In Memoriam

In Memoriam Dorothee Hughes Carousso (1909-1992) T A Tilh deep sadness the Society reports the death of Dorothee V V Hughes Carousso, an honorary vice president and fellow of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania. Mrs. Carousso died at her home at Smith town, Long Island, New York, on 18 August 1992. She was 82 years of age. Mrs. Carousso was born in Winthrop, Massachusetts, on 4 October 1909. She was the daughter of Patrick Lawrence and Luella (Nowell) Hughes. She married Georges Carousso on 31 December 1930. She received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Combs College in 1968. A certified genealogist, she published articles in the Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine, the National Genealogical Society Quarterly, the New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, and the New England Historical and Genealogical Register. She also wrote Fiction and verse for magazines and plays for television's Studio One and other programs. She was listed in Who 's Who in the East and Who’s Who of American Women. In addition to the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, Mrs. Ca¬ rousso was a member of the Society of Descendants of Colonial Clergy, the National Society of Colonial Dames, the Colonial Daughters of the Seventeenth Century, the Daughters of the American Revolution, and the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Funeral services were held 21 August 1992 at SL James Episcopal Church, Smithtown, New York, with interment in SL James Episcopal Cemetery. Mrs. Carousso is survived by a daughter, four grandchil¬ dren, and five great-grandchildren. 393