BROOKSVILLE – Eve Joanne Linger Hamblett Cassatt, wife of Robert K. Cassatt, and longtime Brooksville area resident, passed away Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010. Born July 15, 1930, in Lost Creek, W.Va., her father, R. Basil Linger, a country doctor, and her mother, Maude May Teter Linger, raised five children. When Eve was a young girl, they settled in Clarksburg, W.Va. Eve graduated with honors in 1952 from the University of West Virginia, where she majored in home economics. She was member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority, where she formed lifelong friendships. She married Lawrence Culver Hornor of Clarksburg, W.Va., in 1952, and devoted herself to raising her three children, Mark Hornor of Cuppertino, Calif., Richard Hornor of Framingham, Mass., and Elizabeth Hornor Boquet of Lausanne, Switzerland. In 1968 Eve married Charles Kittredge Hamblett of Nashua, N.H., and extended her family to welcome his children, Nanci Hamblett Wilson of West Palm Beach, Fla., and Charles Judson Hamblett of Haiti. Eve relocated to Maine after living and raising her children in New Hampshire for 20 years. As a teen in 1979, Donna Polk of Glastonbury, Conn., found a special place in the hearts of Charles and Eve and was considered one of their dearest. A community volunteer for more than 50 years, Eve actively participated as a founder of the library in Pelham, N.H., and Head Start program, League of Women Voters, Deer Isle Growing Up Reading Program, Nashua Memorial Hospital Volunteers, taught yoga, sang in the Nashua and Bagaduce Chorale choirs, wrote short stories and poetry in writing groups, and created unique children’s books for her numerous adoring grandchildren. Five years ago her family expanded yet again. At age 76, Eve married Robert K. Cassatt, who survives her in Brooksville. She opened her arms to his three children, Lydia Cassatt Osgood of Brooksville, Robert Cassatt of Atkinson, N.H., and Simmie Cassatt Isenberg of Haverhill, Mass. Her remaining years were joyfully spent attending jazz festivals with dear friends, traveling here and abroad, and sailing the waters of coastal Maine. There will be an open house reception 2-5 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 23, at the home of Robert Cassatt, 44 Cassatt Road, Brooksville. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to Deer Isle-Stonington Elementary School Library, 249 North Deer Isle Road, Deer Isle, ME 04627. Condolences may be expressed at www.jordanfernald.com.
EVE JOANNE LINGER HAMBLETT CASSATT
