Consuelo Chenoweth Semmes
7/14/1937 - 4/22/2024
Consuelo (Chenoweth) Semmes, age 86, a resident of Burlington MA and formerly a longtime resident of Garden City, NY, passed away on April 22, 2024, lovingly surrounded by her family. She was the beloved wife for 65 years of Benjamin Warner Lewis Semmes Jr.
Connie was the daughter of the late Ines Alcina Chenoweth and Enrique Escalante Chenoweth. She was raised and educated in Garden City and was a graduate of the Cathedral School of St. Mary. Like many young women at that time, Connie enrolled in Katherine Gibbs secretarial school. She was employed as an executive secretary at RCA for several years and also attended/worked at Adelphi University.
Connie was the loving mother of Lisa Semmes Elkins and her husband Lorren Elkins of New Canaan, CT, and Benjamin Warner Lewis Semmes III and his wife Lisa Pasquale Semmes of Winchester, MA. Connie was the beloved “Mima” of Madeleine Elkins Sulkin (Steve), Cameron Elkins, Andrew Semmes, Carter Semmes, Lindsay Semmes, Michaela Semmes, Amelia Semmes and Juliet Semmes. She was also the loving mom to her sweet pups Gabby, Wendy and Flower.
A true caregiver at heart, Connie was always a generous gift-giver, thoughtful with little touches to delight those she loved, a loyal friend, an elegant hostess, an avid reader and a fan of long walks, beautiful flowers and the beaches of Long Island. A longtime volunteer at the Cathedral of the Incarnation where she married “Pop”, and with the Seaford Lions Club, Connie always found the good in everyone she met and was quick with a compliment. First and foremost, Mima was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother and always joined every family event. She will be sorely missed.
A Funeral Mass will be held at St. Mary’s Church, 155 Washington St., Winchester on Saturday, May 25 at 10AM. In lieu of flowers, donations in Connie’s memory may be made to the Lions Club of Seaford, NY (https://www.seafordlions.org/), Care Dimensions Hospice of Danvers, MA (https://www.caredimensions.org/), or the Parkinson’s Foundation (https://www.parkinson.org).