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The Life of Frances Scott Rossmassler

ROSSMASSLER, Frances Branch Scott, 77, of Newtown, Bucks County, PA and Grindstone Island, Clayton, NY died peacefully in Newtown on March 18. She was born in Richmond, Virginia in 1937 and was the daughter of Thomas Branch Scott, Jr. and Carrie Taliaferro Scott.  She attended St. Catherine’s School in Richmond and graduated from St. Timothy’s School, (Stevenson Md.), Briarcliff Jr. College, (Briarcliff Manor, NY) and Richmond Business School.  She married Peter Radford Rossmassler in 1962.  Peter and Frances moved from New York City to Princeton, NJ in 1965.  Then in 2009 they moved to Pennswood Village in Newtown, PA from Princeton, NJ. She and the family spent their summers on Grindstone Island on the St. Lawrence River in the 1000 Islands where her husband’s family has been going since 1895.  Frances worked as a Secretary in New York City for Reynolds, Metals Co. and for Travel Bureau Inc.  She did a lot of volunteer work at Princeton Day School for the Parents’ Association, and served on the Board of Camp Kieve for boys in Damariscotta, Maine for 12 years.  She also served as many years on the Board of Grindstone Island Research & Heritage Center raising funds for programs and scholarships for island children.  She was a member of the Garden Club of Princeton and Trinity Church.  She is survived by her husband, Peter, for over 50 years, three sons, William R. Rossmassler, III and his wife, Wendy, of Middlesex, VT, Thomas B. S. Rossmassler and his wife, Sarah, of Hatfield, MA, Richard R. Rossmassler of Williamsburg, Brooklyn and five grandchildren, Colby, Louisa, Branch, Tae and Eva, her Sister, Caroline S. Decazes of Lausanne, Switzerland and six nieces and nephews also survive her.  She was predeceased by her twin sister, Ellen, who died at birth, her sister, Dorothea S. Adamson, two brothers-in-law, Richard and William R. Rossmassler, Jr. and his wife Sue. A brief visitation period will begin at 10:30 AM with memorial services beginning at 11:15 AM, Sat. April 11, 2015 at Bringhurst Funeral Home, 225 Belmont Avenue, Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004.  In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to SAVE, A Friend to Homeless Animals, 900 Herrontown Rd., Princeton, NJ 08540 or the Pennswood Village Fellowship Fund, 1382 Newtown-Langhorne Rd., Newtown, PA 18940. Arr. by BRINGHURST FUNERAL HOME at WEST LAUREL HILL CEMETERY.

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