GREENVILLE – Carol Velma (Leighton) Budden, 72, died April 21, 2005, at a Dover-Foxcroft hospital, following a long illness. She was born March 17, 1933, in Willimantic, the daughter of Lynwood and Ella (Preble) Leighton. She was a graduate of Guilford High School, Class of 1950, and Husson College, Class of 1953. She taught school at Greenville High School for three years and at a one room schoolhouse in Rockwood for 13 years. She grew up in Willimantic and then lived all of her married life in Greenville. She was a member of the Moosehead Arts and Theater Society and for many years ran a craft shop “Wee Create It” from her home. She is survived by her husband of 49 years, Lawrence Budden of Greenville; two sons, Edwin Budden, who is on a tour of duty in the Air Force in South Korea, and his wife, Dallas, of Alaska, and Dale Budden of Greenville; a brother, Milton Leighton and his wife, Barbara, of Florham Park, N.J.; two sisters, Ruth Dauphinee and her husband, William, of Willimantic, and Diane Bonsey, and her husband, Ernest, of Dover-Foxcroft; a brother-in-law, Roy Fairbrother of Guilford; several nieces, nephews and cousins. She was predeceased by a sister, Barbara Fairbrother. Friends may call 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Sunday, April 24, at the Crosby & Neal Funeral Home, 21 Oak St., Guilford. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Monday, April 25, at the funeral home, with Pastor Ray Beless officiating. Burial will be held later in the spring at the Greenville Cemetery.
CAROL VELMA (LEIGHTON) BUDDEN
