Lana Palumbo Obituary

Lana Warner Palumbo 1937-2012 DURHAM, NC - Lana Warner Palumbo, 75, formerly of Wilmington, Vt., died Wednesday July 25th at her home following a long illness. Ms. Palumbo was born in Bangor, Maine on February 21, 1937, daughter of the late Gordon Chase Warner and Hazel Thorne Warner. She attended grade school at Nathan Hale, graduated from the Gateway School for Girls in New Haven, Conn., and from Smith College in 1959 with a Bachelor of Science degree. Ms. Palumbo was a direct descendant of Andrew Warner, who in 1636 was a founder of Hartford, CT with the Rev. Thomas Hooker. In early years she enjoyed summers in Bayside, Maine on the Penobscot Bay with her cousin Sally (Warner) O'Such. Following graduation she spent four years as a research biologist at Yale. In 1963 Ms. Palumbo spent her first winter in Vermont and relocated permanently in 1964 running the Handle House Inn. During a period that encompassed nearly four decades, starting in 1968, she was involved with Art on the Mountain, serving as chairwoman for several years, as well as a member of the Board of the Deerfield Valley Health Center Volunteers. Her organizational skills were important to the extraordinary financial success of that project. She moved to Durham in 2008 to be close to her grandchildren. Before her retirement she was Administrative Assistant for the Town of Wilmington and also a Lister of Property, serving the town faithfully from March 1991 to march 2008. Ms. Palumbo was an avid reader, prided herself on regular completion of the Sunday Times crossword puzzle, and enjoyed most of all special times with friends and family, in Durham, Tucson, and Wilmington. She leaves a son and daughter in-law, Andrew and Kristina Palumbo of Durham, N.C.; and two grandchildren, William (Wil), 8 and Lily, 6, of Durham. FUNERAL NOTICE: A service to celebrate her life will be held on Saturday August 18 at 10 a.m. at Our Lady of Fatima Church in Wilmington, burial will follow in Riverview Cemetery. Memorial Contributions may be made to UNC Hospice, P.O. Box 1077, Pittsboro, NC 27312 or UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, External Affairs Office, UNC-CH CB# 7295, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7295. To send personal e-mail condolences to the family, please visit www.sheafuneralhomes.com. Arrangements are under the care of Covey Allen & Shea Funeral Home.

Published by Bennington Banner on Jul. 27, 2012.
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