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Lucile Carpenter Brennan, 99, of Springer, NM died May 6, 2009 at Parkview Hospital, Pueblo, CO after a brief illness. At the time of her death Mrs. Brennan was a member of Springer First Methodist Church and P.E.O. in Raton, NM. A nationally-known tinsel painting artist, she helped revive interest in the 19th Century art form of reverse glass painting, and her works were sold for many years through B. Altmans, Saks Fifth Avenue, and other top department stores. She was a resident of Colfax long-term Care Facility in Springer and had previously resided in Angel Fire, NM, Lake Worth, FL, and Gretna, LA where she had been a Hurricane Katrina evacuee. Born January 10, 1910 in Concord, VT she lived her early years in Vermont and New Hampshire and in 1931 married Earl M. Brennan of Boston. As a chemical engineer working for paper companies the family lived in many cities and were active church members in cities which included Berlin, NH, Cincinnati, OH, Normal, IL, Dallas, TX, Ridgewood, NJ and Orange City, FL. A former librarian, Sunday school teacher and church elder, she had been honored for more than 50 years of P.E.O. women's educational and charitable work, and in recent years participated in chapters in Taos and Raton, NM, Gretna, LA and Lake Worth, FL. She was predeceased by her husband; and sister Priscilla Carpenter Goss. She is survived by son Vaughn Brennan and his wife Joan in Gretna, LA; daughter Marybeth Brennan Scheinbaum and her husband Mark Scheinbaum of Angel Fire, NM; beloved nephew Donald Goss of Hanover, NH; six grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren. Memorial Service will be held Friday, May 15, 2009, 5 p.m. at First United Methodist Church, 320 Maxwell Ave., Springer, NM, 87747. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her name to the church. Memorial Services planned for a later date in New Orleans and New Hampshire.
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