Ellen Victoria McEvoy

Ellen Victoria McEvoy, age 83, of Clinton Street, passed away on Sunday, May 5, 2024 at her home. She was born in Nashua, NH the daughter of the late Weston and Edith (Holt) McEvoy. Ellen lived in St. Paul, MN for almost 50 years before moving back to NH in 2020. She earned a Master’s Degree in education and worked for Plato Learning until her retirement when she worked part-time in the public library. She was also a ghost writer and wrote several manuals including how to fly an airplane. A voracious reader and dedicated to literacy, she served as a volunteer reader in the local elementary school and provided specially curated books to children at St. Joseph’s Home for Children where she was known as “The Book Lady”. Ellen maintained a blog called “Every Library I Can” https://libraryvisitsproject.blogspot.com/ in which she wrote about all the libraries she visited across the US and Canada. She was an avid walker and a lifelong learner. Ellen had cats her whole life all of which she doted on. She was a second degree black belt in Shotokan Karate and a dollhouse hobbyist, building them for friends, family, neighbors, and charity auctions.

Ellen is survived by her daughter, Laura Ellen Knights, of California; her two sisters, Jean Holt and her husband Frank of Hollis, NH and Mary McEvoy-Barrett and her husband Ray Barrett of Concord, NH; and her nieces and nephews, Scot Holt and his wife Sharon; Victoria Su, her husband Chuck and their children Kai-Ling and Barrett; Byron Holt, his wife Shauna Gillies-Smith and their son Davis; and Andrea Barrett, her husband Scott Lurgio and their children Ella and Zoe. Ellen was very dedicated to Kai-Ling, Barrett, Ella, Zoe, and Davis, showing great interest in their athletic and artistic activities, hobbies, educational pursuits, and reading habits.

Honoring Ellen’s wishes there will be no funeral services. In lieu of flowers the family invites you to commemorate Ellen’s memory by placing books in Little Free Libraries in local communities. The Waters Funeral Home in Concord is honored to be assisting the family with her arrangements.