Obituaries

Gloria (Ludwig) Muir

Jul 18th, 2016

Gloria (Ludwig) Muir, 94, died peacefully on July 18, 2016 in Cummaquid, MA.  She was the beloved wife of Robert Daman Muir who passed away in April 2000.  A retired Vice President and Managing Partner in the Boston based investment counseling firm of Loomis-Sayles & Co., Mrs. Muir began her career as a secretary after graduating in 1941 from the Katherine Gibbs Secretarial School. In 1974 she was honored for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Business by then Governor Francis W. Sargent’s Commission on the Status of Women. She was a member of the Conference Board in New York and was the first woman to be admitted to membership in the Boston business community’s prestigious Downtown Club.  She was also a member of the Investment Analysts Club of Boston.
 
Living for many years with her husband in Brookline, MA she was an active member of the First Parish (Unitarian) Church, was active serving two terms as President of the Brookline Woman’s Club and served as leader of the local Girl Scout group.
 
On retirement to Cape Cod, she assumed an active roll in both the Yarmouth Garden Club and the “Grubs” Garden Club.  She and her husband shared a long term involvement in yachting, first with the Newton (MA) Yacht Club and later with the Hyannis Yacht Club.  She was a member of the Barnstable Unitarian Church and for several years was the Treasurer of the Women’s Alliance at the Church. She also pursued an active interest in Unity and enjoyed reading the Daily Word from Unity.  She was an avid Bridge player and for years organized the monthly Friday Bridge luncheon at the Hyannis Yacht club.  She will be greatly missed by her circle of Bridge playing friends.
 
A memorial service will be held at the Unitarian Church of Barnstable, Route 6A, Barnstable Village on August 20, at 11:00 A.M.  A collation will follow the service.
 
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Cape Cod Hospital Auxiliary, Barnstable Branch, Attn:  Carol Cichy, Treasurer, 102 Scargo Hill Rd., Dennis, MA 02638.
 
             
           
                                                                                                                                                                       
 
                                 
 

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