Lucille E. (MacFarland) Metcalf (STH ’67)
Lucille E. (MacFarland) Metcalf, 90, of Exeter NH, passed away at Exeter Hospital on November 27, 2020.
Born in Marblehead MA on March 18, 1930, she was the daughter of the late Edna and Dwight MacFarland of Marblehead. She was a 1948 graduate of Marblehead High School, a 1956 graduate of Gordon College in Boston and Wenham MA, and had a Masters degree in Religious Education from Boston University School of Theology. She worked as a Director of Christian Education in Augusta ME, served as a City Missionary with the Baptist City Mission Society in Boston MA, was the Executive Director of the Greater Lynn Council of Churches, and taught knitting at Charlotte’s Web yard shop in Exeter.
Lucille was a member of Exeter Congregational Church since 1972 and served on their Board of Christian Education, Diaconate, and as Director of the Women’s Fellowship. She was also an avid walker and a long-time member of the Exeter Area Walking Club, having completed 11,000 miles as of 2002 when they stopped recording mileage, but kept walking until her passing.
Lucille was predeceased by her husband Russell C. Metcalf, her sister Shirley E. Breunig, and her stepson Peter B. Metcalf. Surviving members of her family include her sister Barbara Ripley of Rye NH; stepgranddaughters Susan Gardiner and her husband Steven of Georgetown MA, and Sandy Philpott and her husband Herb Philpott of Acton MA; step-great-grandchildren Ryan and Katie Philpott of Acton MA; and numerous nieces, grand-nieces, grand-nephews, and a great-grand-nephew.
At Lucille’s request, there will be no calling hours. A private family ceremony will be held at the Memorial Garden of the Congregational Church in Exeter, where she will be interred. A public memorial will be held at a later time.
This obituary was originally published here, by Stockbridge Funeral Home.