Helen Brock Tomb

TOMB, Helen Brock, age 92, formerly of Wolfeboro, New Hampshire and Saratoga Springs, New York, died on Saturday, February 2, 2013, at her residence in Richmond, Virginia. She was preceded in death three weeks earlier, by her husband of 70 years, John Osborne Tomb. She was also preceded in death by her parents, Herman and Rebecca Brock; a brother, Robert Brock; and a sister, Virginia “Gino” Brock Kenworthy. She is survived by three children, Ellen Knill and husband, Herbert, of Lompoc, California; Eric Tomb of Nevada City, California; and Donald Tomb and wife, Donna, of Ashland, Virginia and Saratoga Springs, New York. Mrs. Tomb is also survived by eight grandchildren, Nicholas Tomb and wife, Maki, of Monterey, California; Jennifer Junod and husband, Paul, of Mechanicsville, Virginia; Aaron Tomb of Portland, Oregon; John Knill of Lompoc, California; Bronwen Tomb of San Francisco, California; Melissa Knill of Lompoc, California; Daniel Tomb of Washington, D.C.; Sibyl Knill of Riverside, California; and three great-grandchildren, Will and Maddie Junod of Mechanicsville, Virginia, and Yuka Tomb of Monterey, California. She is also survived by a sister-in-law, Esther Brock, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, a brother-in-law, Bruce Kenworthy, of Brookings, Oregon,and numerous nieces and nephews. Born in Washington, D.C. on March 6, 1920, Mrs. Tomb grew up in Port Washington, New York and attended public schools there. She is a graduate of Smith College, Class of 1942. She enjoyed sailing and traveling around the world with her husband, gardening and the arts. A warm and welcoming person, she made friends easily wherever she lived. She was a past member of the Congregational Church in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, and the Presbyterian-New England Congregational Church in Saratoga Springs, New York. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, February 15, 2013 in the Chapel at The Crossings at Bon Air, 9100 Bon Air Crossings Drive, Richmond, Virginia. Please send memorial gifts to Bon Secours Richmond Hospice through the Bon Secours Healthcare Foundation, 7229 Forest Ave, Suite 200, Richmond, VA 23226 or to The Alzheimer’s Association, Greater Richmond Chapter, 4600 Cox Rd, Suite 130, Glen Allen, VA 23060-6708.