Rachel Felicity Benét was born on October 22, 1931 in Manhattan, the youngest of three children born to Stephen Vincent Benét and Rosemary Carr Benét. Ms. Benét attended The Brearly School and Friends Seminary in New York and graduated from Radcliffe College cum laude in 1953. She then earned a master's degree in social work from Boston University in 1982 and worked and volunteered for a variety of charitable endeavors in the Boston area. Loving mother to four children and grandmother to five grandchildren, she is deeply missed.
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Rachel Benét Lewis of Watertown, a counselor at Womanplace, a residential treatment center of the Cambridge and Somerville Program for Alcoholism Rehabilitation, died of esophageal cancer Sunday at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. She was 58.
Before joining the staff of Womanplace in 1987, Mrs. Lewis worked at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in West Roxbury leading a support group for amputees and patients with spinal cord injuries. She had also been a volunteer at Rosie's Place, a shelter for women, Hope House, a residence for alcoholic men, and the Appleton alcohol treatment center at McLean Hospital, Belmont.
Born in New York, Mrs. Lewis graduated from Radcliffe College in 1953 and received a master's degree in social work at Boston University in 1982.
She leaves two daughters and two sons; a sister, Stephanie Mahin of Mystic, Connecticut; a brother, Thomas Benét of San Francisco; and a granddaughter.
A memorial service will be held on Feb. 24 at 11 a.m. in Memorial Church, Harvard University.
The Boston Globe, Feb. 16, 1990
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Rachel Benét Lewis of Watertown, a counselor at Womanplace, a residential treatment center of the Cambridge and Somerville Program for Alcoholism Rehabilitation, died of esophageal cancer Sunday at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. She was 58.
Before joining the staff of Womanplace in 1987, Mrs. Lewis worked at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in West Roxbury leading a support group for amputees and patients with spinal cord injuries. She had also been a volunteer at Rosie's Place, a shelter for women, Hope House, a residence for alcoholic men, and the Appleton alcohol treatment center at McLean Hospital, Belmont.
Born in New York, Mrs. Lewis graduated from Radcliffe College in 1953 and received a master's degree in social work at Boston University in 1982.
She leaves two daughters and two sons; a sister, Stephanie Mahin of Mystic, Connecticut; a brother, Thomas Benét of San Francisco; and a granddaughter.
A memorial service will be held on Feb. 24 at 11 a.m. in Memorial Church, Harvard University.
The Boston Globe, Feb. 16, 1990
Rachel Felicity Benét was born on October 22, 1931 in Manhattan, the youngest of three children born to Stephen Vincent Benét and Rosemary Carr Benét. Ms. Benét attended The Brearly School and Friends Seminary in New York and graduated from Radcliffe College cum laude in 1953. She then earned a master's degree in social work from Boston University in 1982 and worked and volunteered for a variety of charitable endeavors in the Boston area. Loving mother to four children and grandmother to five grandchildren, she is deeply missed.
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Rachel Benét Lewis of Watertown, a counselor at Womanplace, a residential treatment center of the Cambridge and Somerville Program for Alcoholism Rehabilitation, died of esophageal cancer Sunday at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. She was 58.
Before joining the staff of Womanplace in 1987, Mrs. Lewis worked at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in West Roxbury leading a support group for amputees and patients with spinal cord injuries. She had also been a volunteer at Rosie's Place, a shelter for women, Hope House, a residence for alcoholic men, and the Appleton alcohol treatment center at McLean Hospital, Belmont.
Born in New York, Mrs. Lewis graduated from Radcliffe College in 1953 and received a master's degree in social work at Boston University in 1982.
She leaves two daughters and two sons; a sister, Stephanie Mahin of Mystic, Connecticut; a brother, Thomas Benét of San Francisco; and a granddaughter.
A memorial service will be held on Feb. 24 at 11 a.m. in Memorial Church, Harvard University.
The Boston Globe, Feb. 16, 1990
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Rachel Benét Lewis of Watertown, a counselor at Womanplace, a residential treatment center of the Cambridge and Somerville Program for Alcoholism Rehabilitation, died of esophageal cancer Sunday at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. She was 58.
Before joining the staff of Womanplace in 1987, Mrs. Lewis worked at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in West Roxbury leading a support group for amputees and patients with spinal cord injuries. She had also been a volunteer at Rosie's Place, a shelter for women, Hope House, a residence for alcoholic men, and the Appleton alcohol treatment center at McLean Hospital, Belmont.
Born in New York, Mrs. Lewis graduated from Radcliffe College in 1953 and received a master's degree in social work at Boston University in 1982.
She leaves two daughters and two sons; a sister, Stephanie Mahin of Mystic, Connecticut; a brother, Thomas Benét of San Francisco; and a granddaughter.
A memorial service will be held on Feb. 24 at 11 a.m. in Memorial Church, Harvard University.
The Boston Globe, Feb. 16, 1990
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