Shirley M. Truland
Dec 31, 2009
LANCASTER - Shirley M. Truland, 79, of Summer Street, died Thursday evening, December 31, 2009, at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon. Mrs. Truland was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, on October 21, 1930, the daughter of Raymond and Vivian (Moran) Moulton. She was the wife of the late Daniel J. Truland who predeceased her in 2007. Shirley was a long time...
Beverly Perkins Balch
Dec 31, 2009
LUNENBURG - Beverly Perkins Balch, 83, of Baptist Hill Road, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family, Thursday, December 31, 2009, at Weeks Medical Center Lancaster. Beverly was born in Lunenburg on November 26, 1926, the daughter of Howard and Eulelia (Bryant) Perkins. She was the loving wife of Gardner H. Balch Sr. who predeceased her in 2006. She was...
Edwin R. Ashby
Dec 31, 2009
JEFFERSON - Edwin R. Ashby, 82, of Israels River Road, died Thursday December 31, 2009 at Weeks Medical Center, Lancaster. Mr. Ashby was born in New Loudon, NH, on October 3, 1927, the son of Ralph E. and Rosiana (Vailancourt) Ashby. Edwin had a long military career spanning many years. He first served several years with the US Navy and...
Karen Anne Degroat
Dec 27, 2009
BETHLEHEM - Karen Anne (Bailey) DeGroat, 40, of Lewis Hill Road, died Sunday, December 27, 2009, in Lancaster. Karen was born in Manchester on April 29, 1969, the daughter of Ronald N. and Carol Anne (Stone) Bailey. She was a 1988 graduate of White Mountain Regional High School and a 1992 Graduate of Lyndon State College where she received her...
Linda S. Chase
Dec 21, 2009
COLEBROOK - Linda S. Chase, 52, of South Hill Road, died suddenly at her home on December 21, 2009. Mrs. Chase was born in Lancaster on July 20, 1957, the daughter of Raymond "Sam" and Ramona (Noyes) Baird. She was raised in Lancaster and was a graduate of White Mountain Regional High School. She has resided most of her life...
Thomas P. Gratton
Dec 21, 2009
LANCASTER - Thomas P. Gratton, 76, died Monday morning December 21, 2009, at Country Village Genesis Health Care Center, Lancaster. Mr. Gratton was born in Minneapolis, MN, on February 24, 1933, the son of Francis Xavier and Helen Catherine (Eisenkramer) Gratton. Tom was raised in Minneapolis and went on to serve 20 years with the US Air Force. During his...
Edward Kent Hicks
Dec 21, 2009
JEFFERSON/YORKTOWN, VA - Edward Kent Hicks, 71, passed away Monday, December 21, 2009, with his family at his side. Mr. Hicks was born in Jefferson on August 24, 1938, the son of Clayton and Patricia (Thayer) Hicks. Kent was a native of Jefferson were he was raised and graduated from Lancaster Academy. After graduation he enlisted in the US Navy. ...
Howard Kenneth "Bud" Ripley Jr.
Dec 13, 2009
MAIDSTONE, VT - Howard Kenneth "Bud" Ripley Jr., 71, of Hall Road, died Sunday morning December 13, 2009, at Weeks Medical Center, Lancaster. Mr. Ripley was born in Berlin, NH, on August 6, 1938, the son of Howard Kenneth Ripley Sr. and Olive Walker Collins Ripley. Mr. Ripley worked 25 years of his life as a tractor-trailer driver for various...
Lucille J. Wentworth
Dec 12, 2009
STARK - Lucille J. (Demers) Wentworth, 88, passed away on December 12, 2009 at the Country Village Health Care Center, Lancaster NH. She was born February 18,1921 in West Dummer, NH, one of the oldest of the14 children of Alfred and Louisa (Lemieux) Demers. She was partially raised by her grandmother, Bridget Gonyer who was of Irish decent. She lived...
Arlene M. Cloutier
Nov 23, 2009
LANCASTER- Arlene M. Cloutier, formerly of Groveton died Monday morning, November 23, 2009, at Weeks Medical Center, Lancaster surrounded by her loving family. Mrs. Cloutier was born in Lancaster on February 16, 1929 a daughter of Laurence and Rena (Pierce) Smith. Arlene was raised in Lancaster and was a graduate of Lancaster Academy. After graduation she moved to Groveton and...
Eveleen Dorothy Sheridan
Nov 21, 2009
JEFFERSON- Eveleen Dorothy Sheridan, 90, died Saturday morning, November 21, 2009 at the Lafayette Center in Franconia after a brief illness. Mrs. Sheridan was born in Jefferson on June 5, 1919 a daughter of Frederick Willoughby and Marjorie Izatt. Dorothy married Philip Edward Sheridan on March 29, 1935 and had three children. She was a Nurse's Aide who fulfilled her...
Virginia Morse Savage
Nov 18, 2009
LANCASTER - Virginia Morse Savage, 88, died November 18, 2009, at the home of her daughter in Underhill, VT. Jini was born on October 8, 1921, in Lancaster, the youngest child of Charles and Mary (Brainard) Morse. She was raised in Lancaster and was a graduate of Lancaster Academy and on February 21, 1946 she married Leonard Savage of Lancaster. ...
John E York
Nov 17, 2009
DALTON- John E. York, 66, died Tuesday November 17, 2009, at the Littleton Regional Hospital. Mr. York was born in Syracuse, New York on September 8, 1943, the son of Emerson and Marjorie (Fisher) York. John was a resident of Dalton for 31 years. For several years he served on the Dalton Fire Department, the Dalton Conservation Commission and was...
Elinor E. Desjardins
Nov 16, 2009
WHITEFIELD- Elinor E. Desjardins, 88, died Monday morning November 16, 2009, at the Coos County Nursing Home in Berlin. Mrs. Desjardins was born in Groveton on July 15, 1921, a daughter of Marion Bruce Eastwood and Hazel (Rice) Eastwood. Elinor graduated from Lancaster Academy in 1939. She worked for many years as a Lab Technician, working at the Morrison Hospital...
Cynthia A. Hammond
Nov 10, 2009
LANCASTER - Cynthia A. Hammond, 71, of Main Street, died Tuesday morning November 10, 2009, at Weeks Medical Center, Lancaster. Cynthia was born in Gardiner, Maine, on June 19, 1938, the daughter of Manton and Esther (Annis) Emerson. She grew up in South Gardiner, Maine, where she graduated from Gardiner High School in 1959, moving to Lancaster in 1960. During...
Cora "Jean" G. Graber
Nov 9, 2009
LANCASTER: Cora "Jean" Graber passed away peacefully on Monday 11-09-09 in her home at the McKee Inn in Lancaster. She was born on October 10, 1920 the daughter of Albert Edwin and Gladys (Garron) Titius on Briar Island in West Port Nova Scotia. She was the wife of the late Paul N. Howell and the late George T. Graber. During...
Barbara A. Clukay
Nov 8, 2009
JEFFERSON, NH- Barbara A. Clukay, 75, of Kilkenny View Drive, died Sunday morning November 8, 2009, at Weeks Medical Center, Lancaster. Mrs. Clukay was born in Whitefield, NH on July 6, 1934, a daughter of Fred and Thelma (Congdon) Page. Barbara was raised in Whitefield and graduated from Whitefield High School in 1953. For 30 years she and her husband...
Rena M. Coulter
Nov 7, 2009
RANDOLPH - Rena Coulter, 94, died at her daughter's home in Soldotna, Alaska, Saturday November 7, 2009. She was born and raised in Jefferson the daughter of Clara and Wyeth Holmes. In 1935 she married George Coulter and they built a home in Randolph where she lived most of her life. Rena worked at the Gorham School Lunch Program from...
Samuel F. Evans
Nov 2, 2009
LANCASTER- Samuel F. Evans, 62, of Grove Street, died Monday morning November 2, 2009, at Weeks Medical Center, Lancaster. Mr. Evans was born in Lancaster, NH on December 5, 1946, a son of Roger and Etta L. (Ramsdell) Evans. Sam was a lifelong resident of Lancaster and was a graduate of Lancaster Academy. For a time he worked for Seawood...
Chester L. Eaton
Nov 1, 2009
LUNENBURG - Chester L. Eaton, 73, of Auburn Star Farm, died of sudden illness at his home Sunday morning November 1, 2009. Mr. Eaton was born in Windsor, Vermont, on March 5, 1936, a 12th descendant of the Mayflower passenger Francis Eaton and son of Maurice Chester Eatonand Beatrice (Webster) Eaton Hull. Chester was a raised in Hartland, VT, and...
