Robert “Bob” Whitney Doubleday

1923 – 2014

Pelham, Robert “Bob” Whitney Doubleday, 91, passed away Sunday Oct. 19, 2014. A private service was held at the Valley Cemetery in Pelham on Oct. 24^th. Born August 22, 1923, in Prescott, MA, he and his family lived in East Greenwich and Prescott until the family was forced to move due to the construction of the Quabbin Reservoir, at that time they moved to Pelham. Bob was an Amherst High School graduate. After high school he became a carpenter. When World War 2 started Bob was inducted into the United States Army Air Force. While in the Air Force he reached the rank of 1^st Lt. He graduated from advanced flight training and became a B24 {Liberator} bomber pilot. He saw action in the Pacific, including Japan, China and Luzon. He was awarded the American Campaign, Asiatic Pacific, Army of Occupation and World War 2 Victory Philippine Liberation Medals. Upon his return from the Air Force he returned to Pelham and continued his career as a carpenter. Over his long career he helped to construct over 50 homes in the Amherst area. In 1948 he married Eileen M. Prescott Doubleday. His hobbies were reading, crossword puzzles and hiking. His passion was playing golf. You could find him on the course all year round if the ground was bare. He leaves behind his ex-wife Eileen, marriage didn’t last but their love, companionship, and friendship and respect for each other lasted forever. He also leaves behind 3 sons and 1 daughter, Robert of Shutesbury, MA, Thomas and Scott of Pelham, MA and Jo-Ann Fitzgerald of Cumberland, RI. He also leaves behind 9 Grandchildren, 10 Great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. The family would like to express its deepest gratitude to Beacon Hospice of Springfield. Any donations to them would be very much appreciated. Obituary and memorial register at www.douglassfuneral.com

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Anthony W. Reynolds, Sr.

 

Sunderland, Anthony W. Reynolds, Sr., 68, of Sunderland, died Friday,

Oct. 24, 2014, at his home. He was the devoted husband of Therese

{Lapointe} Reynolds for 19 wonderful years. Born in Northampton, son of

the late John and Harriet {Blair} Reynolds. Tony had worked as a

Nursing Assistant at the VA Hospital in Leeds until retiring in 2001. 

He loved to do wood turning with his best friend whenever he had time.

In addition to his wife, Therese, he is survived by his four sons and a

foster daughter: Anthony and wife Alicija {Nims}, Shane and Dale

Reynolds, Stephen Kmiecik, and Dianne and husband Steven Ellis. Also,

eight grandchildren: Ashley, Lisa, Austin, Darian, Nicholas, and Allisa

Reynolds, and Liam and Chloe Ellis, and a great-grandson, Brice. He 

leaves a brother John, and his wife Marion, four sisters; Margaret

Bariteau, Eleanor Fisher, Jean McCullough, and Marilyn Nutting; a

brother-in-law Roland Lapointe and his wife Colleen, and three

sisters-in-law, Barbara Reynolds, Marie Durand and Carol Greenwood,

along with several nieces and nephews. He was pre-deceased by two

brothers, Donald and Gerald. Funeral services will be Wednesday, at

9:00 AM from The Douglass Funeral Service, followed by a Mass of

Christian Burial at 10:00 AM in St. Brigid’s Church, Amherst. Calling

hours will be Tuesday, from 4:00 – 7:00 PM. In lieu of flowers memorial

donations may be made to either Hospice of Cooley Dickinson, 168

Industrial Dr., Northampton, MA 01060, or  The V Foundation for Cancer

Research, 106 Towerview Ct., Cary, NC 27513-3595. Obituary and Memorial

Register at www.douglassfuneral.com

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Richard Mason Bunker

1937-2014

 

 

Pelham, Richard Mason Bunker, 77, of Pelham, Massachusetts and Old Orchard Beach, Maine, died Sunday, October 19^th, 2014 at home after a five-year battle with Alzheimer’s. He was the husband of Nancy Moonan Spencer and the son of the late Richard P. Bunker and Edythe F. Bunker. Born in Farmington, Maine, Mason graduated with the class of 1955 from Wilton Academy.

 

Upon graduating from the University of Maine – Farmington with a B.S. in 1959, Mason accepted a fifth grade teaching position in Lewiston, Maine. 

 

In 1965, he received his M.Ed. from the University of Maine – Orono and accepted a position to join the elementary education department of the University of Maine – Gorham where he shared his love and enthusiasm for teaching with future teachers in training.  He graduated from the University of Illinois – Urbana with an Ed.D. in 1970.  He then joined the faculty of the University of Massachusetts – Amherst School of Education’s Integrated Day Elementary Education Program.

 

As a tenured professor, Mason taught graduate courses in brain-based learning that applied principles from the emerging field of neuroscience to help teachers understand how young children learn, create, and process information. He served as a consultant to schools and organizations around the world including those in North America, Europe, China, Australia, and the Caribbean.

 

He received a number of awards and commendations for his work as an educator.  Mason was awarded the University of Massachusetts Distinguished Teacher Award (1974), and a Hays Fulbright Grant to develop multi-cultural curriculum in Trinidad-Tobago and Surinam (1977). Mason also negotiated a faculty exchange program between the University of Massachusetts and Beijing Teachers College in China.

 

Mason had a deep love for music, dance, and musical theatre that extended throughout his life.  Those who knew him well remember him as a kind and thoughtful spirit who brought joy to those he touched through his humor and wit. In their own words, many of his students described him as a mentor and a friend who instilled in them a passion for life-long learning and compassion for all.

 

Mason leaves his wife Nancy Moonan Spencer his son, W.J. Benjamin Bunker of Washington, D.C.   He is also survived by his former wife, Connie Bunker, of Amherst, MA and their three children: Peter Bunker of Wildwood, N.J., Shelly Bunker Paige (wife of Thomas Paige) of Sunderland, MA, and Renée Bunker of Portland, Maine.  Mason will miss his grandson Nathaniel Paige.  In addition, he leaves his brother Joel Bunker (wife Louise) and his brother Ronn Bunker, all of Farmington, Maine, and his Aunt Joan Bonney of Fairport, New York.  His sister, Bonnie Bunker Welch predeceased Mason in 1967. 

 

His memorial service will be at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, November 23, at the Amherst Woman’s Club, 35 Triangle St, Amherst, MA.

 

In lieu of flowers, donations in memory of R. Mason Bunker may be made to the

University of Massachusetts Amherst College of Education Dean’s Scholarship and Fellowship Fund.  Checks may be made out to the University of Massachusetts noting that the gift is made in memory of R. Mason Bunker and mailed to the Fund at U. Mass Amherst. 

 

Donations to honor the memory of R. Mason Bunker may also be mailed to the MA/NH Alzheimer’s Association, 480 Pleasant St, Watertown, MA 02472 or donations can be made at ALZ.org as a memorial gift honoring R. Mason Bunker.

Obituary and memorial register at www.douglassfuneral.com

 

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DORIS H. ROBERTS

 

Leverett, Doris H. (Black) Roberts, 92, of North Leverett, died Tuesday, October 21, 2014, at Baystate Greenfield, surrounded by her children.  She was born on September 12, 1922, in North Leverett, MA, to the late Nathaniel and Margaret (Madge) Leckey Black.  She attended North Leverett Grammar School and Amherst Regional High School.  On May 17, 1941, she married Richard (Dick) H. Roberts (originally from Plainfield), who predeceased her in October of 2000.  They enjoyed 59 years of marriage.  They met while both working for The Watson Family in Moores Corner.  They settled in North Leverett; she worked at the Florence Brush Shop during World War II, while Dick was away at war.  In 1950, they built their home, in which they raised their family and where Doris resided for the remainder of her life.   Her lifetime passions were taking care of her family and home, watching her children and grandchildren play ball, and “fan”atically watching (and “critiquing”) the Red Sox play. 

 

She is survived by her four children:  Cheryl Elligett and her husband, Tom, of Tampa, FL.; Richard and his wife, Ellen, of North Leverett; Randall and his wife, Terrilyn, of North Leverett; Candace Jernigan and her husband, John, of North Leverett; 12 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren.  Doris was predeceased by brothers, James and Harold Black and sister, Eileen Wetherby, all formerly of North Leverett.

 

Her family is appreciative and would like to thank her caregivers for their loving dedication in assisting her during the past year.

 

A memorial service will be held at The North Leverett Baptist Church, at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, October 25, 2014, with Pastor Verne Williams officiating. Burial will follow in Plainview Cemetery, with a reception to follow at The North Leverett Baptist Church.  There will be no calling hours. 

 

Donations in Doris’ memory may be made to The North Leverett Baptist Church, 70 North Leverett Road, North Leverett, MA  01054.

Arrangements are under the direction of Douglass Funeral Service, 87 N. Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA.; web www.douglassfuneral.com.

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Adele Marie Prinzivalli

 

1929 – 2014

Amherst, Adele Prinzivalli passed away on Tuesday, October21, 2014 with family by her side at the Hospice of the Fisher Home, Amherst.

Born in Queens, New York, on April 15, 1929, Adele Marie Prinzivalli was the daughter of Lawrence Daddio and Adele (Cleary) Daddio. She was the beloved wife of the late John E. Prinzivalli who passed away on September 19, 2001. Adele and John lived and raised their family in Uniondale, New York. After John’s passing, Adele moved to Hadley to be closer to family.

After being a stay at home Mom, raising their two sons, Adele returned to the work force and completed her High School diploma as an adult, in order to support her family. She worked at Nassau County Assessor’s Office where she retired in the late 1990’s. After moving to Hadley she again returned to work as a receptionist at the Hair Shop in Hadley, where she made many close friends.

Adele loved being with people. She was warm and loving and had a great sense of humor. Family was the most central part of her life. She instilled in her family the values of fairness, hard work and education.

She leaves her son John and his wife Elaine, of Hadley and her son Lawrence and his wife Patti, of Austin, Texas. She has four grandsons who she loved and adored, John and his wife Merritt of Chicago, Anthony of New York, New York, and Mathew and Brian, both of Texas. She is the loving sister of Lawrence and Rose Daddio and is predeceased by her brother Louis Daddio, and her sisters Catherine Ceprini, Roseanne Burke-Auer, and Barbara Conroy.

The family like to deeply thank Claire Constable, Mom’s loving caregiver and friend during her last years. The family would like to express their gratitude to the compassionate and skilled nurses at the Baystate Cardiac Unit and the nurses and staff of the Hospice of the Fisher Home and to our family Doctor, Dr.  Henry Simpkin for his devotion and endless caring.

Calling hours will be held Thursday October 23, from 5:00 – 7:00 PM at The Douglass Funeral Service, Amherst.

In lieu of flowers donations in Adele’s memory may be made to the Hospice of the Fisher Home, 1165 N. Pleasant St. Amherst, MA 01002 or the Cooley Dickinson VNA and Hospice, 168 Industrial Dr., Northampton, MA 01060

Obituary and memorial register at www.douglassfuneral.com

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WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, Vt. – Mimi Cary passed away peacefully Sunday, Oct. 12, 2014, with her family by her side at Valley Terrace Communities in White River Junction.

Born May 12, 1920, in Springfield, Massachusetts, Helen Antoinette Moog was the daughter of Wilson T. Moog and Helen C. (Moodey) Moog. She was an older sister to Barbara and enjoyed a large extended family of aunts and uncles. The family resided in Northampton, Massachusetts, where Mimi attended Burnham School and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in art history from Smith College in 1941.Mimi’s childhood was filled with travels and adventures to the family cottage in North Perry, Maine, the White Mountains of New Hampshire and summer camp on Cape Cod. As a two year old, Mimi traveled with her parents and lived in Europe while her father was on sabbatical. At age 12, she again traveled to live in Europe with her family. She was one of the first students to be taught finger painting at the Shaw School of Finger Painting in Rome, Italy.

On Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14, 1942, Mimi married John S. Cary and the couple resided in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Shortly after arriving in Cambridge, John was drafted into the Army Air Corps and deployed in North Africa and Italy for the war’s duration. During this trying time Mimi contributed to the war effort working on a New Hampshire farm and then at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Radiation Laboratory that was involved with the development of vastly superior radar and jamming devices. Upon John’s return they resided in Cambridge until 1950 when the young couple and their first born son, Peter moved to Pelham, Massachusetts, where they created their lifetime homestead and welcomed two more children, Anne and Stephen.

Mimi was a true renaissance woman. Fluent in French, she was a lover of literature, poetry, classical music and the natural world, a collector of antiques and stamps and the keeper of family history. She was a formidable tennis player, avid swimmer and downhill skier and a perennial world traveler. Her volunteer work was legendary and included a service of 20,000 hours at Cooley Dickinson Hospital.

A believer in lifelong learning, Mimi sought additional degrees, knowledge and accreditation’s including a Massachusetts Teaching Certificate at the University of Massachusetts and studies at Harvard and Holyoke Community College. Her employment focused on the fields of teaching and social services. She held teaching positions with private and public kindergartens and the Amherst Regional School District as a special educator and high school substitute. She also assumed the responsibilities of recreational director at the Lathrop Home and social worker at both the Hampshire County Nursing Home and Amherst Nursing Home.

Mimi was passionate about her beloved Pelham home and family. Continuing the family legacy are her children, Peter and his wife Sally of Millers Falls, Massachusetts, Anne and her husband Paul of Huntington, Vermont, and Stephen and his wife Sandie of White River Junction; sister and brother-in-law Barbara and Jack Finlay of Sudbury, Massachusetts; five grandchildren; one great-grandchild; and nieces and nephews.

Mimi’s family would like to extend their heartfelt gratitude to her care givers from Home Staff, Springfield, Massachusetts, and Valley Terrace, White River Junction, her co-workers, her friends and Pelham neighbors – all of whom contributed to a long life, richly lived. In lieu of flowers, donations in Mimi’s memory can be made to the Cooley Dickinson Auxiliary, the Pelham Library or the Dakin Animal Shelter. The burial will be held privately and a celebration of Mimi’s life will be held on December 7, 2014 at 1:30 pm at Hills Chapel, Smith College. 

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Amherst, PAMELA B. HAFNER, 89, died on Friday, October17th, after a brief illness. 

Pam was born in Egham, England, the daughter of Frank H. White and Mabel Bosher.  She attended boarding schools until age 18, when she went to work as a clerk for the Bank of England. During the Second World War, she worked as an x-ray technician in London. 

She married Clark Beckett, a physicist, in 1948 and they immigrated to Rochester, New York in 1950. They divorced in 1967. She then married Everett Hafner, (also) a physicist, and moved to Amherst, Massachusetts in 1968. 

She worked for Danco, a Scandanavian Furniture store, in Northampton, and then for Scandanavian Design in Cambridge. She lived for 15 years in Belchertown. Most recently she was a resident of Loomis Village, a retirement community, in South Hadley. 

Pam loved to travel and to garden. She also enjoyed art, opera, the theater, and swimming, an activity she continued well into her 80’s. She was devoted to her companion animals, who gave her great joy in the final years of her life. 

She is survived by her children Julie Crutcher (Dan) of Louisville, KY, Jason Beckett (Paula) of Plano, TX and Christopher Beckett of Granby, CT, as well as her step-daughters, R. Clare Layton (Steve) of San Antonio, TX and Katie Hafner (Bob Wachter) of San Francisco, Ca. She has 5 grandchildren and 4 stepgrandchildren. 

The family would like to thank the staff at the Center for Extended Care in Amherst, Loomis Village and her companion and caretaker Deborah Beckett. 

Following a private ceremony, her remains will be interred at Wildwood Cemetery in Amherst. 

In lieu of flowers, donations in her name can be made to Dakin Pioneer Valley Humane Society, PO Box 6307, Springfield, MA 01101-6307. Obituary and memorial register at www.douglassfuneral.com

 

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Amherst, Isla B. Cembalisty, age 99, of Amherst, passed away on October 3, 2014, surrounded by beloved family and friends after a period of declining health. She had been residing at the New England Health Center, Sunderland, for several weeks.

 

Isla Geraldine Barker was born in Bisbee, Arizona on July 12, 1915, the daughter of the late John Wesley Barker and Nellie Eileen (Downing) Barker. Her brothers John Wesley “Jack” and Martin predeceased her. After the untimely passing of her mother, Isla’s father remarried. Isla, still a young child, shared a warm loving relationship with her stepmother, Juana Torres (Barker). The family moved to El Rosario in the Mexican state of Sinaloa where the extended Torres family resided. The Barkers divided their time between family in Sinaloa and the copper mining camps in Mexico and Pinar del Río, Cuba where her father worked as a mining engineer. She grew up loving golf, horseback riding and hunting with her father in Mexico and Cuba.

 

Following her 1930 graduation from the Matahambre American Grammar School in Pinar del Río, Isla traveled to Massachusetts where she attended Northfield Seminary. Upon her completion of high school, she attended Bay Path Institute and studied at San Joaquin General Hospital School of Nursing in Stockton, California, graduating in 1939.  

 

Isla and her late husband, Joseph Frank Cembalisty, shared fifty-four years of marriage before his death in 1994, having married in Northfield on October 14, 1940 at the Northfield Seminary Sage Chapel. They lived briefly in Brattleboro VT, then Orange MA, and in 1953, built their home in Amherst where they raised their two children.

 

Isla worked as a pediatric nurse at Cooley Dickinson Hospital, assisting Dr. Selkirk of Northampton and also Drs. Gage and Weeks of Amherst. Isla was well known and much admired in the Amherst/Cushman area. She had a love for animals, was an avid reader, seamstress and cook. Isla’s name became “Mum” to family and friends after her first grandchild was born. Friends knew they were always welcome at her table where there was delicious food and memorable merriment. Particularly missed will be Mum’s lemon meringue pies, brownies, golumkies, canned jelly and tomatoes, but the all time BEST would be her homemade bread and rolls.

 

Isla leaves behind her son, Wesley John and his wife Jo (Fishel), of Evergreen, CO and daughter, Eileen (Cembalisty) Legg and her husband Robert, of Pittsfield, NH as well as six grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

 

A celebration of Isla’s life will take place April 25, 2015 at the Pentecost Cemetery, Pentecost Road in Northfield, Massachusetts at 11:00 AM. A luncheon will follow at the Ginger Garden Restaurant, Amherst (corner of Northampton Rd. & University Dr.) at 1:00 PM. In lieu of flowers, those who wish to honor Isla’s memory may send a memorial to a charity of the donor’s choice. Obituary and memorial register at www.douglassfuneral.com

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           Buckland,  Mr. Edmund F. Smith, a life-long resident of Buckland died Friday morning, Oct. 3, in the same ancestral home where he was born April 2, 1930. He was 84.

            Smith was a farmer well-known for his decades of involvement in local affairs and for his willingness to take action for causes dear to him, be they fighting Washington for a fairer deal for farmers, getting out his own sledge hammer to repair the iron bridge in Shelburne Falls, or asking the school committee to remove reading material that offended his devout faith.

            Starting in 1967, Smith won elected office several times, serving on regional school committees for six years, Buckland’s board of health for three years, and 12 consecutive years on Buckland’s board of selectmen, finally retiring from elected office in 1990. In 1976 he lost a campaign for county commissioner, and in 1994 he lost a campaign for state representative.

            Before entering public office, Smith gained notoriety in 1966 as president of the North Central Mass. Dairymen’s Association and led a campaign opposing federal regulations that would hurt milk prices for local farmers. In the 1970s, Smith lobbied Washington because of unfair freight regulations that made feed costs too expensive for New England farmers. Smith got the help of U.S. Rep. Silvio Conte who invited Smith and other Massachusetts farmers to travel to Washington in 1973 to meet with Earl Butz, the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture.

            In 1976, the Greenfield Recorder reported the result of the meeting.

            “A month ago, Congress passed the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act, which includes a measure for regulating freight grain rates,” reporter Michael Gery wrote. “Since then, Conte has attributed that measure to an enlightening meeting he had with Ed Smith.”

            In 1981, Smith could not persuade the local school committee to remove books from required reading that contained vulgar language, but compromised with the committee to allow his own children to read other books instead.

            In a report at the time by the Associated Press in the Boston Herald American, Smith was described as “a devout Baptist, he doesn’t drink, smoke or swear and he takes the Bible as his ultimate authority.”

            The report summarized Smith’s argument this way: “If it is unconstitutional for students to be required to pray in the public schools, he argues, it should also be unconstitutional for a student to be required to read a book that a parent finds morally objectionable.”

            Throughout most of his public career, Smith worked simultaneously on the family dairy farm in Buckland Center with his father George E. Smith, who died in 1986, and his brother Homer E. Smith, who died in 2003. In 1988, Smith retired from dairy farming, and from the feed business that was run from the farm, selling his dairy cows and equipment, but kept the ancestral farm, which his great-grandfather Edmund Mills Smith had purchased in 1851.

            Deeply touched by the death of his own father, he studied to gain a certificate in funeral directing in order to help others go through the grieving process that he had experienced. He did this part-time for several years in his retirement.

            Passionate about male quartet music, Smith was a lifetime member of the Buckland Male Chorus, which he often directed, as were his father and brother.

            Smith’s is one of the oldest families in Massachusetts and was one of the pioneers in western New England. His direct ancestor Samuel Smith of Hadley, England, arrived in Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1634, and was one of the founders first of Wethersfield, Conn., and subsequently Hadley, Mass.

            Two generations later, part of the family settled Sunderland, and then Smith’s great-grandfather eventually purchased the Smith farm and moved from Sunderland to the farm on Upper Street. Smith died in the same room in which his grandfather and namesake, Edmund Francis Smith, was born and died; and in which his own father lived until his death.

            He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Theresa Jo Morris Smith, 76, his six children: Carl G. Smith, 51, of Lansdale, Penna.; Melanie M. Atkinson, 50, of Hampton, N.B., Canada; Stephen E. Smith, 48, of Buckland, Mass.; James M. Smith, 44, of Denton, Neb.; Charlene L. Bernier, 43, of Buckland, Mass., and Douglas G. Smith, 41, of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Smith leaves seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

            Smith is also survived by two older sisters, Reola F. Smith, 87, of Buckland, and Sarah E. Looman, 86, of Shelburne. His oldest sister Katherine M. Parry died in 1974, and his mother Violet Reola Page Smith died in 1950.

            He will be buried in the family burial place at the First Congregational Church (Mary Lyon Church) in Buckland Center with his parents and sister. His grandparents and great-grandparents are also buried there.

            The family will hold visiting hours at the First Baptist Church of Colrain, of which Smith was a member for most of his life, on Wednesday, Oct. 8, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.; and the funeral will also be held there on Thursday, Oct. 9, at 10 a.m. The burial in Buckland will directly follow the funeral. Obituary and memorial register at www.douglassfuneral.com

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Inger Brown

1918 – 2014

 

Amherst, Inger Brown, 96, of Amherst, MA, passed away on September 28, 2014.  She was one of five children of Hans Christian and Ellen Nielsen Hansen, born on May 19, 1918, in Hobro, Denmark.  The family’s restaurant business took them from rural Hobro to Copenhagen in the 1930s.  After WWII, Inger worked for the US Army in Frankfurt, Germany.  Her love of travel and adventure led her throughout Europe and eventually to the United States.  She immigrated to Seattle, WA, in 1950 where she lived with her sister and husband, Edith and Henry Dorge.   Inger married George F. Brown, an officer in the US Air Force, in Seattle on March 31, 1951.  They lived in many locations during George’s career including Hadley, MA, South Carolina, Turkey, finally settling in Burlington, MA, where they raised their family.  In 1978, George and Inger retired to Chatham, MA, on Cape Cod.  Inger moved to Amherst in 2000 to be closer to her children and grandchildren.  She enjoyed playing bridge, needlecraft, and working crosswords. 

Inger was predeceased by her husband, parents, siblings, and one child, George Jr., who died in infancy.  She is survived by two children, Inger Brown Cell (and husband Charles) of Brewster, MA, and Christian Brown, of Belchertown, MA.  She is also survived by six grandchildren. 

Inger will be remembered for her love of family and her indomitable spirit. 

Calling hours will be at Douglass Funeral Home, in Amherst, MA, on Friday, October 3^rd, 3-6 pm.  In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Perkins School for the Blind in Inger’s memory.  Inger lived many years with macular degeneration and was a strong supporter of the organization.  Their address is Perkins Trust, Perkins School for the Blind, 175 North Beacon St, Watertown, MA, 02472. Obituary and memorial register at www.douglassfuneral.com

 

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