Elise Pollard Sweet and Cecil Cameron Irton Wylde
CECIL CAMERON IRTON WYLDE died November 4, 1987 in New Orleans, Louisiana.168
He married ELISE POLLARD SWEET about February 16, 1964 in St. John's Church, Beverly Farms, Massachusetts,2106 daughter of ELISE POLLARD SORTWELL and ALFRED JAY SWEET JR. She was born July 31, 1943,1977 and died August 19, 2010 in South Dartmouth, Massachusetts.1977
Children of ELISE POLLARD SWEET and CECIL CAMERON IRTON WYLDE:
- Daughter
- Daughter
Marriage Announcements and News
New York Times, December 1, 1963120
Cecil C.I. Wylde and Elise Sweet Will Be Married
Student at Barnard Is Betrothed to Alumnus of Harvard College
Special to The New York Times
BEVERLEY FARMS, Mass., Nov. 30—Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Wigglesworth have announced the engagement of Mrs. Wiggleworth's daughter, Miss Elise Pollard Sweet, to Cecil Cameron Irton Wylde of Boston. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Irton Wylde of Dover.
The prospective bride, daughter also of the late Lieut. Alfred J. Sweet Jr., U.S.A., is an alumna of the Westover School in Middlebury, Conn., and a student at Barnard College.
She is the granddaughter of Mrs. William M. Carson of this community, the late Alvin F. Sortwell, Mrs. Alffred Jay Sweet of Boston and Miami Beach, and the late Mr. Sweet.
Her fiance is a graduate of Harvard College and of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.
He is a grandson of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Irton Wylde of Boston adn Cumberland, England, the late Rear Adm. Cameron McRae Winslow, commander of the Pacific Fleet in 1916, and the late Mrs. Winslow, who was the former Miss Theodora Havemeyer of New York.
Boston Globe, December 1, 19632105
Miss Elise Pollard Sweet Engaged to Cecil Wylde
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Wigglesworth of Beverly Farms announce the engagement of Mrs. Wigglesworth's daughter, Miss Elise Pollard Sweet, to Cecil Cameron Irton Wylde of Boston, son of Mr. and Mrs. Irton Wylde of Dover.
Miss Sweet, daughter of the late Lt. Alfred J. Sweet Jr., AUS, graduated from Westover School, and is attending Barnard College. She is a granddaughter of Mrs. William M. Carson of Beverly Farms; and of the late Alvin F. Sortwell, and Mrs. Alfred Jay Sweet of Boston and Miami Beach, Fla., and the late Mr. Sweet.
Mr. Wylde graduated from Harvard College, and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. He is a grandson of the late Adm and Mrs. McRate Winslow of Newport, R.I., and of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Irton Wylde of Boston and Cumberland, Eng.
Boston Globe, February 16, 19642106
Miss Sweet, Beverly Farms, Bride of Cecil C. I. Wylde
Rev. William F. A. Stride, great-uncle of the bride, officiated at the wedding of Miss Elise Pollard Sweet and Cecil Cameron Irjon Wylde in St. John's Church, Beverly Farms. Rev. William Krogstad assisted.
The bride, daughter of Mrs. Thomas Wigglesworth of Beverly Farms and the late Alfred Jay Sweet Jr., was given in marriage by her stepfather. Attending the bride were her sisters, Miss Pauline Sweet and Miss Anne Wigglesworth; Miss Virginia Greenway, Greenwich, Ct., was flower girl.
John Wylde, Westwood, was best man for his brother. Ushers included his brother, John Harrison Wylde; Lt. Alfred Jay Sweet 3d, U.S.M.C, Peter S. Sweet and Thomas Wigglesworth, brothers of the bride; and James C. Greenway 3d, Greenwich, Ct.
Mr. Wylde is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil I. Wylde, Dover; grandson of the late Adm Cameron McRae Winslow of Newport, R.I., and the late Mrs. Winslow; also of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Wylde of Boston, and Cumberland, England. His bride is a granddaughter of Mrs. William M. Carson, Beverly Farms, and of the late Alvin F. Sortwell; also of Mrs. Alfred Jay Sweet of Boston adn Miami Beach, and the late Mr. Sweet.
Obituaries
Boston Globe, November 6, 1987168
CECIL WYLDE OF SOUTH DARTMOUTH, ARTIST, SCULPTOR AND TEACHER; AT 55
Cecil C.I. Wylde of South Dartmouth, well-known artist and teacher, died suddenly of a heart attack Wednesday while visiting in New Orleans. He was 55.
Mr. Wylde taught drawing and the history of Western art at the School of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, of which he was a graduate, from 1960 to 1969. He later taught at Boston College, where he gave the Visual Workshop Course, involving painting, sculpture and design, from 1972 to 1977. He also had taught at the Swain School of Design, New Bedford, of which he was a trustee.
Mr. Wylde stopped teaching entirely several years ago after developing a heart condition, but continued to paint and to sculpt. Last year he was given a one-man show of his painted wood constructions at the Wallace Wentworth Gallery in Washington.
Widely known for his sophisticated, reductive portraits of individuals and family groups, Mr. Wylde is represented, both through paintings and sculptures, in many private and public collections in this country and Europe.
A tall, slim, genial man, he had been an enthusiastic member of the Dartmouth District 2 Call Fire Department for the past nine years and had been working on a tryptic, based on Rembrandt's famous "Night Watch," for the department's fire station.
He was born in Boston and graduated from Milton Academy and Harvard College, Class of 1954. After college he did a two-year stint in the US Army Artillery, serving as a first lieutenant in Germany. He graduated from the School of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts in 1960. The following year he was awarded a Clarissa Bartlett Travelling Fellowship for painting in Europe and Greece.
In his Harvard 25th anniversary class report, the modest, soft-spoken artist-teacher wrote: "Autobiography goes against the grain, but when asked, 'What do you do?,' I say, 'I paint' and quickly add, 'pictures.' This is my concern and wraps up everything else (teaching travel, shows, trusteeships, advisory boards, etc.) I have a nice family and that's about it in a 25-year nutshell."
Helen Swartz, former administrative assistant to the Fine Arts Department at Boston College, said of Mr. Wylde: "He was a wonderful teacher, a fine human being and a good friend to his students and colleagues." Added another former cohort: "A superior, special guy."
Mr. Wylde was a member of the Tavern Club of Boston.
He leaves his wife, the former Sally Sweet; two daughters, Michaele and Caitlin Wylde of South Dartmouth; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Wylde of Dover; and a brother, John Wylde of Medfield.
A memorial service willl be held on Monday, Nov. 9, at 11 a.m. in the Congregational Church, Padanaram, South Dartmouth.
Boston Globe, August 22, 20104717
WYLDE, Elise Sweet "Sally" Died August 19th, 2010 of breast cancer. She was surrounded by her family at home in South Dartmouth MA. She was 67. She was the daughter of the late Alfred Jay Sweet Jr. and Elise Sortwell Sweet and was raised in Beverly Farms, MA with her five siblings. She was a graduate of Westover, attended Barnard and received her BA from U Mass. Dartmouth. She received her MFA from Tufts University/Museum School of Fine Arts and a MTS from Candler Theological Seminary at Emory University. She married Cecil C. I. Wylde an artist and teacher in 1964 and they raised two daughters in South Dartmouth MA. They both were members of the District 2 Volunteer Fire Department. She started painting here and was instrumental in organizing a collective of women artists. Her own work depicts her belief that she-we-can be healed and redeemed by the powers of nature and spirit. Sally was widowed in 1987. In 1993 she moved to Decatur, GA where she became a community organizer and activist. She married Robert 'Britt' Dean a teacher, in 1996. It was here that she combined her love of nature, people and art in the Oakhurst Community Garden Project, which she conceived with Louise Jackson, her neighbor and friend. Sally acquired a lot that was threatened by development and transformed it into a vital green space that now provides environmental education to children and the community at large. Both Sally and the garden have left an important, lasting imprint on Decatur. The Atlanta Journal Constitution describes the garden and Sally as a ". . . remarkable and open place created by a remarkable and open woman, whose energy and passion for education will be missed." Sally is survived by her husband, Britt, daughters Michaele P. Wylde and Caitlin I. Wylde, son-in-law Michael Thomas, grandchildren Alex, Miles and Ella Thomas and step-children Desha and Amanda Dean. There will be a memorial service on Friday August 27th at Great Neck Trust, 307 Barney's Joy Road, South Dartmouth MA 02748 at 5:00 PM. Donations in Sally's memory can be sent to the Oakhurst Community Garden Project, 435 Oakview Road, Decatur, GA 30030.
