January 24, 2008 Issue
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ObituariesLinda M. Ciccantelli
Linda M. Ciccantelli, 56, of Chestnut Hill, director of the horticulture therapy program at Magee Rehabilitation Hospital, died Dec. 19 of coronary artery disease at her home. Mrs. Ciccantelli started horticultural therapy groups at Magee in 1976 and was soon assisted in her classes by former patients and volunteers. By the 17th year of the program, classes were meeting in a rooftop greenhouse that had been developed by Mrs. Ciccantelli on the sixth floor of the hospital with donations bequeathed by patients and family members. The greenhouse was featured in a 2004 Time magazine article. A popular lecturer on horticulture therapy, she was honored for her work by the Philadelphia Chapter of the Garden Club of America, and with the Rhea McCandless Award for Professional Service and the Therapeutic Garden Design Award by the American Horticultural Therapy Association. Mrs. Ciccantelli was a graduate of Abington High School and received a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Muhlenberg College. She also studied horticulture therapy for several years at Temple University before joining the staff at Magee. Her marriage to Richard Ciccantelli in1974 ended in 2000. The former Linda Morgan, Mrs. Ciccantelli is survived by a brother, George Morgan Jr., and her former husband. A memorial service was held Jan. 10 at Magee Rehabilitation Hospital. Memorial contributions may be made to the Magee Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation, 1513 Race St., Philadelphia, PA 19102.
Miriam T. Ambrose Mrs. Ambrose, niece of the American tennis star Bill Tilden, was born at “Overleigh,” the home of her grandfather, William Tilden, around the corner from the Germantown Cricket Club. A prominent Philadelphian, her grandfather had been chairman of the Philadelphia Board of Education and president of the Union League. She attended Springside School in Chestnut Hill and, at the age of 19, moved to New York where became a successful fashion model. In the late 1930s, while visiting England, she met her future husband, Robert Dennis Ambrose, a major in the Indian Army. The couple soon married and took up residence in India, where their first child was born. Mrs. Ambrose returned to the United States during World War II, then after the war rejoined her husband who was Inspector General of the North West Frontier. Mrs. Ambrose and her husband left India after the Partition, living in England, the United States and Switzerland. With their three children, they returned to England where Mr. Ambrose died in 1974. She is survived by a son, Robert T. Ambrose Jr., of Harrisburg; daughters Patsy Hickman and Mary Bedingfeld, both of London; 14 grandchildren, and 22 great-grandchildren. A funeral Mass was celebrated Dec. 27 at the Chapel of the Immaculate Conception and St. Margaret Oxburgh Hall, Oxburgh, England.
Mary H. Clapham Active in her community, Mrs. Clapham served on the Germantown Hospital Women’s Board and the Leamy Home Board. She also was a member of the National Society of the Colonial Dames, and the Antediluvian and Sedgeley clubs. A native of Germantown, Mrs. Clapham was the daughter of Mary Lycett and Edward Hacker. Her husband, John Booth Clapham, died in 1998. She is survived by sons John H. Clapham of Berwyn and Robert H. Clapham Sr. of Fort Washington; six grandchildren, and 11 great-grandchildren. A son, John Booth Clapham Jr., and a daughter, Marily C. Parke, preceded her in death. A memorial service was held Dec. 29 at the Washington Memorial Chapel in Valley Forge. Memorial contributions may be made to the Wyck Association, 6026 Germantown Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19144, or the Morris Arboretum, 100 Northwestern Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19118.
Anne Sharpe-Stockholm Mrs. Sharpe-Stockholm, the daughter of Blanche Myers and Leo Nelson, was a graduate of Germantown Friends School and Centenary Junior College. She is survived by a brother, Craig Sharpe. Her husband, Holger Stockholm, preceded her in death.
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