afternoon, August 18, 2006 at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in
Lebanon.
She was born in Hebron, CT on April 27, 1941 the daughter of Kenneth W. and
Dorothy D. (White) Ellis and had resided in Claremont for forty years.
She graduated as Valedictorian of her class at Regional Hebron Andover
Marlborough High School in Hebron, CT and received her BA Degree in
Sociology from Wheaton College in Illinois.
Katherine retired in 2001 from the Claremont School District where she was
an elementary music instructor for thirty years. She was a former organist
and director of the choir at the First Congregational Church, a substitute
organist at many churches in Claremont and also was an accomplished pianist.
After graduation from college she was an exchange student for six months
with the International Farm Youth Exchange. She returned to India in 1982
as a volunteer with Mother Theresa's Missionaries of Charities and in 2001
traveled to Bombay as a volunteer with Sister Paulette of the Handmaids of
the Blessed Trinity. After retiring, she helped with the Middle School
Music Program, participated in the mentoring program at Bluff School, did
music with the residents of Silver Maples assisted living facility,
organized people for Franklin Graham's Christmas Child Program and Charles
Colson's Prison Fellowship Program which helps children of local prisoners
at Christmas time.
She worshiped at the Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church.
The family includes her husband, Paul J. Jobin of Claremont whom she married
on July 26, 1986; her mother of Hebron, CT; one brother, Edward Ellis and
his wife, Renee of Hebron, CT; four sisters, Gwen Mund and her husband,
Frank of Hebron, CT, Chris Irish and her husband, Preston of Bolton, CT,
Connie Wilson and her husband, Tim of Westminster, CO and Marilyn Swenson
and her husband, Greg of Alton, NH; two aunts, one uncle , nieces, nephews
and cousins.
Friends may call at the Stringer Funeral Home, 146 Broad Street on Tuesday
afternoon and evening from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 PM.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday morning, August 23rd at Ten O'clock
in the Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church with Rev. Andrew Tregubov,
officiating.
Interment will follow in St Joseph Cemetery in Keene, NH.
The family suggests that in lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her
memory to the Holy Resurrection Church, 99 Sullivan Street, Claremont, NH
03743.