Elizabeth Howe Verrill ’53, of Amherst, Mass.

Elizabeth Howe Verrill  ’53, of Amherst, Mass.; June 15, of a perforated colon. She taught elementary school in Cambridge, Mass., from 1953 to 1957; was a language disability tutor and language therapist at several schools in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Maine from 1961 to 1976; was cofounder and codirector of the Willow Hill School in Sudbury, Mass., from 1970 to 1976; and was founder and director of the Listening and Learning Center of Amherst from 1988 to 2012. She was also a certified massage therapist and member of the American Massage Therapy Assoc. She enjoyed choral singing, gardening, and reading. She is survived by daughter Rebecca Verrill Smith ’80 of 36 Brooks St., Medford, MA 02155; two grandchildren; two brothers; and several nieces and nephews.