INA’S INSIGHTS: Swampscott’s outstanding residents: Angela Warren Ippolito
Ina Michele Resnikoff
A decade ago, Angela Warren Ippolito built an extension on her Swampscott home with her husband, Joe, to bring her now 90-year-old mother to live with them. Like everything else that Ippolito has done, this decision has added to her joy in life.
Ippolito is an unusually positive person, able to see the many sides of things; this has enabled her to be successful in the worlds of fine arts and marketing as well as an unstinting Swampscott volunteer for 20 years.
Currently, Ippolito is in her third five-year term on the Swampscott Planning Board, which she also leads as the five-member board’s chairperson. She appreciates the diversity and diligence of her colleagues.
Sarah Maeck
After a long period of declining health, Sarah Maeck died on December 2, 2020, at Wellington Place in Decorah, Iowa, where she had been a resident for several years.
Sarah was born on August 23, 1948, in Burlington, Vt., to John Van Sicklen Maeck and Doris Wehrle Maeck. She attended Burlington schools until the age of 15 when the family moved to a farm near Lake Champlain on the Shelburne-Charlotte line. Sarah entered Champlain Valley Union High School as a member of its inaugural sophomore class, graduating in 1966.
After briefly attending Colby Junior College in New Hampshire, Sarah returned to Vermont and married Albert “Skip” Williams, with whom she had two children, Christopher and Michele. Sarah devoted the ensuing years to providing a home for her family. After her divorce, Sarah continued to reside and work in the Burlington area to give love and support to her children and grandchildren.
Brenna Reynolds
Brenna Reynolds (formerly Wrest) of Burlington, Vt., died on January 1, 2021. She was 47. Brenna grew up in Beverly, Mass., and Essex Junction and Westford, Vt. She graduated from Essex Junction Educational Center and earned a BA degree from Trinity College in Burlington.
Brenna had many skills and interests. She had significant intellectual capabilities and was interested in current events, particularly about the inequality of people of color. Her sense of humor was renowned, and she had a vast collection of friends. She was generous and kind. Most recently, she found talent in using colored pencils, learning how to draw and creating zentangle designs. She was quite an athlete in her younger years and an avid sports fan.