Evelyn MacDougall
New London — Evelyn “Lefty” Cobb MacDougall, 102, of New London, passed away peacefully on April 4, 2018. Born on May 20, 1915, in New London, she was the daughter of Ernest “Skip” and Ann Tyler Cobb. She married John Tweedy MacDougall, former president of Byles-MacDougall Funeral Service Inc., on Sept. 26, 1936, in Pequot Chapel. He predeceased her in 1999.
Lefty graduated from the former Williams Memorial Institute in 1933, having held the office of president of her class in her sophomore and junior years. She was employed by E.B. Patterson Inc., dealer of Packard and Dodge cars, from 1933 to 1936. During WWII, she worked for the American Red Cross and later served on the board.
Lefty enjoyed bridge, gardening, dancing and was an avid golfer. She was a member of the former New London Country Club for over 65 years, past president of the Women’s Association and a past member of the Connecticut Women’s Golf Association. For more than 70 years, Lefty spent her summers at Pequot Point Beach, enjoying the company of her close friends “The Peaches.”
Committed to the Lawrence + Memorial Hospital, she was a life member and former treasurer of “The Auxiliary,” member of the L.A.M.B.S. since its inception, previous co-chairwoman of the “Hi Fever Follies” and co-founder of The Coffee Shop.
She was a member of the First Congregational Church in New London, Child and Family Agency since its inception, and charter member and former treasurer of the Thames River Garden Club.
Lefty is survived by her two daughters Ann LaPlante of Niantic and Jane Sherwin of Brattleboro, Vt.; two grandsons and their spouses Mark and Lyn Sherwin of Stowe, Vt., and Rob and Chrissy LaPlante of Waterford; four great-grandchildren Casey Sherwin D’Alberto and her husband Nick of Essex, Vt., Bailey and Tyler Sherwin of Stowe, Vt., and J. R. LaPlante of Waterford.
Besides her husband, Lefty was predeceased by her brother and sister Tyler Hastings Cobb and Jane Cobb Fagan, son-in-law Richard Sherwin, and a grandson, John Tyler Sherwin.
The funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 14, at Byles-MacDougall Funeral Home, 99 Huntington St., New London, with burial to follow in the Cedar Grove Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, donations in her memory may be made to either the John T. and Evelyn C. MacDougall Fund, c/o Community Foundation of Eastern CT, PO Box 769, 68 Federal St., New London, CT 06320 or the Lawrence + Memorial Hospital Development Fund, 365 Montauk Ave/, New London, CT 06320.
Please visit www.byles. com for directions, to sign her guest book or to share a memory with her family.