Cynthia N. Seavey

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Cynthia Seavey Obituary

Cynthia N. Seavey
AUBURN -- Cynthia N. Seavey, of Denmark, died on May 12, 2011, at Hospice House in Auburn.
She was born on May 10, 1932, the daughter of H. Edward Nye and Mabel E. (Roberts) Nye. She has a BA degree with a major in Classics from the Boston University College of Liberal Arts and later obtained a degree in landscape design from Radcliffe College.
Cynthia was very active in her community. She was a member of the League of Women Voters, Sweet Adeline's, and Concord Chorus of Concord, Mass. She was president of Minute Man Home Care in Massachusetts for four years, and a member and past president of the Council on Aging in Carlisle, Mass.
Cynthia enjoyed designing landscapes for private homes, garden design and implementation, quilting, reading and writing poetry and was an active member of Unitarian Universalist churches, most recently the First Universalist Church of Norway, and enjoyed choral singing in church choirs and community choruses.
Cynthia was an editor for Meriam Webster and the UUA. She later had a landscape design business called Hortus II which she shared with landscape designer Peg Megowen. She designed many landscapes for private homes in Carlisle, Mass., also for public buildings. She designed and implemented a garden for the front of the Norway UU church and also designed her own private residence in Denmark, where she and her husband had been living since 2000.
Cynthia was predeceased by her father, H. Edward Nye, and mother, Mabel R. Nye. She is survived by her husband, Marden H. Seavey of Denmark; children, Clarissa Sawyer and husband Sean Denmark of Acton, Mass., Nye Sawyer of Concord, Mass., Kathryn Seavey and partner Don Reed of Denmark, Nathaniel J. M. Seavey and wife Eryn of Waltham, Mass.; and her sister, Nancy Masterton of Cape Elizabeth.
There will be a memorial service at 2 p.m. on May 28, at the First Universalist Church of Norway, 479 Main St., Norway. Condolences may be expressed at www.funeralalternatives.net.
In lieu of flowers, please
make donations to:
The Alzheimer's Association
P.O. Box 96011
Washington, D.C. 20090-6011
Cynthia N. Seavey

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Published by Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram on May 19, 2011.

Memories and Condolences
for Cynthia Seavey

9 Entries

Peg Megowen

May 26, 2011

To all the family. Cynthia and I met when we were students at the Radcliffe Landscape Institute, After we graduated we had a practice in Carlisle and the surrounding towns. We had a wonderful time and enjoyed designing and installing many landscapes. It was a fun and busy time and we used our children to help us.

Annette Ekstrand

May 25, 2011

I am so thankful for having had Cynthia for a friend. She brought beauty,compassion and happy times into my life, and I miss her so much...

Helyne May

May 23, 2011

I met Cynthia the one time, at a Vespers ceremony at her church with her husband last summer. Marden had spoken highly of her, and I was unaware that she was ill. She had a lightness of spirit, and way that she wore a lovely scarf in her silvering hair, and raised her voice with the familiar hymns made her seem more youthful. My contact with her was brief, but I felt like I met someone who was kind, lovely, bright, and dignified.

My heart goes out to her family, with great sadness for her loss from this world, but also with relief that she has been released from a disease that was so cruel to her. I wish them love and strength, and also some comfort in knowing that they helped care for her in the most difficult time in her life. Peace be with you.

Clarissa Sawyer

May 23, 2011

This is a wonderful summary of my mother's life. I am blessed to have had her as my mother.

May 20, 2011

I am so sorry to hear about Cynthia's death, Marden, but I realize that her quick and peaceful end, as you put it, have released her from the misery of her illness and all of the family from the anguish of knowing her suffering. May memories of her in happier times provide healing and peace for all of you, as well. Penny Morris (Denmark, ME)

Nov. 22, 2010

Kate Seavey

May 20, 2011

I miss Mom. But I'm relieved she's not suffering anymore.

May 19, 2011

I'm glad that her passing was peaceful. I never met her but her memory will live on through you, Marden. Laurie Cane (Leicestershire, UK).

nancy and chet cook

May 19, 2011

Im so sorry for your loss Marden she was a beautiful lady

Marden Seavey

May 19, 2011

My beautiful and creative wife, Cynthia, suffered from Alzheimer's dementia for the last three years but she did not linger on and "went home" relatively quickly and peacefully. Her spirit lives on in the hearts of all who knew and loved her.

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