BERLIN, N.H. – Constance P. Leger, 89, of 881 North Road, Shelburne, N.H., passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 13, at the Androscoggin Valley Hospital.

She was born in Portland, on June 28, 1919, the daughter of Lawrence E. and Helen M. (Day) Philbrook and attended the Shelburne Village School, Gould Academy and the University of Maine at Orono, where she obtained a bachelor’s degree. While attending the University of Maine, she was a member of AOPI Sorority.

She lived several years in Ohio, while her husband, Eugene, was in the U.S. Army Air Corps and returned to Shelburne in 1945, where she has since resided. She was self-employed for many years at the Philbrook Farm Inn and taught at the Gorham High School in Gorham, N.H.

Connie obtained her teaching degree from the University of New Hampshire. She had served on the Shelburne school board, was town clerk in Shelburne for 31 years and was honored by the town for her years of service in 2006.

She also served on the Shelburne Heritage Commission and was a longtime member of Winthrop Grange 315, a member of the Gorham Congregational Church, UCC, and was past president of the Gorham Women’s Club. She was awarded the Block M Alumni Award from the University of Maine.

She will be remembered by the residents of Shelburne for her outstanding flower gardens. She was also very adept at rug braiding, cross stitch, chair caning and was a great seamstress. She enjoyed making several traditional jellies and jams.

Members of the family include her daughter, C. Ann Leger and her son, Lawrence P. Leger, both of Shelburne, N.H.; several cousins, nieces and nephews.

She was predeceased by her husband, Eugene Leger; and two sisters, Nancy Philbrook and Helen Philbrook.