Amo Elizabeth Kimball
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North Conway- Miss Amo Elizabeth Kimball passed away at Mineral Springs Healthcare on July 30, 2019. She was born in Portland, Maine on December 26, 1929, the daughter of G. Myron and Martha E. (Stone) Kimball. She graduated from Fryeburg Academy, attended Westbrook Junior College and graduated from the University of Maine, Orono with a BA degree in Speech. She worked briefly for the New England Telephone Company in Boston and then taught at Pemetic High School, Southwest Harbor, Maine. Following this, she went on to teach the oral deaf at the Clarke School for the Deaf in Northampton, Massachusetts, received a diploma from the Teacher Education Department. She returned to Maine to teach at the Maine School for the Deaf in Portland, before returning to Northampton to teach at the Clarke School for the deaf. While there she attended Smith College and received a master's in education Degree. Later she obtained certification in Social Work, working for the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health in Springfield, Mass. Following her retirement, she returned to Maine. She was active in the Order of the Eastern Star and was Past Matron of Bethlehem Chapter # 24 in Northampton. She served as Deputy Grand Martha and in 1972 was Grand Martha in the Mass. Grand Chapter. She was also a Grand Rep of New Mexico in Massachusetts in 1989-91. After returning home to Fryeburg, she was active in Pythagorean Chapter #169 in Fryeburg, becoming Worthy Matron in 1989. She did a variety of arts and crafts, especially enjoying Quilling. There will be no calling hours. Graveside service at the family plot in Pine Grove Cemetery in Fryeburg on Saturday, August 10, 2019 at 11 AM. In lieu of flowers please make donations to Shriners Hospitals for Children, 516 Carew Street, Springfield, MA 01104 or Fryeburg Rescue, or a charity of your choice. Arrangements are under the care of Wood Funeral Home, 9 Warren Street, Fryeburg. Online condolences may be shared with her family at www.woodfuneralhome.org