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BEZANSON, Alanta L.

Stellarton

Alanta Lorraine Bezanson, age 23 of Stellarton sadly passed away unexpectedly June 10, 2023. Born November 19, 1999 at the Aberdeen Hospital, New Glasgow and raised in Hardwood Hill most of her life. Alanta was one of the beloved daughters of Tammy Bezanson and Bradley Carruthers. Alanta aka Miss Prim/Kiddo was so beautiful inside and out and would stand out in any crowd. Alanta graduated high school where she loved playing soccer, track and field and her favourite basketball, where she excelled and received many rewards. Alanta continued her education at NSCC and Saint Mary's University. She was an exceptional hard working woman who adored and loved her residents at her current employment at Highland Community Residential Services. Alanta took great pride in all her hard work ethics and always went above and beyond her call of duties. Alanta and the love of her life, Nicholas enjoyed every minute together, whether it was going on weekend vacations, walks on the beach, strolls through Victoria Park, watching sunsets or sunrises. She was very adventurous and outgoing. She loved swimming, hiking, long drives, climbing trees, catching frogs, campfires, four wheeling and getting dirty. Alanta was very creative and enjoyed crafting, colouring, embroidering, baking, learning mom's secret recipes and the list goes on. However she loved being a homebody with her immediate family, cracking jokes and acting foolish which came so naturally to her. Especially when she was with her nephews, Charlie and Timothy. The boys loved their Auntie A beyond words. Alanta ran to see them every time she got a chance, laughing, tormenting and always leaving them with big hugs, kisses and full of life. Alanta was loved unconditionally by her predeceased grandparents, Milton and Karen Bezanson. Alanta had a wonderful life alongside her partner, Nicholas Laffin; parents, Tammy Bezanson and Bradley Carruthers; siblings, Madison, Jalena, Conway (Taylor); nephews, Charlie and Timothy; aunts, Bev Bailey (Roy), Cynthia Skanes (Robin); cousins, Savanna and Sheridan; great-aunt and uncle, Myrtle and Jimmy Bezanson and last but not least her fur baby, Callie. A Celebration of Life will be held at Summer Street Industries at a later date.

Always remember the Bezanson prayer: Here's to the sun and Holy Ghost, whoever eats the fastest gets the most.

We will see your beauty in every sunset, until we meet again, Miss Prim.¹

Nancy Sawin Teare age 88, passed away peacefully on Saturday, February 15, 2020 in Princeton, New Jersey with her two loving daughters by her side.

Nancy was born on March 24, 1931 in Boston, the daughter of George W. Sawin and Ida Hamilton Sawin. She grew up in Reading, her parents having lived in Massachusetts all their lives. Nancy was the apple of her fathers eye and she enjoyed the time the two of them would spend together. She attended Reading High School and then Skidmore College, graduating in the Class of 1952 with a BA in Art. After graduation, she moved to Boston and worked as a commercial artist. She married George William Teare, Jr. in 1954 and enjoyed 45 years of marriage, raising two daughters together.

Nancy moved to Princeton in 2004 to live closer to her daughters, but remained a New Englander at heart. She rooted for the Patriots, called a water fountain a bubblah, taught her family how to eat a lobster, loved coffee ice cream, subscribed to Yankee magazine, and never bought imitation maple syrup. She spent many summers on Cape Cod during her youth with her parents and her girlfriends. She later shared the love of the Cape with her children and grandchildren, always being the first one in the ocean no matter how cold the water temperature.

Nancy was an avid artist all of her life, and her beautiful watercolors of seascapes and New England scenes hang in all the homes of those she loved. She had an innate sense of color which also showed in her interior decorating ability. Nancy displayed her artistic prowess in her many hobbies including needle point, quilting, and knitting. She devoted many hours to her needlepoint including stitching every grandchild their own Christmas stocking. She loved to travel and nothing made her happier than being near the ocean whether to be sailing or walking a beautiful beach and collecting shells with her grandchildren. In the evenings, she enjoyed reading a good spy novel or a beloved poetry book and completing the days crossword puzzle. She grew up in the Reading Congregational Church, where her father was a deacon and sang in the choir.

As part of the Daughters of the American Revolution, she was proud of the Sawin heritage tracing it back many centuries to Boxford, England. Nancy was most proud of her family and held them dearly in her heart.

She is survived by her daughters Catharyn Teare Cutright of Princeton, NJ, and Susan Teare Morris and son-in-law John Morris of Princeton, NJ; her six grandchildren Brooks Cutright and wife Nahema Mehta, Molly Cutright, Logan Morris McIntosh and husband Tom McIntosh, Nellie Morris, Catharyn Morris, and Annie Morris, along with her three adored great-granddaughters, Annabel and Libby McIntosh and Nyah Cutright.

A memorial service will be held on Saturday, February 22, 2020 at 12:00 noon at Nassau Presbyterian Church in Princeton, New Jersey. A private burial will be held in Watertown, Massachusetts.²