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LAHEE, KATHERINE "KAY," 95
LAHEE, KATHERINE "KAY," 95, of Northfield, died October 28, 2011, at Wake Robin Retirement Community in Shelburne. She was born in Albany, N.Y. to Arnold and Gladys Livermore Lahee. She attended Wheaton College in Massachusetts and Stanford University in California. After college she worked as an editorial assistant of the Natural History Magazine, a secretary at MIT Radiation Laboratory during World War II, and a secretary for Standard Oil. She authored "a Critical Study of George Barrow." She loved to travel in her earlier years and enjoyed making miniature doll houses. In 1966, she moved to Northfield. She was involved with the Historical Society, the establishing of the Senior Center, the Red Mitten non-profit craft business, and Creative Education. She was a member of Northfield's Ladies Reading Circle, Appalachian Mountain Club, and National Trust for Historic Preservation.
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