Piermont, NH – Ellen M. Simpson, 91, died peacefully on Saturday, December 21, 2019, at her home, surrounded by her family.

Ellen was born in Boston, MA on March 9, 1928, the youngest child of Horace and Mariana (Odlin) Morse.

She grew up in Medford, MA and graduated from Medford High School in 1946.

She married her teenage sweetheart William (Bill) M. Simpson on August 9, 1946 and after living in Manchester and Littleton, NH they bought their farm in Piermont in 1950 and together raised their two daughters Karen and Julie.

Ellen worked as long distance telephone operator, telling us she once placed a call from Bethlehem to Hollywood for actress Bette Davis.

She worked several summers as a chambermaid at the Lake Tarleton Club and Resort in Piermont.

Her last job, where she worked for over 20 years, was as a clerk in the Medical Records Department at Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital.

She was a member of The Watch 'Em Pop Club for young mothers that cemented some life long friendships.

She loved the music and movies of the 40's, playing cards and board games, and was an avid Red Sox fan.

Her grandmother, Addie Morse, taught Ellen to play the piano and she loved to accompany her family and friends for extended sing-a-longs.

Hospitality was a big part of Bill and Ellen's life, asking family, friends and sometimes total strangers in for a meal or a cup of coffee.  (They weren't strangers for long.)

Ellen was predeceased by her husband of 69 years, Bill Simpson, on August 20, 2015, her brother, Lt. Col. Herbert E. Morse, on June 28, 1995, and her parents.  (Her mother died when Ellen was 10 years old which left a scar that time never healed.)

She is survived by her daughter Karen F. Simpson and daughter-in-law Brenda Strong of Laconia, NH; her daughter Julie Simpson Lamarre and son-in-law Bruce Lamarre of Piermont; her granddaughter Karen Lamarre Gansz and husband Christopher Gansz of Warren, NH; her granddaughter Gail Lamarre Bachus and husband Jason Bachus and great grandchildren, Nathan Bachus and Xander, Liam and Mackenzie Pearl of Piermont; her grandson Timothy Lamarre and wife Hannah Marsh Lamarre and great grandchildren Isabelle and Tristen Lamarre of Piermont; several cousins, nieces and nephews.

Ellen was a caring mother, grandmother, friend and confidant.  She will be greatly missed.

A Private burial will observed by the family at the Ladd Street Cemetery in Haverhill, NH.

Contributions to your favorite charity in memory of Ellen would be wonderful but she would have loved to know that instead you would hug your family and friends and tell them you love them and maybe even invite a total stranger in for a cup of coffee.