Sallie Harcourt Haven

Sallie Harcourt Haven, 77, of Zanesville, died at 1:40 a.m. Sunday, August 31, 2008 at Genesis Good Samaritan Hospital. She was born August 11, 1931, in Poughkeepsie, New York, into an old Hudson Valley Family. Dr. Haven was educated at the Albany Academy for Girls in New York, Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, the State University of New York at Albany and the Union Institute in Cincinnati, Ohio. She received both a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts from the State University of New York at Albany and a Ph. D. in Sociology from the Union Institute. During the course of her education and early adult years, she sang solo soprano with the Binghamton Symphony and the Syracuse Light Opera and studied voice for four years with Clarence Hollister and with coaches from the Metropolitan Opera House. She lived for most of her life in upstate New York and moved to Zanesville, Ohio with her husband, Robert, in 2001. A recipient of a National Endowment for the Humanities grant, late in her life she published three books, "The Life and Loves of Alexandra", "Carolina" and "A Woman Named Grace." Dr. Haven taught sociology for many years at Skidmore College, the State University of New York at Albany and at Elmira College and served on the boards of many community groups, including for the following upstate New York organizations: Planned Parenthood, the Northville Public Library, the Mohawk Valley Regional Board and as chairman for the Red Cross Volunteers of Montgomery County. She also helped establish the Legal Aid Society in Amsterdam, New York. In Zanesville, she served as Beaux Arts Membership Chair, served in the Eastside Ministries and established "The Maker's Guild." A long-time member of St. Ann's Episcopal Church in Amsterdam, New York, where her husband was Rector for 28 years, in Ohio she attended both St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Granville and St. James Episcopal Church in Zanesville. She was married for 54 years to the Reverend Robert M. Haven, who passed away in April 2007 and she is survived by a sister, Marion Harcourt; a daughter, Catherine Haven (Malcolm) Kirby; three sons, Mark (Wilma) Haven, Stephen (Terri) Haven and Thomas (Lisa) Haven; nine grandchildren and four step-grandchildren. No calling hours will be observed. A memorial service in celebration of the life of Sallie Harcourt Haven will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, September 13, 2008 at the St. James Episcopal Church, 155 N 6th St., Zanesville with the Rev. Katheryn P. Clausen and Rev. Stephen Applegate officiating, where a reception will follow in the undercroft. Bolin-Dierkes Funeral Home and Cremation Services, 1271 Blue Ave., Zanesville is entrusted with all arrangements. Memorial contributions may be made to Eastside Community Ministry, 221 Stillwell Street, Zanesville, Ohio, 43701.