Letitia Blood Calderwood 1937-2026 Letitia Blood Calderwood , born December 15, 1937 in Clinton, MA, and peacefully departed on February 7, 2026, lived a life defined by kindness, generosity, and a down‑to‑earth spirit that made people feel instantly at ease. She had a gift for creating community wherever she went, and those who knew her will remember her warmth most of all. Letitia was a woman of many talents and quiet joys. She loved the simple pleasures of life — bowling w

Virginia “Ginny” Sellers Shaw 1936-2025 Virginia “Ginny” Sellers Shaw, 89, died on December 18, 2025 in Amherst, Massachusetts. She was born in 1936 to James Townsend and Lyn (Sligh) Sellers in Gladwyne, Pennsylvania, followed by her younger sister, Lyn Carol, in 1939. After graduating Vassar College, Ginny received a Master of Education from Radcliffe College and moved to Greenwich Village in New York City where she began her life as an educator.   At twenty-six, she met and

Carla Bee 1938 - 2025 Carla Bee’s (1938-2025) beautiful spirit left her body the night of December 6th, 2025, her final breaths a holy song offered up to God. She transitioned peacefully in her Northampton home thanks to a host of angelic care givers. Angels are singing to Carla now, just as she sang in six languages to the sick and dying in nursing homes across Massachusetts for 20 years. She called them "her people.” For many, Carla's sweet voice was the last voice they wou