OBITUARIES

Rindge MARTHA P. SHANNON, 85 of Old New Ipswich Road in Rindge, died Wednesday Feb 14, 2007 at the Hillsboro House in Hillsboro following a period of failing health. She was born January 24, 1922 in Newton MA. daughter of the late Frederick H. and Elizabeth (Perry) Paul. She was a 1940 graduate of Oak Grove Academy in Maine and...

MAUREEN M. THOMAS, 66 of Casalis Road in Peterborough, died June 12, 2007 peacefully at home following a long and courageous battle with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Lou Gehrig'™s Disease) She was born June 7, 1941 in Peterborough, daughter of the late Maurice and Rose (Foster) McPhie. Maureen was a 1959 graduate of Our Lady of Monadnock Academy in Jaffrey and...

66, June 12, 2007 at home. Beloved wife of Wayne. Mother of Nicholas of Marshfield. Sister of John McPhie, Edgewater FL and Paul McPhie, Rindge NH. Hours- Sunday 3:00-6:00 PM at Cournoyer Funeral Home in Jaffrey, NH. Mass Mon. 11:00 AM, Peterborough, NH. For complete information visit www.cournoyerfh.com

Maurice C. Buck, 86, died peacefully at the Good Shepherd Healthcare Center on June 27, 2007. He was born in West Charleston, Vermont on September 12, 1920 to Edward and Blanche (Marvin) Buck, the youngest of three children. Mr. Buck served in the US Army during World War II with the Transportation and Signal Corps in Italy where he was...

MICHAEL E. VARNUM, 54, of Forest Road in Greenfield died Tuesday, March 27, 2007, at his home after a lengthy illness. Michael was born in Peterborough, NH on October 24, 1952. He was the son of Arthur and Aileen (Dupree) Varnum and had attended local schools. Michael was a race horse groom at race tracks throughout New England. In addition...

Peterborough MILDRED C. RAINIER, 95 of Elm Hill Road, Peterborough died Sunday August 19, 2007 at the Good Shepherd Health Care in Jaffrey. She was born December 24, 1911 in Bridgeport CT, daughter of the late William and Florence (Temporal) Coles. She was graduated from Westfield (NJ) High School and from Pace College in New York City. She then worked...

Jaffrey, New Hampshire NAOMI RUTH ADAMS RIVERS HOLT, 81 of Alder Court ,Jaffrey died Saturday June 9, 2007 at the Good Shepherd Health Care Center in Jaffrey following a courageous battle with lung cancer. She was born February 12, 1926 in Indianapolis, Indiana daughter of the late Linley Leroy and Anna (Reel) Adams. She attended schools in Jonesboro, Indiana. Mrs....

Amherst, New Hampshire Patrick J. Kelly, 21, of Amherst, and formerly of Keene and Peterborough, died on Wednesday, April 18, 2007 as a result of injuries he received in an automobile accident. Patrick was born on July 3, 1985 in Keene, NH, son of Kevin and Nicolee (Croteau) Kelly. He was a 2004 graduate of ConVal Regional High School in...

Peterborough, NH Peggy Williams, 86 of Peterborough died after a long and courageous struggle with lymphoma on March 16, 2007. She was born on August 19, 1920 in Buffalo, New York in 1920 and attended Barnard College and Boston College. Peggy was a lover of music, art, nature, and poetry, and was a formidable scrabble player. She is survived by...

RINDGE, NEW HAMPSHIRE Hilbert "Bud" Olson, Jr., 80, died peacefully on Friday, February 23, 2007 at his home in Rindge surrounded by his family. He was born on August 4, 1926 in Waltham, MA, the son of Hilbert A. and Hazel (Hague) Olson. He was a WWII veteran of the U.S. Navy, and had served in the Pacific Theater aboard...

Hope I. Dillon, 76, of Kevin Lane in Jaffrey died Monday, March 5, 2007 at the Monadnock Community Hospital in Peterborough after a lengthy illness. Mrs. Dillon was born in Providence, RI on January 12, 1931, daughter of the late Nelson J. and Alice (Knowlton) Green. She had attended schools in Waltham, MA and had been a resident of Jaffrey...

James Edmund Bryan III Librarian James E. Bryan III of 425 Rivermead Road in Peterborough, formerly Director of the Newark New Jersey Public Library, a Past President of the American Library Association and a consultant on public library buildings, died Thursday May 10, 2007 in Peterborough at age 97. He was born in Easton, Pennsylvania, son of William W. and...

JAMES P. LABRAKE, 81 of Water Street, Troy died Sunday February 4, 2007 at his residence. He was born March 17, 1925 in Bombay, New York one of seventeen children born to Ora and Josephine (Thorn) LaBrake. He had served with the United States Army at the end of World War II and had reenlisted during the Korean Conflict. He...

JEAN IDA (McLOUTH) MATHEWSON, 99, died April 24, 2007 at the Good Shephard Healthcare Center in Jaffrey after a period of failing health. She was born on February 8, 1908 in Hart, Michigan, daughter of the late James Lyman McLouth and Lucella A. Pitts. Mrs. Mathewson graduated from Hart High School and continued her education at Western Michigan University in...

BEVERLY HILLS, Fla. -- Joan Daphne Pasquale, 78, of Beverly Hills, Fla., died Thursday, May 24, at the Hospice of Citrus County Hospice House in Lecanto, Fla. Joan was born on Sept. 8, 1928, in Peterborough, N.H., daughter of the late Howard and Helen (Winship) Burt. She had lived in Rindge until moving to Florida in 1977. She was employed...

JOYCE ANN BELLETETE, 65 of Hillcrest Road, Jaffrey died Wednesday July 4, 2007 at the Cheshire Medical Center in Keene. She was born November 29, 1941 in Hartford CT., daughter of the late Maxwell and Grace (Messing) Hannan. She has been a life long resident of this community. She was a 1959 graduate of the former Our Lady of Monadnock...

JOYCE ANNE (Binkley) THERRIEN, 63, East Berlin, PA formerly of Winchester, died Wednesday April 25, 2007 at the Hanover (PA) Hospital following a sudden illness. She was born November 18, 1943 in Wrangel, Alaska. Mrs. Therrien has been a resident of East Berlin for the past eight years. She had previously lived in Winchester and Jaffrey. She was homemaker and...

Karen Yvonne Melodino, 24, of Main Street in Rindge, died at her home on Tuesday, August 7, 2007. She was born on August 7, 1983 in Peterborough, the daughter of Ray and Carla (Huff) Haskell. Karen had attended Conant High School in Jaffrey and had taken classes at Mt. Wachusetts Community College in Gardner, MA. She has been a resident...

LILLIAN D. WILSON, 85, of Smithville Road in New Ipswich, died Friday April 20, 2007 at Greenbriar Terrace Healthcare in Nashua following a period of failing health. She was born on October 6, 1921 in Dunbar, PA, daughter of the late Pasquale and Mary (Deore) Ciamacco. She was a graduate of Immaculate Conception High School in Connellsville, PA and had...

Philip W. Coll, 71, of North Street in Jaffrey, died Saturday, May 12, 2007 at the Monadnock Community Hospital in Peterborough after a sudden illness. Mr. Coll was born in Jaffrey, NH on July 12, 1935, son of the late Archie & Eva (Sirois) Coll. He was a 1954 Graduate of Conant High School. Mr. Coll worked for his father...