All who are associated with the Museum are deeply saddened by the untimely death of our beloved president, Penelope C. Sharp. “Penni,” as she was known to all, died peacefully at her home in Northford, Connecticut on December 14, 2014, due to complications from cancer.
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Love Of Nature Became Expertise In Botany
Photo by Genie McPerson Trevor
By ANNE M. HAMILTON Special to The Courant
January 25, 2015
Penelope Chester Sharp could often be seen with a jeweler’s loupe and a camera roaming the shoreline or the trap rock ridges of Connecticut in search of plants…
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