TAMARA HARTFORD MCFALL EDDY

TAMARA HARTFORD MCFALL EDDY BURLINGTON - With sunshine warming her back, waves outside gently washing up on Champlain's shore, and with her loving family by her side, Tamara Hartford McFall Eddy began a new journey on Monday Nov. 2, 2009. Born Oct. 21, 1963, Tamara's life was one filled with giving, listening, and helping others to heal and grow; she was a gentle beacon of light in so many lives. Tamara has lived in Vermont for twenty years, and began her mission of helping others in this community at Champlain Vocational Services, working with people with different abilities. She then continued this work both for Home Base, Inc. as a Case Manager, and as a private care-giver. Having a special connection and dedication to children and teens, Tamara also worked at The Northgate Youth Center. An artist and photographer, she was instrumental in the formation of the Burlington Frog Hollow Clay and Craft School, and believed art to be an integral part of community, spiritual growth, and healing. She then became the Program Director as the school evolved into The Burlington City Arts Clay and Craft Studio in 2004. Last year, Tamara was presented with the first "Laura's Spirit Award" from The Laura Kate Winterbottom Memorial Fund "In recognition of her energetic, dedicated, and passionate service to developing, coordinating, and managing Burlington City Arts' Clay and Craft Studio's youth programs and summer camps, and creating a fun and nurturing place for all the children." Tamara also lived and worked for the past two years with her husband at Rock Point School, as a Dorm Parent. Her deep and caring connections to both the youth and her peers in this community, as well as at City Arts, will be dearly missed by all. Because she has always thought of the world as one big family, Tamara is survived by all of us. Her personal family includes her loving husband Stanton Eddy, with whom she combined both their life's passions and careers. She is survived also by her mother Linda Hartford, her father Blaine Hartford and his wife Marie Gorman, her sisters Jennifer Allen, Sally Hartford, and Deborah Williamson; her brothers-in-law Conrad Kirby II and Robert Williamson; her aunts and uncles Sheilah Thomas and Joshua Hartford, Sandra and Buzz Hartford, Stewart and Hazel Hartford, and their families; her cousins Samantha and Luke Hartford; her mother and fatherin-law Jane and Marshall Eddy; Her sister-in-law Serena Eddy-Moulton and her husband Jim Moulton, her sister-in-law Katinka Eddy and her husband Eric Troffkin, her brother-in-law Merritt Eddy and his wife Jodi; her beloved nieces and nephews Christopher Allen, his wife Tricia Allen, Timothy Allen, Maxon, Kess, and Tucker Moulton, Seely Rose Troffkin, little Marshall Eddy, Alissa, Benjamin, and Nathaniel Williamson, his wife Sarah, her great-niece Lilly Allen, her greatnephew Baron Williamson; her good friend and first husband Daniel McFall and his wife Allison; and Tamara's beloved dog Kayla. The family would like to thank Tamara's medical, alternative medical, and VNA Hospice teams for their wonderful care and friendship. A celebration of Tamara's life will be held at 12 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 13, 2009, at the Memorial Auditorium in Burlington, with a reception to follow. To carry on Tamara's life's work, donations may be made in her name to the Rock Point School scholarship program and the Burlington City Arts Clay and Craft Studio.