Constance A. Tate
Constance Anderson Tate, age 96, former resident of Wilton, Connecticut and Saranac Lake, New York, died at Brandywine Living at Dresher Estates, outside of Philadelphia, on Oct. 6, 2023.
Connie, as she was known, grew up in Manhattan, attended the Brearley School, graduated from Wellesley College, and earned an MA in Education from the University of Bridgeport. In 1948 she married Robert T. Tate, Jr., a lawyer who worked for the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, retired as associate general council of Exxon, and died in 1992.
They divided their time between Wilton, Connecticut and New York City. In Wilton, they were both wardens at St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church and members of the Wilton Riding Club and the Kiwanis Club of Wilton. In Manhattan, Connie was an English teacher at the Nightingale-Bamford School and the Calhoun School. Following in the footsteps of her mother and her grandmother, she was a leader in the YWCA. She served on the Board of the YWCA USA, served as chair of the YWCA World Service Council, and was chair of the board of the NYC YWCA. She received the NYC YWCA Woman of the Year award in 2018. She also served as president of the Brearley School Alumnae Association and as chair of the Women’s Committee of Union Theological Seminary. She was a member of the Cosmopolitan Club of New York and the Daughters of the American Revolution. Connie and her husband owned a summer house on Hoel Pond in Saranac Lake. Connie served on the Adirondack Council. From 2020 to 2023 she was a resident at Saranac Village at Will Rogers in Saranac Lake.
She is survived by two sons, Robert and John, seven grandchildren, and one great-granddaughter. A third son, Gerald, died in 2021. A memorial service will be held at the Church of the Ascension, Saranac Inn, New York, in August 2024.