The Pugwash community mourns the loss of Sara Boutwell
Jeffrey and Sara Boutwell, La Jolla 2002
"All I could think of when I heard the news was that the universe developed a huge void and had to reclaim a bundle of energy quickly, so it took Sara." Jill Martin, Vermont
Sara Plimpton Boutwell, 62, of Spotsylvania died peacefully and surrounded by her family on Wednesday, November 14, 2007 at Mary Washington Hospital after a short courageous battle with cancer.
Sara was born August 5, 1945 in Kansas City, MO to Harold Plimpton, Jr. and Helen H. Plimpton and was raised in Green Valley, IL, Harrington Park, NJ and Greenwich, CT. Sara was a longtime resident of Needham, MA, where she worked as a training and communications consultant.
She married the love of her life and best friend, Jeffrey H. Boutwell, onOctober 30, 1994 in Cambridge, MA, and they lived in Groton, MA and Norwich, VT before moving to Fawn Lake in Spotsylvania in July 2002.
Sara worked for the Community Foundation of the Rappahannock River Region where she helped create the Youth in Philanthropy program. She was a member of the Fawn Lake Ladies Golf Association, was an avid gardener, superb cook, diehard New England Patriots fan, and had a sense of humor matched only by her prowess with Scrabble and the New York Times Sunday crossword.
In addition to her husband, Sara is survived by two beloved daughters, Rachael and her husband Casey Seiler and their son Benjamin Cotten, of Albany, NY; and Laura Edwards and her partner Charles McDonough, of Mendon, VT. Other family members include her sisters Nancy Plimpton and Laura Wilson, both of Denver, CO, brother David Plimpton, of Portland, ME; stepson David Boutwell, his wife Karen, and their children Cole and Erin, of Los Angeles, CA, and Sara Boutwell, and her son, Siyah, of Tucson, AZ.
Celebration ceremonies of her life will be held at the Fawn Lake Community Clubhouse in Spotsylvania on Saturday, Nov. 17 from 3-5 PM, and at Saratoga Race Track in Saratoga, NY at a later date. Contributions in her honor may be made to the Sara. P. Boutwell Fund of the Community Foundation of the Rappahannock River Region, P.O. Box 298, Fredericksburg, VA 22404.
A message from Pugwash Secretary General Paolo Cotta-Ramusino, echoing the sentiments of Pugwashites worldwide:
It is with great sorrow that I learned about the death of Sara Boutwell, the wife of Jeffrey Boutwell, Pugwash Executive director, and longtime friend. She has been herself part of the Pugwash community. She was a warm, humourous and direct person. She will be much missed.
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