In Memoriam

By making Cary Memorial Library a philanthropic priority, members of the Maria Hastings Cary Legacy Society have joined a tradition of giving. Their gifts enhance the Library's collections, technology, and programs, and enrich all the citizens of Lexington. Their foresight helps to sustain the Library for future generations in the spirit of Maria Hastings Cary's founding bequest.

1881 Maria Hastings Cary

1892 Eleanor A. Beals

1892 Ellen Robbins Stone

1897 Benjamin Wellington

1903 Caira Robbins

1916 Laura M. Brigham

1920 Abbie C. Smith

1920 Alice Butler Cary

1923 Henry Stewart Raymond

1923 Jane Phinney

1931 Frank D. Pierce

1940 Nelson Jenny

1943 Franklin F. Raymond

1948 Geneva M. Brown

1967 Lewis L. Hoyt

1970 Emma Ostrom Nichols

1979 Edith J. Childs

1988 Robert Wendell Hannam

1988 William F. Buckley

1993 John C. Eddison

1999 Jacob Benjamin Gardner

2003 Rae Cecilia Kipp

2004 John W. Hiscock

2006 Leonard F. Milgate

2007 Nida N. Nagle

2008 Dorothy Foster

2009 Peter B. Culman

2010 Joanna Starr Griscom

2010 Norman Stolz

2011 Marlene Hazle

2012 Margery M. Battin

2013 John B. Sampson

2014 Richard H. Battin

2015 Claude W. Brenner

2015 Marie Hiscock

2015 Virginia W. Sampson

2016 Laurence J. Kipp

2019 Isabel L. Jankelson

2019 N. Thorne Griscom

2020 Robert D. Warshawer

2020 Walter E. Pedroli

2022 Marie E. Toscano

2023 Eleanor MacQueen

2023 Thomas Tsaros