Roberta Wallace Coffey ’81

Roberta Wallace Coffey ’81, of Ipswich, Mass.; May 24. She was a placement director for Katharine Gibbs School in Providence, R.I. She then moved to Beacon Hill in Boston and worked as public relations director for the Parker House Hotel, hosting events in support of major arts organizations and celebrities. She was also a professional writer and journalist, having earned her MFA in writing from Vermont College. Her work appeared in magazines and newspapers, including the Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Providence Journal, Christian Science Monitor, and the Chicago Tribune. At the time of her passing, she had just finished her 350-page memoir. She was active in community theater and also appeared as an extra in the The Great Gatsby, filmed at the Rosecliff Mansion in Newport, and The Perfect Storm, filmed in Gloucester, Mass. During the 1960s, she performed regionally as a professional folk singer, guitarist and jazz pianist.