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- "Canaan, N.H. — Mae M. North (“Mother Mae”), 93, died Saturday, Feb. 11, 2017 at Hanover Terrace Health Care in Hanover, N.H.
Mae was born Sept. 24, 1923 at the family farm in Seekonk, Mass., the 8th and youngest child of Charles and Atena (Berberian) Mararian. Mae grew up in Seekonk and graduated from East Providence High School class of 1941. After high school she worked in the Providence area, primarily hand painting glassware at Fylvia Studio in Pawtucket. She joined the Women’s Army Corps in 1951 and served in Fort Lee, N.J., Okinawa, and in Fort Leavenworth, Kan. where she met her future husband Earl North. Upon separating from the WAC she attended the Columbus Art Institute in Columbus, Ohio. Mae and Earl were married on July 7, 1956 in Columbus. They made their home there for a time, later moving to Indianapolis, Ind. for Earl’s graduate studies. The family, which now included daughter Bonnie, moved to Jacksonville, FL, then to Weirs Beach, N.H. Son Chris was born in Laconia in 1962 and in 1963, they settled in Canaan.
Mae had a lifelong love of music and art and had great talent in both. In her youth she played clarinet and trombone in local jazz bands. Her job during her military service was as an illustrator/cartographer. She graduated with distinction from the Columbus Art Institute and won first place in a prestigious student exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago. After she moved to Canaan, she began learning the banjo and the autoharp. Her passion for bluegrass and folk music led to the birth of “The Mother’s Bluegrass, Gospel, and Country Band” in 1969. The group performed all over the Upper Valley for the next decade.
A celebration of Mae’s life will be held at a later date in Canaan and will include food, music, and laughter; three things she loved. Mae leaves her husband of 60 years, Earl North of Canaan, daughter Bonnie North of Milwaukee, Wis., and son Chris North of Rota, Spain. She also leaves behind the many friends she “adopted” over the years. For such a small-statured person, she leaves a very large void.
Knight Funeral Home in White River Junction assisted with arrangements. Condolences may be expressed to Mae’s family in an online guestbook at www.knightfuneralhomes.com. Memorial contributions in her name may be made to The Canaan Town Library. www.canaanlibrary.org
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Om slægterne Brændgaard & Heilesen
1923 - 2017 (93 år)
