Ethel Blanche Bishop Vollmer, 79, of Westfield Avenue,
Bridgeport, Conn., died Saturday, Nov. 19, 2005, in St.
Vincent's Medical Center, Bridgeport. She was born Jan. 14, 1926,
in East Burke, Vt., the daughter of Blanche Gray Bishop
and Earl G. Bishop Sr. Ethel attended schools in Sutton and
Lyndon, Vt., graduating from Lyndon Institute in 1944. She
studied law in Boston, Mass. Ethel was employed for the law
firm of Hale and Dorr in Boston for many years. Later, sickness
in the family brought her back to Vermont where she worked
for Caledonia County Prosecutor Clifton L. Drew, Central
Vermont Public Service and Chittenden County Superior Court.
While in Burlington, Vt., she met reporter, journalist and
photographer Craig Custer Vollmer and they married on Aug. 22, 1959,
in Woodsville, N.H. They moved to Michigan where
their son Kenneth Craig Vollmer was born. As Mr. Vollmer's
work took them around the country, Ethel followed and worked
for a number of attorneys in St. Joseph, Mich.; Framingham,
Mass.; and Lincoln, R.I. Later, her husband's position with The
Bridgeport Post brought them to Fairfield County, where she
worked for a number of attorneys. She and her husband ran
Vollmer Photography and most recently had her own business,
Vollmer Paralegal Services. Ethel was a member of St. Paul's
Episcopal Church in Fairfield, where she worked for three years
with the staff producing the Epistle, the parish newsletter. She
also served as office secretary for a time at Christ's Church in
Easton, Conn. Ethel always enjoyed flower gardening, cooking,
writing, painting, singing, and playing piano and guitar. Some
of her favorite events were art shows, concerts and harness
races. She was a member of the National Association of Legal
Secretaries, a charter member of the Photographic Historical
Society of New England and a life member of the Lyndon
Institute Alumni Association. Ethel was predeceased by her
parents; her husband, Craig; as well as her brother, Earl G.
Bishop Jr. of Lyndonville, Vt. She is survived by her son,
Kenneth; her sisters, Etta M. Bishop of Mansfield, Conn., and
Earlene Young and her husband Edward of Woodsville, N.H.;
her sister-in-law, Alice Bishop of Lyndonville; her nieces, Jan
Rossier of Lyndonville, Lynn Rhoads and her husband Ted of
Woodsville, and Korie Bishop of Stafford Springs, Conn.; her
nephews, Brian Bishop and his wife Lara of Lyndonville, and
Craig Behne of Houston, Texas; several grandnieces and -
nephews; and one great-grandniece. A memorial service will be
held Nov. 30 at 11 a.m. at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Fairfield,
with the Rev. Bennett A. Brockman officiating. There will be no
calling hours. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in
Ethel's memory to St. Paul's Episcopal Church Capital Campaign
Fund, 661 Old Post Road, Fairfield, CT 06824.
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