Anne M. Ferreira

Hampton Falls - Anne Marie (Archambault) Ferreira, 84, passed away on August 8, 2023, surrounded by family at Webster at Rye from complications after a fall. She was born in Haverhill, MA, the daughter of the late Arthur and Helen (Melody) Archambault. She graduated from St. James High School, class of 1956. She later graduated from Salem Teachers College with a B.A. in English in June of 1960 and married Francis J. (Frank) Ferreira three weeks later. They were married for 59 years before Frank's death in 2019. Anne taught seventh-grade English at Seabrook Elementary for a year before becoming a mother. She later received her library degree from UNH. She was the library director for the Hampton Falls Free Library for many years starting in 1969, and then was the children's librarian in Seabrook, first at the Brown Library and then its replacement, the Seabrook Library, from 1986 until her “official” retirement in 2004, though she continued to work for the library part-time until she was 80. She began a story hour program that expanded through the years, reading to successive generations of children. She frequently ran into former “story hour kids” when she was out and about. Apropos of her occupation, she was a voracious reader. Reading was her favorite past-time and books her favorite gift to her granddaughters. She was a caring woman who gave generously of her time throughout her life to many elderly neighbors and family members and volunteered for many organizations. She and Frank loved spending time with their granddaughters and went to Maine often to be with them. She enjoyed science fiction, Star Trek, poetry, singing, the beach, attending plays and concerts with Frank, weekends with her daughters, and getting together with family and friends of which she had many. She was a founding member of The Seabrook Old-Time Radio Players and was an active volunteer at the Historical Society of Seabrook at the time of her death. Anne is survived by her daughters, Cathrina Skov and her husband Valdemar of Waldoboro, Maine, and Gretchen Ferreira of Thomaston, Maine; granddaughters Brynna Skov and Jessica Aidan Parmenter and her husband Austin; great-granddaughters Stephanie, Olivia, and Jasmin Parmenter; sister Mary Enright, and many nieces and nephews. She is predeceased by her husband Frank, her son Jonathan, and siblings Claire Archambault, Arthur Archambault, Margaret Sullivan, and John Archambault. There will be an open celebration of Anne's life on Sunday, September 17, at 1:00 PM at the Seabrook Library, 25 Liberty Lane, Seabrook, NH. She will be laid to rest privately in Brookside Cemetery in Hampton Falls.

Anne M. Ferreira

July 27, 1939 - August 8, 2023