Lois (Leggett) Hatch

Lois (Leggett) Hatch died on July 25th, 2022 at Equinox Terrace in Manchester, VT after a long illness. Lois was born in Quincy, MA to Robert and Constance (Stoner) Leggett on August 31st, 1928. She grew up in Braintree, MA and graduated from Thayer Academy there. In 1949 she received her bachelor's degree from Smith College with a major in German. She was proficient in Spanish and French from youth and added Irish later in life. Lois got her master's degree from The Teacher's College of Columbia University and was credentialed in Early Childhood Education. She taught at The Weekday School of Riverside Church in New York City, later was the director of Gardens Nursery School-Kindergarten on LaSalle Street, and finished her career consulting at the Bloomingdale Family Program on Manhattan's Upper West Side. She met Christopher Hatch while they were graduate students at Columbia and they were married in 1953. They maintained a home in NYC until 2002 when they moved entirely to their house in Dorset, VT. In Dorset, Lois volunteered at SVAC, at American Red Cross blood drives, and for the Retired Senior Volunteer Program. Surviving Lois are her children Carol C. Hatch and James C. Hatch. She is predeceased by her husband and her brother Alan C. F. Leggett. To send the family personal condolences please visit www.sheafuneralhomes.com. The family has entrusted arrangements to the care of Brewster-Shea Funeral Home 34 Park Place Manchester Center, VT.