She was also an accomplished visual artist, remembered especially for her drawings and prints, which were shown at the South Shore Art Center, the Cambridge Art Association, the Danforth Art Museum, and the Duxbury Arts Association, among others. At the time of her death she was completing a memoir of growing up in Greenwich Village entitled Momentum. She read some of her stories at the Cornelia Street Café (the street where her father once had a studio), at libraries and other local venues, and on NPR. Her writing appeared in DoubleTake magazine as well as in several anthologies. Dodge Fellowship and membership in the Writer’s Room of Boston. Deedee had an MFA in creative writing from Columbia University and was a writer of memoir and essays. She was the daughter of the writer James Agee and Mia Agee, and was an accomplished artist of both words and images. After his retirement she began attending the Old Ship/First Parish in Hingham. Deedee was an active participant in the Unitarian Society of Ridgewood, and Second Parish congregation in Hingham, MA, when Paul was called to serve there. She moved with her family to Ridgewood, New Jersey in 1992 and then to the Boston area in 2005. She grew up in Greenwich Village and lived much of her life in New York City. Her grandmother called her “Chickadee” and her rendering – “Deedee” – became the name she used for the rest of her life. She passed away at their home in Scituate, Massachusetts, surrounded by her husband and sons.ĭeedee was born Julia Teresa Agee on November 7, 1946. Deedee Agee, 69, wife of Reverend Paul Sprecher, died October 1, 2016, after a four-month struggle with cancer.
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