Beverly M. Shores

GRANBY - Beverly M. Shores, 87, of Granby, VT passed away at Weeks Medical Center in Lancaster, NH on December 10, 2013.

Beverly was born I Granby to Ceylon and Sallie (Hodgdon) Shores on July 19, 1926.

She attended elementary school in Granby and graduated from Lancaster High School.

After graduation Beverly worked all her working life for the telephone company a total of 37 years.

She began work in Lancaster, then in Littleton where she lived for a few years, and finally in the Southern New Hampshire area.

Beverly was a member of the Granby 4-H Club and the Grange.

She taught Sunday School and remained a member of the Granby Congregational Church all her life.

She served Granby as auditor, deacon, member of the historical group, and was a founding member of the "Holiday in the Hills" program.

She served as treasurer and secretary of this program for many years.

In 1960, she took flying lessons.

After receiving her license she flew in the "All Women's New England Air Race", and served as its chairman for several years.

She belonged to the International Association of Women Pilots that was founded in 1929.

Amelia Earhart was the first president of the Association.

Beverly travelled extensively.

She and her sister, Sandra, went to Austria and Hungary with the North Country Chorus of Wells River, VT.

She visited Alaska and in 1998 she had the opportunity to visit the Holy Land.

Here she visited the Sea of Galilee.

She travelled to the Mount of Beatitudes and toured the Garden of Gethsemane.

She took a dip in the Dead Sea, visited the Wailing Wall and walked the stations of the Cross.

At the time of her death Beverly was serving as Granby's Postmaster.

She was a lover of nature and was especially fond of owls.

Beverly did not have a family of her own, but she had many nieces and nephews, whom she considered her family.

She remembered them fondly on their birthdays and at the time of their graduation from high school and college.

Beverly was predeceased by her parents and by all five of her sibling - Leah Austin, Ruth Noble, Guy Shores, Edith Willson and Sandra Morehouse.

She is survived by one sister-in-law, Kay (Hale) Shores, and by her nieces and nephews.

At her request there will be no visiting hours.

A memorial of Beverly's life will be held Sunday July 20th at 4:30 p.m. at the Granby-Victory Congregational Church; burial to follow in the Shores Cemetery in Victory Vermont next to her parents and sister, Sandra...  Fellowship/luncheon immediately following service at the Granby Town hall. All are welcome to attend.

In lieu of flowers, contributions in her memory may be made to the Granby Congregational Church in care of Nellie Noble, PO Box, Granby, VT 04840.