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In Loving Memory Lavinia Alder Savage April 12, 1916 - January 24, 2017 Longtime resident of the Mainline, Lavinia A. Savage passed over on January 24, 2017 in her 100th year. Born in Brooklyn, NY, she was the youngest child of Helen Cilley Alder and Eugene Charles Alder. She attended Adelphi Academy in Brooklyn until the family moved to Minneapolis. She attended Northrop Collegiate School, Smith College and graduated from the University of Minnesota receiving a B.A. Lavinia sold furniture at the Dayton Company until her marriage to William George Sanderson Savage Jr. in 1939, Director of Passenger Sales with the Pennsylvania Railroad. Their first home was in Williamsport, PA. They moved to Berwyn, Pittsburgh, and finally made their home in Merion. For the last seven years she resided at The Quadrangle and was most grateful for the loving care of the staff. Lavinia was a realtor just long enough to put her four children through college. “Binnie”, as she was so fondly called, was a longtime member of the Overbrook Presbyterian Church where she was one of the first women to serve as Elder, and was the first woman to serve as Trustee. She helped to nurture the Overbrook Preschool and Kindergarten serving on their Board for over thirty years. She was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma, Daughters of the Cincinnati, Chaplain of the Pa. Society of New England Women, and member of The Modern Club. She was the President and a presenter for St. George’s Questers who shared her love of antiques. She and her husband often went to auctions in New Hampshire and found early American treasures to repair and savor. She was an avid collector of English Staffordshire China and Teddy Bears. Their summer home on Partridge Lake, Littleton, New Hampshire was where Lavinia felt closest to God and where she carried on the family tradition of sharing the lake with family and friends of all ages. She has been loved and will be remembered by many friends and family as a generous, curious, loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother and friend. She is predeceased by her parents, her husband Bill, and her two brothers, Bradbury and John. Survivors include her children: Charles William Savage and his wife Susan of Old Saybrook, CT., David Spengler Savage and his wife Slavica of Newbury, NH., Deborah Savage Schuhl and her husband Kurt of Valley Forge, PA., and Catherine Longfellow Alder of Milwaukie, OR. She has four grandchildren: Ann Matthews and her husband Jason, Benjamin Ellenwood and his wife Karin, Sarah Ellenwood and her wife Rushie, and David Ellenwood. She also has four great-grandchildren: Benny Steinhorn, Judson Ellenwood, Samantha Matthews, and Skyler Ellenwood. A memorial service will be held on May 12th at 11a.m. at Overbrook Presbyterian Church. There will be a private committal service for the family. Gifts in lieu of flowers and in honor of Lavinia may be made to Overbrook Presbyterian Church Endowment Fund, the Overbrook Preschool, and the American Heart Association.