Obituaries

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Walter A. Plant Jr.

Walter A. Plant Jr.

Dec 4, 2010

LUNENBURG, VT- Walter A. Plant Jr., 42, died unexpectedly in his sleep, on Saturday morning, December 4, 2010 at his home. Mr. Plant was born on April 4, 1968 in Littleton a son of Walter and Jewel (Ceeley) Plant Sr. Walter was raised in Littleton and attended school there. For a time he worked in the woods with his father...

Ronald E. Holden

Ronald E. Holden

Nov 29, 2010

GROVETON- Ronald E. Holden, 87, died Monday morning November 29, 2010, at Weeks Medical Center, Lancaster. Mr. Holden was born in Lancaster on July 8, 1923 a son of Horace E. and Annie (Freeman) Holden. Ronald was raised in Groveton and from a young age he worked on his family farm. On August 31, 1951 he married Jean Beach. For...

Carolyn H. Lunn

Carolyn H. Lunn

Nov 26, 2010

Carolyn H. "Dani" Lunn, of Whitefield, died Friday afternoon, November 26, 2010, after a battle with cancer. She went peacefully, in her home, surrounded by family and friends. She was 66 years old. Dani was born in Lancaster, NH on October 20, 1944 to parents Dr. Robert "Doc" Hinkley and Mrs. Katherine (Savage) Hinkley, and was raised in Groveton. The...

Garnet I. Ridgwell

Garnet I. Ridgwell

Nov 22, 2010

GUILDHALL, VT - Garnet I. Ridgwell, 93, died at her home Monday morning November 22, 2010, surrounded by her family. Mrs. Ridgwell was born in Maidstone, VT, on May 15, 1917, the daughter of William H. and Mabel (Beecher) Hayes Garnet was raised in Maidstone and moved to Guildhall, when she married Kenneth Ridgwell, where resided there for the rest...

Brian K. Danforth

Brian K. Danforth

Nov 3, 2010

LUNENBURG - Brian K. Danforth, 46, of Pond Hill Road, died Wednesday, November 3, 2010, in Lunenburg. Brian was born in St. Johnsbury, VT, on January 5, 1964, the son of Willis and Lorraine (Hale) Danforth. He was a longtime area resident, raised in the Concord, VT, where he graduated from Concord High School. For a few years from 1993...

Justin Lewis Flanders

Justin Lewis Flanders

Nov 2, 2010

STEWARTSTOWN- The life of Justin L. Flanders, 21, was cut short on November 2, 2010 in Pittsburg, NH. Justin was born in Lancaster on November 30, 1988, a son of Jeffrey K. and Alberta C. (Buffington) Flanders. He was a lifelong resident of Stewartstown and attended Pittsburg High School. For a time he worked at Dunkin Donuts in Colebrook and...

Aloysius Eastman

Aloysius Eastman

Nov 1, 2010

LANCASTER, NH- Aloysius Eastman, 91, passed away Monday morning, November 1, 2010, at Weeks Medical Center, Lancaster. Mr. Eastman was born in Jefferson, NH on June 3, 1919, a son of Richard And Alice (Henry) Eastman. Aloysius served 22 years in the US Air Force and was a decorated veteran of WWII and the Korean Conflict serving in Japan, India,...

Sharelle E. Allin

Sharelle E. Allin

Oct 31, 2010

GROVETON - Sharelle E. Allin, 67, of West Street, died Sunday, October 31, 2010, at Weeks Medical Center Lancaster. Mrs. Allin was born in Colebrook, NH, on February 25, 1943, the daughter of Floyd and Leona (Gould) Bacon. She was a longtime resident of the North Country and worked several years as a cashier in Sullivan's Drug Store. She enjoyed...

Mary Elizabeth May Hotchkiss

Mary Elizabeth May Hotchkiss

Oct 26, 2010

JEFFERSON, NH - Mary Elizabeth May Hotchkiss, 61, died at her home Tuesday morning October 26, 2010. Mrs. Hotchkiss was born in Arlesey, Bedfordshire, England, on September 23, 1949, the daughter of William and Joyce Edna Alice (Webb) Walker. Mary moved to the United States at age 17 where she has resided most of her life. Many of those years...

Edward E. Rosebrook Sr.

Edward E. Rosebrook Sr.

Oct 12, 2010

LANCASTER, NH- Edward E. Rosebrook Sr., 82, died Tuesday evening October 12, 2010, at Country Village Genesis Elder Care. Mr. Rosebrook was born in Lancaster on November 6, 1927, the son of Earl and Gladys (Silver) Rosebrook. A lifetime resident of Lancaster he was a graduate of Lancaster Academy. He served with the US Air Force. He worked various jobs,...

Beverly A. Morin

Beverly A. Morin

Oct 7, 2010

LANCASTER, NH- Beverly A. Morin, 80, died Thursday October 7, 2010, at Weeks Medical Center, Lancaster after a sudden illness. Mrs. Morin was born in Lancaster, NH on March 28, 1930, a daughter of Milton and Edna (Whitney) Kiser. Beverly was a lifetime resident of Lancaster. She and her late husband James owned and operated Whitney Motors for 11 years....

Lillian Blodgett Clark

Lillian Blodgett Clark

Oct 7, 2010

LANCASTER - Lillian Blodgett Clark, 86, died October 7, 2010, at Palm Garden of Sun City Center, Florida. Mrs. Clark was born in Groveton, NH, on November 21, 1923, the daughter of Haven S. and Flora (Barnett) Blodgett. She was a long time resident of Lancaster and worked as a nurses aid at Weeks Hospital for 26 years. Lillian was...

Armand R. Labbe

Armand R. Labbe

Oct 3, 2010

LUNENBURG, VT- Armand R. Labbe, 66, died Sunday morning October 3, 2010 at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon. Mr. Labbe was born in Nashua, NH on May 25, 1944, a son of Arthur and Blanche (Cote) Labbe. He was a 1962 graduate of Nashua High School and married Lorette Sigouin on Sept. 5, 1964 at St. Francis Xavier Church in...

Jacqueline Nichols

Jacqueline Nichols

Sep 29, 2010

Jacqueline B. Nichols , only daughter of Jack and Martha Miracle Bruce, was born in Harlan, Kentucky on October 14, 1941 and died at home in Lancaster on September 29, 2010. Ms. Nichols grew up in Barstow, California, where she was a highly-honored student at Barstow High School, and received her B.A. in English from Wellesley College in 1963.  That...

Ronald C. Mackillop Sr.

Ronald C. Mackillop Sr.

Sep 26, 2010

GUILDHALL - Ronald C. MacKillop Sr., 68, died of a sudden illness Sunday morning September 26, 2010, at his home. Mr. MacKillop was born in Lancaster, New Hampshire on November 30, 1941, the son of Edward A. and Marguerite (Kennett) MacKillop. Ron was raised in Lancaster and graduated from Lancaster Academy in 1960. He worked numerous jobs through out the...

Phyllis R. Kenison

Phyllis R. Kenison

Sep 22, 2010

JEFFERSON - Phyllis R. Kenison, 96, formerly of Meadows Road, died peacefully Wednesday afternoon, September 22, 2010, with family at her side at The Morrison in Whitefield. Mrs. Kenison was born in Jefferson on March 21, 1914, the daughter of John and Edith (Persons) Rogers. She was a 1931 graduate of Jefferson High School. Phyllis was a lifetime resident of...

Helen M. George

Helen M. George

Sep 21, 2010

WHITEFIELD, NH - Helen M. George, 90, formerly of Buffalo, NY, died Tuesday morning September 21, 2010, at The Morrison in Whitefield, NH. Mrs. George was born in Kingston, Ontario, on June 6, 1920, the daughter of Joseph and Lydia (Creamer) Tunbridge. Helen was raised in Ontario and moved to Buffalo after she married her late husband Donald M. George....

Janet D. Ainsworth

Janet D. Ainsworth

Sep 20, 2010

DALTON - Janet D. Ainsworth, 74, died peacefully at her home on Monday evening, September 20, 2010, surrounded by her family, after a brief diagnosis of pancreatic cancer. Mrs. Ainsworth was born in Sutton, VT, on August 21, 1936, the daughter of Wayne C. and Doris H. (Lane) Proof. Janet was raised in Gorham and was a graduate of Gorham...

George Ellery Merrill

George Ellery Merrill

Sep 18, 2010

George Ellery Merrill, age 82, a lifelong resident of Lunenburg, Vt., passed away peacefully on Saturday evening at DHMC in Lebanon, NH, after a long and courageous battle with Scleroderma. George was born on August 2, 1928 in Lunenburg, Vt., to Fred Merrill and Ruth (Miles) Merrill. He married Gwendolyn (Watts) Merrill on August 19, 1951, and enjoyed 59 years...

Leonard M. Savage

Leonard M. Savage

Sep 10, 2010

LANCASTER, NH- Leonard Moses Savage born on May 16, 1916, died at the Copley Manor in Morrisville, VT on September 10, 2010. Parents of Leonard were William and Angie (Moses) Savage; siblings were George and Bernard Savage and Kathryn Hinkley all deceased. Leonard lived almost all of his life on Stebbins Hill at the Savage Farm, moving there from the...