Eleanor Martha Twickler

TWICKLER,EleanorMartha (Evans) 89, of North Andover, died May 12, 2009. Mrs. Twickler was born on November 24, 1919 in Akron, Ohio, the daughter of Albert W. Evans and Vera L. (Randall) Evans. She graduated from South High School in 1938, a member of the National Honor Society and recipient of the Womanhood Cup. She attended Akron University and was a member of the Alpha Gamma Delta sorority. At Akron University she met and married her husband of 65 years, George H. Twickler, who died in 2007. The Twicklers raised their family, two boys and one girl, in Wooster, Ohio for over a decade. She was the secretary-treasurer and real estate agent for Twickler & Associates. Together with her husband, George, they designed, built and sold 28 homes in Wayne County. The family moved to the Boston area (Needham) in 1962. In 1970 they founded Crovel, Inc., in Hartford, Connecticut. Crovel specialized in the manufacturing and marketing of prosthetic hair replacements for men, women and children, in the U.S.A. and abroad. Mrs. Twickler was a volunteer in church and school organizations, and also served the community through the Girl Scouts, Juvenile Diabetes, and Literacy Volunteers of America. A natural athlete and outdoor enthusiast, Eleanor enjoyed hiking, skiing, yoga, surf fishing, golf, tennis and sailing. After retirement in the mid-1980's, the Twicklers returned to the Boston area (North Andover) to be closer to their children and grandchildren. While living in North Andover, Eleanor was an active member of the North Parish Church, serving as an usher and contributing her own hand-painted ceramics and needlepoint crafts to the Christmas fair. Eleanor is survived by her children Eric G. Twickler and his wife Cecily of Worcester, MA; Bruce A. Twickler and his wife Janet Holian of Andover; and Stephanie Meegan and her husband Richard of Boxford; as well as4 grandchildren and their spouses, Sarah and Joe Twickler-Johnston of Chelmsford, MA, Jennifer and Craig Meegan-Harsip of Reading, MA, Peter and Sarah Moriarty-Twickler of Brooklyn, NY, and Laura and Kevin Meegan- McSorley of Boxford, MA. She is also survived by her brother David Evans and his wife Kay of Akron, OH. Memorial contributions may be made to the National Kidney Foundation, 30 East 33rd Street, New York, NY 10016, or the North Parish of North Andover, Outreach-In Memory of Eleanor Evans Twickler, 3 Great Pond Road, North Andover, MA 01845. Funeral arrangements were handled by the Conte Funeral Home, 17 Third Street, NORTH ANDOVER, MA 01845.