d/o Tennie and Ruth (Dutton) Coleman
VERGENNES - Marion Coleman Kennedy died peacefully in the loving company of two of her daughters on Aug. 21, 2012.
Independent and prepared to the end, she wrote the draft for her obituary. Marion was born on June 5, 1917, in Jamaica, Vt., to Ruth (Dutton) and Tennie Coleman.
She graduated from Brattleboro High School in 1935 and The University of Vermont in 1939, where she was elected to the Phi Beta Kappa Society in her junior year. She taught in Bristol and Randolph High Schools for five years prior to her marriage to Paul Townsend Kennedy of Bristol in 1945. After several years of substitute work, she returned to the classroom as a primary grade teacher in Vergennes for 18 years. She and Paul had three daughters while living in Bristol. Other homes later were in Gulfport, Fla., and Vergennes. Summers were spent at their camp in Charlotte.
She was predeceased by her husband in 1992; and five brothers, Merton, Edwin, Kenneth, Loren and Lawrence Coleman. She is survived by her daughters and their husbands, Ruth Kennedy Grant and Edwin "Win" Grant of Waltham, Jean Kennedy and Gil Williamson of Plainfield, N.H., and Lillian Coleman Kennedy and Robert Feuerstein of Boulder, Colo.; three grandchildren, Randolph Townsend Grant and wife, Lorna Grant, George Coleman Grant, and Hannah Feuerstein Cohen and husband, Jonathan Cohen; great-granddaughter, Adeline Kennedy Grant; and many nieces and nephews.
A celebration of Marion's life will be held at the family camp in Charlotte on Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012, at 2 p.m. Please RSVP to [email protected], if you plan to attend and directions will be provided. If without email, call Ruth at 802-877-2094, and leave a message with your contact information, if no answer. Carpooling is encouraged, as parking is limited.
Published in The Burlington Free Press on August 27, 2012
VERGENNES - Marion Coleman Kennedy died peacefully in the loving company of two of her daughters on Aug. 21, 2012.
Independent and prepared to the end, she wrote the draft for her obituary. Marion was born on June 5, 1917, in Jamaica, Vt., to Ruth (Dutton) and Tennie Coleman.
She graduated from Brattleboro High School in 1935 and The University of Vermont in 1939, where she was elected to the Phi Beta Kappa Society in her junior year. She taught in Bristol and Randolph High Schools for five years prior to her marriage to Paul Townsend Kennedy of Bristol in 1945. After several years of substitute work, she returned to the classroom as a primary grade teacher in Vergennes for 18 years. She and Paul had three daughters while living in Bristol. Other homes later were in Gulfport, Fla., and Vergennes. Summers were spent at their camp in Charlotte.
She was predeceased by her husband in 1992; and five brothers, Merton, Edwin, Kenneth, Loren and Lawrence Coleman. She is survived by her daughters and their husbands, Ruth Kennedy Grant and Edwin "Win" Grant of Waltham, Jean Kennedy and Gil Williamson of Plainfield, N.H., and Lillian Coleman Kennedy and Robert Feuerstein of Boulder, Colo.; three grandchildren, Randolph Townsend Grant and wife, Lorna Grant, George Coleman Grant, and Hannah Feuerstein Cohen and husband, Jonathan Cohen; great-granddaughter, Adeline Kennedy Grant; and many nieces and nephews.
A celebration of Marion's life will be held at the family camp in Charlotte on Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012, at 2 p.m. Please RSVP to [email protected], if you plan to attend and directions will be provided. If without email, call Ruth at 802-877-2094, and leave a message with your contact information, if no answer. Carpooling is encouraged, as parking is limited.
Published in The Burlington Free Press on August 27, 2012
d/o Tennie and Ruth (Dutton) Coleman
VERGENNES - Marion Coleman Kennedy died peacefully in the loving company of two of her daughters on Aug. 21, 2012.
Independent and prepared to the end, she wrote the draft for her obituary. Marion was born on June 5, 1917, in Jamaica, Vt., to Ruth (Dutton) and Tennie Coleman.
She graduated from Brattleboro High School in 1935 and The University of Vermont in 1939, where she was elected to the Phi Beta Kappa Society in her junior year. She taught in Bristol and Randolph High Schools for five years prior to her marriage to Paul Townsend Kennedy of Bristol in 1945. After several years of substitute work, she returned to the classroom as a primary grade teacher in Vergennes for 18 years. She and Paul had three daughters while living in Bristol. Other homes later were in Gulfport, Fla., and Vergennes. Summers were spent at their camp in Charlotte.
She was predeceased by her husband in 1992; and five brothers, Merton, Edwin, Kenneth, Loren and Lawrence Coleman. She is survived by her daughters and their husbands, Ruth Kennedy Grant and Edwin "Win" Grant of Waltham, Jean Kennedy and Gil Williamson of Plainfield, N.H., and Lillian Coleman Kennedy and Robert Feuerstein of Boulder, Colo.; three grandchildren, Randolph Townsend Grant and wife, Lorna Grant, George Coleman Grant, and Hannah Feuerstein Cohen and husband, Jonathan Cohen; great-granddaughter, Adeline Kennedy Grant; and many nieces and nephews.
A celebration of Marion's life will be held at the family camp in Charlotte on Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012, at 2 p.m. Please RSVP to [email protected], if you plan to attend and directions will be provided. If without email, call Ruth at 802-877-2094, and leave a message with your contact information, if no answer. Carpooling is encouraged, as parking is limited.
Published in The Burlington Free Press on August 27, 2012
VERGENNES - Marion Coleman Kennedy died peacefully in the loving company of two of her daughters on Aug. 21, 2012.
Independent and prepared to the end, she wrote the draft for her obituary. Marion was born on June 5, 1917, in Jamaica, Vt., to Ruth (Dutton) and Tennie Coleman.
She graduated from Brattleboro High School in 1935 and The University of Vermont in 1939, where she was elected to the Phi Beta Kappa Society in her junior year. She taught in Bristol and Randolph High Schools for five years prior to her marriage to Paul Townsend Kennedy of Bristol in 1945. After several years of substitute work, she returned to the classroom as a primary grade teacher in Vergennes for 18 years. She and Paul had three daughters while living in Bristol. Other homes later were in Gulfport, Fla., and Vergennes. Summers were spent at their camp in Charlotte.
She was predeceased by her husband in 1992; and five brothers, Merton, Edwin, Kenneth, Loren and Lawrence Coleman. She is survived by her daughters and their husbands, Ruth Kennedy Grant and Edwin "Win" Grant of Waltham, Jean Kennedy and Gil Williamson of Plainfield, N.H., and Lillian Coleman Kennedy and Robert Feuerstein of Boulder, Colo.; three grandchildren, Randolph Townsend Grant and wife, Lorna Grant, George Coleman Grant, and Hannah Feuerstein Cohen and husband, Jonathan Cohen; great-granddaughter, Adeline Kennedy Grant; and many nieces and nephews.
A celebration of Marion's life will be held at the family camp in Charlotte on Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012, at 2 p.m. Please RSVP to [email protected], if you plan to attend and directions will be provided. If without email, call Ruth at 802-877-2094, and leave a message with your contact information, if no answer. Carpooling is encouraged, as parking is limited.
Published in The Burlington Free Press on August 27, 2012
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