Obituary of Elizabeth Grimes

Elizabeth Dudley Hubbard Grimes, widow of Charles Gordon Grimes, died on Monday, July 7, In her house in Middlebury, CT. She was born in West Hartford, CT. on January 10, 1923,daughter of Anna (Woodward) and Dudley William Hubbard. Her great grandfather was RichardDudley Hubbard, who was governor of Connecticut when the state capitol was built.A 1940 graduate of the Oxford School in West Hartford and a member of the class of 1944 atVassar College, she was a member of the Hartford Junior League and became a board member ofthe Waterbury Junior League after moving to Middlebury in 1949.She was always an active volunteer in non-profit organizations, among them the WaterburyHospital Auxiliary Board and the original Mattatuck Museum Woman's Committee. Her maininterest was historic preservation, and she was a trustee of the Connecticut Antiquarian andLandmarks Society. For over 30 years she was involved in the Webb Deane Stevens Museum inWethersfield, which is owned and operated by the National Society of the Colonial Dames ofAmerica in the State of Connecticut of which she was state President from 1987-1990. She alsoserved as the Connecticut regent of Gunston Hall Plantation in Virginia.She is survived by three sons: Dudley Hubbard Grimes, Gordon Taft Grimes, and TimothyWoodward Grimes, one grandson and five granddaughters.There will be a memorial service at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, July 15 at the Middlebury Congregational Church. Burial will be private in Hartford's Cedar Hill Cemetery. Contributions in her memory may be made to the Webb Deane Stevens Museum, 211 Main Street Wethersfield, CT. 06109.The Alderson Funeral Home of Waterbury 9 Holmes Avenue is in charge of arrangements.