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Elizabeth Mary Pugh (née Campbell), 91, passed away Aug. 1 in her home in Guilford. Elizabeth was predeceased by her parents, John Law Campbell and Elizabeth Burgess Campbell; her sister Rebecca Louise Montan; her brother John Law Campbell, Jr.; and her daughter Jennifer Pugh of New Haven.

Elizabeth, born Oct. 10, 1928, grew up in Montclair, New Jersey. She graduated from Smith College with a major in political science in 1950. That was also the year she married Thomas Paine Pugh. While living in Montclair, Elizabeth worked as an aide at Brookside Elementary School. After taking night classes at Montclair State College, she received a certificate in elementary education; she was a founding teacher for the Union Congregational Nursery School. She was active in the PTA, the League of Woman Voters, Smith Club, Union Congregational Church, and Girl Scouts.

Thomas and Elizabeth moved to Guilford in 1980, where she worked as a Welcome Wagon Lady and volunteered at the Guilford Free Library. She worked at the polls on election days and was an active member of First Congregational Church. She and Thomas enjoyed gardening, hiking, canoeing, swimming, and taking Elderhostel Trips. Together they enjoyed spending time at their family beach house in Branford.

Along with her husband, Elizabeth leaves behind two daughters, Elizabeth Pugh of Bloomfield, New Jersey, and Kerry Campbell Pugh and husband Glenn Alexander of Harvard, Massachusetts, his daughters Ruth Turner and Jane Alexanderr, and two great-granddaughters; a cousin, Charles E. Burgess III; a brother-in-law, Jon Russell Montan; and a sister-in-law, Judith Anderson Campbell. She also leaves nieces, nephews, and great-nieces and -nephews.

There was a family committal service on Aug. 14 in the Memorial Garden at First Congregational Church of Guilford. A memorial gift may be made in Elizabeth’s name to Friends of the Guilford Free Library, 67 Park St., Guilford, CT 06437; Smith College online at www.smith.edu/giving or mailed to Smith College—Gift Accounting, 33 Elm St., Northampton, MA 01063; or to Union Congregational Weekday Nursery School, 176 Cooper Ave., Upper Montclair, NJ 07043. To sign the online guestbook, please visit hawleylincolnmemorial.com.