Ms. Jennie R. Drew

Jennie R. Drew, longtime resident of Windsor and Dalton, died Aug. 12, 2023, at Berkshire Medical Center. She was 95. Born in 1928, she was the youngest and last surviving of four daughters of Jessie A. (Ham) and Charles E. Rose of Barnston, Quebec, and grew up on the family farm. She married Warren A. Drew (1918-2007) in 1948 in Barnston. They lived in Colebrook and Littleton, N.H., before making their home in Gate Cottage at the Helen and Arthur D. Budd estate in Windsor (now Notchview Reservation, a property of The Trustees of Reservations) in 1952. The Drews became Naturalized U.S. citizens in 1955.Upon her husband’s retirement as reservation superintendent in 1983, they moved to Dalton. Jennie was a member of Windsor Congregational Church and served as a treasurer and a Sunday School superintendent/leader. She was active with the Ladies Aid Society, known for its annual rummage sales and turkey dinners. She helped prepare menus for the Crane Community School lunchroom. She was a Windsor election poll worker. She played piano and could be coaxed into singing “O Canada.” An active knitter, seamstress and quilter, she taught a 4-H sewing group and was a 4-H judge. The Drews nurtured a large vegetable garden from which she canned or froze produce. She made delicious raspberry pies. She had a small arch in the sugar bush at Notchview and boiled her own maple syrup. She is survived by her three children, Bernard A. Drew (Donna) of Great Barrington; Marlene L. Drew of Dalton; and Rose D. Wilson (Peter) of Pittsfield. Also four granddaughters: Jessie M. Drew (Joshua Collins-Beldin) of Olympia, Wash.; Darcie M. Drew (Jimmy Viera) of South Portland, Maine; Amanda J. Preston (John) of Louden, N.H.; and Jennie R. Wilson of Florence, Mass The family thanks the staffs at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center in Lenox and Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield for their kind care. Funeral Notice: There will be an hour of visitation at the Dwyer Wellington Funeral Home, 525 Main St., Dalton, on Friday, Aug. 18, beginning at 2 p.m. with a brief memorial service at 3 p.m. Burial at Ashuelot Cemetery in Dalton will be private. Contributions may be made in her memory to a charity of your choice.

Ms. Jennie R. Drew

January 18, 1928 - August 12, 2023