Carol?

Hey All,

picked up this piece today and was wondering if the artist was “carol” or am I missing something on the words to the right? Any thoughts?

 

Tyler, I would think that "Carol" is the title of the piece (probably the subject).

The artist's signature looks to be:


(which I'm sure someone here can decipher...)

Perhaps Florence Way Fink?

 

'Carol' is the title. The artist is (Terence?) Fink Edit: Florence Way? Fink.

 

Florence Waze Fink

https://www.mutualart.com/Artist/Florence-Waze-fink/2F76279080A8DBC0

 

Send flowers to Florence:

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/chicagotribune/name/florence-fink-obituary?id=2731085

 

@Bronwen

Oooo - looks like she had a daughter named CAROL - perhaps a picture of her???

 

Can anyone follow this?

Florence was a loving mother to her children, Steven (Lisa) Fink, Leslie (Steve) Friedlander, Carol (Mike) Pratt and Abbie Galvin.

 

Source for this info? No Carol in obit.

 

Her 4 children: Steven, Leslie, Carol & Abbie

 

For @Tylerhawkens The 'Imp.' after Fink is not part of her name:


Imp. - Abbreviation for the Latin word “impressit”, this mark may be found after the signature if the artist printed their own work.

 

Another Now I get it. Too many news stories about transgender people.

 

@Bronwen

I'll bet you haven't had to write too many obits! I got very used to this format when I was freelancing...

 

Nary a one.

 

Is Abbie divorced?

 

Quite possibly, unless she changed her name for another reason - OR had a different father than the other children.

If she were widowed, her late spouse would (should) have been referenced.

Note: There are very occasionally cases of very bad blood, where certain people are intentionally excluded from an obit!

Sometimes, too, a newspaper will "drop a line" and leave off a person or two. Exactly that happened when my business partner's mother died. His sister and her spouse were unintentionally "dropped" when the obit was printed. (Their 2 kids were included.)

The sister was NOT amused and claimed it was intentional. Since I personally wrote and submitted the obit, I KNEW FOR A FACT that she & her spouse were included in the original copy.

 

My hometown newspaper absolutely mangled my mother's obit. She had been a kindergarten teacher & I wanted her adult former students to know of her passing. They got what school when tangled up.

 

Thank you for solving the mystery!!!!!