1922
Marion
2009
Marion Packard
August 13, 1922 — October 28, 2009
DALTON, NH- Marion Packard, 87, formerly of Faraway Road, died Wednesday evening, October 28, 2009 at the Morrison Nursing Home in Whitefield.
Mrs. Packard was born on August 13, 1922 in Hopkinton, New Hampshire a daughter of Albert and Florence C. (Bean) Provencher.
Marion was raised in Contoocook and attended Keene State University earning a bachelor's degree and the University of Vermont where she acquired a masters degree in teaching. She practiced taught in Dalton and was hired for her first teaching position in Whitefield. She took time off to raise her family and returned to teaching in Lancaster and the White Mountain Regional High School where she taught home economics. In 1974 she was awarded NH Home Economics Teacher of the Year presented by the American Home Economics Association and Family Circle Magazine. She retired in 1984.
She was a Communicant of St. Matthew's Church, Whitefield. Memberships include the Retired Teachers Association, the Catholic Daughters, Daughters of the American Revolution, the NH League of Craftsman Association and the Future Homemakers of America.
Marion was an avid hiker and a juried weaver.
Family members include two sons, Charles J. Packard of Dalton, Peter G. Packard of Whitefield; two daughters, Loretta Grace of Concord, NH, Katharine Blodgett of Worchester, MA; a sister Nina Healy of Shrewsbury, MA; 9 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. Her husband Clare H. Packard predeceased her in 2008.
Visiting hours will be held Thursday evening November 5
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from 6-9 PM at the Bailey Funeral Home, Lancaster. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Friday morning November 6
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at 11:00AM in St. Matthew's Church, Whitefield. Burial will follow in St. Matthew's Cemetery, Whitefield.
Donations may be made in her memory to the Daughters of the American Revolution, White Mountain Chapter, % Kathleen Nelson, Treasurer, 509 Timber Lane, Franconia, NH 03580 or a charity of ones choice.
Mrs. Packard was born on August 13, 1922 in Hopkinton, New Hampshire a daughter of Albert and Florence C. (Bean) Provencher.
Marion was raised in Contoocook and attended Keene State University earning a bachelor's degree and the University of Vermont where she acquired a masters degree in teaching. She practiced taught in Dalton and was hired for her first teaching position in Whitefield. She took time off to raise her family and returned to teaching in Lancaster and the White Mountain Regional High School where she taught home economics. In 1974 she was awarded NH Home Economics Teacher of the Year presented by the American Home Economics Association and Family Circle Magazine. She retired in 1984.
She was a Communicant of St. Matthew's Church, Whitefield. Memberships include the Retired Teachers Association, the Catholic Daughters, Daughters of the American Revolution, the NH League of Craftsman Association and the Future Homemakers of America.
Marion was an avid hiker and a juried weaver.
Family members include two sons, Charles J. Packard of Dalton, Peter G. Packard of Whitefield; two daughters, Loretta Grace of Concord, NH, Katharine Blodgett of Worchester, MA; a sister Nina Healy of Shrewsbury, MA; 9 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. Her husband Clare H. Packard predeceased her in 2008.
Visiting hours will be held Thursday evening November 5
th
from 6-9 PM at the Bailey Funeral Home, Lancaster. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Friday morning November 6
th
at 11:00AM in St. Matthew's Church, Whitefield. Burial will follow in St. Matthew's Cemetery, Whitefield.
Donations may be made in her memory to the Daughters of the American Revolution, White Mountain Chapter, % Kathleen Nelson, Treasurer, 509 Timber Lane, Franconia, NH 03580 or a charity of ones choice.
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