Josephine Minow (1926-2022) | Tributes

While her husband worked in government in Washington D.C., Ms. Baskin Minow left her mark in the country’s capital, too. She helped create the Hospitality and Information Service (T.H.I.S.), operating out of the Department of State, which welcomes diplomats and their families to D.C. and helps them navigate stays in the capital.

“Hilariously funny,” until the end of her life, Nell Minow said her mother would often quote Bette Davis, saying, “old age isn’t for sissies.”

“We’d say, ‘well good thing you’re not a sissy, you seem to be handling it pretty well,’” Nell Minow said.

Between board meetings and events alongside powerful political figures, Ms. Baskin Minow found time to chronicle her family’s life in scrapbooks. She had ones dedicated to each of her daughter’s lives, their family, Newton’s career and more — totaling 70 volumes that she donated to the Chicago History Museum, Nell Minow said.

“She was unbelievably meticulous,” Nell Minow said. “She updated them constantly, and they’re just treasure troves.”

Ms. Baskin Minow is survived by her husband and their three daughters, whom she dubbed “the three Portias” — Nell, Martha, and Mary. She’s also remembered by her two sons-in-law, David Apatoff and Joseph Singer, and three grandchildren, Benjamin and Rachel Apatoff and Mira Singer, and Rachel’s husband, Scott Collette.

Services will be private. In lieu of flowers, her family suggests donations to preferred charities.

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