Edwina Worth “Winnie” Hatch of Bridgehampton, Dorset, Vermont, Sacandaga Park, New York, and Manhattan died of complications from lung cancer on November 7 at Southampton Hospital. She was 67.
Born October 29, 1942, in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, to Theron Oscar (“Cy”) Worth of Bridgehampton and Edwina Blank Worth of Cushing, Oklahoma, Ms. Hatch grew up in the River Oaks section of Houston, Texas, and spent every summer of her life in Bridgehampton, where her father was born and raised and remained a part-time resident until his death.
Ms. Hatch was a graduate of Northampton School for Girls in Massachusetts and Marjorie Webster Junior College in Washington, D.C. She earned a certificate in physical education from the University of Oslo, Norway. A superb athlete, she was a ranked tennis player as a child and was a physical education teacher and respected coach at several private girls schools in New York City for more than 25 years.
She and several partners, including her sister, Courtia, won 14 national platform tennis championships in recent years, and she was inducted into the Platform Tennis Hall of Fame in February of this year. Groomed as the consummate sportswoman in her youth at the River Oaks Country Club in Houston, Texas, she was a winning golfer as well and was a stalwart member of the Bridgehampton Club and the Dorset Field Club in Vermont.
After her retirement, Ms. Hatch became a full-time resident of Bridgehampton, which she considered her true home. Survivors said this week that she was grateful for her multitude of friends, many of whom she considered family.
Predeceased by her husband, Raymond Arnold Hatch, she is survived by a son, William Worth Hatch of Manhattan; a daughter, Diana Huntting Hatch of Bridgehampton; a sister, Courtia Jay Worth of Tillson. New York; and a brother Theron Oscar (Toby) Worth of Manhattan; as well as numerous cousins, nieces and nephews, many of whom reside on the East End.
Services will be at St. Ann’s Church in Bridgehampton on Saturday, December 5, at 1:30 p.m., with interment and a reception to follow. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Bridgehampton Child Care Center or the Platform Tennis Hall of Fame would be appreciated by the family.