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IN LOVING MEMORY OF Linda Starr Spain
Linda Starr
Spain
d. Nov 2, 2015
Linda Starr Spain's Obituary
Linda Starr Spain, recently of Skillman, NJ, died November 2, 2015 at Greenwood House in Ewing, NJ. The cause of death was lung cancer and its after effects.
Linda was born in Nashville, Tenn. and grew up in Washington D.C. She was a graduate of Sidwell Friends School, studied at Wellesley, graduated from The University of Wisconsin (Madison) and earned a Master of Arts degree from Columbia University where she studied film. For more than forty years she was a film editor, winning awards for her work on prime time documentary films for ABC, CBS, NBC and PBS. In the editing room she was a quiet and supportive teacher, a mentor to a number of today's successful film editors. For many years she managed, with her husband Tom, a documentary film company based in the Princeton area.
In Princeton she took up ice dancing and was a member of The Princeton Skating Club. Linda's passion was music and she was a member of the Masterwork Chorus, serving on its board and appearing with them every Christmas in Carnegie Hall. She was active in the Montgomery Township Democratic Committee and The League of Women Voters.
Linda was the daughter of the late Milton and Zaro Starr of Washington, DC and West Yarmouth, MA. She is survived by her husband Tom Spain of Stockton, NJ, her daughter Joanne Spain of Frenchtown, NJ and sons Frank Spain of West Islip, NY and Matthew Spain of Lawrenceville, NJ and by sisters Ann Leslie Rosenblatt of Natick, MA and Barbara Starr of Columbia, MD and many nieces and nephews. A sister Sara Wolff of Amherst, MA and a brother Henry Starr of Silver Spring, MD predeceased her.
Linda requested that there be no service. A family gathering is planned for her birthday in August, 2016 on Cape Cod where she spent many happy summers.
In lieu of flowers Linda's family asks that donations be made in her name to The Masterwork Chorus in Morristown, NJ (www.masterwork.org), Planned Parenthood (www.plannedparenhood.org), or The League of Women Voters (www.lwvnj.org). Her family wishes to praise the staff members at Greenwood House for their professionalism, compassion and old fashioned love and comfort they gave to Linda in the last year of her life.
Linda was born in Nashville, Tenn. and grew up in Washington D.C. She was a graduate of Sidwell Friends School, studied at Wellesley, graduated from The University of Wisconsin (Madison) and earned a Master of Arts degree from Columbia University where she studied film. For more than forty years she was a film editor, winning awards for her work on prime time documentary films for ABC, CBS, NBC and PBS. In the editing room she was a quiet and supportive teacher, a mentor to a number of today's successful film editors. For many years she managed, with her husband Tom, a documentary film company based in the Princeton area.
In Princeton she took up ice dancing and was a member of The Princeton Skating Club. Linda's passion was music and she was a member of the Masterwork Chorus, serving on its board and appearing with them every Christmas in Carnegie Hall. She was active in the Montgomery Township Democratic Committee and The League of Women Voters.
Linda was the daughter of the late Milton and Zaro Starr of Washington, DC and West Yarmouth, MA. She is survived by her husband Tom Spain of Stockton, NJ, her daughter Joanne Spain of Frenchtown, NJ and sons Frank Spain of West Islip, NY and Matthew Spain of Lawrenceville, NJ and by sisters Ann Leslie Rosenblatt of Natick, MA and Barbara Starr of Columbia, MD and many nieces and nephews. A sister Sara Wolff of Amherst, MA and a brother Henry Starr of Silver Spring, MD predeceased her.
Linda requested that there be no service. A family gathering is planned for her birthday in August, 2016 on Cape Cod where she spent many happy summers.
In lieu of flowers Linda's family asks that donations be made in her name to The Masterwork Chorus in Morristown, NJ (www.masterwork.org), Planned Parenthood (www.plannedparenhood.org), or The League of Women Voters (www.lwvnj.org). Her family wishes to praise the staff members at Greenwood House for their professionalism, compassion and old fashioned love and comfort they gave to Linda in the last year of her life.
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