Ada Laurie Bryant died Feb. 27, 2019 at the Country House, Wilmington, DE at the age 103. She was born in Hingham, MA, the daughter of the late Richard and Ada Lee Laurie. After receiving her early education at Derby Academy and Hingham High School, she graduated from Lesley College, Cambridge, MA with the highest honors and was subsequently on the faculty of the public schools of Hull, MA.
Ada was married to F. Leonard Bryant of Weymouth, MA in 1937. They lived many years in Niagara Falls, NY, where their five children were born and where they were active in the First Baptist Church. Ada enjoyed acting with the Little Theater and the Summer Theater of Buffalo on Grand Island.
After moving to Princeton, NJ in 1965, she audited classes at Princeton University and joined the Princeton Art Association where her works were shown in juried shows in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. While in Princeton, she and her husband travelled extensively, and were members of the Nassau Presbyterian Church, the Nassau Club and Springdale Golf Club. Ada also performed community service as a member of the Women’s Auxiliary of the Princeton Hospital.
Ada’s husband died in 2001 shortly after moving to the Country House in Wilmington, DE. While there, she attended classes at the Osher Academy of Lifelong Learning and continued her interest in painting and drawing. Several of her paintings are displayed at the Country House.
Ada’s brother, Robert W. Laurie, a First Lieutenant in the Army Air Forces, died in service of his country in World War II.
In January 2013, Ada married Robert M. Haire. In addition to her husband, she is survived by two daughters: Jane Bryant Quinn of New York City and Poughquag, NY and Laurie Bryant Young of Arlington, VA; by three sons: Leonard Sanborn Bryant of Hardy, VA, Robert Laurie Bryant of Hockessin, DE and Richard Lee Bryant of Pittsburgh, PA; by 12 grandchildren, 19 great grandchildren; and by three step-children: Gene Haire of Corvallis, MT, Kate Haire of Downingtown, PA and Susan MacRae of Kintnersville, PA.
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