Catrina “Trina” Lynn (Brown) Nuite, 62, of Brattleboro, passed away May 16, 2026 in Keene, NH, surrounded by her children.
Catrina was born on August 14, 1963 in Rumford, Maine, to Ross Boothby Brown and Sandra Lee (Spaulding) Kelleher. She moved to Brattleboro, VT for educational opportunities for her children.
She took on life with persistence, courage, humor, determination and grace. These qualities shined through as she navigated single parenting, higher education and her health.
She graduated from Keene State College in 1997 with a Bachelor’s Degree in English, a minor in Early Childhood Development and a teaching certificate. She served on the board of the Neighborhood Schoolhouse. She worked in special education and cared for people with special needs, teaching people strategies for keeping themselves socially and emotionally regulated. Her children remember her kindness and patience with clients exhibiting challenging behavior. Her friends say she gave sound, well-considered advice and describe her as safe, kind, welcoming and accepting of people. She had a quiet directness with a sense of humor about sexuality, death, disease and other charged topics. This was a gift for everyone around her.
In January 1999, Catrina purchased a house on Washington Street in Brattleboro. When friends needed an emergency place to stay, she opened her home to them. There was lots of room for people in her small house. When her children were teenagers, she put a couch on the front porch and said that any of their friends who didn’t have a safe place could sleep there.
Catrina’s artistic talents were expressed in her knitting, gardening, quilting and clothing design.
Catrina had a lifelong spirit of adventure, earning the name Calamity Catrina as a child who liked to climb everything, and then as an adult biking the length of Vermont and across New York State, camping along the way, and hiking, kayaking and rowing until the end of her life.
Catrina is survived by her parents; her children Christopher (Sangerville, ME), Zyla (Brookfield, VT), Amber (Hope, ME), Zachary (Lunenburg, VT), Garet (Brattleboro, VT); grandchildren Adaline and Herman (Sangerville, ME); siblings Dawn (Andy) Parker and Martin Brown (Benton, ME); step brothers Sandy (Heather) Goodwin (Fairfield, ME), and Larry (Kelly) Goodwin (Clinton, ME); many extended family members; and her beloved dog Rusty.
The interment of ashes will take place on Saturday, August 15, 2026 at 10am at Meeting House Hill Cemetery, 580 Orchard St., Brattleboro, VT followed by a 12pm celebration of life and potluck at the Kiwanis Shelter in Brattleboro’s Living Memorial Park. ASL interpretation will be provided at the interment and celebration of life.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Vermont Association of the Deaf, Yolande Henry Community Fund at deafvermont.com/donate and the Dartmouth Cancer Center at tinyurl.com/trinanuite.
