TITLE: Carolyn Martindale Blouin , Obituary, Nov. 28, 2000 SUBMITTERS: Portsmouth Herald, http://www.seacoastonline.com 111 Maplewood Aveue, Portsmouth, NH (issue Dec 01, 2000 ) FORMATTED: by CParziale, 2000 ***************************************************************************** Carolyn Martindale Blouin SOUTH BERWICK, Maine - Carolyn Martindale Blouin, 92, of South Berwick, died Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2000, in Dover, N.H. Born at Sweet Briar College in Amherst, Va., she was the daughter of Carrie Kimble Martindale and Ross Van Arsdale Martindale. She is survived by her husband, Maurice F. Blouin of Langdon Place in Dover; a daughter, Deborah of Tempe, Ariz.; two sons, Denault of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Craig of Henniker, N.H.; and two grandsons. She was a graduate of Sweet Briar College and was involved with the college throughout her life. In 1948, having lived in Baltimore, New Jersey and Boston, she and her husband wanted to leave the city for the country. They brought their young family to South Berwick, where they founded a business, Maurice F. Blouin Inc., which manufactured visual merchandising products for the banking industry. She worked for the company during its early years and contributed greatly to its ongoing success. She loved South Berwick and participated in town affairs until her health faltered in recent years. In 1970-71, she was instrumental in founding the South Berwick Public Library, a lasting achievement she looked back on with quiet pride. She was the Rotary Club's Citizen of the Year in 1994. She was a marvelous hostess. The Blouin's Christmas Open House at their home, Old Joy Farm, was an annual event for nearly 40 years. She was an activist. As a Republican in the 1950s, she became active in the Maine Chapter of The League of Women Voters. In the early '60s, she joined the civil rights struggle, becoming active in the Seacoast Council on Race and Religion (SCORR) and the Portsmouth chapter of the NAACP. She participated in the 1963 March on Washington. Listening to Martin Luther King Jr. deliver his famous speech was one of the most memorable and empowering moments of her life. She became active in the Democratic Party as well as several organizations that work toward world peace and unity. Carolyn Blouin was known for her honesty and generosity, and for her uncompromising commitment to creating tangible benefits for others: socially, politically, environmentally and spiritually. Gifted with a sparky sense of humor, kind, flexible, open, ever-curious, she never gave up on anyone or anything. A service to celebrate her life will be held at 3:30 p.m. Sunday at the Whipple Arts Center at Berwick Academy on Academy Street, South Berwick. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the South Berwick Public Library, Portland Street, South Berwick, ME 03908; or the Great Works Regional Land Trust, P.O. Box 151, South Berwick, ME 03908. **************************************************************************** * * * * Notice: Printing the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. * * * * The USGenWeb Project makes no claims or estimates of the validity of the information submitted and reminds you that each new piece of information must be researched and proved or disproved by weight of evidence. It is always best to consult the original material for verification.