DALTON - Edith Inez (Berwick) Switser, 100, passed away on Thursday morning, February 19, 2015 at the Lafayette Center in Franconia. She was three days shy of turning 101. Edith was born in Barton, Vermont on February 22, 1914 the daughter of William and Mary (Welch) Berwick. She was raised in the Northeast Kingdom and was a 1931 graduate of Lyndon Institute. That same year she married Clyde Burton Switser and for a time they resided in North Danville and Whitefield before finally settling in Dalton in 1941. She was the current recipient of the Boston Post Cane for the town of Dalton. Edith dedicated most of her adult life to her community. She loved reading, music and taking care of her husband and family. She served as the Dalton Librarian for 41 years and served on the Dalton and White Mountains Regional School Boards. She was a member of the Riverside Grange, the Dalton Ladies Aid, and a charter member of the Dalton Historical Society. She was a parishioner of the Dalton Congregational Church where she was a long-time organist and church treasurer. She is survived by her children, Jean Abbott and husband Bill of Dalton and Wayne Switser of Littleton; grandchildren Judy Abbott, Ann Hucksoll and Nick, Roland Abbott and Carol, Richard Abbott, Kele Grazel Kravelin, and Kimberly Soto; 14 great-grandchildren and 13 great-great-grandchildren. She is predeceased by Clyde in 1999; siblings E. Irene Murphy, Alice Stone, Henry Stone, Irvin Stone and Willey Berwick. A memorial service will be held Saturday, February 28 at 11 AM at the Dalton Congregational Church. Reverend Diane Raymond, pastor, will officiate. Burial will be in the spring in Cushman Cemetery, Dalton. Memorial contributions may be made in her memory to the Dalton Congregational Church, 770 Dalton Road, Dalton NH 03598 or the Dalton Public Library, 741 Dalton Road, Dalton, NH 03598.
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