RIP Tiiu Booth

Tiiu Booth, 95, of Newport passed away Tuesday June 9, 2020, at her home. She was born to Aleksander and Maria Riis on January 14, 1925 in Parnu, Estonia. Her siblings Lydia, and Yuri, both of whom predeceased her. After graduating high school, she fled with her family to Germany during the Soviet invasion of her homeland. She immigrated to America and earned her B.S. in Landscape Architecture from Cornell University in 1954. She was married to Donald Booth on … Continue reading RIP Tiiu Booth