1928
Eleanor
2011
Eleanor Lurvey
March 28, 1928 — July 2, 2011
GROVETON, NH- Eleanor Lurvey, 83, passed peacefully July 2, 2011, with her son Mark by her side.
Jean was born on March 28, 1928 in Berlin, NH, one of four daughters of Archie and Mary (Sweeney) Willard.
She was raised in Berlin, NH. For a time she resided in Stark and also lived on Lost Nation Road in Groveton for several years. After her husband Wayne Lurvey passed she relocated to Paige Hill Rd in Northumberland.
She was a home health care nurse for over 40 years. She took pride in serving those she cared for. She also was an EMT for the Groveton Ambulance Corp.
She loved music, played piano, had a great voice (love to sing and yodel), and loved to dance, even trained at a studio that Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire trained. Her love of music carried through her children and now to her grandchildren.
She was a proud member of the American Legion, the Moose, Colonel Town Senior
Citizens and the Whitefield Senior Citizens.
Jean was predeceased by her husband Wayne D. Lurvey and her son Brian E. Lurvey, her parents, two sisters-Dottie Russ and Betty Katsock, and her brother, Thomas Willard.
She is survived by her daughter Denise Therrien of Berlin NH, Elizabeth Shaffer of Springfield MO, her sons Mark Lurvey of Colchester VT, David Collins of Deering NH, and Ronald Collins of Concord NH, her sister Mary Ellen Thibodeau of Nashua NH, 7 grandchildren, 6 great-grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews and her companion Lenny Perkins of Northumberland, NH.
For those who wish, donations may be made to The Autism Society of NH, PO Box 68, Concord NH, in honor of her great-grandson Jordan Woodbury.
Calling hours will be held Thursday, July 7, 2011, from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M., at Bailey Funeral Home, Lancaster. Funeral service will be held Friday morning at 10 AM at the Stark Union Church. Rev. Aaron Cox, pastor, will officiate. Burial will follow in the Emerson Cemetery, Stark.
Jean was born on March 28, 1928 in Berlin, NH, one of four daughters of Archie and Mary (Sweeney) Willard.
She was raised in Berlin, NH. For a time she resided in Stark and also lived on Lost Nation Road in Groveton for several years. After her husband Wayne Lurvey passed she relocated to Paige Hill Rd in Northumberland.
She was a home health care nurse for over 40 years. She took pride in serving those she cared for. She also was an EMT for the Groveton Ambulance Corp.
She loved music, played piano, had a great voice (love to sing and yodel), and loved to dance, even trained at a studio that Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire trained. Her love of music carried through her children and now to her grandchildren.
She was a proud member of the American Legion, the Moose, Colonel Town Senior
Citizens and the Whitefield Senior Citizens.
Jean was predeceased by her husband Wayne D. Lurvey and her son Brian E. Lurvey, her parents, two sisters-Dottie Russ and Betty Katsock, and her brother, Thomas Willard.
She is survived by her daughter Denise Therrien of Berlin NH, Elizabeth Shaffer of Springfield MO, her sons Mark Lurvey of Colchester VT, David Collins of Deering NH, and Ronald Collins of Concord NH, her sister Mary Ellen Thibodeau of Nashua NH, 7 grandchildren, 6 great-grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews and her companion Lenny Perkins of Northumberland, NH.
For those who wish, donations may be made to The Autism Society of NH, PO Box 68, Concord NH, in honor of her great-grandson Jordan Woodbury.
Calling hours will be held Thursday, July 7, 2011, from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M., at Bailey Funeral Home, Lancaster. Funeral service will be held Friday morning at 10 AM at the Stark Union Church. Rev. Aaron Cox, pastor, will officiate. Burial will follow in the Emerson Cemetery, Stark.
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