Stephanie Townsend Head of Weston, wife of the late Ralph Dudley Head Jr., died Feb. 26 at Norwalk Hospital. She was 93.
Born in Cambridge, Mass., the daughter of the late William Henry Townsend and Dorothy Dwight Hutchison, she was a 1941 graduate of Bennington College. She received her M.S. degree in early childhood education from Southern Connecticut State University in 1975.
She was deeply involved in the field of early childhood education, as founder of the Hilltop After School Program, and the Norfield Children’s Center in Weston. She served as director of Weston Cooperative Nursery School, Bolton Pre-School and Norfield Nursery School.
She continued as director at Norfield Nursery School for 23 years until her retirement in 1985.