Ann Morris Pearce died peacefully at her home in Canaan on November 25, 2016. She was diagnosed as having a non-small cell carcinoma of the lung in January 2016. Her husband, David, who provided care for her was at her side. They had been able to spend the month of August in Aix-en-Provence, France. Ann was born in Alliance, Ohio, on October 29, 1935, to Helen and Evan Morris. She attended Mount Union College in Alliance and graduated from George Washington University in Washington, D. C. She married David on February 2, 1957, and they moved to London where she taught English History in a secondary modern school in Surrey. After returning to New York she and David raised three children in Manhattan. Ann served as the Assistant to the Head of the Lower School at The Brearley School from 1977 to 1985 and did volunteer work for the Parents' League of New York. In 1987 Ann and David moved to Columbia County, New York, where they purchased the Berkshire Liquor Store in East Chatham. Ann was elected Tax Collector for the Town of Canaan; she also served on the Canaan Zoning Board from 1988 to 2012 and as Town Historian. Ann was active at St. Peter's Presbyterian Church in Spencertown as well as the Columbia County Historical Society, the Canaan Historical Society, Shaker Museum and Library and The Society of New Concord. In addition to her husband, Ann is survived by her three daughters: Caroline Bauerschmidt, (John), Helen Bequette (Todd), and Elizabeth Augustin (Thomas). Her grandchildren are William, Henry and Caroline Bauerschmidt; Jake, Ben, Sam and Tom Bequette; and Emily Ann Augustin. She also is survived by two sisters and two brothers: Sarah Brown, Jane Udovic, Evan Morris and John Morris. There will be a funeral service at St. Peter's Presbyterian Church in Spencertown, New York, on January 6, 2017, at 2:00 PM. There will be an opportunity to meet members of Ann's family at 1:00 PM at the Church before the funeral service and the Deacons of St Peter's Church will provide tea and other refreshments immediately after the funeral service. Memorials may be sent to Alpha Xi Delta Foundation or St Peter's Presbyterian Church-Building Fund in care of French, Gifford, Preiter and Blasl Funeral Home. No flowers please.