Nethelia Magwire
CASTLETON - Mrs. Nethelia Sherman Magwire (Net), 90, peacefully passed away, surrounded by her family, Sunday morning, August 31, 2003. She was a ten-year resident, with Alz-heimer's, of Mountain View Center Genesis Elder Care in Rutland, VT
Net was born in Castleton, Vt August 18, 1913, the daughter of the late Frank and Hazel (Benedict) Sherman. She was a graduate of Fair Haven High School and Castleton Normal School now Castleton State College.
She married her husband Mr. Raymond B. Magwire in Springfield, VT in 1936.
She taught at schools in several Vermont towns including Barre, Plainfield, East Montpelier, and Fair Haven. She was the first tutor for the State of Vermont for homebound children. Nethelia, and her husband taught square dancing in their Montpelier home for many years.
Net loved the outdoors, children and camping. She loved to swim and is remembered by many people from Fair Haven as the woman who taught them how to swim at Sherman's Beach on Lake Bomoseen. She was both a Girl and Boy Scout Leader. Together with her husband, she was a director of Camp Owanyaka (Fair Haven Community Camp) for ten years, and served as the activities director at a camp in Michigan for many summers.
She was a woman of incredible faith and a long-time member of the Trinity Methodist Church in Montpelier. She was the founder of the Vermont's Christian Woman's Club and the Director of the Vermont Church World Service Organization.
Net was a beloved mother and grandmother and held a special place in her heart for children, the outdoors and especially Lake Bomoseen. Her love lives on in her son Jay R. Magwire, of Hydeville, her two grand daughters Pamela M. Smith, of Rhode Island, and the Rev. Kimberly B. Magwire, of Illinois, as well as her three great-grandsons, Michael, David, and Ryan Smith, of Rhode Island.
Graveside services in celebration and thanksgiving for her life were held on Wednesday, September 3, 2003 in Hillside Cemetery, in Castleton at 9:30 A.M. the Rev Marshal Hudson Knapp and the Rev. Kimberly Magwire will officiate.
The family has requested that flowers be omitted.
Memorial contributions in memory of Net may be given to the Shape program at Castleton State College through the office of the Funeral Home at P.O. Box 474 Castleton, Vt 05735
Arrangements are under the Ducharme Funeral Home Inc. of Castleton.
CASTLETON - Mrs. Nethelia Sherman Magwire (Net), 90, peacefully passed away, surrounded by her family, Sunday morning, August 31, 2003. She was a ten-year resident, with Alz-heimer's, of Mountain View Center Genesis Elder Care in Rutland, VT
Net was born in Castleton, Vt August 18, 1913, the daughter of the late Frank and Hazel (Benedict) Sherman. She was a graduate of Fair Haven High School and Castleton Normal School now Castleton State College.
She married her husband Mr. Raymond B. Magwire in Springfield, VT in 1936.
She taught at schools in several Vermont towns including Barre, Plainfield, East Montpelier, and Fair Haven. She was the first tutor for the State of Vermont for homebound children. Nethelia, and her husband taught square dancing in their Montpelier home for many years.
Net loved the outdoors, children and camping. She loved to swim and is remembered by many people from Fair Haven as the woman who taught them how to swim at Sherman's Beach on Lake Bomoseen. She was both a Girl and Boy Scout Leader. Together with her husband, she was a director of Camp Owanyaka (Fair Haven Community Camp) for ten years, and served as the activities director at a camp in Michigan for many summers.
She was a woman of incredible faith and a long-time member of the Trinity Methodist Church in Montpelier. She was the founder of the Vermont's Christian Woman's Club and the Director of the Vermont Church World Service Organization.
Net was a beloved mother and grandmother and held a special place in her heart for children, the outdoors and especially Lake Bomoseen. Her love lives on in her son Jay R. Magwire, of Hydeville, her two grand daughters Pamela M. Smith, of Rhode Island, and the Rev. Kimberly B. Magwire, of Illinois, as well as her three great-grandsons, Michael, David, and Ryan Smith, of Rhode Island.
Graveside services in celebration and thanksgiving for her life were held on Wednesday, September 3, 2003 in Hillside Cemetery, in Castleton at 9:30 A.M. the Rev Marshal Hudson Knapp and the Rev. Kimberly Magwire will officiate.
The family has requested that flowers be omitted.
Memorial contributions in memory of Net may be given to the Shape program at Castleton State College through the office of the Funeral Home at P.O. Box 474 Castleton, Vt 05735
Arrangements are under the Ducharme Funeral Home Inc. of Castleton.
Nethelia Magwire
CASTLETON - Mrs. Nethelia Sherman Magwire (Net), 90, peacefully passed away, surrounded by her family, Sunday morning, August 31, 2003. She was a ten-year resident, with Alz-heimer's, of Mountain View Center Genesis Elder Care in Rutland, VT
Net was born in Castleton, Vt August 18, 1913, the daughter of the late Frank and Hazel (Benedict) Sherman. She was a graduate of Fair Haven High School and Castleton Normal School now Castleton State College.
She married her husband Mr. Raymond B. Magwire in Springfield, VT in 1936.
She taught at schools in several Vermont towns including Barre, Plainfield, East Montpelier, and Fair Haven. She was the first tutor for the State of Vermont for homebound children. Nethelia, and her husband taught square dancing in their Montpelier home for many years.
Net loved the outdoors, children and camping. She loved to swim and is remembered by many people from Fair Haven as the woman who taught them how to swim at Sherman's Beach on Lake Bomoseen. She was both a Girl and Boy Scout Leader. Together with her husband, she was a director of Camp Owanyaka (Fair Haven Community Camp) for ten years, and served as the activities director at a camp in Michigan for many summers.
She was a woman of incredible faith and a long-time member of the Trinity Methodist Church in Montpelier. She was the founder of the Vermont's Christian Woman's Club and the Director of the Vermont Church World Service Organization.
Net was a beloved mother and grandmother and held a special place in her heart for children, the outdoors and especially Lake Bomoseen. Her love lives on in her son Jay R. Magwire, of Hydeville, her two grand daughters Pamela M. Smith, of Rhode Island, and the Rev. Kimberly B. Magwire, of Illinois, as well as her three great-grandsons, Michael, David, and Ryan Smith, of Rhode Island.
Graveside services in celebration and thanksgiving for her life were held on Wednesday, September 3, 2003 in Hillside Cemetery, in Castleton at 9:30 A.M. the Rev Marshal Hudson Knapp and the Rev. Kimberly Magwire will officiate.
The family has requested that flowers be omitted.
Memorial contributions in memory of Net may be given to the Shape program at Castleton State College through the office of the Funeral Home at P.O. Box 474 Castleton, Vt 05735
Arrangements are under the Ducharme Funeral Home Inc. of Castleton.
CASTLETON - Mrs. Nethelia Sherman Magwire (Net), 90, peacefully passed away, surrounded by her family, Sunday morning, August 31, 2003. She was a ten-year resident, with Alz-heimer's, of Mountain View Center Genesis Elder Care in Rutland, VT
Net was born in Castleton, Vt August 18, 1913, the daughter of the late Frank and Hazel (Benedict) Sherman. She was a graduate of Fair Haven High School and Castleton Normal School now Castleton State College.
She married her husband Mr. Raymond B. Magwire in Springfield, VT in 1936.
She taught at schools in several Vermont towns including Barre, Plainfield, East Montpelier, and Fair Haven. She was the first tutor for the State of Vermont for homebound children. Nethelia, and her husband taught square dancing in their Montpelier home for many years.
Net loved the outdoors, children and camping. She loved to swim and is remembered by many people from Fair Haven as the woman who taught them how to swim at Sherman's Beach on Lake Bomoseen. She was both a Girl and Boy Scout Leader. Together with her husband, she was a director of Camp Owanyaka (Fair Haven Community Camp) for ten years, and served as the activities director at a camp in Michigan for many summers.
She was a woman of incredible faith and a long-time member of the Trinity Methodist Church in Montpelier. She was the founder of the Vermont's Christian Woman's Club and the Director of the Vermont Church World Service Organization.
Net was a beloved mother and grandmother and held a special place in her heart for children, the outdoors and especially Lake Bomoseen. Her love lives on in her son Jay R. Magwire, of Hydeville, her two grand daughters Pamela M. Smith, of Rhode Island, and the Rev. Kimberly B. Magwire, of Illinois, as well as her three great-grandsons, Michael, David, and Ryan Smith, of Rhode Island.
Graveside services in celebration and thanksgiving for her life were held on Wednesday, September 3, 2003 in Hillside Cemetery, in Castleton at 9:30 A.M. the Rev Marshal Hudson Knapp and the Rev. Kimberly Magwire will officiate.
The family has requested that flowers be omitted.
Memorial contributions in memory of Net may be given to the Shape program at Castleton State College through the office of the Funeral Home at P.O. Box 474 Castleton, Vt 05735
Arrangements are under the Ducharme Funeral Home Inc. of Castleton.
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