Obituary, published in The News Journal
"Rosamond L. duPont, 91, died peacefully in her sleep at Westmorland in Kendal at Longwood on Sunday, September 26, 2021. Known as Roz or Rosie, she will be remembered for her charisma, zest for life, trove of friendships and love of poetry and the arts.
Born March 28, 1930 to Burton J. Lee, Jr. and Rosamond S. Auchincloss, Rosie was raised in New York City. She graduated from The Chapin School in Manhattan and Garrison Forest School in Maryland, and she attended Vassar College and Columbia University School of Nursing. She was married to Francis I. duPont II in October 1950, raising five children while living in Kinston, North Carolina; Wilmington, Delaware; and Winnetka, Illinois. She was an active tennis player at Wilmington Country Club and enjoyed horseback riding in the woods and fields of the Brandywine Valley.
After divorce from Mr. duPont in 1972, Roz returned to her work in nursing, earning her BSN degree from University of Delaware in 1973. She worked at Crozer-Chester Medical Center for several years and was on the nursing staff of Kendal at Longwood for 17 years, attaining the position of RN Nurse Manager before retiring in 2001. During these years, Roz forged a loving bond with the artist, sculptor and teacher Bernard J. Felch of Landenberg, Pennsylvania where they lived for many years in a converted church that was the setting for innumerable gatherings devoted to friendship in art, music and literature. They were married in 2007. Roz and Bernie also enjoyed traveling with friends to France, Italy, Croatia, Spain and Mexico.
A lifelong passion for books led Roz to amass a collection of over 30,000 volumes, with core collections of poetry (including many signed 1st editions), 20th century novels, photography, art monographs, and history. In 2005, she opened RLD Books, a bookstore offering rare and used books in Kennett Square, where she would invariably be found in rapt conversation with loyal customers and delighted walk-ins. The store was closed in 2019.
Roz moved to Kendal at Longwood in October 2017, where she renewed friendships with many former colleagues on the nursing staff and found both new and familiar friends among the residents.
Rosamond was predeceased by her second husband Bernard J. Felch and her siblings Burton J. Lee III and Susannah Lunt. She is survived by her sisters Mary Jo Balkind of Syosset, NY; Marion Lee and Cecilia deWolf, both of Manhattan, NY; brothers Jared Erskine and Timothy Lee of Cold Spring Harbor, NY; her first husband Francis I. duPont of Chadds Ford, PA; sons Augustus I. duPont of Greenwich, CT; Emile F. duPont of Hastings-on-Hudson, NY; and Louis R. duPont of Starksboro, VT; daughters Maria S. duPont of Chadds Ford, PA and Sophie G. duPont of Broomall, PA and stepdaughters Andrea D. McMullin of Atlanta, GA; Lindsey Felch of Malvern, PA; and Meredith N. Kittrell, of Winston-Salem, NC; nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Donations in memory of Rosamond may be made to the Delaware Art Museum or the Brandywine Conservancy."
"Rosamond L. duPont, 91, died peacefully in her sleep at Westmorland in Kendal at Longwood on Sunday, September 26, 2021. Known as Roz or Rosie, she will be remembered for her charisma, zest for life, trove of friendships and love of poetry and the arts.
Born March 28, 1930 to Burton J. Lee, Jr. and Rosamond S. Auchincloss, Rosie was raised in New York City. She graduated from The Chapin School in Manhattan and Garrison Forest School in Maryland, and she attended Vassar College and Columbia University School of Nursing. She was married to Francis I. duPont II in October 1950, raising five children while living in Kinston, North Carolina; Wilmington, Delaware; and Winnetka, Illinois. She was an active tennis player at Wilmington Country Club and enjoyed horseback riding in the woods and fields of the Brandywine Valley.
After divorce from Mr. duPont in 1972, Roz returned to her work in nursing, earning her BSN degree from University of Delaware in 1973. She worked at Crozer-Chester Medical Center for several years and was on the nursing staff of Kendal at Longwood for 17 years, attaining the position of RN Nurse Manager before retiring in 2001. During these years, Roz forged a loving bond with the artist, sculptor and teacher Bernard J. Felch of Landenberg, Pennsylvania where they lived for many years in a converted church that was the setting for innumerable gatherings devoted to friendship in art, music and literature. They were married in 2007. Roz and Bernie also enjoyed traveling with friends to France, Italy, Croatia, Spain and Mexico.
A lifelong passion for books led Roz to amass a collection of over 30,000 volumes, with core collections of poetry (including many signed 1st editions), 20th century novels, photography, art monographs, and history. In 2005, she opened RLD Books, a bookstore offering rare and used books in Kennett Square, where she would invariably be found in rapt conversation with loyal customers and delighted walk-ins. The store was closed in 2019.
Roz moved to Kendal at Longwood in October 2017, where she renewed friendships with many former colleagues on the nursing staff and found both new and familiar friends among the residents.
Rosamond was predeceased by her second husband Bernard J. Felch and her siblings Burton J. Lee III and Susannah Lunt. She is survived by her sisters Mary Jo Balkind of Syosset, NY; Marion Lee and Cecilia deWolf, both of Manhattan, NY; brothers Jared Erskine and Timothy Lee of Cold Spring Harbor, NY; her first husband Francis I. duPont of Chadds Ford, PA; sons Augustus I. duPont of Greenwich, CT; Emile F. duPont of Hastings-on-Hudson, NY; and Louis R. duPont of Starksboro, VT; daughters Maria S. duPont of Chadds Ford, PA and Sophie G. duPont of Broomall, PA and stepdaughters Andrea D. McMullin of Atlanta, GA; Lindsey Felch of Malvern, PA; and Meredith N. Kittrell, of Winston-Salem, NC; nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Donations in memory of Rosamond may be made to the Delaware Art Museum or the Brandywine Conservancy."
Obituary, published in The News Journal
"Rosamond L. duPont, 91, died peacefully in her sleep at Westmorland in Kendal at Longwood on Sunday, September 26, 2021. Known as Roz or Rosie, she will be remembered for her charisma, zest for life, trove of friendships and love of poetry and the arts.
Born March 28, 1930 to Burton J. Lee, Jr. and Rosamond S. Auchincloss, Rosie was raised in New York City. She graduated from The Chapin School in Manhattan and Garrison Forest School in Maryland, and she attended Vassar College and Columbia University School of Nursing. She was married to Francis I. duPont II in October 1950, raising five children while living in Kinston, North Carolina; Wilmington, Delaware; and Winnetka, Illinois. She was an active tennis player at Wilmington Country Club and enjoyed horseback riding in the woods and fields of the Brandywine Valley.
After divorce from Mr. duPont in 1972, Roz returned to her work in nursing, earning her BSN degree from University of Delaware in 1973. She worked at Crozer-Chester Medical Center for several years and was on the nursing staff of Kendal at Longwood for 17 years, attaining the position of RN Nurse Manager before retiring in 2001. During these years, Roz forged a loving bond with the artist, sculptor and teacher Bernard J. Felch of Landenberg, Pennsylvania where they lived for many years in a converted church that was the setting for innumerable gatherings devoted to friendship in art, music and literature. They were married in 2007. Roz and Bernie also enjoyed traveling with friends to France, Italy, Croatia, Spain and Mexico.
A lifelong passion for books led Roz to amass a collection of over 30,000 volumes, with core collections of poetry (including many signed 1st editions), 20th century novels, photography, art monographs, and history. In 2005, she opened RLD Books, a bookstore offering rare and used books in Kennett Square, where she would invariably be found in rapt conversation with loyal customers and delighted walk-ins. The store was closed in 2019.
Roz moved to Kendal at Longwood in October 2017, where she renewed friendships with many former colleagues on the nursing staff and found both new and familiar friends among the residents.
Rosamond was predeceased by her second husband Bernard J. Felch and her siblings Burton J. Lee III and Susannah Lunt. She is survived by her sisters Mary Jo Balkind of Syosset, NY; Marion Lee and Cecilia deWolf, both of Manhattan, NY; brothers Jared Erskine and Timothy Lee of Cold Spring Harbor, NY; her first husband Francis I. duPont of Chadds Ford, PA; sons Augustus I. duPont of Greenwich, CT; Emile F. duPont of Hastings-on-Hudson, NY; and Louis R. duPont of Starksboro, VT; daughters Maria S. duPont of Chadds Ford, PA and Sophie G. duPont of Broomall, PA and stepdaughters Andrea D. McMullin of Atlanta, GA; Lindsey Felch of Malvern, PA; and Meredith N. Kittrell, of Winston-Salem, NC; nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Donations in memory of Rosamond may be made to the Delaware Art Museum or the Brandywine Conservancy."
"Rosamond L. duPont, 91, died peacefully in her sleep at Westmorland in Kendal at Longwood on Sunday, September 26, 2021. Known as Roz or Rosie, she will be remembered for her charisma, zest for life, trove of friendships and love of poetry and the arts.
Born March 28, 1930 to Burton J. Lee, Jr. and Rosamond S. Auchincloss, Rosie was raised in New York City. She graduated from The Chapin School in Manhattan and Garrison Forest School in Maryland, and she attended Vassar College and Columbia University School of Nursing. She was married to Francis I. duPont II in October 1950, raising five children while living in Kinston, North Carolina; Wilmington, Delaware; and Winnetka, Illinois. She was an active tennis player at Wilmington Country Club and enjoyed horseback riding in the woods and fields of the Brandywine Valley.
After divorce from Mr. duPont in 1972, Roz returned to her work in nursing, earning her BSN degree from University of Delaware in 1973. She worked at Crozer-Chester Medical Center for several years and was on the nursing staff of Kendal at Longwood for 17 years, attaining the position of RN Nurse Manager before retiring in 2001. During these years, Roz forged a loving bond with the artist, sculptor and teacher Bernard J. Felch of Landenberg, Pennsylvania where they lived for many years in a converted church that was the setting for innumerable gatherings devoted to friendship in art, music and literature. They were married in 2007. Roz and Bernie also enjoyed traveling with friends to France, Italy, Croatia, Spain and Mexico.
A lifelong passion for books led Roz to amass a collection of over 30,000 volumes, with core collections of poetry (including many signed 1st editions), 20th century novels, photography, art monographs, and history. In 2005, she opened RLD Books, a bookstore offering rare and used books in Kennett Square, where she would invariably be found in rapt conversation with loyal customers and delighted walk-ins. The store was closed in 2019.
Roz moved to Kendal at Longwood in October 2017, where she renewed friendships with many former colleagues on the nursing staff and found both new and familiar friends among the residents.
Rosamond was predeceased by her second husband Bernard J. Felch and her siblings Burton J. Lee III and Susannah Lunt. She is survived by her sisters Mary Jo Balkind of Syosset, NY; Marion Lee and Cecilia deWolf, both of Manhattan, NY; brothers Jared Erskine and Timothy Lee of Cold Spring Harbor, NY; her first husband Francis I. duPont of Chadds Ford, PA; sons Augustus I. duPont of Greenwich, CT; Emile F. duPont of Hastings-on-Hudson, NY; and Louis R. duPont of Starksboro, VT; daughters Maria S. duPont of Chadds Ford, PA and Sophie G. duPont of Broomall, PA and stepdaughters Andrea D. McMullin of Atlanta, GA; Lindsey Felch of Malvern, PA; and Meredith N. Kittrell, of Winston-Salem, NC; nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Donations in memory of Rosamond may be made to the Delaware Art Museum or the Brandywine Conservancy."
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