Agnes Conway
Earlier today the funeral of former Branscombe Choral member, Agnes Conway, was held in East Rockaway, New York. She died at the age of 95 on December 31 st . I send her daughter, Mary, and extended family my sincerest sympathy for their loss. When Martin Hennessy and I performed, Life! Love! Song! A Visit with Gena Branscombe, at Hofstra University in 2008, Agnes attended the performance. An ad for our concert appeared in her local newspaper. She ordered tickets for herself and her daughter. Days before seeing the ad, she had been sorting through her possessions trying to decide what to keep and what to throw out. When she came across her Branscombe Choral memorabilia, she chose not to throw any of it away. After making the arrangements to attend our concert and much to our surprise, she gathered her Branscombe Choral pictures, programs, letters and more, cross-stitched book covers, put the items in binders and gave me...