Sally Hanchett Rivers - Springfield, MA
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An ash tree was planted in the ponds area of Forest Park in Springfield, MA in memory of Sally Hanchett Rivers.
Waymark Code: WM16TDK
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 10/02/2022
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A monument at the base of an ash tree has a plaque with quote from John Lennon's song "Imagine". The plaque is inscribed:
This tree was planted in 2021
In memory of
Sally Hanchett Rivers
1944 - 2018
"Imagine all the people living life in peace"
Sally Hanchett Rivers was a resident of West Springfield and later Springfield. She graduated from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and obtained her Master’s Degree in Counseling from Westfield State University. She had a career in the social services helping those with crisis situations. After retirement, she worked as a volunteer reading local news and information to the reading impaired. She died on died on August 12, 2018.