Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Families in Lancaster, NH

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John E. Lane Sr.

John E. Lane Sr.

Apr 16, 2007

LANCASTER - John E. Lane Sr., 83, of Bunker Hill Street, died Monday April 16, 2007, at Weeks Medical Center, Lancaster. Mr. Lane was born in Colebrook on July 25, 1923, the son of Robert and Goldie (Johnson) Lane. Raised in Maine he was a graduate of Standish High School. During WWII he served with the US Army Air Corps...

Judy M. Potter

Judy M. Potter

Apr 8, 2007

GROVETON- Judy M. Potter, 48, of Melcher Court, died Sunday evening April 8, 2007, at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon. Miss Potter was born in Lancaster on July 31, 1958, the daughter of James and Edna (Potter) Crandall. Judy resided for a time in Massachusetts, returning to the North Country in the mid 1980's. She loved animals, especially her cat...

Christine L. Cass

Christine L. Cass

Apr 7, 2007

GROVETON - Christine L. Cass, 83, formerly of Hillside Ave., died suddenly Saturday morning, April 7, 2007, at Weeks Medical Center, Lancaster. She had been a resident of Country Village Genesis Eldercare since October of 2006. Mrs. Cass was born in Lancaster on February 10, 1924, the daughter of William and Jennie (Moses) Sheltry. Christine was raised in the Maidstone...

Paul W. Sullivan

Paul W. Sullivan

Mar 29, 2007

LANCASTER - Paul W. "Red" Sullivan, 75, died Thursday morning March 29, 2007, after a year long battle with pancreatic cancer, surrounded by his wife and children at his home on 18 Wolcott Street. Mr. Sullivan was born one of six children to Frank James and Estella Ruth (Floyd) Sullivan on September 18, 1931 in Lost Nation in Groveton. He...

Arthur G. Sterling

Arthur G. Sterling

Mar 22, 2007

EAST CONCORD, VT- Arthur Gordon Sterling, lovingly known as "Slim", from East Concord, VT, passed away at the St. Johnsbury Health and Rehab on March 22, 2007 at the age of 87. Slim, the oldest of five children, born to Walter and Lena (Grant) Sterling was born in North Conway, NH on October 1, 1919. He was raised by, his...

Samuel Bartow Sr.

Samuel Bartow Sr.

Mar 18, 2007

LANCASTER - Samuel Bartow Sr., 95, died peacefully March 18, 2007 at the home of his longtime caregiver, Cheryl MacKillop, at 580 North Road, "The Farm", surrounded by his extended family. Mr. Bartow was born on July 18, 1911, the youngest of four children of Rev. Howard Key Bartow and Florence (Cragin) Bartow in Cohasset, Massachusetts. He married his wife...

Ruth M. Harris

Ruth M. Harris

Mar 9, 2007

WHITEFIELD - Ruth M. Harris, 83, died March 9,2007, at Littleton Regional Hospital after a sudden illness following a long period of declining health. Ruth was born in Whitefield on May 3, 1923, the youngest of eight children of William A. and Lydia (Priest) Harris. She graduated from the Whitefield High School in 1941. Ruth was a Registered Nurse, having...

Nila Dawn Bell

Nila Dawn Bell

Mar 8, 2007

STARK - On March 8, 2007, Russell C. and Kendra J. Bell were blessed with the birth of their daughter Nila Dawn Bell who was briefly their angel on earth and joined the angels in heaven. Family members include her parents of Stark; her maternal grandparents, Kenneth and Dawn Cantin, of Lunenburg, VT, Brenda Stone of Berlin; paternal grandparents, Russell...

Elizabeth Anita Mckinnon

Elizabeth Anita Mckinnon

Mar 6, 2007

LITTLETON - It was gently snowing outside while Elizabeth was born at the Littleton Regional Hospital in Littleton, NH. Loving daughter to Chuck and Penny McKinnon, sister and best friend to Kattie McKinnon. A junior at Littleton Regional High School, she loved playing field hockey, played the flute, enjoyed photography and worked after school at the YMCA Safe Program and...

Elmer H. Gilman Jr.

Elmer H. Gilman Jr.

Feb 28, 2007

LANCASTER- Elmer H. Gilman Jr., 71, died Wednesday evening, February 28, 2007, at the Veterans Administration Hospital, Manchester. Mr. Gilman was born in Littleton, NH on October 1, 1935, the son of Elmer H. and Muriel P. (Stiles) Gilman. Elmer was raised in Whitefield and was a 1953 graduate of Whitefield High School. After graduation he served in the U.S....

Chandler B. Ford

Chandler B. Ford

Feb 25, 2007

MAIDSTONE - Chandler B. Ford, 79, of Ford Road, died Sunday evening, February 25, 2007 at the Veterans Administration Hospital, White River Jct., VT. Mr. Ford was born in Guildhall, Vermont on February 5, 1928, the son of Fred and Celia (Ball) Ford. Chan was a long time resident of Maidstone. He served in the US Army during WWII and...

Elaine S. Barnett

Elaine S. Barnett

Feb 16, 2007

LANCASTER- Elaine S. Barnett 85, of Railroad Street, died peacefully on Friday February 16, 2007 at Weeks Medical Center, Lancaster. Mrs. Barnett was born in Bloomfield, Vermont on December 25, 1921 the daughter of Floyd and Maude (Trufant) Shoff. Elaine was a graduate of Stratford High School and attended Lyndon Teachers College. In 1945 she married Harold E. Barnett. For...

Lois W. Spotholz

Lois W. Spotholz

Feb 15, 2007

LANCASTER, NH- Lois W. Spotholz, 76, of North Road died February 15, 2007 at her home. Mrs. Spotholz was born in Chicago, Illinois on March 19, 1930, the daughter of Alfred and Mildred (Evans) Williston. Lois was a graduate of Taft High School in Illinois. She was also a graduate of the University of Illinois, earning her Bachelor's degree in...

Woodrow W. Rogers

Woodrow W. Rogers

Feb 12, 2007

JEFFERSON- Woodrow W. Rogers, 90, of Chambers Road, died Monday February 12, 2007, at his home. Mr. Rogers was born in Jefferson, on September 21, 1916, the son of John and Edith (Persons) Rogers. Woodrow was a 1933 graduate of Jefferson High School. After graduation he worked during the summer on his family farm and during the winter he worked...

Marie Garrion

Marie Garrion

Feb 12, 2007

WHITEFIELD- Marie Garrion, 55, of Highland Street died on February 12, 2007, at her home. Miss Garrion was born in Littleton on April 17, 1951, the daughter of Rodney and Frances Garrion. Marie was a graduate of Littleton High School and for a time she worked as a stitcher at Connor Footware. She was a lifelong resident of Littleton until...

Ruth Ann Lewin

Ruth Ann Lewin

Feb 4, 2007

LANCASTER, NH- Ruth A. Lewin, 54, of Williams Street, died Sunday morning, February 4, 2007, at Weeks Medical Center, Lancaster. Mrs. Lewin was born in Millinocket, Maine, on February 26, 1952, the daughter of Renee` and Clotus E. (Levasseur) Gagnon. Ruth was a people person, dedicating her time caring for the elderly, she passionately loved, animals, enjoyed ceramics, painting, and...

Charles J. Merrow

Charles J. Merrow

Feb 4, 2007

LANCASTER - Charles J. Merrow, 63, a Hospice patient, died peacefully Sunday afternoon, February 4, 2007, surrounded by his family. Mr. Merrow was born in Berlin, NH, on June 24, 1943, the son of Charles Gilman "Buster" Merrow and Amelia Mildred "Millie" Malasky. Raised in Lancaster he attended schools there and at one time operated the family farm with his...

Ronald L. Colby

Ronald L. Colby

Feb 4, 2007

LUNENBURG- Ronald L. Colby, 69, of Pond Hill Road, died Sunday February 4, 2007, at Weeks Medical Center, Lancaster. Mr. Colby was born in East Concord, VT on October 22, 1937, the son of Elwin and Verl (Fisher) Colby. Ronald was born and raised in East Concord, moving to Lunenburg after his marriage to Florence F. Roy on September 5,...

Linda F. Howland

Linda F. Howland

Feb 1, 2007

GROVETON- Linda F. Howland, 61, formerly of Lancaster, died Thursday morning, February 1, 2007, at Weeks Medical Center, Lancaster. Mrs. Howland was born in Lancaster, on April 16, 1945, the daughter of Clifford and Ethel (Barnes) Barrows. Linda was a lifetime resident of the North Country, residing in Lancaster most of her life. She has been a resident of Groveton...

Roy L. Goodwin

Roy L. Goodwin

Jan 27, 2007

SOUTH LUNENBURG - Roy L. Goodwin, 80, of River Road, died at his home Saturday morning January 27, 2007. Mr. Goodwin was born in Dalton, NH, on November 10, 1926, the son of Roy L. Goodwin Sr. and Annie (Stone) Goodwin. Roy was raised in the Dalton and Gilman area. During World War II he served with the US Navy....