from the August 17, 1994 issue of The Country Chronicle
Hanover, N.H. – Connie E. Naitove, a multi-arts therapist, author, lecturer, and artist, died Saturday, August 6, at her home after a long illness. She was 66.
After receiving a master’s degree from the MALS program at Dartmouth College in the early 19702, she began working as a multi-arts therapist and psychotherapist.
Mrs. Naitove was the founder and president of the National Educational Council of Creative Therapies, a registered art therapist, a registered drama therapist, and a certified poetry therapist. She was a professional member of the American Dance Therapy Association, National Horticulture Therapy Association, National Parks and Recreation Association, American Mental Health Counselors Association, British Association of Art Therapists, and the Drama Therapy Association of Great Britain.
She was a diplomat of the American Board of Psychotherapy and a consultant on child sexual molestation to the U.S. Department of Justice.
Mrs. Naitove was a well-known author and lecturer with more than 40 published articles and chapters in professional publications throughout the world.
As a sculptor, her works have been reviewed and exhibitied on several continents and are in collections around the world.
Locally, Mrs. Naitove served as president of the League of Women Voters, was a member of the board of the Hanover Co-op, and a contributor to the educational programs of the Hanover schools. She worked as a director and producer of numerous children’s theater productions at the Bema and in the schools.
Mrs. Naitove helped local Cub Scout troops and was recently appointed a guardian ad litem in the Vermont Family Court system.
She was the Halloween Witch as the Rip Road Haunted House for Many years.
She was born Dec. 7, 1927, in New York City, the daughter of Ethel and Henry Epstein. She began her education as an artist at the New York University School for Gifted Children and later studied privately with William McNulty and Kurt Seligmann.
She married Dr. Arthur Naitove in 1946 and they came to Hanover in 1955.
Survivors include her husband; four sons, Matthew of New York, N.Y., Noah of Brighton, Mass., Peter of Keene, and Benjamin of Philadelphia, Pa.; a daughter, Abby of Needham, Mass.; six grandchildren; two brothers, Alan Emory of Falls Church, Va., and Eric Emory of Katonah, N.Y.
There were no calling hours. A memorial service was held on Sunday at 1 p.m. in Rollins Chapel in Hanover.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the charity of one’s choice.
The Rand-Wilson Funeral Home of Hanover was in charge of arrangements.