In retirement they enjoyed outdoor trips to Maine with some of their close pals. She and Carl took winter trips to Yellowstone National Park and the International Wolf Center in Ely, MN. Carl and Mary-Lu made two trips together to Alaska, and later worked for a season at Camp Denali and North Face Lodge in Denali National Park. Yearly family camping trips to Maidstone Lake or Groton State Parks in Vermont or to Baxter State Park in Maine were organized and documented by lists of things to remember. She adored the sounds of loons calling on a lake in the early hours of the morning. Both Carl and Mary-Lu were drawn to the outdoors and had a love of pristine wilderness, camping, canoeing, and the beauty of the natural world. In her retirement she volunteered extensively at All Saints', the Littleton Regional Hospital, Meals on Wheels, and with the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests. An avid reader, Mary-Lu was a member of the Friday Club, and a familiar face at the Littleton Public Library, the Village Bookstore, and in Bible study groups at All Saints'. She was employed outside the home as a secretary at the White Mountain Mental Health Center and at the White Mountain School. Side by side with Carl, Mary-Lu supported and pastored the congregation of All Saints. She also was the coordinator of The United Thank Offering for the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire. She worked actively with the parish as a member of the choir and altar guild, and as a host of many vestry meetings and other functions in their home. All Saints' Church was central to Mary-Lu ’ s life. She moved with him, and children David and Susan, to Littleton, NH in 1962 when Carl became Rector of All Saints' Episcopal Church in Littleton, and Vicar of The Church of the Messiah in North Woodstock. Following Carl's military discharge, they lived in Alexandria, Virginia, and New York City. They lived in Levittown, NY, and then on or near military bases around the country after Carl was recalled to active duty in 1951. She graduated from Pine Manor Junior College in Chestnut Hill, MA. She spent her childhood years in Garden City, and Scarsdale, NY, and graduated from Miss Hewitt ’ s Classes in New York City. Born on March 28, 1927, Mary-Lu was the youngest child of Lucie Gertrude Elkin and Frederick Kenneth Stephenson, Sr. Mary-Lu Schaller Mary-Lu (Stephenson) Schaller, a longtime resident of Littleton, NH, died peacefully on December 31 st in Tavares, FL.
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