Obituary of Marguerite Ann Welcher Davol

"Marguerite Anne (Peg) Welcher Davol, died peacefully with her family by her side on Monday, March 26 at Hospice of the Fisher Home in Amherst. She was born July 2, 1928, in East Peoria, Illinois, daughter of Eugene P. Welcher and Vera Ruth Huber. She attended Belvidere, Illinois schools and graduated from the University of Colorado in 1951. Married to Stephen Herbert Davol in 1950, the couple moved to South Hadley, MA where Stephen was Professor of Psychology at Mount Holyoke College and Peg taught young children for over twenty-five years at Mount Holyoke's Gorse Child Study Center. After Stephen's death in 1982, Peg began a successful second career as a children's book writer, Marguerite W. Davol. She retired from Gorse in 1992 and married Robert Greenberg. As an author, Peg had published a number of picture books and is included in anthologies. She has been speaker and workshop leader for area writers, teachers, and storytellers groups and conferences. She particularly loved meeting hundreds of children through the years as Visiting Author and Storyteller – from Texas to Maine. Peg was a member of Authors Guild, Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, and League for the Advancement of New England Storytelling. Her best-known books are Black, White, Just Right, and The Paper Dragon which was given two Golden Kite awards, one for her story and one for Robert Sabuda's illustrations by the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Surviving Peg are her husband, Robert Greenberg, her three children, Susan Davol Carlson, Jonathan Davol, and Sarah Davol Kelley; along with her four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. A Celebration of Life will be held by invitation. Friends may contact Jonathan Davol at davol.jon@gmail.com for further information. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Stephen Davol Memorial Fund C/O Mount Holyoke College, Attn: Maura Campbell - Development Office, Mount Holyoke College 50 College St. South Hadley, MA 01075. "