Elisabeth A. Harvey, 94
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Elisabeth "Betty" Anne Harvey, 94, of Buxton Hill Road, died peacefully on Saturday, March 21, 2015, at Sweet Brook Care Centers. Born in Baltimore on April 24, 1920, the daughter of Dr. George H. Robinson and Florence Gray Robinson, she was educated in Sewickley (Pa.) Public Schools and attended Bates College. She raised her family in Pittsburgh, Ridgeway, Pa., and Williamstown.
Mrs. Harvey was an elementary school library aide for many years in the Williamstown Public Schools. Following retirement, she worked at the Craft Basket gift shop and the Cow Bell knitting and craft boutique.
During World War II, she worked as a controller for H.J. Heinz Co. in Pittsburgh.
She was an expert knitter and often taught knitting during January term at Williams College. No pattern was too complicated for her. She also enjoyed counted cross stitch and rug hooking. She was an avid reader her entire life.
She belonged to the Daughters of the American Revolution and Order of Eastern Star. She was a member of First Congregational Church of Williamstown for more than 50 years.
Under the auspices of the Memory Clinic in Bennington, Vt., Mrs. Harvey was the subject of three drug trials for Alzheimer's disease. Because of her excellent response to one of the experimental drugs, she was prominently featured in a special edition of the former Newsweek magazine in summer 2005.
She was the beloved wife of the late Cecil Lee Harvey to whom she was married for more than 70 years.
She leaves her two sons, George Robinson Harvey and his wife, C. Victoria, of Essex and Capt. William Lee Harvey of Boothbay, Maine; two grandchildren, Aaron Lee Harvey of Pacific Palisades, Calif., and Abbigail Lee Mackenzie and her husband, Alec, of Freeport, Maine.
FUNERAL NOTICE -A Memorial Service to celebrate the life of Mrs. Harvey will be held on Saturday, April 25, at noon at First Congregational Church of Williamstown. Private burial will be in Eastlawn Cemetery.
Memorial gifts may be made to First Congregational Church of Williamstown in care of Flynn & Dagnoli-Montagna Home for Funerals, West Chapels, 521 West Main St., North Adams, MA 01247.