August 18, 2005

OBITUARIES

Ellen Quigley Maloney

Ellen (Nell) Q. Maloney, a longtime Yellow Springs resident, died Sunday, Aug. 7, in Greene Memorial Hospital. She was 79.

Born and raised in Bellefonte, Pa., she was the daughter of Hugh Merriman Quigley and Elinora Reynolds Quigley. She attended Barnard College briefly, then transferred to Antioch College, where she obtained a bachelor of science degree in geology.

While still a student at Antioch, she met Joseph E. Maloney, also an Antioch student who had recently returned from serving in the Army Air Force. They were married in 1950. As with many others, they became residents of Antioch’s “Trailertown,” a collection of Army surplus trailers, which were the first homes of many college newlyweds.

After a period of renting in town, the Maloneys built a home on Fairfield Pike. During that time, their daughters, Alice and Katherine, were born. After some years living in Dayton, Shillington, Pa., and New York City, the Maloneys returned to Yellow Springs. At their home on Wright Street, Nell and Joe entertained friends and family, tended their gardens and continued participating in many community activities. Over the years, they shared their home with a number of foreign students, the most recent being Mayako (Koko) Yamashita, who attended high school here and continues to be part of the family.

As a frequent volunteer and with a variety of jobs, Nell shared her knowledge and love of geology, astronomy and botany. There were frequent forays far and near, in the backyard with a telescope, parked beside the road of a newly cut highway gathering the unearthed fossils, or driving through the autumn countryside stopping to photograph the glorious colors. Nell was seldom without her camera, with which she captured wonderful nature photographs. On trips, she always carried a small sketchbook in which she rendered delicate and detailed paintings of both wild and cultivated flowers. Some time ago, these sketches were shown in the Glen Helen Building.

A variety of places of employment included several years at the Dayton Museum of Natural History. Nell spent many summers as director of Camp Blue Heron, a nature-experience camp in Canada where she sparked a love for the natural world in many young people. Teachers in the public schools often requested her to present special programs on a variety of science subjects.

She was an organized and inveterate collector. There were many collections, among which was her rock and mineral collection, which she recently donated to Antioch College’s science department of geology. With her husband, Joe, she traveled abroad extensively. Along with the adventure of seeing new places, other collections were created…sands from all over the world and slides of scenes and places, for instance.

Nell’s love of Glen Helen and her service to it had no bounds. She hiked every part of it and often led nature walks explaining the Glen geology and identifying plants, trees and the Glen’s history. She worked with a group on a project identifying all of Glen Helen’s vascular flora, served on numerous committees and boards and was a member of the group that organized the first Glen Helen Nature Arts and Crafts Show. Her love of and dedication to Glen Helen was recognized by the Glen Helen Association Board of Trustees, which awarded her their Life Trustee honor when she retired from the board.

Friends and family will remember the Maloney’s dining table where good food, drink and spirited conversation took place. They truly enjoyed their guests and were gracious hosts.

She was preceded in death by her brother, Henry C. Quigley.

She is survived by her husband, Joseph; two daughters, Alice Allen and Katherine Vassallo; four grandchildren, Harrison and Katherine Allen, and Conrad and John Angelo Vassallo; a brother, Hugh M. Quigley; a cousin, Louise Reynolds Evans; Mayako (Koko) Yamashita and five nieces and nephews.

A memorial service will be held Saturday, Sept. 3, 1 p.m., at the Glen Helen Building. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Glen Helen Ecology Institute.

Hendrina van’t Hoog

Hendrina van’t Hoog died on Friday, July 29, in the Netherlands. She was 62.

She was born in the Netherlands on Jan. 31, 1933. After finding that her cancer was entering an aggressive final stage, she made a final trip back to the Netherlands, accompanied by her daughter, Jackie Mulhall, to visit her brother, Thijs den Os, and his wife, Tineke. She was buried on Thursday, Aug. 4, in the town of Gorssel, the Netherlands, where her brother lives.

A resident of the Dayton area for over 40 years, she was a retired art therapist with Hospice of Dayton and counseled many people through her private practice. She received a master of art therapy degree from Wright State. An active member of the Jungian Society in Dayton, she also enjoyed gatherings and seminars focused on dream interpretation, art, psychology and spirituality. She attended the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Dayton. She leaves behind a love for the ocean, flowers and landscapes in her numerous bold and colorful paintings.

She spent nearly half of her life in a loving 31-year marriage with Jack van’t Hoog, who survives her. She is also survived by her son, Lucas van’t Hoog, his wife, Diana Jacobs, and their two sons, Jacob and Case of Bellingham, Wash.; and her daughter, Jackie Mulhall, her husband, Kevin, and their children, Elias, Nadia and Lucas of Yellow Springs.

A memorial service will be held Friday, Aug. 19, 7 p.m., in the Glen Helen Building. For more information, call Jackie and Kevin at 767-4853.

Vivian Bodine

Vivian Bodine of Xenia died Monday, Aug. 15, at Miami Valley Hospital. She was 91.

She was born on May 5, 1914, in Golden Beach County, N.D., the daughter of Penrose and Junie (Runyan) Gasho. She was a member of the Old Town United Methodist Church and the Delta Grand- mother’s Club.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, W.H. Bodine; a daughter, Janet Welton; and grandson, Rodney Randall.

She is survived by her children, Donna Catherine and Eugene Randall of Xenia Township, Marilyn Bodine Ashley of Xenia and Leslie and Beverly Bodine of Xenia; grandchildren, Marsha and Bob Wierwille of St. Marys, Vicki and Randy Dodds of Bellefontaine, Stanley and Gerema Randall of Jamestown, Catherine R. and Steven Bohl of Xenia, Johna L. and Charles Williams of Lynchburg, Kirstin and Tom Puckett of Xenia, and Shanin and Robert Faulkner of Beavercreek; 16 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild; sister Eileen Gasho of Xenia; brother, Merle Gasho of Yellow Springs; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held Thursday, Aug. 18, at McColaugh Funeral Home, 826 North Detroit Street in Xenia. Interment will follow in Glen Forest Cemetery in Yellow Springs. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to Old Town United Methodist Church.