Sylvia Asselin, 65, active volunteer
Sylvia C. Asselin of West Lane, who was active in community groups here and in New Hampshire, died on Monday, July 12, 2004, at White Plains (N.Y.) Hospital. She was 65 years old and the wife of Maurice R. Asselin.
Mrs. Asselin was born in Barre, Vt., on Aug. 7, 1938, a daughter of Edicta Valle Cozzi of Barre, and the late Bruno Cozzi.
She attended Vermont schools and graduated from the University of Vermont with a bachelor’s degree in home economics.
A resident of Ridgefield for the past 18 years, she had previously lived in St. Cloud, Minn. She was a member of the Caudatowa Garden Club, the Keeler Tavern Museum where she was a volunteer and operated the gift shop, the Ridgefield Hookers rug hooking group, and St. Mary’s Church.
Mrs. Asselin was also active in the Lake Sunapee, N.H., area and had a home at the Granliden Community Association in Sunapee. She was a supporter of the new Abbott Library in Sunapee.
Besides rug hooking, she enjoyed gardening.
Besides her mother and her husband of 44 years, Mrs. Asselin is survived by two sons, Robert M. Asselin and his wife Darlene of Mendham, N.J., and Michael C. Asselin and his wife Cari of Lakeside, Ariz.; a daughter, Margaret A. Woods and her husband Matthew of Maplewood, N.J.; a sister, Klaire Martin and her husband Douglas of Ridgefield; and five granddaughters, Sara, Amanda, Genevieve, Marielle and Mackenna.
A Memorial Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on Wednesday in St. Mary’s Church.
A Mass of Christian Burial and interment will take place on Saturday in Sunapee.
Memorial donations to the Abbott Library Building & Development Fund, P.O. Box 314, Sunapee, NH 03782-0314 would be appreciated.
The Kane Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.