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CLAREMONT, New Hampshire — A graveside service will be held at the Baker Hill Cemetery, Bridgewater Corners on June 27 at 1 p.m. for Theodore Lawrence Carbino, Sr., (Ted) 85, who went to be with the Lord on May 16 surrounded by his daughters and granddaughters.
He had lived in the following towns of East Barnard, Quechee, Taftsville, Windsor, and Bridgewater in Vermont and most recently Claremont, New Hampshire before entering the Grafton County Nursing Home in North Haverhill, New Hampshire.
Theodore was born April 28, 1930 on the Woolley Farm in East Barnard, son of Ralph Herman Carbino and Iva Rachel Woolley Carbino.
He attended school in East Barnard until his father gave him permission to join the military at age 17. While in the Army he served stateside during the Korean War.
After leaving the military he drove his first new car, a ‘52 Chevy Coupe, cross-country from Washington state to Vermont.
He worked at the Bridgewater Woolen Mill and then Cone and Blanchard Machine shop in Windsor, where he worked for over 30 years until retirement.
He enjoyed fishing, hunting, playing the banjo, violin and harmonica, riding his many motorcycles, camping out, reading newspapers, trips to New York State in his Lincoln, visiting his children and grandchildren, Rachel’s banana bread and Cindy’s apple pie, story telling, spending time with his son, Theodore Carbino, Jr. and sharing his faith in Jesus.
He is survived by his sons, Francis L. Carbino, of East Barnard, Theodore L. Carbino, Jr. of White River Jct, and Donald D. Carbino of South Royalton; two daughters, Cindy L. Picknell of North Haverhill, New Hampshire, and Rachel A. Luce of Orford, New Hampshire; a step-daughter, Debbie Seymour of Mt. Airy, Virginia; also grandchildren Barbara, Brian, Heidi, Thomas, Bethany, Billy, Curtis, Kristen, Katelyn, Maegan, Macey, Amanda, Stuart; and 16 great-grandchildren.
He was predeceased by his first wife, Barbara Francis Lord Carbino; two daughters, Sheila and Colleen Carbino; his parents; an infant brother, Frank; and a son James Joseph Carbino.
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AYER, Massachusetts — Marianne Farrall Wood, 86, died June 13 at Apple Valley Center, where she had lived for the past three years. Interment will be held in Groton Cemetery in Groton, Massachusetts.
She was born in Arlington, Massachusetts on April 6, 1929, daughter of Byron and Beatrice (Woods) Farrall.
She grew up on a family farm with cherished horses Black Beauty, Starlight, and White Wing, who gave riding lessons with her. She graduated from Groton High School. She was a registered nurse, having graduated from New England Deaconess School of Nursing in Boston on Sept. 3, 1950.
She married Harry Wood on Aug. 18, 1951, in Groton and they raised their children in Ayer.
She loved animals and enjoyed a second family of German Shepherds who won ribbons and trophies for obedience and show. She was secretary of the Tracking Club of Massachusetts. She also loved horses, canaries, and aquarium fish.
She was a creative and talented knitter and crocheter, artist (oils and sketches), and rug hooker. She sewed many of her children’s clothes. She loved orchids and African violets.
She is survived by three daughters, Marilyn Daudelin and husband, Dennis of Bradenton, Florida, Patricia Hall of Ayer, and Kimberly Wood of Hartland; and one grandson, Michael Hall of Shirley, Massachusetts.
She was predeceased by her husband of 45 years in 1996; a son-in-law Howard Hall in January 2015; two brothers, Byron Farrall, Jr. and George Farrall; and many beloved German Shepherds.
Arrangements are under the direction of Anderson and Son Funeral Home in Ayer, Massachusetts. For additional information please call 978-772-2355 or visitwww.andersonfuneral.com.
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SOUTH ROYALTON — A graveside service will be held Wednesday, June 24 at 11:30 a.m. at the Vermont Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Randolph Center for George E. Brown, Jr., 92, who died June 13 at the V.A. Medical Center in White River Jct., after a period of failing health.
He was born Aug. 9, 1922, in Roxbury, Maine. He left school at an early age to join the U.S. Army during World War II. He proudly served as a Tech Sargent with the Army Corp. of Engineers.
On Nov. 20, 1948, he married Marcella Baker of South Royalton.
They lived in southern New Hampshire before moving back to South Royalton in 1978. For several years they wintered at their daughter’s home in Florida. On May 26, 2011, George lost his wife of 62 years. He had thoughtfully cared for her for many years before her death.
He had worked as a truck driver and terminal manager for many years and locally he had worked for S.D. Clark and L.F. Trottier and Son, both of South Royalton.
He was a member of V.F.W. Post #2571 and the American Legion Post #26 both of White River Jct.
He enjoyed gardening, reading, playing cards with his family, working, hunting and feeding the birds.
He is survived by four daughters, Kathleen Reed and her husband, David of Merritt Island, Florida, Gail MacKenney and her husband, Richard of Milford, New Hampshire, LuAnn Bingham and her husband, Steve and Lisa Enright and her husband, Michael, all of South Royalton; 15 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.
He was predeceased by his wife, Marcella Brown; and a sister, Endelda Fredette.
Memorial contributions may be made to the VA Hospice Room, c/o VAMC, 215 North Main Street, White River Jct., VT 05009.
Arrangements are under the direction of the Boardway & Cilley Funeral Home in Chelsea, Vt.
A private message of sympathy for the family can be shared at www.boardwayandcilley.com.

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SPRINGFIELD – A graveside service was held June 17 at Oakland Cemetery in Springfield for Doris S. Zaleski, 91, who died June 10 at the Historic Homes of Runnemede in Windsor. Rev. Connie Moser officiated.
She was born May 14, 1924, in Windsor, daughter of Alva P. and Marion A. (Pratt) Estey.
She attended elementary school in Plainfield, New Hampshire and middle school and high school in Springfield.
On July 19, 1941, she married Steven Zaleski in Winchendon, Massachusetts. He predeceased her on August 14, 2002.
She was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother. She loved caring for and spending time with her family.
She loved the outdoors and would be outside as much as possible. She enjoyed gardening, coin collecting, bottle digging on Sunday afternoons. She loved animals and playing the lottery, developing many of her own systems for picking the numbers.
She is survived by one son, Steven J. Zaleski of Charlestown, New Hampshire; and one daughter, Joy Regan of Springfield; two grandchildren; two step-grandchildren; nieces, nephews and cousins.
She was predeceased by her parents; her husband; two brothers Donald Estey and Alva Bill Estey; and by two sisters Agnes Estey and Marjorie Estey.
Contributions may be made in her memory to Springfield Humane Society, 401 Skitchewaug Trail, Springfield, 05156, or to First Congregational Church UCC, 77 Main St. Springfield, 05156.
Arrangements are under the direction of Davis Memorial Chapel in Springfield.
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HARTLAND — A graveside memorial service will be held at the Hartford Cemetery in White River Jct., on Friday, June 19 at 11 a.m. for Charles E. Beauregard, 76, who died June 15 at home in Hartland.
He was born Nov. 8, 1938, in Haverhill, Massachusetts, a son of Kenneth F. and Annie P. (Clow) Beauregard.
Charlie grew up and attended school in Bridgewater.
He worked briefly as a waiter at the Woodstock Inn before serving in the U.S. Navy from 1955 until his honorable discharge in 1957. After returning from the service, Charlie began driving for Gays, Holmes and Goring and continued on for 27 years as it became Holmes Transportation. After they went out of business he drove for Coles Express, Viking Freight and retired from Land Air Express. During his retirement he drove school bus in Hartland.
Charlie was married to Mary Gardner in June 11, 1977, in Laurel, Maryland. They moved to Hartland in 1986 where they built their home together in 1989 and have lived since.
Charlie loved hunting for deer and moose as well as fishing. He attended fly fishing school at Orvis in Manchester and especially enjoyed fishing Knapp Pond in Reading. He also enjoyed antique cars, particularly his 1928 Willey’s Whippet that was registered on the Willys-Overland-Knight Registry.
Charlie leaves his wife of 38 years, Mary, of Hartland; three daughters Terri-Lynn Picard of Lempster, New Hampshire, Michelle Webster of Bennington, and Dawn Stevens of Newport, New Hampshire; five grandchildren, Troy, Brandy, Jennifer, Alex and Sam; four great-grandchildren; and a sister, Beverly Wheelock of Boston, Massachusetts; and several nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews.
He was predeceased by his parents; a daughter Robin Beauregard; and five brothers Pearly, Kenneth, and Stanley Beauregard and Earl and Bill Patterson.
Condolences may be expressed to Charlie’s family in an online guestbook at www.knightfuneralhomes.com.
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EAST BARNARD — A small memorial service was held June 8 at Putney Vale Crematorium, London for Eric M. Maynard, 85, who passed away on May 23, at his home in London, England, his daughters by his side. Although he lived most of his life in other countries, Eric’s heart was always in London.
He was born on May 30, 1929, in Bromley, England, Eric’s youth was spent being a mischievous lad in various parts of London, many adventures taking place with his lifelong friend, Michael Kent, whom Eric had met during his school days attending Highgate School in London.
World War II was a watershed event in Eric’s life. He often told how he and Mike would go out searching for aluminum parts from bombs that had exploded during the Blitz, then selling those aluminum parts to scrap dealers. Along with his brother John, Eric was twice evacuated from London during the War, becoming lifelong friends with one of the families he was lodged with in Banbury.
Upon leaving Highgate, Eric started his working career in the insurance industry, beginning as an office runner for Alexander Howden and Company, a firm at Lloyd’s. He made the most of his youth in London, often attending the theatre after work, then walking home sometimes in those London fogs known as “pea soupers.”
During a walking holiday in Scotland, Eric met his future wife, Carolien (Chica) Powers, who was also on a walking holiday, at Loch Lomond. Eric emigrated to America in 1951, for two reasons: to begin a new career with the General Re, and to marry Chica on March 1, 1952.
Eric and Chica started married life in Brooklyn, where their first child, Clive Trevor, was born in 1954. Shortly after Clive’s birth, Eric moved his young family to Cos Cob, Connecticut where his three daughters were born, Carolien H. (Carrie), Heather and Robin. In the early ’60s, Eric was sent to Sydney, Australia to open an office for the General Re. After three years spent in a land he came to love greatly, Eric then returned to the U.S. Pelham Manor, New York, became home for Eric and Chica, with free time being spent in Vermont.
Eric retired as Senior Vice President from the General Reinsurance Corporation in the early 1980’s. After his retirement, he was commissioned by the corporation and completed writing The History of the General Reinsurance Corporation. Following this achievement, Eric became the CEO of Cologne Reinsurance’s US subsidiary. He was in this post for two years. In his retirement, Eric acted as a respected and effective adjudicator in several reinsurance industry disputes.
Eric and Chica moved to their farm Maple Grove in East Barnard permanently in 1994. He was predeceased by his son, Clive, in 1980 and his wife, Chica, in 2009.
He is survived by his three daughters, Carrie Maynard and Heather Leavitt (and husband Randy), of East Barnard, and Robin Maynard Seaver, of London; two grandsons, Asa Leavitt (and Laura) of East Barnard and Simon (and Amber) Leavitt of Bennington; and one great-grandchild, Calvin Leavitt.
Donations in his memory should be made to the charity of one’s choice.

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Norman Whitcomb

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Dee Montgomery

Memorial donations may be made to the Diane M. Montgomery Killington Scholarship Foundation., C/O Killington Elementary School, 686 Schoolhouse Road, Killington, Vermont 05751.
Arrangements are under the direction of the Cabot Funeral Home in Woodstock, Vermont.
An online guest book can be found at cabotfh.com

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CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina — A memorial service will be held on Tuesday, June 30 at 1 p.m. at the Veteran’s Memorial Cemetery in East Randolph for Robert Lee Mills who died Feb. 28 at Hero’s Way Hospice, VA Hospital, Durham, North Carolina.
He was born June 20, 1947 in Waterbury, Connecticut.
Robert was a 30-year resident of Hartland.
He proudly served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam Conflict, TAD U.S. Marines. He was a Professional rescue skier at Haystack/MT Snow, Pico, Killington and Assistant Patrol leader Mad River Glenn until retirement due to illness in 1985.
During this time he was an avid coach at Suicide Six with the Ski-Runners. In the summer he was a builder on both his own property, as well as other client’s in and around the Upper Valley.
He is survived by one daughter, Jessica Hunt-Mills Baker, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; as well as his wife of 43 years, Gail Anne Gamler Mills who is also from Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

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WEST LEBANON, New Hampshire — A memorial service will be held at the West Lebanon Congregational Church on Aug. 9 at 2 p.m. for William (Bill) H. Mitchell, 93, who died June 26, 2015, in Woodstock.
He was a devoted husband to his wife, Carolyn, who passed in 2011, a loving father to his children, Perry and his wife, Brenda of Flagstaff, Arizona and Mary and her husband, Ray Chin of Thetford; five grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
Bill was born in Acworth, New Hampshire in 1921.
He graduated from Vilas High School in Alstead and then studied agriculture at the University of New Hampshire. During WW II he was a fighter pilot, serving with the 14th air force (the Flying Tigers) in China.
Upon his return home he became the Headmaster of Henniker High School, where he met the love of his life, Carolyn Steele, who was the English teacher. They were married in 1947. Bill returned to UNH and earned his Masters Degree in Agronomy. He then went to the University of Delaware where he worked as an extension agent and taught Agronomy and Soil Science. He earned his PhD in Agronomy from Penn State University in 1961. Bill retired from the University of Delaware as a Professor Emeritus in 1984. He then worked as a consultant in the waste management industry, expanding the use of municipal compost in a variety of applications.
In 1994, Bill and Carolyn moved to West Lebanon, New Hampshire where they were very active members of the community.
Bill and Carolyn were members of the Methodist Church in Newark, Delaware and the Congregational Church in West Lebanon.
An online guest book is available to leave a message of condolence by visiting www.rickerfuneralhome.com.

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BROWNSVILLE — A memorial service will be held Tuesday, July 7 at 11 a.m. at the Bow Baptist Church in Weathersfield Bow for Ellen R. K. Lemire, 67, a longtime resident of Brownsville, who passed away June 26 at the Valley Regional Hospital in Claremont, New Hampshire. Rev. Walter McDaniels, Pastor will officiate. Committal services will be held at a later date in the Brownsville Cemetery in West Windsor.
She was born March 4, 1948, in New London, Connecticut, daughter of Raymond and Ruby Jo (Reeves) Kennedy.
She received her schooling in Connecticut and went on to earn her Bachelors Degree. She attended the Windsor Mountain School in Lenox, Massachusetts in June of 1966.
She married Wayne A. Lemire on Aug. 4, 1973 in Windsor.
Ellen had a true love of horses beginning as a very young girl. She also taught and did ceramics at her own studio in Brownsville for 28 years. She was a licensed practitioner and proudly worked with and assisted brain injured persons, many being very successful cases. She had her own 4-H Club and taught young teenagers how to ride horses. She chaperoned a busload of teenagers to the Kentucky 4-H Round-Up for competition.
Mrs. Lemire loved flowers, cats and dogs. She also had a room in their home where she made many beautiful cards over of period of several years. She was fond of collecting dolls and proudly displayed them in a room at their home.
She is survived by her husband of 41 years, Wayne A. Lemire of Brownsville.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Lucy Mackenzie Humane Society at PO Box 702, Brownsville, VT 05037.
The Knight Funeral Home in Windsor assisted with the arrangements. Condolences may be expressed to her husband in an online guestbook at www.knightfuneralhomes.com

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Private services will be held at a later date for Sallie Kenefick Otto, 92, who died peacefully at Woodstock Terrace on Wednesday, June 24.
Mrs. Otto was born in Buffalo, New York, and lived there for most of her life. Both of her grandfathers and her father were prominent Buffalo lawyers; her paternal grandfather, Daniel J. Kenefick, was a judge on the New York Supreme Court.
She attended Franklin and Park Schools in Buffalo, and the Foxhollow School in Lenox, Massachusetts.
She married her first husband, John Sterling Deans III, also of Buffalo, in 1946, who died in 1958. She was married to radio talk show host John Otto III, another Buffalo native, for 41 years until his death in 1999.
In Buffalo, Mrs. Otto was a member of the Garret Club, and a strong supporter of both the Albright-Knox Art Gallery and the Buffalo Bills. She was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church there.
She first came to know and love the Upper Valley as a young girl at Interlaken Camp for Girls, which was originally in Croydon, New Hampshire, then in Sharon. In 1980, Mrs. Otto built a house in Sharon, where she and her family enjoyed many happy summers. She moved to Woodstock in 1999 and enjoyed connecting with the community of St. James Episcopal Church there.
A lifelong lover of art, animals and flowers, she derived great pleasure from a succession of family cats and dogs, as well as from her gardening pursuits.
She is survived by her youngest sister, Angeline Kenefick Fryer of Buffalo; as well as by her daughter, Dottie and her partner Lydia Spitzer, of North Pomfret, her daughter, Sallie Deans-Lake, and her husband, Kevin Lake of Northampton, Massachusetts; her son, Anthony Otto, of Wilder, a stepson J. Nicholas Otto and his wife, Anita, of Arlington, Virginia; and six adult grandchildren.
The family would like to thank the dedicated personal caregivers at Woodstock Terrace especially Michelle Gabardi and Candy Barr.
Arrangements are under the direction of the Cabot Funeral Home in Woodstock. An online guest book can be found at cabotfh.com.

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WEATHERSFIELD — A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, July 2 at the Weathersfield Center in Weathersfield for John Dean Wright, Jr.
He was born in Brookline, Massachusetts, the youngest of three children born to John Dean Wright and Edith Maude (Hammond) Wright, both born and raised in Vermont.
He grew up in Newtonville, Massachusetts attending Newton High School. During his high school years he took both piano and voice lessons and developed a life-long love of classical music. He also joined the glee club and was on the stage crew where he became interested in drama.
John attended Dartmouth College and was a member of the Dartmouth Glee Club. While at college he attended a conference in Northfield, Massachusetts where he met Frances Kohl who was also attending from Mt. Holyoke and who later became his wife and the love of his life.
The year he graduated from college was also the year he and Fran were married and he obtained a commission in the Navy. He was first assigned to the Port Director’s Office in Wood’s Hole, then later New Bedford and finally to the 7th Fleet in the Philippines.
After World War II, he received Master’s and Doctorate degrees in American History at Columbia University. Upon graduation, he obtained a position at Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky, where he spent his entire teaching career, both as professor and chairman of the History Dept. He loved the small campus atmosphere and the close contact with his students, some of whom were still in contact with him just last year. While there, he was commissioned to write The History of Transylvania. He also wrote Lexington Heart of the Bluegrass and collaborated on Lexington, A Century in Photographs. While in Lexington Fran and John were very active in the Presbyterian church and several community organizations.
In 1985, John and Fran retired to his family farm in Vermont, where they became very involved with the Weathersfield Center and the Weathersfield Historical Society. He loved the area and the feeling of family history he had here.
He will be missed for his outstanding instruction in the history of Western Civilization, his love and sharing of beautiful music, his gentle demeanor and his integrity, generosity of spirit and unpretentious yet superior intellect. He had an unmatched understanding of the human condition and it’s relationship to spirituality and preached many sermons on this subject.
He is survived by his wife of 73 years, Frances; two daughters, Beverly Boardman and Judith Holt; two grandchildren, Ivan Lee Holt IV and Mary Frances Holt; and three great-grandchildren, Kelsey Lauren Holt, Alexander Lee Holt and William Dean Holt.
We would like to thank Chris DeCamp and all her wonderful caring staff for their complete and loving nursing care for John in the last months at his home.
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CHESTER – George Robert (Bob) Fraser, 83, died on June 22 due to Mesothelioma.
He was born Oct. 1, 1931 in Amherst, New Hampshire, son of Annie (Bray) and Daniel Joseph Fraser.
He graduated from Milford High School and entered the Navy achieving the rank of Machinist Mate 2nd class.
In 1954 he married Mary Drew. After graduation from Keene State Teacher’s College he taught Industrial Arts in Hollis, New Hampshire and at Riverside Junior High in Springfield.
Bob ran a successful antiques business with his wife. Together they managed antiques shows, restored houses and restored an 1840’s barn in Chester. Bob was an avid hunter and fisherman, and a prolific gardener.
Bob is survived by Mary his wife of 61 years; children Lissa Fraser Fernandez (David), Stephen Fraser (Anita), Donna Fraser-Leary (Dean), Kate Fraser, and a Swiss AFS daughter Sandra Fankhauser Azam. Also by two brothers, Daniel (Margaret), Richard (Karen), a sister Nancy Fraser, five grandchildren: Nathan (Angela), Alexander (Brittany), Ben, Leon (Lauren) and Robyn, and three great-grandchildren: Kelsie, Kya, and Skye Fraser.
He was predeceased by his parents; and a grandson Jason Fraser.
Instead of flowers, contributions may be made to the Springfield Humane Society, 401 Skitchewaug Trail, Springfield, 05156; Chester-Andover Family Center, 908 VT Rte. 103 South, Chester, 05143; or to Visiting Nurse and Hospice of VT and NH, 66 Benning St, West Lebanon, N.H. 03784.

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HARTLAND — A graveside service will be held on Sunday, July 12 at 11 a.m. at the Hartland cemetery for Calvin E. Murphy, Sr., 75, who passed away peacefully June 25 at the Springfield Health and Rehabilitation Center in Springfield surrounded by his family. A gathering will follow the graveside services at the Hartland Recreation.
He was born Nov. 26, 1939, in Hartland, where he also attended school, before enlisting in the United States Marine Corps.
He is survived by his wife of 49 years, Dorothy (Johnson) Murphy; daughter, Veronica Turner of Concord, New Hampshire, son, Larry Brown of Kansas City, Missouri, daughter, Bonnie Brown of Canon City, Colorado, son, Calvin Murphy Jr. of Loudon, New Hampshire, son, Oliver Murphy of Hartland; many grandchildren; and great-grandchildren; and two brothers, Weldon and Dean Murphy.
Calvin was predeceased by his parents Oliver Murphy of Hartland and Alice (Shute) Bagley of Penacook, New Hampshire; three brothers, Mahlon, Carleton Sr., Rodney; and a sister, Phyllis Murphy.
For many years he was employed by Capital Fire Protection in Loudon, New Hampshire, later by John L. Carter and Son in Bow, New Hampshire.
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SHERWOOD FOREST, Maryland — Anne Granducci Purvis, long of Sherwood Forest, Maryland, has taken leave of this life. She did it with the grace and dignity that marked everything she did while on this Earth. On Tuesday, June 16, she met Charon at Main Pier and paid for her crossing with a bucket full of sunnies and soft crabs.
She began her life on Nov. 16, 1936 at Columbia Hospital for Women in Washington, D.C. She was greeted by her parents, the late Mildred Marstella Reynolds and Oeveste Santi Granducci, as well as her protector and beloved brother, the late Joseph Santi Granducci.
It was a youth spent in a whirl of extended family, the shadow of WWII, and the light of the fifties.
Following her graduation from Sidwell Friends School, she enrolled at the University of Maryland where she determinedly graduated in three years in order to marry Samuel Martin Purvis III (Pete), Captain USN (Ret.), in 1957. Although their marriage ended in divorce, she dutifully fulfilled her Navy-wife responsibilities while raising their three children. Anne found love and happiness again after her 40 Sidwell Friend’s class reunion where she reconnected with a childhood friend who predeceased her, and again, with her adoring companion, Harvey Casbarian.
While raising her children, she earned a Masters in Early Childhood Education from California Lutheran College in Thousand Oaks, California. Teaching would be a lifelong vocation before and after she retired from Rolling Knolls Elementary in Annapolis, Maryland. After retirement, she continued to touch children’s lives as a tutor and as Playground Camp Director during several summers at Sherwood Forest Club.
Through it all, she kept her sense of humor, purpose, and responsibility. Her amazing ability to look fully in control at all times led to, in short, the Atlantic Crossing and European summer with two little boys in ’66; the claim of masterful downhill driver on Pike’s Peak on the cross-country trip of ’69; turning a sow’s ear into a silk purse in ’74; and the Mammoth Mountain incident in ’75.
Nothing, however, tops her will and determination to stave off metastatic breast cancer for over five years with the help of Dr. Taksey at Anne Arundel Medical Center, whom she literally entrusted with her life, and with whom she truly enjoyed monthly bantering. Just as beautiful with hair, as without, her grit determination through the pain, agony, and indignity shone through at all times. Her passing was assisted by Visiting Angels and Hospice of the Chesapeake who were truly wonderful and comforting to her family who remained by her side.
As many do Anne Purvis fell in love with Woodstock. On her frequent visits to see her son, Samuel M Purvis IV (Mike), his wife Lisa and their son Min, she enjoyed having tea at the Woodstock Inn; strolling the aisles of Gillingham’s and Woodstock Farmer’s Market, and looking for books at the Shiretown and Yankee Bookstores. And, of course, for memory she populated her charm bracelet with a silver Middle Bridge charm. Listen carefully for her footsteps and to the memories of those that have visited you.
She is survived by her children and their families: Samuel Martin Purvis IV (Mike), his wife Lisa Anne Moore and their son Samuel Martin Purvis V (Min) of Woodstock; Joseph Scott Purvis, his wife Mary Kathryn Keahon and their two children, Hannah Marie Purvis and Joseph Scott Purvis Jr. of Arlington, Virginia; and Mathann Elizabeth Purvis, her husband Daniel Paul Jackson, and step-children Bryce H. and Clayton F. Jackson of Falls Church, Virginia.
The sun set on June 16, 2015 on the Severn just a bit slower, just a little longer to light Anne’s way to be with her beloved mother and to paint the evening sky with the beauty she doled out so unselfishly. She will be missed by many, but just look to the evening sky—she will always be there.
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STUART, Florida — Albert C. Eiselein, Jr. passed away June 27 in Stuart, Florida.
He is survived by his wife, Kathleen, three daughters Jane, of Dedham, Massachusetts, Emily, of New York, New York, and Ann, of Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, and sons-in-law, Chris Larsen and Mark Miller.
He was predeceased by his parents, Albert and Beatrice, and his sister, Mary Jane.
Bert was born and raised in Cincinnati, and graduated from St. Xavier High School in 1947, and earned his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Cincinnati.
After retiring, he and his wife moved to Woodstock. Bert was a devoted advocate and trusted advisor to his many clients, and served them for over 40 years.
His love for his family rose above all else. From driving each of his daughters to school on their special day, teaching them to sail, planning vacations that were sure to be educational, his involvement with his daughters was the focal point of his life.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to a charity of your choosing.

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A full obituary will appear at a later date for Ann Jean Thomas, 88, who died peacefully July 7, at the Mertens House in Woodstock.
Arrangements are under the direction of the Cabot Funeral Home in Woodstock.