Ann L. Hutchinson

Hampton - It is with great sorrow that we acknowledge the passing of Ann Ladrie Hutchinson. Born November 15, 1934 in Portsmouth, NH to Victor and Louise Wakefield Ladrie, the oldest of four children. She was raised in Kittery and graduated from Traip Academy, class of 1952, serving as class secretary each year. While still in school, she worked at Liggett’s Drug Store in Portsmouth to earn money to buy her clothes or the material to sew them. And she did. This ability allowed her to clothe her own children a little later in life. While attending a Saturday afternoon movie at the Arcadia Theater in Portsmouth she met someone who she would spend the rest of her life with, Ray. They remained a couple until she graduated, and they married on August 23, 1952. After a short stint working at the Portsmouth Hospital, she was employed as a clerk/typist at the Portsmouth Navy Yard. While there, they relocated to Hampton, into their first house. After our second child was born, she became a stay at home mother for a short while. When Shawn Berry needed bus drivers for his business, he recruited several women from the neighborhood, Ann among them. She started out driving a station wagon where she could bring her infant son along for the ride. Over the years she graduated into full sized school buses. From there she moved into the office where they scheduled transportation for many towns in the area. When the business was sold to National School Bus Co. she managed the North Hampton branch with help from Natalie Perry. Upon retiring we decided to do some traveling, and took a tour of Kenya because we had heard first-hand accounts of the country and had seen “Out of Africa.” We just had to see this country. It was the thrill of a lifetime to be up close to the “big five” on safari and visit a Maasai village. This just meant we had to see more and more of what the world had to offer. Each year we would take one out of country tour and one or more here in the US. At home we had snorkeling, windjamming and hiking in the summer and downhill skiing in the winter. Abroad we visited Egypt, Turkey, China, Tibet, Ecuador, Peru, Costa Rica and many countries in Europe, to include Russia. Our adventures included being hijacked while on the road in Guayaquil, Ecuador, and having all our clothes and equipment stolen. We persevered, and went back the next year and had a wonderful time. Ann is survived by husband Ray, daughters and their husbands, Joan and Steve Bauer, and Karen and Bruce Jagolinzer, brother David Ladrie, grandchildren Patricia Boateng, Andrea Chicooree, Benjamin and Samuel Jagolinzer and four great grandchildren. In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by son Robert and brothers Richard and Carl Ladrie. Family and friends will gather to honor and remember Ann for a period of visitation on Wednesday, December 20, 2023, from 10:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. in the Remick and Gendron Funeral Home, 811 Lafayette Road, Hampton. A funeral service will take place in the funeral home immediately following the visitation at 11:00 a.m. Burial will be held privately at High Street Cemetery, Hampton. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation in Ann's memory to the charity or organization of your choice.

Ann L. Hutchinson

November 15, 1934 - December 11, 2023