1914
Helen
2008
Helen M. Merrill
February 15, 1914 — October 2, 2008
JEFFERSON - Helen M. Merrill, 94, died Thursday morning, October 2, 2008, at the Country Village Genesis Eldercare Center, Lancaster.
Mrs. Merrill was born in Lancaster on February 15, 1914, the daughter of Herbert and Florence (Johnson) Marshall. She was raised there in her youth and was a 1931 graduate of Lancaster Academy.
For over sixty years Helen was a resident of Jefferson. For many of those years she was the assistant editor of the Littleton Courier and was a volunteer at the Morrison Nursing Home in Whitefield. She enjoyed crafts and quilting.
Her memberships were many, including 70 years in the Star King Grange # 124, the Northern NH Pamona Grange, NH State Grange, the National Grange, Pliny Rebekahs, Jefferson Historical Society, NH Old Cemetery Assoc., NH Genealogical Society and a lifelong member of the Methodist Churches of Jefferson and Lancaster, where at one time was lay speaker.
Family members include three sons, Albert L. Merrill and his wife Mel of Miami, FL, Paul A. Merrill of Merced, CA and Dwight E. Merrill and his wife Karen of Barrington, NH, a daughter Lorna M. Small and her husband Carl of Hartford, ME, 13 grandchildren, 17 great grandchildren and 2 great great grandchildren. She was predeceased by, her husband Lee P. Merrill in 1984, a daughter Virginia M. Gillis, three brothers Donald Marshall, Raymond Marshall and Ernest Marshall.
Visiting hours will be held Monday October 6, from 4-7 PM at the Bailey Funeral Home, Lancaster. A funeral service will be held Tuesday morning at 10:00 at the Christ United Methodist Church, Lancaster. Rev. Dr. Thomas W. Bentum, pastor, will officiate. Burial will follow in Forest Vale Cemetery, Jefferson.
In lieu of flowers donations maybe made in her memory to the Jefferson Historical Society, PO Box 143, Jefferson, NH 03583.
Mrs. Merrill was born in Lancaster on February 15, 1914, the daughter of Herbert and Florence (Johnson) Marshall. She was raised there in her youth and was a 1931 graduate of Lancaster Academy.
For over sixty years Helen was a resident of Jefferson. For many of those years she was the assistant editor of the Littleton Courier and was a volunteer at the Morrison Nursing Home in Whitefield. She enjoyed crafts and quilting.
Her memberships were many, including 70 years in the Star King Grange # 124, the Northern NH Pamona Grange, NH State Grange, the National Grange, Pliny Rebekahs, Jefferson Historical Society, NH Old Cemetery Assoc., NH Genealogical Society and a lifelong member of the Methodist Churches of Jefferson and Lancaster, where at one time was lay speaker.
Family members include three sons, Albert L. Merrill and his wife Mel of Miami, FL, Paul A. Merrill of Merced, CA and Dwight E. Merrill and his wife Karen of Barrington, NH, a daughter Lorna M. Small and her husband Carl of Hartford, ME, 13 grandchildren, 17 great grandchildren and 2 great great grandchildren. She was predeceased by, her husband Lee P. Merrill in 1984, a daughter Virginia M. Gillis, three brothers Donald Marshall, Raymond Marshall and Ernest Marshall.
Visiting hours will be held Monday October 6, from 4-7 PM at the Bailey Funeral Home, Lancaster. A funeral service will be held Tuesday morning at 10:00 at the Christ United Methodist Church, Lancaster. Rev. Dr. Thomas W. Bentum, pastor, will officiate. Burial will follow in Forest Vale Cemetery, Jefferson.
In lieu of flowers donations maybe made in her memory to the Jefferson Historical Society, PO Box 143, Jefferson, NH 03583.
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