With her partner, Beth Bye, Wilson was also part of the first same-sex couple to marry in Connecticut
WEST HARTFORD, CT – Tracey Wilson may have retired from teaching, but she never stopped educating. And while her death on Sunday leaves a huge hole in her family and for those in the community who grieve the loss of her physical presence, the inspiring legacy of her contributions will live on far into the future.
Wilson, 70, lived with metastatic melanoma for more than eight years, and although at times her health slowed her down, she continued her work in the community well after retiring in 2015 from her long-time job as a history teacher at Conard High School.
Chronicling Wilson’s contributions could fill volumes, and indeed in 2018 she published “Life in West Hartford,” a compilation of more than 140 essays that she originally wrote over the course of 15 years for the news magazine “West Hartford LIFE.” Those essays were a reflection of the way Wilson taught history – not just focusing on what happened in the past, but on the “why” and “how” the past shaped the current day.