LANCASTER - Esther C. Greenwood 91, of Lancaster, died Monday, February 9, 2015 at Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital.
Born February 13, 1923 in Northumberland Esther was the daughter of Moses E. and Lucienne (Vallie) Cummings. She was a lifetime resident of Lancaster and married Paul E. Greenwood of Lancaster on June 6, 1949.
Esther is a 1941 graduate of Lancaster Academy. She was employed at Wyoming Valley Paper Co. in Northumberland, Roberts Motor Sales, and Weeks Memorial Hospital.
Having a liking to the outdoors, Esther enjoyed gardening and sugaring.
She was a Communicant of All Saints Church. Memberships include the Tabernacle Society, the Daughters of Isabella and the NH Cooperative Extension Service.
She is survived by three daughters; Mary Louise Smith and her husband Kevin of Lancaster, Evelyn Blakslee and husband Allen of Dalton, and Margaret Dagendesh and husband William of Pueblo Colorado; 10 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; many nieces and nephews. Her husband and siblings Mildred Congdon, Gladys Stark, Elizabeth Meldrum, Olive C. Paine, Edmund Cummings and baby Leo Cummings predeceased her.
Visiting hours will be held Sunday February 15, from 3:00 to 5:00 PM at the Bailey Funeral Home, Lancaster. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Monday morning at 11:00 AM at All Saints Church Lancaster. Reverend Matthew Mason, pastor, will officiate. Burial will be in the spring in Calvary Cemetery, Lancaster.
Contributions may be made in her memory to Weeks Medical Center, 173 Middle Street, Lancaster or Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital, 1315 Hospital Drive, St. Johnsbury, VT.