SOUTH PARIS – Mary Howard Freeman, 89, passed away Jan. 17 at Market Square Health Care Center. She had been in the rehabilitation unit recovering from a broken hip. She died peacefully in the company of her daughter, granddaughter, and two great-grandchildren.

She was born in Albany N.Y., on April 4, 1915, the daughter of William and Georgia Howard.

As a young woman she wanted to teach young children. She attended Wheelock College and Columbia University. She taught kindergarten for 35 years, most of which was in Delmar, N.Y. Many remember her positive attitude and spirit while being educated in her classroom. She and her husband, Frank (Red), had two children.

Mary will be remembered as a vital, loving, good humored and friendly woman, who had bettered the lives of many.

She is survived by her two children, Mary Ellen Smith of Paris, and Frank (Rusty) Freeman and his wife, Linda, of Atlanta, Ga.; four grandchildren, Charlie and his wife, Wendy, of South China, Don and his wife, Heather, of Ottawa, Canada, Katie Tripp and her husband, George, of Norway, and Heather Freeman of Atlanta, Ga.; and six great-grandchildren.

She was predeceased by her husband Frank.

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