Obituary of Tina Braseth Reinhardt

Tina Reinhardt passed away peacefully during the early morning hours of December 25th at 71 years of age from complications related to Alzheimer’s Disease. She was the beloved wife of forty-four years to Charles J. Reinhardt, and the loving mother of sons Chad and James Reinhardt.  Tina was a long-time resident of Bedford, Massachusetts.

 

She was born at Fort Dix, New Jersey in 1953 when her father was a naval officer assigned to teach celestial navigation at Princeton University.  Tina was raised on Long Island in the town of Garden City, New York where she was active in sports as a tennis player, field hockey midfielder, gymnast and high school cheerleader.  Tina was a foreign exchange student while in high school and served as the goodwill ambassador to the Netherlands.  Tina went on to graduate with honors from Duke University in 1975 and later received a master’s degree in nursing from Boston University. She spent nearly thirty years as nurse practitioner serving the community at leading medical centers in the Boston area and with Concord Hillside Medical Associates.  Tina was board certified in both Adult Medicine and Gerontology. She was also a past president of the Emerson Hospital Auxiliary.

 

Tina found great joy in quilting and her work was featured in exhibitions around New England.  For many years, she was active in the well-known guild of artists known as the Quilters Connection in Watertown, Massachusetts where she was both a long-time member and past president.  Second only to her family was Tina's love for her two Rhodesian Ridgebacks, Tamu and Lily.

 

Tina was predeceased by her parents, Ansel Clinton Braseth and Martha Hall Braseth, formerly of Garden City, New York and New Castle, New Hampshire. She was the loving sister of the late Dr. Peter C. Braseth and Timothy Hall Braseth.