Alice "Bertha" Barbara (Brechin) O'Hearn

Alice Barbara Brechin was born on June 12, 1938 to parents Russell William Brechin (1907-1994) and Marie "Albertine" Goulet (1911-1993). She was one of 7 children in her family and was the first daughter born to her parents. She grew up in Barre, VT and was a graduate of Spaulding High School there. She later went on to earc her Bachelor of Arts in classics from the University of Vermont, Burlington & her Master of Education from Keene State College in Keene, N.H, years later. In her early years of teaching, she taught in Syracuse, N.Y. where she met her furure husband Robert “Whiety” Joseph O'Hearn (1932–2010). The two married on July 6, 1963 in Stowe, VT and went on to have 7 children of their own. For many years, Mrs. O’Hearn taught English and Latin at Springfield High School (VT) & she taught Latin, Greek & English for 26 years at Green Mountain Union High School in Chester, VT before finally retiring in June of 2007 at the age of 69. Alice "Bertha" O'Hearn passed away on May 7, 2011 in Norwich, Windsor, Vermont, USA.