; an organizer of the local Christmas Seal campaigns; a frequent officer of and active volunteer in the Red Cross, especially at the time of the 1938 Hurricane and during World War II; a deacon at the United Congregational Church in Little Compton; one of the organizers of the Warren's Point Beach Club; and until the early 1950s, a member of the nominating committee of the Little Compton Republican Party.
Mrs. Whitin and her late husband, Prentice Shethar, founded the Shethar Real Estate Agency in 1927, and she was credited with preserving much of the open space in Little Compton.
Mrs. Whitin was an enthusiastic golfer and enjoyed playing bridge.
Survivors include a son, Norman Shethar of Little Compton and New York, N.Y.; three stepsons, Prentice Shethar of Amherset, N.H., R. Courtenay Whitin of Boston, and Thompson M. Whitin of Higganum, Conn., and Little Compton; a stepdaughter, Mary Rockwood of Jekyll Island, Ga.; 15 step-grandchildren; and 19 step-great-grandchildren.
Her memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 29, at the United Congregational Church, on the Commons.
Arrangements are by the 'Cherry Place' Home of Waring-Sullivan & Ashton-Coughlin-Driscoll, 178 Winter St., Fall River.
Susan Shethar Whitin, 95
LITTLE COMPTON, R.I. -- Susan (Burchard) Shethar Whitin, 95, of Taylors Lane, died at home after suffering a stroke Wednesday, Aug. 19, 1998. She was the widow of Prentice Shethar, who died 1951, and Richard C. Whitin, who died in 1983.
Born in Boston a daughter of the late Roswell B. and Edith (Church) Burchard, she lived in Little Compton for most of her life. Mrs. Whitin's mother's family was among the original settlers of Little Compton, and Mrs. Whitin knew mostly everyone in the town.
Mrs. Whitin was a 1921 graduate of Mary C. Wheeler School and also attended Vassar College.
She was one of the early board members of the Village Improvement Society; an organizer of the local Christmas Seal campaigns; a frequent officer of and active volunteer in the Red Cross, especially at the time of the 1938 Hurricane and during World War II; a deacon at the United Congregational Church in Little Compton; one of the organizers of the Warren's Point Beach Club; and until the early 1950s, a member of the nominating committee of the Little Compton Republican Party.
Mrs. Whitin and her late husband, Prentice Shethar, founded the Shethar Real Estate Agency in 1927, and she was credited with preserving much of the open space in Little Compton.
Mrs. Whitin was an enthusiastic golfer and enjoyed playing bridge.
Survivors include a son, Norman Shethar of Little Compton and New York, N.Y.; three stepsons, Prentice Shethar of Amherset, N.H., R. Courtenay Whitin of Boston, and Thompson M. Whitin of Higganum, Conn., and Little Compton; a stepdaughter, Mary Rockwood of Jekyll Island, Ga.; 15 step-grandchildren; and 19 step-great-grandchildren.
Her memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 29, at the United Congregational Church, on the Commons.
Arrangements are by the 'Cherry Place' Home of Waring-Sullivan & Ashton-Coughlin-Driscoll, 178 Winter St., Fall River.
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