EDITH FORD ARTZ CASTINE – A beautiful lady beloved by her family and many friends, Edith “Edie” Artz passed away peacefully Sept. 14, 2005, at Blue Hill Hospital, after suffering a stroke. Edie was one of twin daughters (her twin being Fran Cooke, also of Castine) born May 25, 1920, in Attleboro, Mass., to Mary (Campbell) and Everett Ford. A descendent of a long line of “Mainers” and ever proud of her Maine heritage, she spent many of her summers as a child and young adult in the Campbell family home in Cherryfield and on Pond Island in Narraguagus Bay. A graduate of Walnut Hill School in Natick, Mass., where she grew up, Edie went on to study pre-med at Smith College and graduated in 1941, as did her sister Fran. After Smith, she studied nursing for a year at Presbyterian Hospital in New York City, before marrying Harvard Medical School student, Walt Goodale, who became a leading cardiologist. She worked as a medical laboratory technician in Boston during World War II before starting a family with Dr. Goodale, with the first of four children being born in 1945. After her marriage to Dr. Goodale ended in divorce in 1966, Edie worked as Dean of Students at Rosemary Hall School in Greenwich, Conn., and then at the Stockbridge School in Massachusetts. In 1968, she married prominent educator, Nat French, who headed Alamoosook Island Camp in Orland for years and skippered the schooner, “Alamar” out of Castine. Following Nat’s death in 1983, Edie moved from Massachusetts to the house on Dresser Lane in Castine, where she lived the rest of her days. In 1987, she married fellow Castine resident John Artz, with whom she enjoyed sailing and traveling. In her waning years, Edie also developed her skills as an amateur artist. Edie Artz loved music and fine art, good food and fine wine, mountains and skiing, sailing and the Maine seacoast. Above all, though, she loved people, readily making and keeping many friends of all ages and from all walks of life. Quite a few “kids” called Edie “Mom”, in addition to her four Goodale children, Rose, Steve, Zandy, and Pen, all of whom survive her as do her husband, John; and sister, Fran. The family plans to hold a celebration of Edie Artz’s life next August in Castine, allowing more of her “kids” and grandchildren to participate. All of her family and friends will deeply miss this most lovely lady. Arrangements by Acadia Burial & Cremation Direct 248 State St., Ellsworth.
EDITH FORD ARTZ
