Dorothy Anne Cilley (born Durfee)
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Gender: Female
Date of Birth: November 27, 1916
Date of Death: November 9, 2004
Birth Place: Newton Center, MA
Death Place: Dover, NH
Dorothy Anne Cilley
Registered architect enjoyed playing the piano
DOVER – Dorothy Anne Cilley, 87, of Langdon Place, Middle Rd., Dover, and formerly of Bow Lake, died on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2004, after a long period of failing health.
A memorial service will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at Langdon Place, 60 Middle Rd., Dover.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Loon Preservation Committee in Moultonboro or to the charity of one’s choice.
Wiggin-Purdy-McCooey-Dion Funeral Home, 655 Central Ave., Dover, is in charge of arrangements.
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She was born on Nov. 27, 1916, in Newton Center, Mass., the daughter of Philip Sherwood and Dorothy (Day) Durfee.
Anne attended Smith College in Massachusetts, and she then went on to become a registered architect with Nickerson and Nickerson; she worked at UNH for 18 years in the Extension Service – Housing and Home Management, in the Department of Home Economics, retiring in 1981. Some of her designs of local buildings are Oyster River Vet Clinic, Strafford Guidance Center and the Children’s Home addition on Locust Street.
She was a member of the St. Thomas Episcopal Church of Dover.
Anne loved music, enjoyed playing piano, enjoyed the water, and lived on the family’s sailboat with her first husband “Nick” and her two sons. From their home on Bow Lake, she worked in loon preservation education with her second husband, Herb Cilley, ” known as the Loon Ranger.”
She is survived by her husband, Herbert L. Cilley, formerly of Bow Lake; her son, Douglas Nickerson, of Dover; three stepchildren, Judith Kelsea of Lincoln, Neb., Dean Cilley of Yarmouth, Maine, and David Cilley of Saranac Lake, N.Y.; several grandchildren and great-grandchildren; and nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased by her first husband, George E. R. “Nick”Nickerson, and a son, Randall M. Nickerson.
Published in the Concord Monitor (NH) – November 15, 2004
