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- Montpilier Vermont Times Argus
June 15 2006
Marie Louise "Taffy" Stafford Scarff
June 14, 2006
Marie Louise "Taffy" Stafford Scarff, 86, of 200 Wake Robin Drive, Shelburne, died Monday, May 29, 2006, at her home in the Wake Robin Retirement Community after a period of declining health. Taffy was born in Philadelphia, Penn. on May 12, 1920. She attended German Town Friends, a Quaker school in Philadelphia and went on to graduate from Wellesley College in 1942 with a bachelor's degree in history. In her senior year, Taffy served as president of the Wellesley College Government. She remained a student of history her entire life as an avid reader and advocate for the importance of the historical perspective on current issues.
Also in 1942, she married Donald D. Scarff, a recent graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology. From 1942 until 1981, Taffy and Don moved 10 times as Don's career progressed through the General Electric Company taking them on an odyssey across the nation from east coast to west coast and back again. In the midst of raising two children and constant moves, Taffy dedicated herself to civic participation wherever she lived. By the time they moved to New York City, she was able to complete her Masters in Public Administration at New York University in 1973. In Philadelphia, their next city of residence, Taffy worked with the Philadelphia City Planning Commission in the mid-1970s to develop a housing and neighborhood improvement strategy for the city.
When Don retired in 1981, they moved to Manchester where Taffy continued her civic involvement, turning now from urban to rural issues. In the 1980s she participated in the Battenkill Study, a regional effort to preserve and protect the famous trout stream, which allowed her to combine her love of fly fishing with her commitment to conservation issues. In addition to continuing to enjoy their life-long love of golf, hiking, skiing, fishing and country living in general, they also spent every spring and fall on their 55-foot fishing trawler on the Chesapeake, living out their retirement dream.
Taffy was predeceased by her husband, Donald, on Jan. 23, 2006. She is survived by her children: Douglas S. Scarff of Shrewsbury, Mass. and Anne W. Scarff of Bernardston, Mass.; a sister, Helen A. Stafford of Portland, Ore.; a sister-in-law Wilma Scarff of Des Plaines, Ill. and a niece, Dee Dee Langford of Lodi, Wis. A "Circle of Remembrance" will be held at the Wake Robin Community in Shelburne on Friday, June 30, 2006, at 2 p.m. in the Community Center.
Memorial contributions can be made to the Wake Robin/Linden Activities Fund, 200 Wake Robin Drive, Shelburne, VT 05482.
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