Person:Enna Morey (1)

1920 Census: Wolcott, LAMOILLE, VT, page 7A, line 19, age 4 10/12, VT, VT, VT.

1930 Census: Wolcott, LAMOILLE, Vt, page 3A, line 23, age 15, VT, VT, VT as Anna M. Word daughter has "ab" after it - possibly meaning adopted.

ENNA MOREY BATES REMICK ADAMANT, Vt. -- Enna Remick died on April 20 at home with her daughter, Bonnie Holmquest, in Adamant, Vt. She was 89. Mrs. Remick has donated her body to the UVM Medical School. In accordance with her last wishes, a pot luck supper will be held in Maple Corner in celebration of her life. Tentatively scheduled for July, details will follow at a later date. Mrs. Remick came from a long line of hardy Vermonters being a sixth generation Vermonter on the Griswold family tree and a fifth generation Vermonter on the Morey family tree. The Morey family originally came to Boston in the 1600s and later followed Roger Williams to Rhode Island where they resided until 1777 when, as Loyalists, they moved to upstate New York and then to Pigeon Hill, Quebec. During the mid 1800s the family moved to North Troy, Vt. Her mother's family, the Griswolds, settled in Lamoille county in 1790. One of her early ancestors, John Griswold, died in 1776 during the Revolutionary War Battle of Long Island. Her great-great-grandfather, Alan Griswold, of Eden, was wounded and died during the battles at Spotslvania and Fredricksburg during the Civil War. Mrs. Remick was born in 1915 to Lila Griswold Martin and Frank Everett Morey on their farm in North Wolcott. She attended the North Wolcott village graded school, Montpelier Seminary and Peoples Academy in Morrisville. She graduated with a teaching certificate from Johnson Normal School and taught her first years at the one-room Graded School on the North Wolcott Road in Wolcott, Vt. She later taught at the one-room school in East Sheldon, as well as at the elementary and junior high levels in Sheldon Springs. Upon her marriage to Percival H. (Deedle) Bates in 1935, she became the first married teacher to work in that area. She also became the first teacher to be allowed to continue with her job while expecting a child. They made their home on a small farm off Randolph Road in Morrisville until the start of World War II. In 1942 they moved to Cape Elizabeth, Maine and both worked on the building of Liberty ships at the South Portland Shipyard. She was one of the original Rosie the Riveters as she was a qualified welder. Upon their return to Vermont after the war, they purchased a retail monument business and home in Enosburg Falls, where they lived for many years. Enna was active in both church and town functions, serving as superintendent of the Sunday School at the Enosburg Falls Methodist Church, as well as president of the Ladies Village Improvement Society. In later years she completed her B.A. at Castleton State College and received her M.A. in social work from the University of West Virginia. Upon her retirement she also taught social work classes at Champlain College in Burlington, Vt. Upon the death of her husband in 1953, she became a child welfare caseworker in St. Albans for the State of Vermont. She also worked on a special Turrell Fund Project with the West Side Community. She was named Woman of the Year in St. Albans. She went on to work for OEO establishing the Vermont Head Start Program. After working at the Rutland SW office, she was promoted to the State of Vermont Social Welfare Department in Montpelier where she was supervisor of foster homes and day care licensing for many years. She wrote the first book of day care regulations for Vermont. Upon her retirement from the state, she ran a day care home in Maple Corner, Calais and continued to touch the lives of many of the young children of the area. She was active in the Maple Corner community. She enjoyed spending many of her winter months in Lake Worth, Florida. She was president of the Vermont Folklore Society and a member of the Vermont Historical Society. She remarried in 1969 to Paul W. Remick of Claremont, N.H. They made their home for many years at Mrs. Remick's farm in Maple Corner. Mr. Remick died in 1996. She is survived by his children, David and Thelma Remick, Anne Grimm, and Larry and Barbara Remick and many grandchildren. Mrs. Remick was predeceased by her parents, her brothers Joseph, Glenn and John Morey, her sister Ruby Morey, and her nephew, John Morey. She is survived by her daughters and their spouses, Rosemary and Bill Oswald, Bonnie and Ronald Holmquest and Gaie and Daniel St. John. Surviving grandchildren are Michelle and Ashley Oswald (great-grandchild), John Desmarais, Kevin and Michael Holmquest, Shannon Bates and Patrick Malone. She is also survived by her cousin, Vera Parker, of Johnson; as well as beloved nieces and nephews: Jeanne Skiffington, Stella Hemansen, Linda Walker, Evelyn Stearns, Beverly Combs, David Morey and Janet Reed and their spouses and children. She was lovingly cared for in her final years by her daughter Bonnie Holmquest and family, and by her caregiver, Candi Manson, of Calais. Donations may be made to the East Montpelier Fast Squad, CV Hospice, the Adamant Methodist Church or to a charity of your choice. Enna Morey Bates Remick - St. Albans Messenger - (Aug/23/2005)