Natalie ("Nat”) E. Glovsky died peacefully in Beverly, on September 19, 2024, at the remarkable age of 104. Natalie was born on January 10, 1920, in Brockton, one of five children of Aaron and Sarah Tarlow.
Natalie attended Thayer Academy and was a Member of the Smith College Class of 1942. While at Smith, she lived with Betty Friedan, about whom she often recounted “We didn’t have much in common.” However, that experience was quickly offset when her brother, Merton Tarlow, introduced her to C. Henry Glovsky, his Dartmouth College classmate. Natalie and Henry were married in 1941 and enjoyed more than 60 years of life together until Henry’s passing in 2002. They raised their three sons, John, Mark and Alan in Beverly Cove, never thinking of living anywhere else.
Henry and Natalie had much in common. Together they often travelled to the United Kingdom, where Henry had attended the London School of Economics and became smitten with England. His passions were contagious and Natalie, too, quickly became an Anglophile. As a rite of passage, Natalie and Henry delighted in touring each of their four grandchildren throughout the U.K.
In 1955, Natalie accompanied Henry to Europe after his appointment by President Eisenhower to serve as an advisor to the U.S. Delegation to the Inter-Governmental Committee for European Migration. During that trip they were fortunate to participate in a private audience with Pope Pius XII, who provided Natalie with an abundance of blessed rosary beads which she bestowed on Catholic friends for several years thereafter. In 1960, as another highlight of their partnership, Natalie toured the United States with Henry, who served as a member of Henry Cabot Lodge’s Vice-Presidential Campaign Staff.
Natalie loved playing golf. She and Henry spent countless hours on the links at Essex County Club and courses around the world. Natalie was particularly fond of the golf ball that gave her a hole-in-one on the 7th hole at Essex. She continued pushing her golf cart into her 90’s. When Natalie was not on a golf course, she could often be found in her garden or on her favorite window seat overlooking the Atlantic with a good book in hand and WCRB providing background music. She was also a devoted season subscriber to the Friday afternoon Boston Symphony concerts series and delighted in sharing her love for classical music with family and friends who would be fortunate to be offered her second seat.
Natalie kept her connection with Brockton by maintaining a close lifelong relationship with her best three elementary school buddies. Together, the first initial of their married surnames spelled “E-G-G-S”. The four couples formed the Eggs Club and dined and traveled together for about 50 years, regularly exchanging “egg” gifts of all sorts. If Natalie accumulated anything other than eggs, she collected friends. Her friendships were abundant, meaningful and long-lasting.
Natalie is survived by her sons, John (Andrea) and Mark (Livia Cowan), her grandchildren, Anton (Jennifer), Alexander (Cheryl), Gillian (Jeff Pon), and Nadia Borysenko,(Andrei), her great-grandchildren, Nicholas, William, Alden, Morgan, Cordelia, Charlotte and Henry (“Bodhi”), and many nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her husband, C. Henry, and her son, Alan, and her siblings, Merton Tarlow, Frances Lerman, Ruth Maren and Lois Tarlow.
A private graveside service will be held to honor her memory. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the C Henry Glovsky Scholarship Fund, Montserrat College of Art, 23 Essex St., Beverly, MA 01915 or Care Dimensions, 75 Sylvan Street, Danvers, MA 01923. For online condolences go to: www.goldmanfc.com. Arrangements by Goldman Funeral Chapel, Malden.
