Individual

Go to List of Family Names Go to List of People    < Previous Next >

Birth:          5 Dec 1921 Geneva, N.Y.
Death:          3 Mar 2012 Marblehead, Mass.

Notes
!PUBL
obit of George Russell Poor
Stewart/Campbell Fam Tree on ancestry
1940 in Seneca, Ontario Co., N.Y.
http://obits.dignitymemorial.com/dignity-memorial/obituary.aspx?n=Gladys-
Poor&lc=4695&pid=156301427&mid=5019228

Gladys Haslett Poor, 90 years of age, of Marblehead, died peacefully in her home 
Saturday, March 3. Born in the Finger Lakes Region of New York, she grew up on her 
family's farm in Seneca Township near Geneva, NY. She graduated from Cornell 
University in 1943 then moved to New York City where she worked for IBM and met 
her late husband of 63 years, George R. Poor. 

 A resident of Marblehead since 1945, Gladys was an accomplished artist, enthusiastic 
gardener, avid sailor, skier, tennis player and music lover. She and husband George, 
true companions and devoted parents, shared each other's passion for music, art and 
the sea and spent many summers cruising the coast of Maine together and with family. 
Gladys was a longtime member of the Eastern Yacht Club, the Copley Art Society in 
Boston, North Shore Arts Association, the Marblehead Arts Association, the 
Swampscott Arts Association, and the Cape Ann Water Color Painters. In the 1960s 
she served as a trustee at Shore Country Day School in Beverly and was active in the 
League of Women's Voters. As a prominent member of the Marblehead and Driftwood 
Garden Clubs, and the Salem Thread and Needle Society, she continued many of 
these active memberships until her passing.

Gladys's sense of adventure and boundless energy inspired those around her. Above 
all she was a most treasured mother, grandmother, great grandmother and friend who 
showered her enthusiasm, joy and love on all who knew her. She lived life to its fullest 
to the very end, leaving us one last tangible gift, a colorful painting she created the 
day before she died.

Gladys leaves three daughters, Jean E.P. Burden and husband Ordway of New York 
City, Sally P. Beck and husband Carl of Belgrade, ME, and Susan A. Poor and 
husband Jeffrey Dingle of Marblehead; 7 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren. She 
was pre-deceased by a daughter, Geraldine P. Saunders Dubois of Brooklyn, NY.

A memorial service will be held at the Old North Church, 35 Washington Street, 
Marblehead on Friday, March 23 at 11AM. Relatives and friends respectfully invited. 
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to The Movement Disorder Unit at Mass 
General Hospital, 15 Parkman Street, Boston, MA 02114. Arrangements by the Eustis 
and Cornell Funeral Home, Marblehead. 


Parents
HASLETT Charles ()
----- Helen P. ()

Siblings
HASLETT Gladys (5 Dec 1921 - 3 Mar 2012)

Marriage To POOR George Russell (28 Mar 1916 - 13 Oct 2009)
    m. 27 Mar 1945 

Notes

Parents
POOR Walter Everett (23 Nov 1885 - 4 Apr 1950)
PHIPPEN Elizabeth Russell (30 Apr 1884 - ABT 1960)

Children by POOR George Russell 28 Mar 1916 - 13 Oct 2009
POOR Jean Elizabeth ()
POOR Geraldine Haslett (18 Oct 1947 - 6 Nov 1999)
POOR Sally Gladys ()
POOR Susan A. ()

Produced by Fzip 1.7 2/10/2021