Harriette Ethel Manzer 1912 - 2008 The family of Harriette Ethel Manzer are sad to announce her passing on March 5, 2008 at the age of 96. Harriette was born and brought up in Marysville (now part of Fredericton), York County, NB. She was predeceased by her parents Rowley and Ethel (Bradley) Manzer, her brother Harold and his wife Blanche (Dunbar), her sister Esther and her husband Ernest Freeborn, and her brother William (Bill). She is survived by Bill's widow Dorothy (Moore) Miller and her nephews Ivan and Malcolm Freeborn and David Manzer and their families. Following graduation from Fredericton High School and the Provincial Normal School, beginning in 1931 Harriette spent several years teaching in rural schools in York and Carleton Counties. She then took a position with the Alexander Gibson Memorial School in Marysville from which she retired in June 1967, the only break from service there being the 1946/1947 school year when she participated in a teacher exchange with Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. She continued to live in the Marysville/Fredericton area until 1978 when she moved to Moncton, NB to live close to her sister Esther and Esther's family. Her retirement was plagued by poor health and in latter years she lived quietly in a small private nursing home in Lutz Mountain on the outskirts of Moncton where, when she was able, she continued an interest in family and world affairs. Throughout her life, Harriette had been an active member of the Methodist, now United Church, albeit for some years in an increasingly restricted way because of her poor health. She was both a Charter and a Life Member of the United Church Women organization in which she held executive positions. She was also active and held executive positions in the Pythian Sisters organization. She was a member of the New Brunswick Society of Retired Teachers and a Life Member of the Canadian College of Teachers. We extend the greatest thanks to Darlene Hardy for the friendship and excellent care Harriette received in Darlene's Lutz Mountain Home and to the staffs of the Moncton City and George Dumont Hospitals for their services as required. A "CELEBRATION OF LIFE" gathering in honor of Harriette will be held on Tuesday, March 11, 2008 at Central United Church, 150 Queen Street. Moncton, NB. Arrangements entrusted with Fair Haven Funeral Home, 1177 Salisbury Road, Moncton (506) 852-3530. A Memorial Service will be held at a later date at the Marysville United Church, with burial to follow in the Manzer family plot in the Church Cemetery. Memorial donations in Harriette's memory may be made to the charity of the donor's choice.