Mass of Christian Burial was Friday, Feb. 4 at St. Francis Catholic Church in Ellsworth. Officiating was Pastor Thomas Donaldson. Organist was Connie Cobian accompanied by the Resurrection Choir. Interment was in St. Francis Cemetery. Casketbearers were Jack Richie, Jon Richie, Jeff Richie, Scott Richie, Joe Richie, Chuck Riley, Greg Riley and Jim Jensen.
Memorials are preferred.
The O'Connell Family Funeral Homes of Hudson and Baldwin handled arrangements. She was the daughter of Will D. and June C. Savadge, Hudson. She was born in New York City and had moved Florida in 1998. She received a bachelor's degree from Grinnell College in Iowa and a master's degree from the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago. After college, she worked with Dr. Bruno Bettelheim, the Austrian psychologist, then taught at a New Jersey school for autistic children.