BROWNSVILLE, VT
Ellen R. K. Lemire, 67, a longtime resident of Brownsville, passed away Friday morning, June 26 at the Valley Regional Hospital in Claremont, NH.
She was born March 4, 1948 in New London, CT the 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, MA in June of 1966. She married Wayne A. Lemire on August 4, 1973 in Windsor, VT. 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 twenty eight 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 bus load 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 forty one years, Wayne A. Lemire of Brownsville.
A memorial service will be held Tuesday, July 7 at 11:00 AM at the Bow Baptist Church in Weathersfield Bow, VT. The Rev. Walter McDaniels, Pastor will officiate. Committal services will be held at a later date in the Brownsville Cemetery in West Windsor. 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.