Grace S. Hunt

Grace S. Hunt ABINGTON Grace S. (Vivian) Hunt, 97, wife of Herbert L. Skip Hunt, daughter of Edward G. and Minnie M. (Bartis) Hunt, went to join them in Gods loving hands Thursday, Sept. 25, 2008. Born an only child in Dedham, Grace married Skip, the eldest of 10, June 14, 1932, and moved to Marshfield, where she mothered John E. Hunt and his wife Jean M. (Edson) Hunt of Abington and Vivian A. Gosnell of Sandwich. Grace was Nana to Jill M. Hunt Paige and John E. Hunt II of Abington; and friend to Gail S. Alcorn of Sandwich. A Rockland resident from 1947 to 1967, she was very active in Trinity Episcopal Church on the altar guild and never missed a Sunday. Among those things she most enjoyed were family, friends, sewing, animals and visiting Mukadobit Harbor, Nova Scotia, and the Boston Red Sox. For over 15 years, she was employed at Dyna-Craft in West Hanover as bookkeeper and secretary and served for five years in the North Marshfield Post Office. On returning to Marshfield, Grace was for a number of years, treasurer of the Steeple School at Trinity Episcopal Church in North Marshfield. She and Skip then returned to Rockland in 1990, where Skip passed away in November of 1991. Her son John and his wife Jeanne lovingly opened their home in Abington to Grace for the past 17 years. Because Grace was legally blind for the past 17 years, talking books supplied by the Perkins Braille and Talking Book Library were a constant source of joy for a woman with a sharp mind who was interested in all around her. A visiting hour in the Magoun-Biggins Funeral Home, 135 Union St., Rockland, will be held Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008, at 9:30 a.m. followed immediately by a celebration of Graces 97 year odyssey. Burial will follow in Plainville Cemetery, Route 139, in Marshfield. Donations may be made to the Jimmy Fund, c/o Dana Farber Cancer Institute, 44 Binney St., Boston, MA 02445, or the Perkins Braille and Talking Book Library, 175 North Beacon St., Watertown, MA 02472. For directions or to sign online guest book, www.magounbiggins.com.