Fiona Seymour BLAIR

1945 - 2014  (69 years)

• Name	Fiona Seymour BLAIR
  Birth	23 Sep 1945	Glasgow, Scotland
  Gender	Female
  Residence	2006	Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont
  Death	26 Sep 2014	Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont   [1]
  Burial	Carpenter Cemetery, Guilford, Windham, Vermont   [2]
  Siblings	1 brother and 2 sisters
  1. Fiona Seymour BLAIR,   b. 23 Sep 1945, Glasgow, Scotland d. 26 Sep 2014, Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont  (Age 69 years)   2. Colin C. BLAIR,   b. 23 Sep 1945  (Age 78 years) + 3. Sheila S. BLAIR,   b. 26 Nov 1948, Montreal, Quebec  (Age 75 years)   4. Dr. Felicity Duncan BLAIR,   b. 25 Sep 1952, Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut d. 17 Aug 1979, Worcester, Massachusetts  (Age 26 years)
  Person ID	I14129	bmds
  Last Modified	16 Aug 2017

  
  

  Father	William Sutherland BLAIR,   b. 18 Sep 1917, Glasgow, Scotland d. 21 Jun 2000, Peterborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Mary Seymour BARNES,   b. 16 Jul 1922, Montreal, Quebec d. 3 Feb 2006, Peterborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire (Age 83 years)
  Family ID	F5760	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Residence - 2006 - Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont Death - 26 Sep 2014 - Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont Burial - - Carpenter Cemetery, Guilford, Windham, Vermont
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] Obituary. BRATTLEBORO – Fiona Seymour Blair, 69, died peacefully at her home on Sept. 26, 2014 after a brave struggle with esophageal cancer. Daughter of William Sutherland Blair and Mary Seymour Barnes, formerly of Guilford, Vt. and Peterborough, N.H., Fiona was born in Glasgow, Scotland. Soon after her birth her family moved to Montreal, Canada, and then to Connecticut, where she grew up. She attended Greenwich Academy and McGill University in Montreal, where she earned her bachelor’s degree. She later earned a master’s degree from the Bank Street College of Education in New York. She worked in New York and Cambridge, Mass. before moving to the Brattleboro area, where she lived for more than three decades. There, she worked for Blair and Ketchum’s Country Journal, the magazine co-founded by her father. She actively supported many community organizations, such as the Drop-In Center and Morningside Shelter.  She is survived by her twin brother, Colin, of Arlington, Mass.; her sister, Sheila, of Richmond, N.H.; her niece, Felicity Bloom, of Madison, Wis.; and her nephew, Oliver Bloom, of Berkeley, Calif.; as well as her beloved cousins, Jane, Torey, Andrea, and Bruce Allan of Montreal.  Her sister Felicity and friend, Robert McGraw, predeceased her. Over the years, her wide circle of friends in Brattleboro provided loving support, and she will be sorely missed. A celebration of her life will be held later. Published in Brattleboro Reformer on Sept. 29, 2014 [S5] Find A Grave, → Memorial ID 154304180.