What is this installation about?
The Brick Store Museum’s mission is to ignite personal connections to local history, art and cultures.
The MemoryLights Project is an installation of globe lights in the Museum’s courtyard representing the multi-cultural traditions of memorializing and honoring loved ones and ancestors during the Fall season, including All Souls’ Day in November. Community members are invited to take part in the installation and tell the stories of their ancestors.
(Want to take part? Click HERE)
Explore the Stories Here!
As you explore the lights, scan the code on each globe and you will arrive here.
Stories are in order by First Name.
Barbara Dolce
My beautiful mother Barbara Dolce died on January 25, 2023. She fought to the very end to stay here with us, through Covid and pneumonia, but her body had been failing […]
Barbara Noyes Crede
Barbara Noyes Crede, 80, of Newington, CT, devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and passionate genealogist, passed away on Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023. She was the beloved wife of George J. Crede, […]
Bill & Anne Griglock
This Memory Light honors my parents, Bill and Anne Griglock. They were born in Exeter PA in the 1920s and grew up during the great depression. Both were children of […]
Brandon Wilds
Brandon Wilds (1983 – 2023) Brandon’s creativity, passion and love for life and his family was inspirational. He enjoyed sports but most of all soccer, consistently rooting for his favorite […]
David Muller
It is not the dates of birth and death, what is important is the time between. Our son was a huge part of our lives, till in 2020, he was […]
Denise Pagacik
Denise (1963 – 2018) was the ultimate friend. The first of my friends to die, it was a sudden and devastating experience. She was a fabulous mom to her 2 […]
Deon Burns
Deon Burns; my father. It is difficult to capsulize my father in a short note but I will try. Kind, loving, dedicated, these are just a few of the words […]
Don & Erma Baker
Don was a fighter pilot in WW2 and Erma was a “Rosie the Riveter.” My parents.
Elizabeth Polletto
Elizabeth (Beth) Polletto May 1985 – March 2012 Elizabeth (Beth) was the youngest child. She had 2 older brothers that adored her. She was born in Silver Spring, Maryland . […]
Ellen Sheehan
Ellen Katherine Connolly Mahoney Sheehan This Memory Light honors my mother Ellen, a first generation Irish American, born in Somerville, MA in 1925, the second oldest daughter of Katherine […]
Gary Singer
Gary Philip Singer of Lyman, Maine, passed away on Jan. 25, 2023, at the age of 76. He was born on July 20, 1946 in Boston to Samuel and Helen […]
George Dupuis
George Dupuis was born April 17, 1921 in Notre-Dame-des-Bois a municipality in rural Quebec. Born into a large farming family, he left school after third grade to work on the […]
Harold Bonell | MemoryLights
My father, Dr. Rev. Harold Bonell, is the reason that I live now in Kennebunk. In 1949, Freedom Farm became a home for a number of refugees who found a […]
Harrison Snow
Harrison Snow was my beloved uncle and one of my heros. He lit up the lives of anyone he loved, so this light is a fitting tribute! Harry was […]
Helen Thompson
Helen was born in Belmont Massachusetts in 1924 and grew up in Belmont and Cambridge. She always told people, “I was delivered by my grandmother!”, when the doctor failed to […]
Ian Ramsbotham Sturgess
Born September 23rd, 1984, Ian Ramsbotham Sturgess’ life was filled with achievements, passion and love. Ian was a classically trained pianist who studied at Carnegie Music Hall throughout his youth. […]
James E. Haddow
James Edward Haddow (1934-2020) grew up in Wollaston, Massachusetts during the Great Depression and World War II, the only child of an immigrant father and a mother who traced her […]
James Haddow
James Haddow (1895-1979) was born in Kilmarnock, Scotland, the oldest of three siblings. He grew up in Barrow in Furness, Lancashire, England and served in the Royal Air Force during […]
Jeff Cole
Jeffrey D. Cole – 1954 – 2018 Jeff was an exceptional, but humble man, who gave of himself completely to his family and friends. In addition, he volunteered his time […]
John T. Danis
7/10/1947 – 5/12/23 John was a son, brother, husband, friend, father and grandfather. To me, he is my Daddy. Trying to think of one story to share is a much […]
Madeline Gosling Haddow
Madeline Gosling Haddow (1905-1996) was born and grew up in Newport, Rhode Island, in the shadow of the Gilded Age “cottages” of the obscenely wealthy Vanderbilts, Astors, and others. She […]
Margaret Lovgren | MemoryLights
When one of our sons was asked to write about someone who makes a difference, he chose my Great Aunt Margaret. While she devoted herself to helping others through her […]
Matthew Kenneth Burks | MemoryLights
Matthew Kenneth Burks was aptly born, his parents’ first beloved child, in the middle of the summer of 1980. Like this season, he was exceptionally bright, filled others with warmth […]
Max Kozodoy
Max Kozodoy (1908-1998) was born in New Jersey to parents who had recently come to the United States to escape oppression in their native Russia. Max was the oldest […]
Miriam Covell
Miriam (1909 – 2007) was my mentor, idol, friend and grandmother. I respected everything about her, including her straight forward and steady manner. I loved to be in her […]
Nelle Laux Kozodoy
Nelle Laux Kozodoy (1913-2014) was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the fourth of six children. She grew up in Avalon, Pennsylvania and after graduation from high school she moved to Cambridge, […]
Patricia Burns
My mother was a force of nature, beautiful, talented, funny, wickedly funny and above all she was a mom. My mother was a gifted pianist and singer, she lived her […]
Paul & Grace Noyes
Grace Marion Smith was born in Kennebunk on Wonderbrook Farm on November 4, 1903. The farm house still stands, now called the Wonderbrook Center. Her father Alva F. Smith and […]
Phyllis Remal
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Richard Dupee
Richard Dupee (1938 – 2011) was a smart, quiet and caring soul. Recognized as one of the better ministers of his generation, his extra dry sense of humor was always […]
Rose Mary Donovan
Rose Mary was a devoted daughter, a dear friend, a caring sibling, a thoughtful aunt, a selfless mother and an adoring grandmother. She valued kindness and honesty as guiding principles. […]
Sue Berlin
Sue was an extraordinary woman who was deeply loved and cherished by her family, friends and colleagues. Her chosen vocation, teacher, was perfect for her as she taught everyone she […]
Sylvia Dupee
Sylvia Covell Dupee (1938 – 1986) was a wonderful mom and taken way too soon. She was an outgoing person, always trying new things. She always shared her talents […]