MADBURY - Georgia Goss Drew, 71, died Friday, April 13, 2001, at the Wentworth-Douglass Hospital in Dover after a long and well-fought battle with cancer. She was born August 16, 1929, in Worcester, Mass., the daughter of Constance (Woodworth) and C. Lane Goss of Worcester, Mass. and Madbury. She was the widow of Frederick E. Drew of Madbury and Barrington. She was predeceased by her son, David Goss McCaig and her daughter, Holly Armitage.
She is survived by her brother, Lane Woodworth Goss of North Andover, Mass.; three nephews, Edward Woodworth Goss of Wellesley, Mass., Charles Lane Goss II of Andover, Mass. and Philip Johnston Goss of North Andover. She also leaves her aunt, Mary Woodworth Sawyer of Durham, and cousins, Jenifer D'Arcy of Durham, Susan D'Arcy Schultz of New York City, N.Y., Sally Woodworth Gallagher of Concord, N.H. and Deborah Woodworth Edgar of Concord, Mass.; and two great-nephews, William Woodworth Goss and Edward Woodworth Goss Jr., and three great-nieces, Elizabeth Jane Goss and Sarah Staley Goss, all of Wellesley and Katharine Ames Goss of Hamilton, Mass.
She was previously married to Robert McCaig of Portland, Ore., and to Perley (Peter) E. Armitage Jr. of Gonic. She also leaves her companion of recent years, Alfred L. Moseley of Barrington.
She was a graduate of Bancroft School in Worchester, Mass., Walnut Hill School in Natick, Mass. and Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. She was a fourth generation graduate of Vassar. Her great-grandmother, Mary Parker (Woodworth) in 1870 was the first New Hampshire woman to graduate from a four-year college and was also the first woman to serve on the Concord, N.H. School Board.
Mrs. Drew had been on the Board of the Strafford County Health Association and at the time of her death was an overseer of Walnut Hill School and a Madbury town officer. She had been a board member and vice-president of the National Society of The Colonial Dames of America in the State of New Hampshire, where she had been a long-time house manager of their historic property in Portsmouth, the Moffatt-Ladd House.
There will be a memorial service at St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Dover at 11 a.m. on Thursday, May 3.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations be made to Walnut Hill School, 12 Highland St., Natick, MA 01760 or to the Moffatt-Ladd House, 135 Market St., Portsmouth, NH 038001-3730. Tasker Funeral Home, 621 Central Ave., assisted with arrangements.
She is survived by her brother, Lane Woodworth Goss of North Andover, Mass.; three nephews, Edward Woodworth Goss of Wellesley, Mass., Charles Lane Goss II of Andover, Mass. and Philip Johnston Goss of North Andover. She also leaves her aunt, Mary Woodworth Sawyer of Durham, and cousins, Jenifer D'Arcy of Durham, Susan D'Arcy Schultz of New York City, N.Y., Sally Woodworth Gallagher of Concord, N.H. and Deborah Woodworth Edgar of Concord, Mass.; and two great-nephews, William Woodworth Goss and Edward Woodworth Goss Jr., and three great-nieces, Elizabeth Jane Goss and Sarah Staley Goss, all of Wellesley and Katharine Ames Goss of Hamilton, Mass.
She was previously married to Robert McCaig of Portland, Ore., and to Perley (Peter) E. Armitage Jr. of Gonic. She also leaves her companion of recent years, Alfred L. Moseley of Barrington.
She was a graduate of Bancroft School in Worchester, Mass., Walnut Hill School in Natick, Mass. and Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. She was a fourth generation graduate of Vassar. Her great-grandmother, Mary Parker (Woodworth) in 1870 was the first New Hampshire woman to graduate from a four-year college and was also the first woman to serve on the Concord, N.H. School Board.
Mrs. Drew had been on the Board of the Strafford County Health Association and at the time of her death was an overseer of Walnut Hill School and a Madbury town officer. She had been a board member and vice-president of the National Society of The Colonial Dames of America in the State of New Hampshire, where she had been a long-time house manager of their historic property in Portsmouth, the Moffatt-Ladd House.
There will be a memorial service at St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Dover at 11 a.m. on Thursday, May 3.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations be made to Walnut Hill School, 12 Highland St., Natick, MA 01760 or to the Moffatt-Ladd House, 135 Market St., Portsmouth, NH 038001-3730. Tasker Funeral Home, 621 Central Ave., assisted with arrangements.
MADBURY - Georgia Goss Drew, 71, died Friday, April 13, 2001, at the Wentworth-Douglass Hospital in Dover after a long and well-fought battle with cancer. She was born August 16, 1929, in Worcester, Mass., the daughter of Constance (Woodworth) and C. Lane Goss of Worcester, Mass. and Madbury. She was the widow of Frederick E. Drew of Madbury and Barrington. She was predeceased by her son, David Goss McCaig and her daughter, Holly Armitage.
She is survived by her brother, Lane Woodworth Goss of North Andover, Mass.; three nephews, Edward Woodworth Goss of Wellesley, Mass., Charles Lane Goss II of Andover, Mass. and Philip Johnston Goss of North Andover. She also leaves her aunt, Mary Woodworth Sawyer of Durham, and cousins, Jenifer D'Arcy of Durham, Susan D'Arcy Schultz of New York City, N.Y., Sally Woodworth Gallagher of Concord, N.H. and Deborah Woodworth Edgar of Concord, Mass.; and two great-nephews, William Woodworth Goss and Edward Woodworth Goss Jr., and three great-nieces, Elizabeth Jane Goss and Sarah Staley Goss, all of Wellesley and Katharine Ames Goss of Hamilton, Mass.
She was previously married to Robert McCaig of Portland, Ore., and to Perley (Peter) E. Armitage Jr. of Gonic. She also leaves her companion of recent years, Alfred L. Moseley of Barrington.
She was a graduate of Bancroft School in Worchester, Mass., Walnut Hill School in Natick, Mass. and Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. She was a fourth generation graduate of Vassar. Her great-grandmother, Mary Parker (Woodworth) in 1870 was the first New Hampshire woman to graduate from a four-year college and was also the first woman to serve on the Concord, N.H. School Board.
Mrs. Drew had been on the Board of the Strafford County Health Association and at the time of her death was an overseer of Walnut Hill School and a Madbury town officer. She had been a board member and vice-president of the National Society of The Colonial Dames of America in the State of New Hampshire, where she had been a long-time house manager of their historic property in Portsmouth, the Moffatt-Ladd House.
There will be a memorial service at St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Dover at 11 a.m. on Thursday, May 3.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations be made to Walnut Hill School, 12 Highland St., Natick, MA 01760 or to the Moffatt-Ladd House, 135 Market St., Portsmouth, NH 038001-3730. Tasker Funeral Home, 621 Central Ave., assisted with arrangements.
She is survived by her brother, Lane Woodworth Goss of North Andover, Mass.; three nephews, Edward Woodworth Goss of Wellesley, Mass., Charles Lane Goss II of Andover, Mass. and Philip Johnston Goss of North Andover. She also leaves her aunt, Mary Woodworth Sawyer of Durham, and cousins, Jenifer D'Arcy of Durham, Susan D'Arcy Schultz of New York City, N.Y., Sally Woodworth Gallagher of Concord, N.H. and Deborah Woodworth Edgar of Concord, Mass.; and two great-nephews, William Woodworth Goss and Edward Woodworth Goss Jr., and three great-nieces, Elizabeth Jane Goss and Sarah Staley Goss, all of Wellesley and Katharine Ames Goss of Hamilton, Mass.
She was previously married to Robert McCaig of Portland, Ore., and to Perley (Peter) E. Armitage Jr. of Gonic. She also leaves her companion of recent years, Alfred L. Moseley of Barrington.
She was a graduate of Bancroft School in Worchester, Mass., Walnut Hill School in Natick, Mass. and Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. She was a fourth generation graduate of Vassar. Her great-grandmother, Mary Parker (Woodworth) in 1870 was the first New Hampshire woman to graduate from a four-year college and was also the first woman to serve on the Concord, N.H. School Board.
Mrs. Drew had been on the Board of the Strafford County Health Association and at the time of her death was an overseer of Walnut Hill School and a Madbury town officer. She had been a board member and vice-president of the National Society of The Colonial Dames of America in the State of New Hampshire, where she had been a long-time house manager of their historic property in Portsmouth, the Moffatt-Ladd House.
There will be a memorial service at St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Dover at 11 a.m. on Thursday, May 3.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations be made to Walnut Hill School, 12 Highland St., Natick, MA 01760 or to the Moffatt-Ladd House, 135 Market St., Portsmouth, NH 038001-3730. Tasker Funeral Home, 621 Central Ave., assisted with arrangements.
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