Remembering Agatha The Adventures of Agatha,briefly fiancée of Mr. Sherlock Holmes,being fond reminiscences of the recently deceasedPatricia Anne Theresa Dodd Flynn by Eugenia Ronder (Lois Gardiner Clark) I cannot begin to summarize the life of the best and wisest woman I have ever known. For the facts, refer to the notice duly posted after her death on […]
Remembering Tonga (BSI: The Martyrdom of Man) by Joe Moran I first met Joe Fink at the 1988 Autumn in Baker Street gathering. I was the speaker who preceded Joe’s presentation of his treatise on Dr. Watson’s Dumber Brother. (Ever since, I have been eternally grateful to Bob Thomalen for not scheduling me to go […]
Remembering The Lone Star (BSI: The Great Mogul) by Marilynne McKay Susan put up a valiant battle against esophageal cancer until April 25, 2019. We have lost one of our best Sherlockian Adventuresses and we mourn with her beloved husband, Allan Devitt, ASH, BSI. Susan Diamond was a sparkling gem among Sherlockians, true to her […]
Remembering A Disreputable Statuette by Frank Ferry and Evelyn Herzog Nancy Minogue Dean – to give her the full name she enjoyed bearing – passed away on May 12th at the age of 84 in Mount Lebanon, Pennsylvania. Nancy was a passionate and loyal Sherlockian, a charter member of Mycroft’s League in Philadelphia, and a […]
Remembering A Disreputable Statuette by Marina Stajić, Evelyn Herzog, and Paul Singleton Marina: I lost two brothers in 2021. Both named Peter. My older brother passed away in October. My brother in Sherlock and in Yankees in August. Peter Crupe, BSI, ASH, etc., etc., etc… A lot of etc., since Peter was an avid joiner, […]
Remembering Mrs. Merrilow (BSI: Brenda Tregennis) by Maureen Green with comments by Kate Karlson On March 17, 2003, Mary Elizabeth Campbell, M.Bt., ASH, (Mrs Merrilow), BSI (Brenda Tregennis), left behind the diabetes, kidney problems and blindness that had dominated her last five years. Whenever possible Mary arranged her librarian affairs to be in New York […]
Remembering Edith Presbury, 1932-2004 by Ken Brandes Only child of Dr. L. Chojnacki and Mary Lewis, Barbara was born in Amsterdam, NY, on July 5, 1932. She graduated from Buffalo State College at 21 with honors. She taught second grade, mainly in Lackawanna schools, till age 39. She then earned an MS in Library Science and admission into […]
Remembering “A de Reszke Brother” by Robert S. Katz Bob died on February 10, 2016. Born in Queens, New York City, Bob was a long time resident of New Jersey. He was an educator who specialized in testing, as well as an adjunct professor at several area colleges. He was one of the earliest members of The […]
Remembering The Blue Swirl of His Tobacco-Smoke (BSI: The Gloria Scott) by Patricia Moran The Adventuresses of Sherlock Holmes began with a group of students at Albertus Magnus College in New Haven, Connecticut in 1966. Along with the Doubleday Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Journal, Baring-Gould’s Sherlock Holmes of Baker Street was an indispensable Sherlockian sourcebook for the “founding […]
Remembering Birdy Edwards, 1956-2020 by Debbie Clark and Jacquelynn Bost Morris It is with a very heavy heart that we share with you that our good friend, Beth Austin, ASH (Birdy Edwards), passed beyond the Reichenbach on April 18th after a brief but courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. She was 64 years old. In addition […]