Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Families in Lancaster, NH
Serving Lancaster, NH
Albert J. Schmidt
Apr 26, 2015
LUNENBURG - Albert J. Schmidt, 89, of East Main Street, died Sunday morning April 26, 2015 at Weeks Medical Center, Lancaster. Mr. Schmidt was born in Gilman on August 6, 1925 the son of Leroy Schmidt Sr. and Lena (Annis) Schmidt. Albert was raised in Lunenburg and during WWII he worked in the shipyards in Bronx, NY. He returned to...
Thomas Francis Doucette
Apr 25, 2015
WHITEFIELD - Thomas F. Doucette Sr., 70, of Old East Road passed away Saturday, April 25, 2015 at Country Village Health Care Center in Lancaster after a long battle with cancer. Tom was born in Boston on March 27, 1945, the son of Joseph and Marion (Spinola) Doucette. He was a resident of Sandown, NH since 1958 where he was...
Rita C. Garron
Apr 25, 2015
LANCASTER - Rita C. Garron, 88, of Water Street, went home to be with her Lord & Savior on Saturday morning April 25, 2015 at Weeks Medical Center, Lancaster. Mrs. Garron was born in Nashua, NH on November 17, 1926 the daughter of William H. and Cecil Rose (Cote) Beausoleil. Rita attended Nashua schools and lived in Nashua until 1983...
Susan M. Palmatier
Apr 21, 2015
LANCASTER, NH - Susan M. Palmatier, 70, passed away Tuesday April 21, 2015 at Country Village Genesis Health Care in Lancaster after several years of declining health. Born August 28, 1944 in Nyack, NY to John L. and Esther (White) Palmatier, Sue had a long connection to NH through her maternal family's cottage at the Rumney Bible Conference. A 1966...
Janet E. Willey
Mar 27, 2015
JEFFERSON - March 27, 2015. Janet E. Willey died peacefully at her home in Whitefield surrounded by family. She was born March 20, 1933 in St. Johnsbury, Vt to Henry and E. Maude (Hoffecker) Bailey. She was raised on the family farm at Harvey's Lake in East Barnet, Vt. Janet enjoyed knitting, reading, cooking, canning, gardening and loved to watch...
Lawrence 'Gomer' Powell
Mar 17, 2015
LANCASTER - Lawrence "Gomer" Powell, 69, passed away Tuesday, March 17, 2015 in Pennsylvania. Born and raised in Lancaster, he was the son of the late John William and late Manola Mary (Young) Powell. He spent his youth years at Saint Charles Catholic Orphanage located in Rochester NH. As a teenager he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps and...
John Edward Perreault
Mar 16, 2015
LANCASTER, NH - Dr. John Edward ("Ed") Perreault, D.M.D., 78, passed away on March 16, 2015 after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born on July 19, 1936 in Rochester, N.H., the only child of the late Edward and Mildred (Minehan) Perreault. He was a graduate of the University of New Hampshire and earned his Doctor of Dental Medicine...
Shirley A. Stefanik
Feb 20, 2015
LITTLETON - Shirley A. Stefanik,(Nichols) 88, of Cottage Street, died Friday morning February 20, 2015 at the Littleton Regional Hospital. Mrs. Stefanik was born in Dalton, NH on April 17, 1926 the daughter of Orin and Edith (Titus) Smith. Shirley would later marry Gordon Nichols in 1946 and lived happily in Dalton until 1984, when Gordon lost his battle to...
Edith I. Switser
Feb 19, 2015
DALTON - Edith Inez (Berwick) Switser, 100, passed away on Thursday morning, February 19, 2015 at the Lafayette Center in Franconia. She was three days shy of turning 101. Edith was born in Barton, Vermont on February 22, 1914 the daughter of William and Mary (Welch) Berwick. She was raised in the Northeast Kingdom and was a 1931 graduate of...
Vincent Adrian Rodden
Feb 17, 2015
DALTON - Vincent Adrian Rodden, 90, died quietly in his home surrounded by family, Tuesday morning February 17, 2015. Mr. Rodden was born in Lawrence, MA on February 14, 1925 the son of Vincent Joseph Rodden and Anna (Babash) Rodden. During World War II he served his country as a US Marine and fought in the Pacific Theater. After the...
Raymond W. Mcpherson
Feb 16, 2015
LUNENBURG - Ray passed away unexpectedly on February 16, 2015 at the age of 66 surrounded by his family. Ray was born in East Concord, VT on August 9 th , 1948 to Myrtle Blodgett McPherson and Willard Kyle McPherson. Everyone that knew Ray knew how much he loved the outdoors. Ray was well known in Northern Vermont for being...
Gwendolyn G. Schmidt
Feb 11, 2015
LUNENBURG - Gwendolyn G. Schmidt, 88, of East Main Street, died Wednesday morning February 11, 2015 at Weeks Medical Center, Lancaster. Mrs. Schmidt was born in Concord, VT on June 24, 1926 the daughter of Roy M. and Blanche M. (Corey) Fisher. She will be remembered by her family as a homemaker extraordinaire, a loving mother and a devoted wife....
Esther C. Greenwood
Feb 9, 2015
LANCASTER - Esther C. Greenwood 91, of Lancaster, died Monday, February 9, 2015 at Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital. Born February 13, 1923 in Northumberland Esther was the daughter of Moses E. and Lucienne (Vallie) Cummings. She was a lifetime resident of Lancaster and married Paul E. Greenwood of Lancaster on June 6, 1949. Esther is a 1941 graduate of Lancaster...
Stephen W. Swenson
Feb 9, 2015
WHITEFIELD - Stephen W. Swenson, 42 of Whitefield passed away unexpectedly on Monday, February 9, 2015. Steve was born on February 11, 1972 in Portland Maine and resided in Lancaster for the majority of his life. Steve graduated from White Mountains Regional High School in 1990. He worked many jobs, but his fondest memories were made working at the Double...
Richard W. Fuller
Feb 4, 2015
RICHARD W. FULLER LANCASTER - Richard W. Fuller, 58, of Lancaster, passed away at Country Village Nursing Home, February 4, 2015, after a long period of ill health. Richard was born October 21, 1956, the son of Albert and Gloria (Henry) Fuller. Mr. Fuller graduated from White Mountains Regional High School in 1974. He will best be remembered as a...
Thomas C. Watkins
Feb 2, 2015
TWIN MOUNTAIN - Watkins, Thomas Charles of Twin Mountain, died suddenly in a tragic accident on Monday afternoon, February 2, 2015 in Lancaster. He is survived by his loving and devoted wife of 16 years Stacey Ann Watkins PhD (Welch), his brother-in-law, Robert L. Welch of Tucson, his nephew and godson James Rowe of Newmarket, sisters Patricia Rowe of Florida...
Clarence Scott
Feb 1, 2015
LANCASTER - Clarence Scott, 91, of Lancaster died peacefully on Sunday, February 1, 2015 at Country Village Health Care Center. Clarence was born in Lancaster on April 21, 1923 a son to Napoleon J and Ann B. Scott. Mr. Scott lived most of his life in Lancaster working in the kitchens of the inns and hotels. At Mr. Scott's request...
Catherine (Boyle) Brown
Jan 23, 2015
MANCHESTER, CT - Catherine (Boyle) Brown, 97 of Manchester, CT died on January 23, 2015 at the assisted living facility Mountain Laurel in Glastonbury, CT. where she had resided for approximately one month. Kay was born on January 10, 1918 in Dalton, N.H. and was one of eleven children born to Annie Boyle and William Boyle. She is survived by...
Marie Stevens Judge
Jan 23, 2015
GUILDHALL - Marie Stevens Judge, 90, died at the Country Village Nursing Home on January 23, 2015 surrounded by her family and friends. Marie was born in Epsom, NH on September 10, 1924 and was the oldest of three daughters of Edgar and Ruth (Pike) Stevens. She moved to Lancaster, NH in 1938 with her family, attended Lancaster Academy, was...
Reginald H. Abbott
Jan 17, 2015
Reginald Hervey Abbott, 88, of Lancaster, died peacefully at the Veteran's Administration Medical Center in White River Junction, VT on Saturday, January 17, 2015. Reg was born in Troy, NH on January 23, 1926 the son of Hervey Abbott and Corinne Marotte. He had been a resident of Lancaster most of his life. Reg was a proud U.S. Navy veteran...


