Carol

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Carol Amelia Bennett Fonetu was born on July 16,1938 in Lancaster, NH at the old hospital... which.later became a bowling alley and upstairs apartment building.

Candlelight lit the room as there was a very bad storm going on. Carol passed away on Saturday, November 7, 2026 at the age of 88.

Carol spent her early years on the family farm. Her father, Charles T. Bennett worked for NE Tel & Tel. He listed the farm as a Tree Farm. Carol's mother, Helen C. Bennett had worked in a bank and then became a stay-at-home mom.

Carol graduated from Lancaster HS and then went on to Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital School of Nursing. She worked one year at MHMH and 13 years at Weeks Memorial Hospital in Lancaster.

Later, Carol moved to Manchester, NH where she did insurance physicals for Physical Measurements, Inc. under Equifax.

In her mid-40's Carol married Bob Tuttle of New Ipswich. They enjoyed dancing together but sadly Bob died 22 months later on the dance floor.

After moving back to Lancaster, NH, she married a former HS classmate, David Foley. When this union ended in divorce, Carol spent time caring for her father.

The Mittersill Resort was her next place of work, as a desk clerk. She was living in Franconia, NH at the tfme. Littleton's Lane House apartments became her home during retirement and finally Grafton County Nursing Home in North Haverhill was her home from 2019 until the present.

Carol is predeceased by her parents and an infant sister, Martha Helen Bennett.

She is survived by her brother, David Bennett and his family which includes Carol's niece, Jennifer Bennett and her children, Jeanette Beach, Madeline Beach, and Camden Beach, nephew Steven, and Stacy Bennett.

A graveside service will be held at 11:00am on Friday, November 20th at the Summer St. Cemetery in Lancaster, NH. Donations in Carol's memory may be made to First United Methodist Church, PO BOX 6, Littleton, NH 03561 •