Mom passed away very peacefully in her sleep at 7 am this morning. She was outside with the wind in her hair on Monday at 3 pm and I had her out for an hour car ride (her request) last week. She thankfully did not linger.
On Friday at 2 pm we will have a service at the Mt Bethel Baptist Meeting House in Warren. Our paternal grandfather used to preach there. It is now a historical building listed on the National Register. They will open it up for us for her. Here is a picture of the building
http://66.92.127.80/Mount%20Bethel%20Baptist.htmlAfter the service we can walk across the street to Vincents where I have reserved the second floor for us where we can enjoy some snacks and drinks.
The following is her obituary which should be in the Star Ledger tomorrow. Everyone was very fond of her at Colts Neck Village.
DORIS OGDEN MOUNT
Photographer, Journalist and Equestrian, 88
Died May 23, 2007 at 7 am
Born in Summit, NJ on December 17, 1918 she graduated from Kent Place School, and Sweetbriar College in Virginia where she majored in English Literature and Horseback Riding. Early in her career she was the photographer in the PR Department of the General Motors Plant in Linden, NJ during World War II where she took pictures of the visiting dignitaries who came to boost morale. She married Wadsworth Walton Mount in 1945 and moved to Warren, NJ. She was a journalist, published in major magazines such as Highlights for Children and Chronicle of the Horse. She wrote a weekly horse column reporting on equine events for the Recorder Publications, owners of the Bernardsville News and Echoes-Sentinel. In 1987 she won the first prize in Juvenile Non-Fiction at the State of Maine’s Writers’ Conference. She was an accomplished rider and avid horsewoman, whose riding program taught many children and adults how to ride. She is survived by 4 children, John W. Mount, Sausalito, CA, William W. Mount, Keith A. Mount, Easton, PA, and Wendy E. Mount-Slocombe, Long Branch, NJ and 3 grandchildren, Brendon Renken, Lauren Mount, and Mason Mount. Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend the service on Friday, May 25, 2007 at 2 pm.at the historic Mt. Bethel Baptist Meetinghouse, 147 Mt. Bethel Rd.,Warren Township, NJ. In lieu of flowers donations made be made to the Michael Curtain Scholarship Fund, Attn: Miss Roiter, Howell High school, 405 Squankum Yellowbrook Rd., Farmingdale, NJ 07727 (732) 919- 2131 ext. 8494 or ReRun, Inc., P.O. Box 113, Helmetta, NJ 08828 (215) 272-6716 located on the web at http://www.rerun.org/. To view or add comments about Doris Mount go to dorismount.blogspot.com
2 comments:
Dear Wendy, John, Keith, and Bill
She was one of my Mom's longest and best friends and she was a person that I admired since I was very young. I saw her as independent and capable and greatly appreciated her willness to spend time with a shy child fascinated by her wonderful animals and eccentric household. I miss her.
Debbi Strahman
Wendy, John, Bill and Keith,
It was an honor to attend the service for your Mom at the Mt. Bethel Meeting house, and when I returned, I e-mailed our sons to let them know of your Mom's passing. Our oldest son, Shawn,and his family had just passed by your old home on Mountain Avenue after our lunch on Mother's Day. They were touring the old familiar haunts they knew when we first moved to New Jersey, and Warren specifically. They commented that there did not seem to be horses there anymore. He was of course, sorry about your Mom's death, but glad to get the word, as were his brothers, Michael and Shane.
We only participated with members of your family for 7 short years before we moved back to MO; however, your household and Doris's love of horses and writing more than matched my own. She gave our older gelding a kind and loving place to while his hours; and she generously gave me encouragement, and an outlet for my rampant verbal, and writing skills. She was a fine and generous friend, and I miss her kind, patient soul here on Earth.
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