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Glynne Robinson Betts, 74, died peacefully Saturday, June 21, 2008, in New York City. She had battled multiple myeloma for five years.
Mrs. Betts, a resident of New York City for over 50 years, was born in Fredericksburg and earned her Bachelor of Arts degree at Wells College in Aurora, N.Y. Along with her parents, Jessie and Frederick Robinson, Betts' aunt, Butler Franklin, was a prominent member of the Fredericksburg community.
A gifted photographer and writer, Betts studied with Ansel Adams and Paul Caponigro in the late 1960s and exhibited her work at the Soho Photo Gallery and the Riverdale Branch of the New York Public Library. She served on the board of International House as well as on the New Neighbors Welcoming Committee of Riverdale Neighborhood House.
In the early 1970s, she conducted workshops for junior high school students at Washington Heights Public Library and at P.S. 81.
In 1981, she published "Writers in Residence: American Authors at Home." She was the co-owner and co-publisher of the Lakeville Journal of Connecticut and the Millerton News of New York from 1986 to 1991. In her Lakeville Journal column, "Depth of Field," she often wrote about art and beauty. Nineteen years ago in her column she wrote: "There is art in the way a split rail fence crisscrosses a meadow. Any effort to transform the ordinary moments of our lives, to add another dimension to experience, celebrate our uniqueness and transcend the mundane might rightfully be called art."
She is survived by her children, Elizabeth, William and Katherine; her grandchildren, Oliver and India Brown; her sister, Jessie Cochran of Chatham, N.J.; and her brother, Frederick Robinson of Washington, D.C.
Donations in memory of Glynne may be made to The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (multiplemyelo ma.org).
