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Author: Lace_Lynch
Surnames: McGinty, Wendling, Catron, Harris
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MANSFIELD, Ohio: Elizabeth "Betsy" Anne Cave, died early Thursday morning, May
6, 2010, at her home after a brief illness, surrounded by her family and her beloved
pets.
Ms. Cave was born March 21, 1924, in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Harry Edgar Cave
and Elizabeth Channon Harris Cave. She graduated from Mansfield Senior High School,
Mansfield, Ohio in June of 1941 and attended DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana,
where she was a member of the Alpha Phi sorority.
For seven summers she was the assistant director of the Mansfield Children's Theatre
under the late Hal McCuen. During the school year of those summers, she also worked as
secretary/playground director of the Country Day School. She studied art under the
Hungarian painter, John Bernat, and was one of four of his students who worked with him
painting the ceiling of St. Peter's Church in Mansfield, Ohio.
In 1971 she graduated magna cum laude from Ashland University and taught art at John
Sherman High School from 1971-1973. She also taught art in the Madison Local School
District (as Mrs. Newbill) from 1975-1984. Upon retirement from teaching, she volunteered
her time as an art teacher at the Ohio State Reformatory.
Around the same time, Ms. Cave began a career in the medium of contemporary
"art" quilts. Her work won many honors and was included in many outstanding
exhibitions and publications. Her pieces hang in many private and corporate collections
around the world. Five of her quilts hang in the permanent collection of Ashland
University, one in the Convocation Center and four in the new large student building. In
1990, she resumed the use of her maiden name, Cave.
Ms. Cave is survived by one son, Peter Bruce (Mimi) McGinty of Columbus, Ohio; two
daughters, Anne Channon Wendling (Ron Kash), and Elizabeth Leigh "Liza" (Kim)
Catron, both of Mansfield; also surviving are six grandchildren, Matthew and Christopher
Gramly, both of San Francisco, CA, Elizabeth Catron, Lauren Catron, Alex McGinty and Annie
McGinty, all of Columbus, OH; and a brother and sister-in-law, Robert E. and Pauli Cave of
Palm Desert, CA.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by one brother and sister-in-law,
William E. and Peggy M. Cave; and one niece, Nancy Jo Perry.
Ms. Cave was a member of the Grace Episcopal Church and designed and made a large rood
cloth which hangs above the altar in the chapel of the church. She was also a member of
the Mansfield Art Center, the Ohio Designer Craftsmen, and a founding member of the Art
Quilt Network.
Friends may visit from 4-7 p.m. Wednesday, May 12, 2010 at the Ontario Home of Wappner
Funeral Directors, 100 S. Lexington-Springmill Road, Mansfield.
A memorial service will be held 10:00 a.m. Thursday, May 13 in Grace Episcopal Church, 41
Bowman Street, Mansfield, Ohio with Rev. Joe Ashby and Rector Emeritus David S. Sipes
officiating.
Burial will follow in Mansfield Memorial Park.
The family requests that flowers be omitted. Contributions appreciated in memory of her
beloved friend Emily Campbell Brown, to the Charles and Emily Brown Scholarship Fund
through the Richland County Foundation, Mansfield, Ohio.
Online guest registry at
www.wappner.com
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