{"id":3129355,"date":"2016-04-01T01:02:52","date_gmt":"2016-04-01T05:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/eunice-benedict-merriss\/"},"modified":"2016-04-01T01:02:52","modified_gmt":"2016-04-01T05:02:52","slug":"eunice-benedict-merriss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/eunice-benedict-merriss\/","title":{"rendered":"Eunice Benedict Merriss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Merriss<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211;<\/span> <i><br \/>\n  <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eunice Benedict Merriss<\/span><br \/>\n<\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, 102, mnamo Juni 26, 2015, katika Kijiji cha Foxdale katika Chuo cha Jimbo, Pa., nyumbani kwake kwa miaka 23. Eunice alizaliwa mnamo Februari 4, 1913, huko Waterbury, Conn., mtoto mkubwa wa Edith Mason na Eric Wilson Benedict. Alihitimu kutoka Shule ya Bunker Hill na Shule ya Upili ya Classical huko Waterbury na akapokea digrii ya sayansi ya maktaba kutoka Chuo cha Simmons. Kwa miaka sita alifanya kazi kama mkutubi wa shule ya upili ya chini huko Meriden, Conn., Kabla ya kuhamishwa hadi Maktaba ya Umma ya Greenwich huko Greenwich, Conn.   <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alipokuwa akifanya kazi huko Greenwich, alikutana na mwaka wa 1952, akaolewa na William Ellery Merriss, mwalimu mkuu wa Kiingereza na Kilatini katika Shule ya Siku ya Greenwich Country. William alikuwa mjane, na Eunice akawa mama wa watoto wadogo wa William, Richard na Dilys, huku akiendelea kufanya kazi. Ziara waliyofanya mara tu baada ya kufunga ndoa na Stamford (Conn.) Mkutano kwa pendekezo la William uliwashawishi kuwa washiriki.  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mara tu watoto walipokua na kutoka chuo kikuu, yeye na William walitembelea Uingereza, Scotland, Ufaransa, Ureno, na Kosta Rika, mara nyingi kwa kukaa kwa mwezi mzima. Walipostaafu, waliishi Cape Cod kwa miaka kumi, na baada ya hapo waliamua kuhamia jamii ya wastaafu ya Quaker inayoendelea ya Foxdale Village. Ingawa William aliugua na kuaga dunia mwaka wa 1990, kabla hawajaweza kuchukua hatua hiyo, mwaka wa 1992 Eunice alihamia Kijiji cha Foxdale na kuhamisha uanachama wake kutoka kwa Mkutano wa Stamford hadi kwenye Mkutano wa Chuo Kikuu cha Jimbo (Pa.) Meeting. Alihudhuria mkutano mara kwa mara kwa muda, lakini lengo la huduma yake ya kujitolea lilikuwa Foxdale, kama mshiriki wa kikundi cha Wasomaji wa Rhodes na kama katibu wa mawasiliano wa Chama cha Wakazi. Eunice alikuwa akipendeza kila wakati, lakini hakuwahi kujishughulisha mwenyewe. Mwandishi wa wasifu wake, Myles Bane, aliandika, &#8221;Wakati mmoja ilisemwa, &#8216;Ili kuwa mkuu kweli, lazima mtu asimame na watu, sio juu yao.&#8217; Eunice anafaa maelezo haya.\u201d Eunice alifiwa na mumewe, William Ellery Merriss; na kaka yake, Douglas Benedict. Ameacha watoto wawili, Richard Merriss na Dilys Staaterman; wajukuu saba; na vitukuu wanane.       <\/span><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Merriss &#8211; Eunice Benedict Merriss , 102, mnamo Juni 26, 2015, katika Kijiji cha Foxdale katika Chuo cha Jimbo, Pa.,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9823],"tags":[20511,20501,20505,20503,20504,13152,20510,20508,20506,20500],"fpb_issue_category":[10217],"class_list":["post-3129355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-maadili","tag-cape-cod","tag-chama-cha-wakazi","tag-chuo-cha-simmons","tag-douglas-benedict","tag-ingawa-william","tag-kijiji-cha-foxdale","tag-myles-bane","tag-stamford-conn","tag-wasomaji-wa-rhodes","tag-william-ellery-merriss","fpb_issue_category-malezi-ya-kiroho-mafunzo-ya-quaker"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - 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