Sarah "Grace" Spooner

December 5, 1923 - June 6, 2017

Durham – Sarah Grace Spooner, 93, of Durham and a former longtime resident of South Hampton, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, June 6, 2017 at the Brookdale Sprucewood Senior Living Facility in Durham. She was born on December 5, 1923 in Bonavista, Newfoundland, Canada, the daughter of the late James and Jessie Sweetland. Grace was raised in Newfoundland. She met, fell in love and married the late Randall H. Spooner who was in the United States Coast Guard stationed at Baffin Island. Grace and Randall lived in a number of locations while following Randall’s career including Falmouth, MA, Wheaton, MD and Peabody, MA. They settled in South Hampton in 1975 where Grace was an active parishioner of the South Hampton Baptist Church. Family members include her sons, Edwin Spooner of Barrington and Larry Spooner of Brea, CA; her brothers, Harry and Max Sweetland; her grandchildren, Greg and Brian Spooner and Jimmy Fairhurst. She was predeceased by her beloved Randall and her daughter, Karen Fairhurst. A graveside service will be held at 11 am on Wednesday, June 14, 2017 at the South Hampton Cemetery on Hilldale Ave. in South Hampton. Family and friends are respectfully invited. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the American Heart Association, 7272 Greenville Ave, Dallas, TX 75231 online at www.heart.org or the American Diabetes Association, Boston, MA Office, 10 Speen St., 2nd Floor, Framingham, 01701 online at www.diabetes.org/honor.