Laura Johansson, owner of Fenwick Grove Riding Academy, died Feb. 9 after a sudden illness. She was 47.

Mrs. Johansson was born in Montreal, Que., and moved to Woodstown, N.J., 18 years ago.

She was the owner of Fenwick Grove Riding Academy, where she pursued her lifelong passion of dressage riding, instruction and training. She was also active within the local 4-H community and handicapped riding programs.

Quincey, an accomplished international driving horse, died in a pasture accident on Jan. 22. He was 16.

Born in Belgium in 1993, Quincey was the result of a breeding arranged by Felix Brasseur, world champion four-in-hand driver.

Janet Polk Read, a show horse owner and dedicated supporter of the hunter/jumper community, died on Feb. 5 from heart complications. She was 64.

Mrs. Read was born in Detroit, Mich., and lived in Pacific Palisades, Calif., and Bloomfield Hills, Mich., before moving to Wellington, Fla., in 1995.

Long-time Radnor Hunt (Pa.) senior master and president of the Bryn Mawr Hound Show, Frank Hastings “Terry” Griffin III, of Devon, Pa., died of heart failure on Dec. 31. He was 62.

Elizabeth Cromwell Bosley Bird, the first woman to train a Maryland Hunt Cup winner, died on Dec. 30. She was 81.

Mrs. Bird was born in Monkton, Md., the heart of Maryland steeplechase country, and raised at Fox Hill Farm where she started riding as a small child.