Name: Eleanor Littlefield Brush Date: January 17th, 1917 - January 31st, 2010 Obituary: Eleanor Littlefield Brush, age 93, a resident of Brunswick for nearly 50 years, passed away peacefully at her home at The Highlands in Topsham on the afternoon of Sunday, January 31, 2010. Eleanor was born in 1917 in Sandy Creek, near Bridgton, and moved to Westbrook where she graduated from Westbrook High School in 1935 and Gorham Normal School in 1938. She taught primary grades at Pride’s Corner School in Westbrook for three years before marrying John F. Brush at Warren Congregational Church in Cumberland Mills (Westbrook) in 1939. She and John lived in Saco and Gorham where John taught school, and lived in Chicago and Memphis during John’s naval deployment in World War II. They later lived for two years in San Juan, Puerto Rico where he served as a Lieutenant in the navy during the Korean War, before moving to Brunswick in 1954. In Puerto Rico and also in Brunswick, she was a Girl Scout leader for many years. Eleanor was an active member of First Parish Congregational Church, where she taught Sunday School, served two terms as a deaconess, and was on the flower committee for many years. In addition, she volunteered at the Regional Memorial Hospital and was a substitute teacher in the Brunswick Schools until the early 1960s. All who knew her will remember her as a dedicated wife and mother, whose hospitality and kindness will long be remembered. Eleanor is survived by a sister, Jean Crockett of Wallingford, Connecticut; a brother, Robert Littlefield, of Cumberland, Maine; three children, Jean Hill of Port Charlotte, Florida; Carol Brush of Harpswell; and Jon Brush of Delaware, Ohio. Also surviving her are seven grandchildren: Nate Hill and Sandy Hill Edwards, Tom and Wayne Clemons, and Andrew, Emily, and Sarah Brush. She also had four great-grandchildren, Avery and Maren Hill, and Hannah and Amanda Clemons. She was preceded in death by her husband, John, in 1994. Memorials: In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Alzheimer’s Association of Maine, 170 U.S. Route 1, Suite 250, Falmouth, ME 04105. Visitations: 6:00PM to 8:00PM on Thursday, February 4th, 2010 at Brackett Funeral home (map/driving directions) Services: 1:00PM at First Parish Church on Friday, February 5th, 2010 (map/driving directions) Cemetery: Woodlawn Cemetery Rochester Street Westbrook, ME 04092 (map/driving directions)