OBITUARY: Natalie Small, 87, a counselor deeply involved in children s issues
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Natalie Settimelli Small (87), of Gainesville, FL, Newton, MA, and North Truro, MA died peacefully in Boston on Feb 10, 2021, surrounded by her family. Natalie, the daughter of Joseph and Edmea Settimelli, was born in Quincy, MA in 1933. She graduated from Thayer Academy and Tufts University where she was the first woman editor of the Tufts yearbook. She spent the subsequent year on a scholarship studying in Florence, Italy. She fell in love with Parker Small, Jr. at Tufts and they were married upon her return to the United States in 1956. The couple moved to Cincinnati where Parker completed medical school and she taught first grade. Their career journey took them to Philadelphia, London, Washington D.C., and Switzerland, with a growing family.