New Fund will honor her long-standing commitment to education, children and Fishers Island.
Sally Ferguson at her residence “Clay Point,” Fishers Island, September 2008. – Photo courtesy of the Boy-Ferguson-Hadley Family.
Dedicated Museum Board member Sarah M. “Sally” Ferguson, who died unexpectedly in February 2011 at her home in New Haven, Conn., left a bequest to the Henry L. Ferguson Museum that will be used to create a new children’s programming fund named in her honor. Sally’s interest in children was long standing. After graduating from Vassar in the Class of 1941 with a major in child study, she worked as a nursery school teacher in Schenectady, New York for several years and served as a Girl Scout Troop Leader for almost two decades.
A life-long member of the Fishers Island seasonal community, Sally was actively interested in all aspects of Island life.
