Obituary of Beatrice L. Buell

Beatrice Louise Buell of Creamery Brook, Brooklyn, CT, was born in Eastford, CT, January 8, 1916, to Charles Henry and Mildred Goodhall Buell. She passed into Glory on February 19, 2015. She was predeceased by three brothers, Albert Henry, Charles Franklyn, and Robert Goodhall, all of Eastford, and is survived by two sisters-in-law, June Amidon Buell of Gulfport, FL and Theresa Caya Buell of Eastford; nieces and nephews Dottie Torcellini of Eastford, Charles Buell of Shoreline, WA, Charles Buell of Eastford, Robert Buell of Rocky Point, NC, John Buell of Woodstock, CT, Ken Buell of Eastford, Jim Buell of Willington, CT, Linda Cahoon of Nunnelly, TN and Faye Logee of Eastford and their families; and many friends. “Bea” attended the one-room Buell District School, then graduated from Putnam High School in 1933 and Willimantic Normal School in 1936, from which she received her BE in 1940. Her first teaching position was at the Cogswell School in Ellington, CT. In 1949 she joined the staff at the newly completed Eastford Elementary School, where she taught First Grade until joining the First Grade staff at the Israel Putnam School in Putnam, CT, in the late 1950s retiring in 1971. Bea was a member of the Congregational Church of Eastford for over eighty years, where she sang in the choir, taught Sunday School, and was very active in Women's Fellowship. She was a Life Member of the Wolf Den Grange, Pomfret, CT; and a Life Member of the Betty Putnam Chapter 106, Order of the Eastern Star, Woodstock, CT, where she served as Matron, as well as other elected and appointed offices. She was a volunteer counselor at the Windham-Tolland 4-H Camp, Pomfret, CT, and Honorary Trustee of the Windham County 4-H Foundation. She enjoyed traveling with family and friends and was a member of the Putnam Travel Club. Her favorite memories were of time spent in the garden of her Eastford home and of waterfront activities at her Crystal Pond property, where she loved to swim and canoe, all the while reveling in the antics of family and friends. A Celebration of Life memorial service will be held Saturday, March 7, 2015, 2:00 p.m. at the Congregational Church of Eastford, 8 Church Road, Eastford, CT. In lieu of flowers, donations in Beatrice's name may be made to the Congregational Church of Eastford. Share a memory with her family at www.smithandwalkerfh.com