Iris M. Soto, 81, of Kennett Square, died Easter Sunday, April 12, at The Friends Home in Kennett, Linden Hall, in Kennett Square.
Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, she was the daughter of the late Isidro Soto and the late Celia Gonzalez. Iris grew up in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, N.Y., and lived there until 2010, with her sister Gloria Soto and her father, Isidro Soto, who died in 2010 at the age of 103. Before moving to Kennett Square, Iris lived in Cranford, N.J. for nine years.
Iris began an artistic career with Norcross Greeting Cards in New York City, then worked for a British advertising agency, BBD&O in NYC, and finished her 45-year career as a commercial graphic artist with the J. Walter Thompson Agency, also in NYC, retiring in 2003. While with J. Walter Thompson, Iris worked on the promotional art for many significant movies, including the theater posters for the first Star Wars film in the late seventies.
Iris was a member of the Soroptimist International, a worldwide women’s organization dedicated to helping women improve their lives. She did volunteer work for the Jewish Guild for the Blind in NYC, was a charter member supporter for the Women in Military Service for America Memorial, and volunteered and did artwork for the Society of the 173rd Airborne Brigade (U.S. Army).
She enjoyed many arts and crafts projects including knitting, making her own greeting cards, and designing clothing. Over her entire life, Iris enjoyed Broadway theater productions, visiting and financially supporting museums, and traveling throughout the United States and overseas. Iris loved sports, best of all professional soccer and her beloved NY Rangers hockey team, where she was a season ticket holder and officer in the Rangers Fan Club for many years. After she retired, Iris made hundreds of colorful scarves that she’d donate during the holidays to children who were seriously ill in the hospital. She was an ordained minister, a spiritual individual, frequently singing, and loved being with her family and friends.
Iris is survived by three sisters, Gloria Soto of Kennett Square, Isabel Soto and her husband Richard Ehrlichman of Avondale, and Maria Pereira of Cranford, N.J.; one niece, Beatrice Pereira of Westfield, N.J., and other loving relatives. Her services will be held at a later date.
To view her online tribute and to share a memory with her family, please visit www.kuzoandfoulkfh.com. Arrangements by the Foulk Funeral Home, West Grove.
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