Anne Morrow Lindbergh Dies

M O N T P E L I E R, Vt., Feb. 7 -- — Anne Morrow Lindbergh, the wife of aviator Charles A. Lindbergh, who became his copilot and wrote extensively about their pioneering adventures in flight, died at her rural Vermont home today. She was 94.

Lindbergh died in her home in Passumpsic about 30 milesnortheast of the state capital, according to her son-in-lawNathaniel Tripp.

Lindbergh, who published 13 books of memoirs, fiction, poems andessays, also lived in a secluded home in Darien, Conn.

A painfully shy woman, she was thrown into the spotlight of herfamous husband immediately after they met in 1927, shortly after hemade his famous solo flight across the Atlantic.

"Mother died quietly in her second home in Vermont with herfamily around here," said Reeve Lindbergh, the youngest of theLindbergh children, in a statement issued by the family foundation.

She soon became her husband's co-pilot, co-navigator and radiooperator. The couple's flights across oceans and around the worldfascinated the American public. Didn't Enjoy the Public Eye

In 1932, the already-famous Lindberghs drew worldwide attentionwhen their first child, 20-month-old Charles Jr., was kidnapped andmurdered.

In an introduction to her journals, she affectionately recalledher famous fiancée as "a knight in shining armor, with myself ashis devoted page."

Charles Lindbergh and Anne Morrow were married on May 27, 1929,in a private ceremony at the Morrow residence in Englewood, N.J.The couple had six children together. Charles Lindbergh died in1974.

From 1929 to 1935, the Lindberghs flew across the United Stateson tours promoting air travel as a safe and convenient method oftransportation.

In 1930, she became the first American woman to get a gliderpilot's license.Important Flight Companion for Husband

On their flights, while her husband sat in the front seat,Lindbergh was in the rear seat, operating the radio and gatheringweather conditions and landing information.