Friday, December 29, 2023
Quite by fate I learned of the passing of Mrs. Farnsworth today. Back in the early 1960s we were all in her Home Economics class; I was perhaps in her first year class when she started teaching in Berkeley Heights, NJ. Among my sisters we were recently reminiscing about her class: learning to sew and to make simple meals. We all remember practicing our sewing on lined paper and making the infamous spiral, learning our various seams and making our first garment AND wearing it to school at least twice! She had such a profound effect on all four of us and years later when we needed to make shorts for summer camp, we set up a "sweat shop" in the basement and each of us had an assignment. I was responsible for the fly-zippers, Teri set on the waist-band, Wendy handled the major seams and Holly cut out 19 pairs of short in the period of four days. We laughed and giggled throughout the process and assured ourselves Carolyn would have been so proud of us. Recently we discussed the cooking lessons she taught us and the habits we continue to use. Her obituary is beautiful because it summarizes her life well-lived. Please accept our belated condolences and know that "Mrs. Farnsworth's" legacy lives on through the thousands of lives she touched.
Linda, Teri, Wendy and Holly Duke
