June Edith Spellman

Award-Winning Artist

June Edith (Carlson) Spellman, 74, of Oak Knoll Drive, North Attleboro, died on Monday, January 16, 2006 at the Life Care Center of Attleboro where she had been a short-time resident. She was the wife of the late Albert Michael Spellman to whom she was married on January 4, 1958 and who died on December 18, 1992.

Born in Attleboro, Massachusetts on September 26, 1931, she was a daughter of the late William and Elin (Johnson) Carlson. She was raised and educated in Attleboro where she was a 1949 graduate of Attleboro High School. She remained a resident of the City of Attleboro until moving to North Attleboro 17 years ago.

Mrs. Spellman was an artist who painted with watercolors and oils and was the recipient of numerous awards from the Rhode Island Watercolor Society, the Providence Watercolor Club and at the Attleboro Museum Center for the Arts over the years.

She was the first place winner of the Rhode Island Watercolor Society’s national competition and often displayed her works at the Attleboro Museum Center for the Arts. Her painting of the Rhode Island State House won special recognition and was selected as one of five renditions to be hung in the Rhode Island State House.

A loving and dedicated homemaker, Mrs. Spellman was later employed by the former Attleboro Savings Bank as a customer service representative from 1980 – 1990.

As an accomplished artist, Mrs. Spellman was a member of the Rhode Island Watercolor Society, the Providence Watercolor Club and was a supporter, member and exhibitor at the Attleboro Museum Center for the Arts.

She enjoyed cooking, especially dishes from her ancestral Sweden.

In addition to her artistic abilities, she was a gardener extraordinaire who treasured the time spent in her perennial garden at her home and was such a devoted sports enthusiast having cheered for the New England Patriots, the Boston Red Sox and the Boston Celtics for so many years that she became the “family sports statistician”.

A woman of grace and elegance, she will be fondly remembered by her family and friends for her fabulous decorating abilities and her incredible sense of eclectic, sophisticated style.

She was a longtime member of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Attleboro where she had served as a Sunday school teacher for many years.

Mrs. Spellman leaves two daughters: Beth A. Hart of Warwick, Rhode Island and Karen L. Scanlan of North Attleboro; a son: Brian W. Spellman of Los Angeles, California; three grandchildren: Stephanie Hart of Hopkinton, Rhode Island; Andrew Scanlan of North Attleboro and Quinn Scanlan of North Attleboro; a brother: Richard Carlson of Rehoboth.

Relatives and friends are cordially invited to attend a time of visitation and an uplifting, celebratory gathering of her life on Thursday, January 19, 2006 from 6:00 – 9:00 PM in the “Memorial Chapel” of the DYER-LAKE FUNERAL HOME, 161 Commonwealth Avenue, Village of Attleboro Falls, North Attleboro.

Relatives and friends are cordially invited to attend a Funeral Service on Friday, January 20, 2006 at 11:00 AM in the Immanuel Lutheran Church, 647 North Main Street – Route 152, Attleboro.

Following church services an invitation will be extended to join the family for a time of refreshment and continued celebration in Mrs. Spellman’s honor and memory in the church.

Burial will be in North Purchase Cemetery, Attleboro.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in Mrs. Spellman’s name may be made to the Sturdy Memorial Foundation, Inc., PO Box 2963, Attleboro, MA 02703.

To send the family an expression of sympathy, please visit our on-line register book at www.dyer-lakefuneralhome.com.

Arrangements under the direction of the Dyer-Lake Funeral Home, 161 Commonwealth Avenue, Village of Attleboro Falls, North Attleboro.