MARY ANNE EDDY

ORWELL — Mary Anne Eddy, age 93, passed peacefully on Dec. 11, 2025, with family at her side, at her home in Orwell.

Mary Anne was born in Kingston, N.Y., on April 17, 1932. She was the daughter of Harry T. and Catharine (Cassidy) Merrill. She grew up in Kingston, N.Y., and Rowayton, Conn. She graduated from Norwalk (Conn.) High School and earned her bachelor’s degree in music from Danbury State Teachers College (presently Western CT State University).

On Dec. 6, 1952, she married the love of her life Charles Fremont Eddy III, a World War II veteran, and college classmate. She taught private piano lessons, completed college courses, and performed as an accomplished concert pianist, all while raising their young children in Connecticut.

The Eddys moved to Orwell, Vt., with their five children in 1966, where Mary Anne earned her master’s degree in Education from Castleton State College. She taught at Shoreham Elementary School for over 20 years, where she adored each and every one of her third-grade students. She also taught Catechism class and played organ at St. Paul’s Catholic Church in Orwell.

Mary Anne was very artistic and enjoyed painting, with several of her oil paintings having been publicly displayed and now decorating friends’ homes.

Surviving are four children, Chuck Eddy IV and wife Cathy (Shackett) Eddy, Thomas Eddy and wife Anne (Bartlett) Eddy, Beth Eddy Montello and husband Nick, and Nell Eddy Ellis and husband Mike; her sister, Kathy Merrill Worth and husband James V. Worth of Spring Lake, N.J.; brother, James P. Merrill of Palm Coast, Fla.; and several grand- and great-grand-children.

She was predeceased by her beloved husband, Charles Fremont Eddy III, her precious daughter Catharine Anne Eddy, and grandson Daniel P. Ellis. Also her brother H. Thomas Merrill, and parents Harry T. and Catharine Cassidy Merrill.

A private gathering in celebration of her life will take place at a later date. A private graveside committal service and burial will take place in the Spring at Mountain View Cemetery in Orwell.

Memorial gifts in lieu of flowers may be made in her memory to Addison County Home Health and Hospice, P.O. Box 754, Middlebury, VT 05753.

Arrangements by Miller & Ketcham of Brandon ◊