Macy Brooks Janney

Macy Putnam Janney
BIRTH
15 Dec 1934
Bronxville, Westchester County, New York, USA
DEATH
18 Oct 2020 (aged 85)
Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA
BURIAL
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JANNEY (Putnam), Macy

Heaven has gained a new hostess. On October 18, 2020, Macy Putnam Janney peacefully crossed the bridge to new horizons, leaving behind the beloved family she built, and a community forever enriched by the lifetime she spent in its service. Macy was born in Bronxville, New York, on December 15, 1934, to Henry Wilson Putnam and Elizabeth Ackermann Putnam of Hewlett, Long Island. After graduating from Garrison Forest School in Baltimore, she majored in Dance and Drama at
Bennett Junior College, where she served as senior class
president. During her time in New York City attending the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, she met Jervis Spencer Janney, Jr., whom she married on May 2, 1957. Inspired through her work in summer stock theater with the likes of Rue McClanahan, Gypsy Rose Lee and Eileen Brennan, Macy set her destiny: She would spend her life as a champion of the arts.
After settling with her husband and three small children in Dayton, Ohio, in 1964, Macy devoted herself to filling the void she saw in arts education for young people. Her work at the Junior League in her newly adopted hometown quickly
became the launchpad for decades of dedicated activism alongside the accomplished friends she met there. A testament to her tireless spirit, Macy was a board member of the Victory Theater Assn., Arts Dayton, The Bach Society, the
Human Race Theater Co., and the Miami Valley Hospital Health Foundation, as well as an advisory member of the India Foundation, WDPR Public Radio, and the Allegro Fund of the Dayton Foundation.
Macy is preceded by her son, Hal Janney, and survived by her husband, Jervis Jr.; her son, Jervis lll, her brother, Michael and his wife, Melody Lawrence, of New York City, her daughter,

Allison Janney, of Los Angeles; her grandchildren, Niall and Petra, of Los Angeles; and the thousands more whose lives she uplifted with her mission to amplify arts experience and education. The family requests that in lieu of flowers, donation may be made to the Miami Valley School, The Muse Machine or the Arts Alliance, all of Dayton. A memorial Service will be
announced at a later date.

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