Louisa "Babs" Huntington Browne, died peacefully on Sunday, November 18, 2012, at her home in Concord, Massachusetts. She was in her 94th year. Babs spent the majority of her life in Concord and Carlisle witnessing the evolution of the two towns from rural farming communities to thriving suburbs. She was born and raised on the River Road Farm in Carlisle, Massachusetts, where her parents, Mason and Harriet Garfield, ran a state-of-the-art dairy farm – one of the few certified by the state thereby exempting its milk from the requirement for pasteurization. She commuted to Concord Academy through tenth grade with her dear friend Charlotte (Hutchins) Bemis over dirt roads that were "almost impassable because of snow in winter and mud in spring." In 1958 she returned to Concord with her family to build a home of forty years on one of those same roads - Monument Street – which was by then paved. Babs graduated high school in 1937 from The May School in Boston and attended Wellesley College before receiving her BA from Radcliffe College in 1942. During World War II she served with the American Red Cross in England and Belgium in support of the Army Air Corps. Babs spent a portion of each summer in Rockport, Massachusetts, where she and Edward "Ted" Crowninshield Browne were married at St. Mary's Episcopal Church in November, 1946. Four children followed in short order, Charles in 1949, twins Edward "Ted" and Mason in 1950, and her namesake Louisa in 1953. As the challenges of her children's early years ebbed, Babs found time to train at the MGH Languages Clinic in order to tutor children with dyslexia. For sixteen years she pursued her new career teaching 8th and 9th grade students at the Carroll School in Lincoln, Massachusetts. Babs had a wonderful, optimistic spirit and was a regular parishioner at Trinity Episcopal Church in Concord. Over the years her community activities included French Club, the Parents' League, and the Concord Garden Club, among others. Babs and Ted were proud of their immediate and extended families and raised their children and grandchildren with close ties to cousins, grandparents and aunts and uncles on both sides their family. Babs loved people and lively discussions. Like a good news reporter, she often cut to the chase with direct and provocative questions creating an animated turn in the conversation. Politics was often a topic as heartily attested by the many who knew her. She was proud of the connection to her great-grandfather, President James A. Garfield, and Babs attracted quite a following among the visitors at the rededication of his home "Lawnfield" in Mentor, Ohio, with her intimate knowledge of the stories behind many of the photographs and objects on display. Babs faced the challenges of her later years with great spunk and an upbeat spirit. As her eyesight declined, she took training in Braille and became an avid consumer of books on tape. And following a stroke that hindered her speech, she remained engaged with her children, grandchildren, relatives, friends and daily care-givers. To all who knew her, Babs provided inspiration for developing and maintaining rich interpersonal relationships and for keeping an undaunted spirit in following life's uncharted paths. Babs is survived by her four children and spouses, as well as by ten grandchildren. She was predeceased by her husband, and by her older sister, Alicia Conlan, of Austin, Texas. In lieu of flowers donations in her memory may be made to the Carroll Center for the Blind, 770 Centre Street Newton, Massachusetts 02458. A memorial service in remembrance of Bab's life will be held at Trinity Episcopal Church, 81 Elm Street, Concord, Massachusetts, at 10:00 am on Friday, January 4, 2013. There will be a reception immediately following the service in the Great Room at 100 Newbury Court in Concord. Service: A memorial service in remembrance of Bab's life will be held at Trinity Episcopal Church, 81 Elm Street, Concord, Massachusetts, at 10:00 am on Friday, January 4, 2013. There will be a reception immediately following the service in the Great Room at 100 Newbury Court in Concord.