Toshi Seeger, 91, Co-Founder of Clearwater

Toshi Seeger died July 10 at her home in Beacon. She was 91.

"Toshi-Aline Ohta Seeger co-founded Hudson River Sloop Clearwater with husband, musician and activist, Pete Seeger in 1966," Clearwater officials said in an obituary on their website. "Toshi was involved with Clearwater in multiple ways from the organization’s beginnings and helped to steer the various folk concerts and events, including Pumpkin Sail and the early incarnations of the Clearwater Festival. She was active in the development of what has been known as the Great Hudson River Revival for 35 years, a music and environmental festival that welcomes over 20,000 visitors to Croton Point Park in Westchester County, NY each year."

Ms. Seeger met her husband, the musician and activist, in New York City. According to Sing Out! magazine, which the two founded: 

"She went to the High School of Music and Art, and after a few years of friendship, meeting Pete at square dances around NYC, Pete and Toshi were married in 1943, just before Pete was about to ship out overseas." 

Read the obituary and remembrance on Sing Out! magazine here.