Lena Anna Pray Savage
May 27, 2015
JEFFERSON, NH - Lena Anna Pray Savage, 78, of Jefferson, NH, died unexpectedly on Wednesday, May 27, at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH. Lena was born on July, 3, 1936, in Tilton, NH, to Charles and Edith (Brett) Pray. She graduated from the Tilton-Northfield High School as a member of the Class of 1954. After graduation she moved to...
Iris Vashaw Glidden
May 26, 2015
WHITEFIELD - Iris Vashaw Glidden, 91, of Hall Road, died Tuesday morning May 26, 2015, at The Morrison nursing home in Whitefield She was born Iris Ann Vashaw on May 17, 1924 in Lancaster. After graduation from Lancaster Academy, Iris attended The Western Union School in Washington, NJ and worked at several Western Union facilities, including Newport, RI and Westwood...
Karen L. Clauss
May 19, 2015
GROVETON - Karen L. Clauss, 57, died peacefully at home on Tuesday May 19, 2015, after a long battle with cancer. She was surrounded by her loving family. Born in Canandaigua, NY on May 14, 1958 she was the daughter of Francis and Donna Esther (Cook) Kelly. Raised in New York she attended Canandaigua schools and graduated from Whitesboro High...
Richard Lionel Fontaine
May 19, 2015
LANCASTER - Richard Lionel Fontaine, 65, of Pleasant Valley Road, died Tuesday May 19, 2015 at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center. Mr. Fontaine was born in Lancaster on December 8, 1949 the son of Leonard F. and Eunice M. (Holt) Fontaine. He was a lifelong resident of Lancaster graduating from Lancaster High School in 1967. After high school he started working...
Herbert Ellis Berry
May 14, 2015
EAST CONCORD - Herbert Ellis Berry, 87, died on Thursday, May 14, 2015 at the Veterans Nursing Home in Tilton. Hebert was born June 24, 1927 to Herbert N. Berry and Stella J. Hayes. He grew up in St. Johnsbury, Vt. with his brothers James and Walter, and a sister Madeline. He went to the St. Johnsbury Trade School. He...
Carolyn Lowe Conway
May 10, 2015
Carolyn Lowe Conway Carolyn was born at The Morrison Hospital in Whitefield, NH on November 21, 1935. A daughter of Gordon and Norah (Daley) Lowe she grew up in Randolph. She received an Associate's degree in Animal Science from the Thompson School at the University of New Hampshire in 1955. Carolyn married Raymond Conway 59 ½ years ago on October...
Jean Pierre 'Peter' Cardin
May 8, 2015
MAIDSTONE - Jean Pierre "Peter" Cardin, 65, died Friday evening May 8, 2015 at the UVM Medical Center, Burlington. Mr. Cardin was born in West Stewartstown, NH on January 30, 1950 the son of Jean Cyrille and Francoise (Bernard) Cardin. He was raised in North Stratford and was a graduate of Our Lady of Grace in Colebrook. He served in...
Virginia 'Ginny' A. Crane
May 3, 2015
LANCASTER, NH - Virginia A. "Ginny" Crane, 60, of Garland Road, died at her home Sunday evening May 3 rd , 2015 after a courageous battle with cancer. Ginny was born in Long Branch, NJ on August 21, 1954 the daughter of Salvatore and Charlotte (Kravits) Scott. Raised in Neptune and Ocean Grove, NJ she was a graduate of Neptune...
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....
