OBITUARIES
Priscilla Mae Anderson
Dec 30, 2008
PRISCILLA MAE ANDERSON, 86, formerly of Gilmore Court in Jaffrey, died Tuesday December 30, 2008 at the Good Shepherd Nursing Home. She was born February 18, 1922 in Boston MA daughter of the late Ralph and Anna (Flodin) Anderson. She was a 1939 graduate of East Boston High School. Priscilla had formerly lived in Needham and Medfield MA and was...
Theresa Mary Smith
Dec 29, 2008
Theresa Mary Smith, 80, died peacefully at her residence on Groton Road in Ayer, MA. Theresa will be remembered for being a loving wife, mother grandmother and great grandmother. Theresa was born in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada and was the daughter of the late Mary (Gallant) and Charles Gallant. Theresa was predeceased by all of her siblings, Garnett, George, Clifford,...
Charles D. Smith, Jr.
Dec 26, 2008
Peterborough, NH CHARLES D. SMITH, JR., 83, of Pheasant Road, Peterborough, died peacefully December 26, 2008 at Harborside Healthcare (Pheasantwood) after a long period of failing health. He was born on January 21, 1925, in Clinton, MA, son of the late Charles and Ruth (Casey) Smith Sr. He attended schools in Massachusetts. Mr. Smith was a very patriotic person. He...
Kenneth Edwin Hill
Dec 23, 2008
KENNETH E. HILL, 73, of Ivy Drive, Keene, formerly of Able Road in Rindge died Tuesday December 23, 2008 at the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, in Lebanon following a long illness. He was born June 30, 1935 in Keene, son of the late Harold and Velma (Wiswall) Hill. He had attended local Keene schools. He was employed at W.W.Cross Co...
Jesselyn B. Bartlett
Dec 23, 2008
JESSELYN B. BARTLETT, 90, of Lacy Road in Jaffrey died peacefully at her home, surrounded by family on Tuesday December 23, 2008. She was born December 11, 1918 in Boston, daughter of the late William and Linda (Smith) Innes. She was a 1937 graduate of Stoughton (MA) High School. Jesselyn had a career as an office manager at the Massachusetts...
R. John Ojala
Dec 22, 2008
Rindge R. JOHN OJALA, 61, of Blakeville Road in Rindge died Monday December 22, 2008 at the Monadnock Community Hospital in Peterborough following a sudden illness. He was born July 1, 1947 in Peterborough son of Robert W. and Mary Mamie (Eaves) Ojala. He was a 1965 graduate of Conant High School in Jaffrey and earned his BA degree in...
Homer Spencer Roy
Dec 21, 2008
Swanzey NH HOMER SPENCER ROY, 71, formerly of Fitzwilliam, died Sunday December 21, 2008 at his home in California Brook Estates in Swanzey NH. He was born September 21, 1937 in Chelsea MA, son of the late Wilfred and Lucy (Michaud) Roy. He attended schools in Winchendon MA and Sanford ME. While living in Winchendon, he would caddy at the...
Doris D. Stiles
Dec 21, 2008
DORIS D. STILES, 82, of Webster Street in Jaffrey, formerly of Amsterdam NY, died Sunday December 21, 2008 at the Monadnock Community Hospital in Peterborough NH following a brief illness. She was born January 12, 1926 in Hallsville, NY, daughter of the late John and Antoinette (Dievendorf) Lieber. She was a graduate of Fort Plain High School Class of 1944....
Madeline Eleanor Vanni
Dec 20, 2008
MADELINE ELEANOR VANNI, 89 of Pheasant Road, Peterborough, formerly of Jaffrey, died peacefully December 20, 2008 at Harborside Healthcare - Pheasantwood. She was born February 26, 1919 in Hanover MA, daughter of the late Thomas and Ellen (Wallace) McCue. When she was three days old , both her parents died of the influenza, and she was raised by her uncle...
Ronald Louis Taylor
Dec 20, 2008
RONALD L. TAYLOR, 74, of Delta Drive, Jaffrey died peacefully at home surrounded by his family on Saturday December 20, 2008 following a courageous battle with cancer. He was born on January 24, 1934 in Jaffrey, son of the late Louis and Helen (Coderre) Taylor. He was a 1954 graduate of Conant High School in Jaffrey and had attended Huntington...
John P. Sanderson
Dec 20, 2008
JAFFREY John P. Sanderson of Jaffrey Center died at his home Saturday after a long period of illness. He was 73. Mr. Sanderson, a former member of the Jaffrey Center Historic District Commission, was a Jaffrey resident for 37 years. He was a graduate of Wellesley High School in Wellesley, Mass., where he met his wife, Elizabeth S. Sanderson. He...
Gene F. Bernier
Dec 15, 2008
Peterborough, NH GENE F. BERNIER, 64, of Summer Street, Peterborough died Monday December 15, 2008 peacefully at home. He was born June 12, 1944 in Peterborough, son of the late Raymond and Bertha (Myhaver) Bernier. He was a 1962 graduate of the former Peterborough High School. Gene had served with the United States Marine Corps during the Vietnam Conflict. He...
Mary Loftis Bush
Dec 15, 2008
Peterborough, NH Mary Loftis Bush, 64, of Peterborough died December 15, 2008 at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center of metastatic breast cancer. Born September 14, 1944 in Flushing, New York, she was the daughter of deceased James and Margaret Loftis. She graduated from Queens College in 1966 and immediately worked as a programmer for IBM in Poughkeepsie, and subsequently programmed insurance...
Marcelline "Marcie" Brenner
Dec 13, 2008
MARCELLINE M. BRENNER, 94, of Woodland Heights, Peterborough died Saturday December 13, 2008 at the Monadnock Community Hospital in Peterborough following a brief illness. She was born July 8, 1914 in Standish, New York, daughter of the late Frank and Minnie (Beausoleil) Lafontaine. Better known as Marcie she has lived most of her life in Peterborough. She was married to...
John W. Sutcliffe
Dec 10, 2008
Harrisville, New Hampshire John W. Sutcliffe, 92, of Hancock Road in Harrisville died Wednesday December 10, 2008 at the Monadnock Community Hospital in Peterborough after a brief illness. Mr. Sutcliffe was born in Philadelphia, PA on July 5, 1916, son of the late James T. and Olga (ODay) Sutcliffe. He was a graduate of Worcester Poly-Tech and had been a...
Ryan W. Bemis
Dec 8, 2008
Fitzwilliam, NH Ryan W. Bemis, 30, of Fitzwilliam died Monday, December 8, 2008 at his residence with his dog Titan by his side. Ryan was born in Peterborough, NH on July 2, 1978, the son of Daniel and Susan (Korpi) Bemis. He was a 1997 graduate of Monadnock Regional High School in Swanzey and had achieved the Deans List while...
Wilma Hale Jewell
Dec 1, 2008
WilmaHale Jewell, 95, of Dublin Road, Jaffrey, died Monday December 1, 2008 at the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH. She was born June 30, 1913 in Rindge NH, daughter of the late Walter A. and Eula F. (Jones) Hale. Wilma received her elementary education in Rindge schools and graduated in1931 from the Ashby (MA) High School. She graduated...
Sidney 'Michael' Carlton
Nov 30, 2008
Jaffrey, New Hampshire Sidney Griggs 'Michael' Carlton II, 64, of Jaffrey, died Sunday Nov. 30, 2008 at Monadnock Community Hospital in Peterborough, NH after a short illness. Michael was born Nov. 28, 1944 in Punxsutawney, Pa. He was the son of the late 'Sid' and Louise (Warne) Carlton and had attended schools in Pennsylvania. He was a graduate of Colgate...
Raymond 'Ray' Deschenes
Nov 27, 2008
Raymond J. Deschenes, 65, of Rindge, died Thursday, November 27, 2008 at his home after a long, tenacious battle with cancer. He was born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts on October 3, 1943, son of the late Gilbert and Angie (Belanger) Deschenes. Ray was a Jaffrey businessman for more than 30 years. In 1976 he opened DD Auto Body with his brother...
Roger R. Carignan
Nov 19, 2008
New Ipswich, NH Roger Carignan, 76, of Oak Hollow Road in New Ipswich died Wednesday November 19, 2007 at the Monadnock Community Hospital in Peterborough after a medical condition caused him to lose control of his vehicle. Roger was born on March 26, 1932 in Lowell, Massachusetts; he was the son of the late Ludger and Cecile (Raymond) Carignan and...
