W0: (Florence) Caroline Wright(1930-2016)

Caroline was born May 12th 1930 to David Sanders Wright and Florence Edna Smith in Northampton Massachusetts.    her father actually named her Florence Caroline right at against her mother's wishes she never really liked the name for us no and changed it when she got married just Caroline. she was the youngest of four other children. her mother died in 1937 when she was 7 years old and I remember telling me she was raised by her sister Catherine and h her father and Her Uncle Edward at the 67 West Street house. Her siblings all served in World War II but she was too young to serve.

She attended Smith College and got a degree in mathematics and university of Massachusetts.The 1950s census shows for living with her father and not being married she was working for 10 hours as a salesperson at a retail department store still living at 67 West Street. she went on to work for GE for my understanding on one of the early computers.. 

I remember her telling me she was a delegate to a Republican National Convention which always seemed odd to me because she her father's Democrat And she was a long standing Democrat later in life

She married Robert Putnam on August  26th, 1952 in   leads Massachusetts. they were married in the St Catherine church by Reverend Prince Shannon. their first child David Putnam was born in 1953.  Robert got a job with Dupont and the family moved to Wilmington Delaware

 Their second child was born there Mary Putnam in 1958 and their third child Robert Putnam was born in 1963 the family then moved to Marietta Ohio This is due the fact that Robert was transferred to the DuPont Plant in Parkesburg West Virginia The move was between 1965 and 1969 their  4th child Andrew Putnam myself was born in Marietta in 1969. Early in the family's move to Marietta they join the Unitarian Church. 

 Caroline acted as a substitute teacher in mathematics for the Marietta school system and went on to teach math at Community College

Later along with friends she And her husband they created the valley Renaissance  consort  in which he played a alto recorder and various instruments Such as a cromhorn which we took only said sounded like a dying moose in heat. I remember the group coming by the house every Sunday night to practice and they played concerts all over the valley.

As one of the ones who started all this effort Caroline was very into the family genealogy 

Soon After her husband learned to fly she she  did and became a Private Pilot as well

She also helped create the outdoor education center married of Ohio and was Central in the founding of the Recycling Center for Marietta

 She was highly active in the League of Women Voters and politics

She was an avid gardener and helped organize the annual tour Gardens in Marietta Ohio. she also spearheaded attempt to change the local Road Bridge knew a walking bridge that was a bridge of flowers unfortunately that never really took hold

She was a major supporter of PBS and NPR and I remember as when I was young her having me help with a PBS pledge Drive for the station out of Athens Ohio.

I remember her as a remarkable woman who a great mother who is highly active in the community as can be seen her by her funeral which was fully attended

1930-1951

• May 12th, 1930: Birth-Parents were David Sanders Wright and Florence Edna Smith(1892-1937), Northampton, MA

• 1935: Residence-Northampton, MA

• November 28th, 1937: Death of her mother, Florence Edna Smith(1892-1937)

• April 1st, 1940: Residence-Northampton, MA-Age 9, living at 67 West St. Elementary School, 4th Grade.

• 1949: Attending the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, MA

• 1950: Attending the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, MA, Age 20

• 1951: Attending the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, MA. Studying Mathematics.  Transferred from Smith College.  Activities: Dean’s List 2; Senate 3,4: Index 4: Mathematics Club 2,3,4: Sigma Kappa

David, Florence and family would have experienced the flood that took place in the Connecticut River Valley in the spring of 1936.   Here are some pictures of that flood.

1952-2016

• August 23rd, 1952: Marriage to Robert Ervin Putnam in Leeds, Northampton, MA.  Sister in law Charlotte Davis Wright(Willington) was Maid of Honor. Richard D. Putnam(Leeds) was Best Man

  • Ushers were George E. Wright(Northampton), Charles M. Wright(Willington). Reception fo 100 people at 67 West Street. Will live in Champaign, IL after trip to Maine. She was a graduate of University of Massachusetts. Recently employed at Pittsfield plant of General Electric. He is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts and is studying for his doctorate at the University of Illinois.

• 1953: Birth of Son in Northampton, MA

• 1958: Birth of Daughter in Wilmington, DE

• 1963: Birth of Son in Wilmington, DE

• 1967: Moved to Marietta, OH

• 1969: Birth of Son in Marietta, OH

• March 27th, 2011 Death of Husband, Robert Ervin Putnam in Marietta, OH

• November 12th, 2016: Death in Marietta, OH

Branch

• Generation 1 (Grandparents): David Sanders Wright and Florence Edna Smith

  • Generation 0: Robert Ervin Putnam and (Florence) Caroline Wright

Sources

• 1940 United States Federal Census: Year: 1940; Census Place: Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts; Roll: T627_1599; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 8-40

• Massachusetts, Birth Index, 1901-1960 and 1967-1970: birth date: 12 May 1930 birth place: Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Name: Florence Caroline Wright

• Massachusetts, Marriage Index, 1901-1955 and 1966-1970: Name Florence Caroline Wright, Marriage Year 1952, Marriage Place Northampton, Massachusetts, USA, Index Volume Number 166, Reference Number F63.M36 v.166

• Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999: The Berkshire Eagle; Publication Date: 26/ Aug/ 1952; Publication Place: Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/532327737/?article=16b51941-ae39-41ad-bbb5-314ed351ae7a&focus=0.013836079,0.1181653,0.13535967,0.38762712&xid=335

• Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current: The News Journal; Publication Date: 8/ Apr/ 2011; Publication Place: Wilmington, Delaware, United States of America; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/164998972/?article=3db30080-eac5-4cb7-b67a-188fe1d721fd&focus=0.016150907,0.50792116,0.17663732,0.931

• Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current: The Berkshire Eagle; Publication Date: 29/ Nov/ 1937; Publication Place: Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/532960188/?article=53928017-a71d-43dd-9260-5d903dd11725&focus=0.018920396,0.05780573,0.14704

Citizens for Parks Elect Swope President

April 25th, 1967

Floyd Swope of Newark was elected president of the Citizens Committee for Parks at its meeting last night at Faulk Road Elementary School.

Swope succeeds Mrs. Robert E. Putnam of Cragmere in Brandywine Hundred. Putnam will continue as the committee's legislative representative.

Joseph Myers of Deerhurst is the new vice president and Dr. Edwin Fluevog was re-elected secretary-treasurer.

The committee also enlarged its board of directors from 15 to 25.

New Directors are Edward R. Bache, Mrs. S. William Bender, Edward T. Cline, Edward B. Cooper, William Corbishley, Mrs. Cyrus L. Day, Mrs. Roy C. Grills, Mrs. John E. Harris and A.L. Oppegard, all elected for three-year terms, and Brig.-Gen. H. Wallace Cook, elected for a two-year term.

Conservationists who reviewed conditions in the area were William Poole, president, and Larry Dodge, executive vice president of the Upper Chesapeake Watershed Association Inc.; Robert G. Struble, executive vice president of the Brandywine Valley Association and Clayton M. Hoff, executive vice president of Forward Lands, Inc.