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ASH, Elizabeth Merle Elva[1, 2]

Female 1920 - 2014  (94 years)Deceased   Has 2 ancestors and 2 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name ASH, Elizabeth Merle Elva  [2
    Birth 11 Mar 1920  Sheffield, Caledonia County, Vermont, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Female 
    Burial Oct 2014  Westlook Cemetery, Glover, Orleans County, Vermont, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Death 15 Oct 2014  Glover, Orleans County, Vermont, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    • Daughter of Warren and Beatrice (Smith) Ash. She married first Maurice Dutton and second John V. Hewitt, Jr. (Source: Westlook Cemetery, Glover Historical Society, 2015.)

      "Elizabeth Merle (Dutton) Hewitt, née Merle Ash, 94, of Glover died peacefully at the Union House in Glover on October 15, 2014.

      She was born on March 11, 1920, in Sheffield, daughter of Warren and Bernice (Smith) Ash.

      She graduated from Lyndon Institute in 1938 and the University of Vermont in 1963.

      She married Maurice Dutton of Brownington in 1939. He predeceased her in 1978. In 1985, she married John Vance Hewitt Jr., who died in 1997.

      She taught in several schools in Burlington from 1958 until her retirement. Prior to this, she taught grammar school in the Northeast Kingdom. Following her retirement, she and Mr. Hewitt moved to Shingle Springs, California, to be with her daughter. After Mr. Hewitt's death, she moved to Half Moon Bay, California, and from there she moved to Tampa, Florida, to live with her son Gilbert and his family, and then to John Knox. Her loving niece, Gwen Maynard, has cared for her for eight and one-half years in Glover.

      She was active in CFO (Camps Farthest Out) and CFOI (CFO International). She attended many camps: Winni, New Hampshire; Silver Bay, New York (where she and Mr. Hewitt were married); Asilomar and Mount Shasta in California, among them. She had various positions in CFO and also attended JFO (Journey Farthest Out) Tahoe in Nevada. She was also active in CFOI, attending in several countries and serving on the CFOI Board.

      [Content about living family members omitted.]

      She was predeceased by her husbands, Maurice Dutton and John Hewitt; her brothers, sisters, and brothers- and sisters-in-law: Fern Ash, Ruby (Ash) Beadle, Velma (Ash) Eastman, Alice (Dutton) and her husband, Tom Emmerson, and Ernest Dutton; her parents, Warren and Beatrice Ash; and by Mr. Dutton's parents, Gilbert and Ruth Dutton.

      Interment and memorial services will be at Westlook Cemetery in Glover in early June." (The Chronicle, October 29, 2014) [4]
    Age 94 years 
    Person ID I10992  Dutton Ancestry
    Last Modified 4 Nov 2024 

    Father ASH, Warren
              b. St. Johns, New Brunswick, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother SMITH, Bernice
              b. Wheelock, Caledonia County, Vermont, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship Birth 
    Children
    +1. ASH, Elizabeth Merle Elva
              b. 11 Mar 1920, Sheffield, Caledonia County, Vermont, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 15 Oct 2014, Glover, Orleans County, Vermont, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 94 years)
     
    Family ID F6382  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 DUTTON, Maurice Gilbert
              b. 08 Feb 1914, Brownington, Orleans County, Vermont, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 10 Nov 1978, Williston, Chittenden County, Vermont, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)  [1, 6
    Marriage 14 Dec 1939  West Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Age at Marriage She : 19 years and 9 months old - He : 25 years and 10 months old. 
    Children 
     1. DUTTON, Gilbery Warren
              b. 1 Dec 1943, Sheffield, Caledonia County, Vermont, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
     2. DUTTON, Phillip Wayne
              b. 12 Nov 1948, Irasburg, Orleans County, Vermont, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 30 Jan 2015 (Age 66 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
    Family ID F3340  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Nov 2024 

    Family 2 HEWITT, John Vance Jr
              b. 11 Jul 1917, Forest Hills, Queens County, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 21 Aug 1997, El Dorado County, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)  [8
    Marriage 1985  [8
    Age at Marriage She : ~ 64 years and 9 months old - He : ~ 67 years and 5 months old. 
    Family ID F6383  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Nov 2024 

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    Link to Google MapsBirth - 11 Mar 1920 - Sheffield, Caledonia County, Vermont, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 14 Dec 1939 - West Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - Oct 2014 - Westlook Cemetery, Glover, Orleans County, Vermont, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 15 Oct 2014 - Glover, Orleans County, Vermont, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S141] Familysearch.org.

    2. [S431] Certificate of Birth.

    3. [S50] Findagrave.com.
      Created by: Cindy Walcott
      Added: Jun 20, 2017
      Find a Grave Memorial #180569250

    4. [S50] Findagrave.com.

    5. [S94] (see) Headstone.
      D.O.B & D.O.D

    6. [S132] (see) Birth Record.
      Phillip Wayne Dutton's Birth Record

    7. [S451] Marriage License.

    8. [S597] Obituary.
      Elizabeth Merle Ash's obituary



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