Carmelita Rose Biggie

Age 88, a resident of Albuquerque, NM died Thursday, June 5, 2014. Cam was born July 27, 1925 in Toledo, OH. She graduated from Kenmore High School and the University of Michigan with a B.S. in 1946 and M.S. in 1948. For 35 years, she ran the Daylesford Abbey Art Show. She also started the art shows at The Rosemont School of the Holy Child, Academy of Notre Dame in Villanova, and The Philadelphia Country Club. Cam was Chairman of the Board at The Rosemont School of the Holy Child and Academy of Notre Dame in Villanova. She served on numerous development boards and committees over the last 50 years including The Philadelphia Chapter of The University of Michigan Alumni and Archmere Academy in Delaware. A board member of The Helen F. Whitaker Fund, she established endowment grants for both The Curtis Institute of Music Conducting Program and The Philadelphia Chamber Music Society. She was a speech pathologist who worked at The Timothy School in Bryn Mawr from 1965 to 1973. She is survived by her children, Carmelita Nussbaum and husband, Stephen, Mark and wife, Barbara, Ameila Foltz and husband, David, Amanda Langford and husband, Richard, and Sara Fanning and husband, John; 12 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, James Biggie. An Associate Member of the Norbertine Order, a Memorial Service will be held at The Daylesford Abbey in Paoli on Saturday, June 28, 2014, at 12:45 p.m. Donations in Cam's memory may be made to The Daylesford Abbey, 220 S. Valley Rd., Paoli 19301 or Mercy Hospice, 334 S. 13th St. Philadelphia 19107.