ENOSBURG FALLS - Ethel M. Carr, age 89, passed away Saturday, June 1, 2013 at the Franklin County Rehab Facility in St. Albans.
She was born July 11, 1923 in Richford, Vermont the daughter of the late Cyrus & Ordina (Comstock) Goodhue.
Ethel married Frank J. Carr on January 31, 1944 and he predeceased her on July 7, 1993. She worked at the Stanley Nursing Home and was a housekeeper at the Tyler Place and also cleaned many area homes. She enjoyed bowling, dancing to western music and listening to the bag pipes. She especially loved helping people.
She is survived by her son Roger Carr and his good friend, Donna Proctor of Double Springs, AL; her daughters, Hilda Rushlow and Leona Donaldson and her friend Julia Guilfoil all of St. Albans; 7 grandchildren, 13 great grandchildren & 2 great great grandchildren; her sisters Lydia Houle of Lake City, FL & Shirley Mudgett of Richford; many nieces and nephews. Besides her parents and husband, Ethel was predeceased by her sisters, Leona Clough, Marjorie Diglio, Helen Fontaine, Dorothea Hopson, Hilda Kelley, Jacqueline Lumbra & Stella Broe; her daughter-in-law, Deanna Carr; and her sons-in-law, Robert Rushlow & Charles Donaldson.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday, June 5, 2013 at 2:00 PM at the Spears Funeral Home, 96 Dickinson Ave., Enosburg Falls with Pastor Patrick Hoadley officiating. Interment will follow in the Berkshire Center Cemetery.
A time of visitation will be held at the funeral home on Wednesday from 1:00 PM until the hour of the funeral.
For those who wish, contributions in Ethels memory may be made to the Enosburgh Ambulance Service, 83 Sampsonville Road, Enosburg Falls, VT 05450.