Dr. Frances Lippmann of Stockbridge passed away peacefully on April 4, 2024. In her 90 years, she was a psychologist, daughter, mother, aunt, grandmother, and wife, as well as a friend to many.
Dr. Lippmann was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. and moved to Freeport, Long Island, where she spent her early life. While in Freeport, Dr. Lippmann was a street-car drag racer, enjoyed time on her family boat, helped out in her fatherās car dealership, and played on the Freeport High School Field Hockey Team as team captain.
Embarking on her adult life, Dr. Lippmann attended Adelphi University and continued on to get her doctorate in psychology from NYU, where she and her soon-to-be husband, who was also studying in the same program, first met. She received her doctoral training at Bellevue Hospital, where she was among the first women to receive a Ph.D. in her department.
Upon leaving New York City, Dr. Lippmann was hired as the first psychologist in western Massachusetts to be part of a district-wide special education evaluation team in the Berkshire Hills Regional School District and acted as a mental health counselor at the schools in the area.
Dr. Lippmann and her husband co-created a free-of-charge clinic for mental health care in Stockbridge. Dr. Lippmann enjoyed her work in private practice for many years in her house in Stockbridge, as well as serving as the director of the counseling center at Williams College. In this role, she trained multiple active psychologists in the Berkshires.
Dr. Lippmann was a member of WMAAP and the Stockbridge Dream Group and enjoyed being a member of and hosting the annual celebration of the Rapaport-Klein Study Group at her home in Stockbridge.
Dr. Lippmann was predeceased by her late husband Dr. Paul Lippmann of Stockbridge. Dr Frances Lippmann is survived by her son John; his wife Jennifer; and their children, Heru, Phoenix, and Lavender. She also leaves her daughter Eve Jennings and her husband Sean; her grandchild Joseph and his wife Caitlin; her great-grandchildren, Aurelia and Sonia; her grandchild Lily and her partner Josiah; and her god-daughter Patricia Andrew.
A celebration of Dr. Lippmannās life will take place on Sunday, April 14, 2024, at 11 a.m., at Finnerty & Stevens Funeral Home, followed by a burial service at Stockbridge Cemetery.
Donations in Dr. Frances Lippmannās name may be made to HospiceCare in the Berkshires in care of Finnerty & Stevens Funeral Home, 426 Main St., Great Barrington, MA 01230. To send remembrances to her family, please visit the funeral home’s website.
