Mary A. Killian

Mary A. Killian (also known as Mary A. Leipziger) of Auburn, Washington died at age 84 on Saturday, July 20, 2013 in Seattle, Washington. She was born in Norwalk, Connecticut on September 14, 1928 and grew up in Westport, Connecticut. She graduated from Staples High School in Westport and attended Bennington College and the University of Connecticut before graduating from the University of New Hampshire.

While living in Hollis, New Hampshire in the late 1970s, she revived the town’s original newspaper, the Hollis Times, which had ceased printing in the early 1900s. She published the newspaper for several years before selling the business. The Hollis Times is still printed today. She also ran an environmental consulting company, Birch Hill Associates, for many years.

She was a longtime member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Appalachian Mountain Club, and the Yankee Weimaraner Club, and a recent member of the Western Washington Weimaraner Club. Her residences through the years included Saratoga Springs, New York; Harvard, Massachusetts; Hollis, New Hampshire; Morgan, Vermont; Seattle, Washington; and Auburn, Washington.

She is survived by her son, F. Douglas Leipziger of Lowell, Massachusetts, her daughter, Susan A. Leipziger of Seattle, Washington, and her beloved dog, Ch. Isle View It’s Gotta Be A Hemi (also known as Hemi).