Constance Ann (Buck) Hall died in her sleep on March 6, 2017 in Amherst, MA. She was born in Fitchburg, MA, December 22, 1923 to Walter E. Buck and Olive (Wright) Buck.  She attended Edgerly Grammar School then graduated from Fitchburg High School in 1941. She met and fell in love with her future husband, Jefferson Hall skating at Coggshall Park in 1936.   She attended Katherine Gibbs Secretarial School in Boston while Jeff attended Wentworth Institute of Technology. 

By 1944, the war had consumed the country, but not Connie and Jeff’s love. She and lifelong friend Marion (Ware) Jolliffe travelled by train to Santa Anna, CA. Connie and Jeff were married with three different branches of military standing up for them. She had many interesting jobs in California, Nevada and Texas as she followed Jeff’s Air Force squadron around the country. After the war, the couple settled in Fitchburg, where they lived, loved, and raised a family for 60 years.           

Connie was always involved in her community.  She worked tirelessly for the girl scouts and the PTA when her children were young. In later years, she became a Trustee and enthusiastic patron of the Fitchburg Public Library.  She was a docent at the Fitchburg Art Museum for 14 years where she relished working with school children studying Egypt or the Native Americans of the Southwest.  She loved travelling, especially to National Parks and to the art museums of Europe.

All her life, she loved gardening and grew beautiful flowers and delicious vegetables. Her steamed Kentucky Wonder Beans were an admired staple at her table. Connie used her prodigious artistic talents to draw, paint, sew and make concrete sculptures. She became expert in tissue paper collage and enjoyed showing her grandchildren and friends how to do it. She exhibited her work over many years and was thrilled to have a one-woman show at the Henion Bakery in Amherst in 2012.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her oldest brother Walter E. Buck Jr., her son Jay Allan Hall, her husband Jeff Hall, and her son-in-law David A. Dillon.  She leaves her daughter Sally (Hall) Dillon, sister Judith (Buck) Cochrane and Judith’s husband Dr. Paul Cochrane of Fitchburg; her brother Allan C. Buck of North Port, FL; her youngest brother Bruce Buck and his wife Joanne Buck of Jaffery, NH; and numerous beloved nieces and nephews.  She will also be deeply missed by her grandchildren, Christopher Hall Dillon, Catherine Lauretta Hall Dillon Moss and Catherine’s husband Robert Moss, all of Amherst, MA.

In lieu of flowers, please consider a gift to the Fitchburg Art Museum or the Friends of the Fitchburg Public Library.

Burial will be private. A celebration of Connie’s life will be held at the Fitchburg Art Museum, 185 Elm Street, Fitchburg, MA April 8, 2017 at 11:00 AM.