Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Families in Lancaster, NH

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Addie Elizabeth Beattie

Addie Elizabeth Beattie

May 27, 2007

LANCASTER - Addie Elizabeth (Hillier) Beattie, 85, died on May 27, 2007, at Weeks Medical Center, Lancaster. She was born December 8, 1921, in Lancaster to H. Wesley and Sarah Jane (Mitchell) Hillier, the youngest of five children, all predeceased. Addie was a graduate from Lancaster Academy in 1939 and also attended the University of New Hampshire. She was a...

Doris P. Davis

Doris P. Davis

May 23, 2007

WHITEFIELD - Doris P. Davis, 83, of Hazen Drive, died Wednesday evening, May 23, 2007, at The Morrison in Whitefield. Mrs. Davis was born in Vershire, Vermont, on March 5, 1924, the daughter of William and Carolyn (Morey) Perkins. Doris and her husband Norris Davis were married in September 1954 and moved to Whitefield in 1967. Throughout her life, Doris...

Gloria Mae Sullivan

Gloria Mae Sullivan

May 7, 2007

LANCASTER- Gloria Mae Sullivan, 70, of 18 Wolcott Street, died suddenly at her home, Monday night, May 7, 2007, of complications from a vascular illness. Mrs. Sullivan was born in Lancaster on December 12, 1936, the daughter of Dannie and Evelyn J. (Stillings) Flynn. She was a lifelong resident of Lancaster where she attended schools and graduated from Lancaster Academy...

Ted Benoit

Ted Benoit

May 4, 2007

LUNENBURG - Ted Benoit, 75, died suddenly May 4, 2007, at his home on Kimball Road. Mr. Benoit was born in North Stratford, NH, on July 18, 1931, the son of Noel and Rosa E. (Beauchemin) Benoit. Ted was raised in Lunenburg where he worked on the family farm and later became self employed and hauled pulp locally. He proudly...

Everett "Marty" Ballard

Everett "Marty" Ballard

May 2, 2007

LANCASTER- Everett "Marty" Ballard, 65, of Depot Street, died on May 2, 2007, at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, after a long and courageous battle with many medical issues. Mr. Ballard was born in Richmond, Virginia, on September 1, 1941, the son of Everett M. and Frances (Lyne) Ballard II. Marty was a jack-of-all-trades; during his lifetime he sold insurance,...

Dorothy "Dottie" Carr

Dorothy "Dottie" Carr

May 2, 2007

LANCASTER- Dorothy "Dottie" Carr, 73, of Grange Road, died at her home Wednesday, May 2, 2007. Mrs. Carr was born in Lemington, VT, on June 24, 1933, the daughter of Carrol and Viola (Norton) Reed. She was raised in West Stewartstown, moving to Lancaster in the early 1960's, where she met and married her husband Allan J. Carr. For a...

Arnold W. Atwood

Arnold W. Atwood

May 2, 2007

LANCASTER - Arnold W. Atwood, 61, of Portland Street, died suddenly at his home on May 2, 2007. Mr. Atwood was born in Windsor, VT, on January 23, 1946, the son of Carl Richard Atwood and Marion Lena (Beckwith) Burt. Family members include his mother of Lancaster; five sons, Robert Gravelle of Groveton, Dana Atwood, John Atwood, and Arnold Atwood...

Diane K. Brigham

Diane K. Brigham

Apr 28, 2007

DIANE K. BRIGHAM JEFFERSON- Diane K. Brigham, on Saturday April 28, 2007, in the company of her family was finally able to stop fighting her battle with Leukemia. Diane was born in Plymouth, NH on October 25, 1973, the daughter of Dawn Day. She was a 1992 graduate of New Hampton Prep.School. She graduated from Keene State College in 1996...

George T Graber

George T Graber

Apr 27, 2007

LUNENBURG, VT- George T. Graber, 85, of Bobbin Mill Road, passed away peacefully on Friday, April 27, at Weeks Medical Center, following a period of failing health. Mr. Graber was born on March 2, 1922, in Montvale, New Jersey the son of John M. and Marie E. (Day) Graber. George moved to the North Country in the early 1940's and...

Raymond N. Crane

Raymond N. Crane

Apr 25, 2007

LANCASTER, NH - Raymond N. Crane, 101, of Garland Road, died Wednesday morning April 25, 2007 at Weeks Medical Center, Lancaster, NH. Mr. Crane was born in Elizabeth, NJ, on April 24, 1906, the son of Charles and Sophia (Paterson) Crane. Raised in Elizabeth, Raymond attended schools there and went on to become a licensed electrician. For a time he...

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....