Obituary of Elizabeth Frances Breed

E. Frances Breed, 93, a longtime resident of Clinton, died on Saturday, May 9, at the LutheranCare facility where she had been a resident in recent years. Frances was born on June 23, 1921, to John W. And Anna (Sutherland) Ackley in the Township of Jackson, in Washington County, New York, where she grew up. Later, she graduated cum laude in 1942 from the State University of New York at Plattsburgh. After teaching four years at Washington Academy in Salem, New York, she married Alburn Breed in 1946. Five years later they moved from Ticonderoga to Clinton, where they had three children and were together until Alburn's death in 1996. Frances might be remembered by some Clintonians as their fifth grade teacher when she taught in the Clinton Central School from 1956 to 1980. She cared deeply for the children she taught as well as her own, and was known as a devoted teacher with a penchant for elaborate displays of student artwork - always a school-wide attraction - in her room. In addition, Frances was a former member of AAUW, several bridge clubs lasting decades, and the Kirkland Library Book Club. She was an avid reader all of her life. Frances is survived by her daughter, Elizabeth Breed of Oregon, Wisconsin; sons, Tim Breed of Clinton and John Breed of Littleton, Colorado; daughter-in-law, Dianne Norell Breed; grandsons Andrew and Aaron Breed, also of Littleton. There will be a small family service at the Sunset Hill Cemetery this weekend. Arrangements by Owens-Pavlot & Rogers Funeral Service, Inc., Clinton. Frances left her family a note that anyone who wishes to do so, remember her in lieu of flowers with a contribution to the Kirkland Town Library, 55 ½ College Street, Clinton, NY 13323, a library which had served her so well with a lifetime of wonderful reading.