Ann Harwood

Ann Elizabeth Everleth Wilcox Harwood, 88, died quietly in her sleep on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023, at Mansfield Place Memory Care in Essex Junction. 

She was born in Albany, N.Y., in 1935. She earned her bachelor’s degree at Plattsburgh State Teachers College in New York and her Master of Education at Central Connecticut State College.    

Ann worked as an elementary school teacher at Vernon Elementary School and later as a reading consultant at Center Road School in Vernon, Conn.

In retirement, she volunteered at the Dorothy Alling Memorial Library in Williston and at Copley Hospital in Morrisville.

She worshiped and served at the Stowe Community Church and at First Congregational Church in Burlington and Williston Federated Church. 

She enjoyed traveling with her daughters, sailing, cooking, gardening, reading and caring for her many pets. She served as the president of the Hartford Whalers NHL hockey team’s booster club and was a member of Eastern Star. She was always friendly and kind with a ready smile and a fondness for her own and other peoples’ pets. 

Ann lived in Vernon, Conn., for many years followed by residences in Gouverneur, N.Y., Chestertown, Md., and Stowe and Williston.

She is survived by her daughters, Sue Conte and her husband, Mico Bursac of Brookline, Mass., Gayle Wilcox of Williston, and Carol Wilcox Schein and her husband, Jack von Behren and her two grandsons, Tim Schein and Dan Schein, all of Waterbury Center; brother, Richard Everleth and his family of the Delmar and Albany, N.Y. area.

She was predeceased by her husband, Stephen Earl Wilcox of Vernon, Conn., and her parents, Raymond and Ruth Everleth of New Baltimore, N.Y.

A private family burial and memorial will take place at a later date.

The family invites the sharing of memories and condolences at awrfh.com.