Joan Chaplin Waters
September 25, 1928 — February 14, 2014
Joan Chaplin Waters formerly of Sewickley, PA died on February 14, 2014 at age 85.
Born Joan Magdalen Chaplin in Pittsburgh PA on Sept. 25, 1928, she was the oldest child of Gretchen Magdalen Brown of Boston and James Crossan Chaplin III of Sewickley, PA.
Mrs. Waters graduated from Miss Porter’s School in Farmington, CT and Bennett Junior College in Millbrook, NY. Joan loved music, the ocean, trees, animals and seashells. She was an accomplished piano player and avid tennis player. She was married to Lewis S. Dabney from 1952-1973 and lived in Medfield, MA. She later moved to Miami, Florida where she was a dedicated guide for 35 years at Vizcaya Museum and Gardens. Joan married William R. Waters of Stuart, FL in 1979. Mr. Waters died in 2013. Joan spent summers in Hyannis Port, MA for most of her life, volunteering for 20 years on the Vestry of St. Andrews By The Sea Episcopal Church.
Mrs. Waters is survived by two daughters, Leila Dabney Marconi, of Boynton Beach, FL and Bettina Dabney Abe of Acton, MA; a son in-law George A. Abe; a sister Sandra Chaplin McCarthy of Buffalo, NY; a brother, James C. Chaplin IV of Sewickley, PA; a grandson Thomas Dabney Abe and a granddaughter Magdalen Allaine Abe; 3 nieces, 2 nephews and 7 step children. Her youngest sister, Gail Chaplin Barry and her son-in-law, Richard Marconi, preceded her in death.
Memorial services will be held at St. Joseph’s Episcopal Church in Boynton Beach, FL March 22 at 11am; and at Andrews By the Sea Episcopal Church in Hyannis Port, MA sometime this summer.
Donations may be made in Mrs. Waters’ memory to St. Joseph’s Episcopal Church, Boynton Beach, FL; or to St. Andrews by the Sea Episcopal Church, Hyannis Port, MA.
Born Joan Magdalen Chaplin in Pittsburgh PA on Sept. 25, 1928, she was the oldest child of Gretchen Magdalen Brown of Boston and James Crossan Chaplin III of Sewickley, PA.
Mrs. Waters graduated from Miss Porter’s School in Farmington, CT and Bennett Junior College in Millbrook, NY. Joan loved music, the ocean, trees, animals and seashells. She was an accomplished piano player and avid tennis player. She was married to Lewis S. Dabney from 1952-1973 and lived in Medfield, MA. She later moved to Miami, Florida where she was a dedicated guide for 35 years at Vizcaya Museum and Gardens. Joan married William R. Waters of Stuart, FL in 1979. Mr. Waters died in 2013. Joan spent summers in Hyannis Port, MA for most of her life, volunteering for 20 years on the Vestry of St. Andrews By The Sea Episcopal Church.
Mrs. Waters is survived by two daughters, Leila Dabney Marconi, of Boynton Beach, FL and Bettina Dabney Abe of Acton, MA; a son in-law George A. Abe; a sister Sandra Chaplin McCarthy of Buffalo, NY; a brother, James C. Chaplin IV of Sewickley, PA; a grandson Thomas Dabney Abe and a granddaughter Magdalen Allaine Abe; 3 nieces, 2 nephews and 7 step children. Her youngest sister, Gail Chaplin Barry and her son-in-law, Richard Marconi, preceded her in death.
Memorial services will be held at St. Joseph’s Episcopal Church in Boynton Beach, FL March 22 at 11am; and at Andrews By the Sea Episcopal Church in Hyannis Port, MA sometime this summer.
Donations may be made in Mrs. Waters’ memory to St. Joseph’s Episcopal Church, Boynton Beach, FL; or to St. Andrews by the Sea Episcopal Church, Hyannis Port, MA.
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