vra 2012, member remembrances

Jeffrey was the husband of Linda (Yachnes) Erickson.

Florence Jill Thorp, age 39, from Baltimore, MD, passed away October 3, 2011. She graduated from Hartwick College, Oneonta, with a BA in Art History in 1993 and, in 2000, Florence Jill received her Masters in Library Science from Syracuse University. Florence Jill lived in Oneonta for seven years after graduating Hartwick, where she worked at the College as a Slide Librarian.

In 2000, she moved to Baltimore, MD, where she accepted a position as Media Resources Director at the Maryland Institute College of Art. At the time of her passing, she was the Director of Decker Library at MICA. Florence was very active in the Mid-Atlantic chapter of the VRA. She was a gifted artist who enjoyed drawing and painting. She loved growing flowers in her backyard, antiquing, traveling, spending time with her many friends, Baltimore Ravens Football, Syracuse Basketball, her cat Gloria, and visiting her family in Vernon Center.

James Monteith in right foreground with Luraine Tansey, Karin Whalen, Mark Tansey(the artist, Luraine's son), at the Tansey Dinner (NYC, 1997)

James Monteith with Barbara Rochenbachduring their Tansey Dinner performance (2000 San Francisco conference)