Elizabeth Bell Hughes
Elizabeth
Bell Hughes passed away on October 19, 2012. She was born to Sylvia (Dinsmoor)
Bell and George Andrew Bell of Derry, NH. She was raised in Derry NH,
Kennebunkport ME and Daytona Beach, FL, where her parents owned and
operated seasonal gift stores. Her home was in Ipswich since 1963.
Betty
graduated from Sea Breeze High in Daytona Beach, FL and was also the
fifth generation of her family to attend Pinkerton Academy in Derry,
NH. She also graduated from Chamberlain Fashion and Retailing School
and Hickox Secretarial School in Boston. She held positions at Liberty
Mutual Insurance, in the research lab at MIT, at the Pentagon, DuPont
and for Senator Leverett Saltonstall. In Ipswich and on the North
Shore, she was active in many organizations including the Ipswich and
Topsfield Congregational Churches, the Topsfield Historical Society, the
New Meadows Garden Club, and the Priscilla Capen Herb Society. She also
was an active volunteer at the Topsfield-Boxford Community Club Thrift
Shop. In her earlier years, she was an active skier, loved to travel
and go to Crane’s Beach. She spent much of her summers residing in
Rangeley, Maine.
Betty married
Melville Lambert Hughes in October of 1963. They moved to Ipswich
immediately after the wedding, and brought up two children. They
enjoyed eleven years of love and adventure until his untimely death in
May of 1975. Son Thomas lives in Ipswich and son Jonathan resides in
Dunstable, MA. Betty is also survived by Jonathan’s spouse Ginger and
their three children; Jacob, Delia and Kyla.
Her funeral
service will be held at 10am on Thursday October 25 in the First Church
in Ipswich, Meetinghouse Green. Relatives and friends are respectfully
invited. Committal services will follow at Forest Hill Cemetery in East
Derry, NH. Visiting hours will be held Wednesday 4 to 8 pm in the
Whittier-Porter Funeral Home, 6 High Street, Ipswich. Memorial
contributions may be made to the Ipswich Humane Group, Box 873, Ipswich,
MA 01938, or to the Rangely Lakes Regional Trust, Box 249, Oquossoc, ME
04964.
