Los Angeles County Obituaries

Mary Anne Daugherty Osgood

Submitted by Peggy Hooper 1 Feb 2008

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Pasadena Star-News; 3/8/2007

OSGOOD-Mary Anne Daugherty Osgood, 78, died at The Huntington Hospital on 
Thursday, March 1, 2007 of heart failure. She was born in Indianapolis, 
Indiana, where she graduated from Shortridge High School. She attended 
Maryland College for Women. A resident since 1949 of Pasadena and later San 
Marino, she loved her volunteer activities. She was a member of the first 
docent class trained to guide students and visitors through the Huntington Art 
Collection and continued volunteering there for many years. As a special 
docent, she also led tours of the Huntington Library and the Botanical Garde 
ns. Mary Anne also was active in the Pasadena Junior League, a member of the 
Costume Council, The Seeders and Weeders Garden Club, the Women's Committee of 
the Huntington Library, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and The Town Club 
of Pasadena. An avid world traveler, she was very interested in the arts, 
particularly English and French 17th, 18th and 19th Century decorative arts. 
She enjoyed books and music and had extensive libraries in both. She leaves 
three sons, Scott Osgood, Pasadena, Robert Osgood, Indianapolis, Indiana and 
John (JT) Osgood, Santa Cruz, California; also her sister, Nancy Smith and 
niece Anne Crowe, Dallas, Texas, a nephew Cameron Smith, Altadena, California 
and two grandchildren. Memorial service will be private and burial will take 
place at Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis. In lieu of flowers, donations 
may be made in her memory to the Huntington Library and Art Collection and 
Botanic Gardens, 1151 Oxford Rd., San Marino, CA 91108 atten: Ken Valentine, 
The American Diabetes Assoc iation or Planned Parenthood.