Deedee Agee

Deedee Agee, 69, wife of Reverend Paul Sprecher, died October 1, 2016, after a four-month struggle with cancer. She passed away at their home in Scituate, Massachusetts, surrounded by her husband and sons.
Deedee was born Julia Teresa Agee on November 7, 1946.  Her grandmother called her “Chickadee” and her rendering – “Deedee” – became the name she used for the rest of her life. She grew up in Greenwich Village and lived much of her life in New York City. She moved with her family to Ridgewood, New Jersey in 1992 and then to the Boston area in 2005. 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. After his retirement she began attending the Old Ship/First Parish in Hingham.
She was the daughter of the writer James Agee and Mia Agee, and was an accomplished artist of both words and images. Deedee had an MFA in creative writing from Columbia University and was a writer of memoir and essays.  She was awarded a Geraldine R. Dodge Fellowship and membership in the Writer’s Room of Boston. Her writing appeared in DoubleTake magazine as well as in several anthologies.  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.  At the time of her death she was completing a memoir of growing up in Greenwich Village entitled Momentum.  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.
Her calm, loving manner, her wonderful cooking, and her beautiful art and words will be greatly missed by her family and her many friends.
Deedee is survived by her husband Paul; by her three sons, James Bollinger and David and Sean Sprecher; and by her siblings Joel, Andrea, and John Agee. Her memorial service was held at the Old Ship Church, Hingham, MA on Saturday, October 15, 2016. The family asks that contributions in her memory be sent to the South Shore Art Center, 119 Ripley Road, Cohasset, MA 02025. Notes of condolence may be sent to Paul Sprecher, 27 Grove St., Scituate, MA 02066-3210.