Fernanda de Mohrenschildt Hastie, of Magnolia Plantation and Gardens, died peacefully in her sleep Monday night. She was 94.
She was born March 1, 1919, in New York City, the only child of Nona Hazelhurst McAdoo and Baron Ferdinand de Mohrenschildt.
Her father, the second secretary to the Russian Embassy, died during an influenza epidemic of 1919, only days after her birth. Her maternal grandfather, William Gibbs McAdoo, was a U.S. senator from California and was secretary of the Treasury under President Woodrow Wilson.
After graduating from Miss Hewitt's School in New York, Fernanda studied art history in Florence, Italy. In 1941 she married John Drayton Hastie, whose family has owned Magnolia Gardens since 1676. At the end of World War II they moved to Charleston.
In 1975 the Hasties opened the main house at Magnolia to the public for the first time. Gail Lang, a local writer, once said, "Drayton and Fernanda Hastie take exceptional personal pride in their lands. Mrs. Hastie can often be seen with her basket lovingly clipping a favored flower." Hastie was an animal lover and an avid birdwatcher who enjoyed reading weekly updates on the birds spotted at Magnolia.
Surviving are her son, her daughter, two granddaughters, three grandsons, and 10 great-grandchildren.
She was born March 1, 1919, in New York City, the only child of Nona Hazelhurst McAdoo and Baron Ferdinand de Mohrenschildt.
Her father, the second secretary to the Russian Embassy, died during an influenza epidemic of 1919, only days after her birth. Her maternal grandfather, William Gibbs McAdoo, was a U.S. senator from California and was secretary of the Treasury under President Woodrow Wilson.
After graduating from Miss Hewitt's School in New York, Fernanda studied art history in Florence, Italy. In 1941 she married John Drayton Hastie, whose family has owned Magnolia Gardens since 1676. At the end of World War II they moved to Charleston.
In 1975 the Hasties opened the main house at Magnolia to the public for the first time. Gail Lang, a local writer, once said, "Drayton and Fernanda Hastie take exceptional personal pride in their lands. Mrs. Hastie can often be seen with her basket lovingly clipping a favored flower." Hastie was an animal lover and an avid birdwatcher who enjoyed reading weekly updates on the birds spotted at Magnolia.
Surviving are her son, her daughter, two granddaughters, three grandsons, and 10 great-grandchildren.
Fernanda de Mohrenschildt Hastie, of Magnolia Plantation and Gardens, died peacefully in her sleep Monday night. She was 94.
She was born March 1, 1919, in New York City, the only child of Nona Hazelhurst McAdoo and Baron Ferdinand de Mohrenschildt.
Her father, the second secretary to the Russian Embassy, died during an influenza epidemic of 1919, only days after her birth. Her maternal grandfather, William Gibbs McAdoo, was a U.S. senator from California and was secretary of the Treasury under President Woodrow Wilson.
After graduating from Miss Hewitt's School in New York, Fernanda studied art history in Florence, Italy. In 1941 she married John Drayton Hastie, whose family has owned Magnolia Gardens since 1676. At the end of World War II they moved to Charleston.
In 1975 the Hasties opened the main house at Magnolia to the public for the first time. Gail Lang, a local writer, once said, "Drayton and Fernanda Hastie take exceptional personal pride in their lands. Mrs. Hastie can often be seen with her basket lovingly clipping a favored flower." Hastie was an animal lover and an avid birdwatcher who enjoyed reading weekly updates on the birds spotted at Magnolia.
Surviving are her son, her daughter, two granddaughters, three grandsons, and 10 great-grandchildren.
She was born March 1, 1919, in New York City, the only child of Nona Hazelhurst McAdoo and Baron Ferdinand de Mohrenschildt.
Her father, the second secretary to the Russian Embassy, died during an influenza epidemic of 1919, only days after her birth. Her maternal grandfather, William Gibbs McAdoo, was a U.S. senator from California and was secretary of the Treasury under President Woodrow Wilson.
After graduating from Miss Hewitt's School in New York, Fernanda studied art history in Florence, Italy. In 1941 she married John Drayton Hastie, whose family has owned Magnolia Gardens since 1676. At the end of World War II they moved to Charleston.
In 1975 the Hasties opened the main house at Magnolia to the public for the first time. Gail Lang, a local writer, once said, "Drayton and Fernanda Hastie take exceptional personal pride in their lands. Mrs. Hastie can often be seen with her basket lovingly clipping a favored flower." Hastie was an animal lover and an avid birdwatcher who enjoyed reading weekly updates on the birds spotted at Magnolia.
Surviving are her son, her daughter, two granddaughters, three grandsons, and 10 great-grandchildren.
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