Eunice (Winkie) Herrick Trowbridge


SHARON — Eunice (Winkie) Herrick Trowbridge was born in New York, N.Y., in 1916, the daughter of Dr. William W. Herrick and Emily Schwab Herrick. She was educated at the Brearley and Chapin schools and Bennington College. She married Thomas R. Trowbridge in 1939. She was predeceased by her husband in 1996.

In 1969 she earned a master’s degree at The University of Hartford and taught composition and literature at the University of Hartford, Manchester Community College, the Waterbury branch of the University of Connecticut and the adult education departments of the New Britain and Farmington high schools.

She wrote four books and a play: "Dr. William W. Herrick: A Measure of the Man," "Family Sketches, Music from a Farther Room" and, with April Radbill, "Dr. Josephine Evarts, A Tribute and A Visit with Dr. Jo."

The books and the play were self-published, and consequently never won a Pulitzer Prize, but they were widely acclaimed by readers on both sides of Brookside Road in New Britain, where she lived for 50 years, and by readers on Main Street and beyond in Sharon, where she summered for 80 years.

Her figure Impressions in Watercolor were displayed at the New Britain Museum of American Art, where she served as a docent for many years, The New Britain Art League, The Kent Art Association and the Sharon Creative Arts Foundation.

She was an active member of the Simsbury Light Opera Company, the Farmington Valley Chorale and the Litchfield County Choral Union. Her most memorable musical experience was singing Mozart’s Elijah with her husband, Tom, at the Yale Summer Music Festival in Norfolk.

She was a member of the Shuttle Meadow Country Club in New Britain and the Sharon Country Club.

She leaves a daughter, Emily Noyes of Fitzwilliam, N.H.; and three sons, Thomas R. Trowbridge of New York, William Trowbridge of Sharon and David Trowbridge of Tuscaloosa, Ala.; as well as seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

A memorial service will be held on May 19, 11 a.m., in Old Saint Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Bloomfield.

Donations may be made to Concora, 90 Main St., New Britain, CT 06051, The Farmington Valley Chorale, 116 Shingle Hill Road, Harwinton, CT 06791, The Simsbury Light Opera Company, 5 Herman Drive, Simsbury, CT 06070 or The New Britain Museum of American Art, Lexington Street, New Britain, CT 06052.

The Carmon Funeral Home & Family Center of Avon is assisting the family. For online condolences, visit carmonfuneralhome.com.

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