Anne Fiske Thompson, of Cold Spring Farm Road, Phippsburg, died on July 10, 2018. She was born October 23, 1926, in New York City, the daughter of Marie Blood Fiske of Wellesley, Mass., and Charles Parker Fiske of Auburndale, Mass.

She grew up on Hewlett, Long Island and attended The Masters School in Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. and Sweet Briar College. She studied drama with the noted coach Frances Robinson Duffin, New York City and acted in summer stock in 1947 at the Boothbay Playhouse.

On August 27, 1949, she married John M. Thompson of Waccabuc, N.Y. They lived in Djakarta, Indonesia from 1955-57 while her husband, Jack was in the Foreign Service. In 1960, they moved to Bloomington, Indiana, where Jack taught for 17 years. Sabbatical years were spent in Finland, Italy, and Spain.

They moved to Hanover, N.H., in 1977 and lived there for ten years and then finally settled in Maine in 1987 in the Lee House acquired by her parents in 1946.

During her 17 years in Bloomington, Indiana, Anne was a part owner of an art gallery, helped start a theatre group, performing herself in productions, and at age 47, she completed the construction trades program at the local high school and worked as a woodworker and carpenter for the next 20 years.

In Maine, she was a volunteer at the Bath Family Crisis Shelter outreach office for three years. She spent a number of years as a Hospice volunteer, serving on the board from 1996-98, and most recently working with the residents at the

Winship Green Nursing Home.

She studied tai chi for 16 years, teaching for two of those years. It was a major part of her life.

Her family meant the world to her. Her husband Jack, her five children, thirteen grandchildren, six greatgrandchildren, all of whom she adored, gave her enormous pleasure.

And next to the joy of her family was the love of her home and gardens at Cold Spring Farm.

Her husband, John M. Thompson, died in March 2017, her sister, Grace Marie (Friskie) in 2006 and her brother, George Mann Fiske, in 1991. She is survived by her daughters Joanne Thompson of Sudbury, Mass., Lisa Thompson of Northampton, Mass., Terry Cutshall of Bangor, Parkie Boley of Kittery Point, and her son, Sumner Thompson, who moved from Indianapolis to build a house down the road. She is also survived by thirteen grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren.

Memorial contributions can be made to Hospice Volunteers in Midcoast Maine.

A memorial service will be held in the family barn at Cold Spring Farm.