EVANGELINE (DENNIS) PIERCE, a Hingham resident since 1948, died on Sunday, Feb. 13th at her home. She was ninety years old. Evangeline was born in Marion, Iowa and grew up in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and was in the class of 1936 at Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa. Following her attendance at Cornell, she went to New York City where she did publicity work and later was with the Traphagen School of Fashion as an editor of their magazine, The Fashion Digest. In 1940, Evangeline married George W. Pierce, also of New York City. They moved to the Boston area in 1941.
In the late sixties and early seventies, as a part of a literacy program run by the South End Settlement House in Boston, Evangeline tutored Gypsy women in the South End on a one-to-one basis. She later completed a course at Massachusetts General Hospital in Education Therapy for Specific Reading Disability. Following completion of the course, she tutored students with dyslexia for several years. She was also a talented and enthusiastic gardener.
Wife of the late George Weeks Pierce, she leaves three children; Margaret P. Willard, John D. Pierce and Mary P. Eng, as well as her niece, Elizabeth Sanderson, all of Jamaica Plain. Also survived by 7 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren.
A Memorial Service will be conducted on Sunday, March 6th at 2:30 PM at the Old Ship Church, 90 Main St., Hingham. There are no visiting hours.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in her memory to the Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts, Attn: Annual Fund Coodinator, 1055 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, MA 02215.
The interment is to be private.