Remembering Julia Stoner, 1937-1995 Ann Judge was born on June 2, 1937 and died on October 5, 1995. She found her way to the Adventuresses in an appropriate manner: through radio drama and her local bar. Ann lived alone in the Chelsea neighborhood in New York City, and was pleased to discover a local restaurant […]
(founding, No Investiture), 1948-1986 by M.E. Rich Mary Louise (Lisa) Jones, a founding member of the Adventuresses of Sherlock Holmes at Albertus Magnus College, graduated Magna Cum Laude in 1970. An only child, she was a fierce and illuminating spirit whose ready wit, aplomb and espieglerie made her a natural leader. When the six young women who became the ASH attended […]
Remembering Modesty Among the Virtues by Susan Rice Anita Janda died on December 7th, within hours of her last surgery to combat the ovarian cancer she had fought for several years. Her death came as a shock to those who had hoped, as she herself had, that she would be able to attend the 2006 […]
Remembering Miss Minnie Warrender by Peter E. Blau Martha Irish recalled in a memoir she wrote shortly before she died on Aug. 22, 2015, that her first job was an entry-level position with the National 4-H Club Foundation in a suburb of Washington, D.C. She learned bookkeeping, worked for a CPA firm, and then decided […]
Remembering The Hoffman Barcarole Margaret was a charter member of the Hansom Wheels of Columbia, SC. She died of leukemia on August 10, 2000. She was the author of “The Bathroom at Baker Street” (Baker Street Journal, 31:2, 1981). Born in England, she was the widow of Captain Arthur Arnold Hoffman, USA and is survived […]
Remembering Mrs. Barrymore by Ray Betzner Peggy Henry died Sept. 8, 2017 at the age of 87. Peggy was an Irish lass who never lost her Boston accent, who could roast a goose and whip up a big enough raspberry trifle to feed nearly 40 people without breaking a sweat. Her ASH investiture of Mrs. […]
Remembering Lady Hilda Trelawney Hope by Kate Karlson, ASH I met Helen Heinrich, our own “Lady Hilda Trelawney Hope” in the middle 1970s, when we were both becoming active in The Adventuresses of Sherlock Holmes. The initial meeting was similar to Alice falling down the rabbit hole into Wonderland. After seeing some of my Sherlockian […]
Remembering Dr. Jackson, 1954-1998 by Sherry Rose-Bond It cannot be said of too many people that they were born to be Sherlockians. However, in the case of Eileen Hartsoe Katz this would be an absolutely accurate observation, because Eileen was born one hundred years to the day after the birth of Sherlock Holmes. It is […]
Remembering Mrs. Allen by Carol and Ron Fish Beverly Halm, ASH, Mrs. Allen, 82, of Port Washington, New York, passed beyond the Reichenbach on May 4, 2014. She graduated from Hunter College and received her M.S. in Library Science at C.W. Post (now LIU Post). Beverly was involved in numerous community organizations. Her love of cooking […]
Remembering Mary Sutherland (BSI: Kitty Winter) Memories of Maureen Green-Van der Flaes by Marjorie Morris My big sister Maureen was the glue that held our family of sisters and brothers together, over many years and through many tragedies. Even after raising her own two daughters, and sharing her own life with Edwin, she eventually began […]