TITLE:    Mrs. Velma Carter Ames, Obituary, Feb. 16, 2001, 

SUBMITTERS:  The Coos County Democrat EST. 1838 LANCASTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE  
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             & other towns of the upper Connecticut River valley of New 
             Hampshire & Vermont - John D. Harrigan, Publisher (Feb 21, 2001
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Velma Ames 

CANAAN, Vt. - Mrs. Velma Carter Ames, 84, of Connecticut Avenue
in Canaan, Vt. died on Friday, Feb. 16, 2001, at her home with family
present. 

Velma was born on Feb. 21, 1916, in East Corinth, Vt., the daughter of
the late Ralph W. and Harriet (Welch) Carter. Velma graduated from
Bradford Academy in 1934, and later from the Lyndon Institute in
1936. She taught school in Wolcott, Vt., until 1938, later teaching in
Derby Line, Vt., in 1939. On June 27, 1939, she married Marshall A.
Ames, moving to Canaan, Vt. where she was a homemaker and a
teacher in Canaan and Stewartstown. 

She was the chairwoman for the Christmas Good Cheer Box committee
of the Canaan Women’s Club for over 40 years. She was a member of
the American Legion Auxiliary, Post #0047, Canaan, the Colebrook
Bridge Club, the Order of Eastern Star, and the Grace United
Methodist Church. Velma served as the assistant judge of the Essex
County Superior Court, Canaan town lister and as the Cancer Society
Fund Drive chairwoman. 

Velma is survived by the following family members: A son, Marshall
Ames Jr. of Potomac, Md.; a daughter, Mrs. Jean-Carol Dunham of
Shelburne, Vt.; six grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Velma
was preceded in death by her loving husband, Marshall A. Ames, who
died in 1985, and a sister, Cecil Blanchard, who died in 1999.

Funeral service will be held today (Wednesday), at 11 a.m. at the Grace
United Methodist Church in Canaan, Vt. Interment service will be held
in the spring at the Alice Hunt Cemetery. 

There will be no calling hours, though immediately following the
service, there will be a gathering of family and friends in the church
vestry. 

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Grace United
Methodist Church, c/o Rev. Rodney Dobbs, P.O.Box 247, Canaan, VT
05903 or the Beecher Falls Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 326, Beecher
Falls, VT 05902. Arrangements are under the direction of Jenkins
Funeral Home. 


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