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Sunday, July 23, 1995 Page: 9A
Constance Reynolds
July 21, 1995
Constance Reynolds, 84, formerly of Clay Avenue, Scranton, died Friday in
the
Wesley Village Retirement Community, Jenkins TownshipBorn in Edinburgh,
Scotland, she was the daughter of the late Michael and Alice Fergus.
A resident of Scranton since 1940, she was a member of the Catholic faith.
She trained with the Royal Ballet and the British Ballet and became the
director of dance at Marywood College, a position she held for 25 years. She
was awarded Marywood’s Cor Mariae-Pro Fide et Cultura Award cq for maintaining
the highest standard of teaching in dance education.
After opening her own studio in 1943 and founding the Ballet Theatre of
Scranton in 1958, she offered full-length ballet productions and gave her
students the opportunity to study and work with numerous internationally known
choreographers.
In 1976, in conjunction with Marywood College, she presented her first
“Nutcracker” performance as a gift to the community, a tradition that
continues each Christmas.
She was preceded in death by sisters, Alice, Maureen, Winnie, Iza and
Dorothy; brother, Thomas.
Surviving are a daughter, Carol Reynolds, New York, N.Y.; stepdaughter,
Dorothy Johnson; stepsons, Kenneth and Carl DeFazio; one granddaughter and one
great-grandson; several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday from the Palermo and Zawacki
Funeral Home, Inc., 409 N. Main St., Old Forge, with Mass at 11 a.m. in St.
Lawrence Church, Old Forge.
Interment will be held at the convenience of the family.
Friends may call from 9:30 a.m. until time of service Monday.