Celia Kittredge of Tyringham, MA died peacefully on August 28, 2026. She was 97 years old.

Celia was born in Philadelphia in 1928. The daughter of George B. de Gersdorff and Isabel Lawrence de Gersdorff, she lived almost her entire life in Stockbridge and then Tyringham.

Celia graduated from Garrison Forest School in 1946, and in 1949, married Elliott M. Ogden Jr., with whom she had three sons. They divorced in 1959. In 1960, Celia married Charles "Gus" Clucas, with whom she had a daughter, prior to his untimely death in 1963. In 1985, she married James Kittredge, who died in 2000.

Celia was renowned for her beauty, kindness, and boundless enthusiasm. An accomplished tennis player, she was a longtime member of the Stockbridge Golf Club, as well as an avid skier. Celia was for many years the head of girls' athletics at Berkshire Country Day School.

She was deeply involved in various other aspects of the Stockbridge community, including as a member of the town planning board; as chair of annual benefits for the Naumkeag Museum, the historic home in Stockbridge built by her great uncle Joseph Choate; as a corporate trustee of the Trustees of Reservations, the owner of Naumkeag; and as a member of the board of governors of the Boat Club in Lenox.

She is survived by three children, Elliott M. Ogden III of Armonk, NY; Thomas P. Ogden of New York, NY; and Catherine de G. Clucas of Tyringham. Celia is also survived by four grandchildren, George, Sarah, William, and Alexander, and one great-grandchild, Eli. She was predeceased by her young son George de G. Ogden, her grandson Elliott M. Ogden IV, and her husbands.

A memorial service will be held at St. Paul's Church in Stockbridge on Saturday, September 26th at 11AM. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to The Trustees of Reservations or the Tyringham Volunteer Fire Company, in care of the Kelly Funeral Home, 3 Main Street, Lee, MA.