OBITUARIES
Edith F. Draper
Mar 19, 2007
EDITH F. DRAPER, 83 of Gilmore Pond Road in Jaffrey died Monday March 19, 2007 at the Monadnock Community Hospital in Peterborough after being stricken at home.She was born on August 22, 1923 in Mattapan, MA, daughter of the late Thomas and Edith (Chambers) Nolan. Mrs. Draper was a 1945 graduate of the Bridgewater State Teachers College and had been...
Peggy Williams
Mar 16, 2007
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...
Hope I. Dillon
Mar 5, 2007
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...
Exzelia L. Butler
Mar 2, 2007
EXZELIA L. BUTLER, 90, of Plantation Drive Jaffrey died Friday March 2, 2007 at the Good Shepherd Health Center in Jaffrey, following a period of failing health.She was born September 28, 1916 in Fitzwilliam daughter of the late Joseph and Mary (Meatty) Champney.She graduated in 1935 from Murdock High School in Winchendon, MA'Zell' worked as a supervisor for more than...
Faith A. Allen
Feb 28, 2007
Bennington, NH'Daddy's Little Girl'Faith A. Allen, 50 of Old Greenfield Road in Bennington died peacefully at her home on Wednesday February 28, 2007.She was born July 5, 1956 in Westfield MA, daughter of the late Robert S. and Elli (Liimatainen) Allen, formerly of Richmond and Troy, NH.She has been a resident of Bennington for the past fifteen years and had...
Beverly P. MacDonald
Feb 26, 2007
Beverly P. MacDonald, 71, of Court Street in Keene died Monday, February 26, 2007 at the Genesis Healthcare Center in Keene after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born in Peterborough, NH on May 4, 1935, daughter of the late Homer and Olivine (Cote) Christian and was a 1953 graduate of Conant High School Mrs. MacDonald spent several years...
Hilbert Olson
Feb 23, 2007
RINDGE, NEW HAMPSHIREHilbert "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 the USS Twiggs.He...
Barbara Cook Durham
Feb 21, 2007
Rindge NH BARBARA COOK DURHAM, 94, formerly of Farrar Road in Rindge, died Wednesday February 21, 2007 at the Concord (MA) Healthcare Center, following a period of failing health. She was born June 14, 1912 in Boston, and had served as a governess during WWII She has been a resident of Bedford, MA since 1999. Previously had lived in Rindge...
Martha P. Shannon
Feb 14, 2007
RindgeMARTHA 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 received her Bachelor's...
James P. Labrake
Feb 4, 2007
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...
Dennis E. Flint
Jan 19, 2007
Greenfield, New Hampshire DENNIS E. FLINT, 43, of Slip Road in Greenfield, died Friday, January 19, 2007 at the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon. He was born October 15, 1963 in Keene, son of Dennis H. and Brenda (Peterson) Flint. He graduated 1982 from Keene High School and had served with the United States Marine Corps from 1982 to...
Gertrude I. Blake
Jan 18, 2007
Rindge NH GERTRUDE I. BLAKE, 90 of Coot Bay Drive, Rindge, died Thursday January 18, 2007 at the Monadnock Community Hospital in Peterborough following a period of failing health.She was born July 27, 1916 in Fitchburg, MA daughter of the late John W. and Helga (Forsberg) Bock.She was a 1934 graduate of Fitchburg (MA) High School.Mrs. Blake was a former...
Deborah Dey Kruse
Jan 16, 2007
Deborah Dey Kruse, 86, of Rivermead Road in Peterborough, and formerly of Jaffrey, passed away quietly early Tuesday morning, January 16, from complications of Alzheimer's disease. A native of Wellesley, Massachusetts, she came originally to Jaffrey in the 1920s as a summer visitor to her grandfather's cottage at Thorndike Pond. She entered Wellesley College at age 16, but had to...
Edward D. Desmarais
Jan 12, 2007
Jaffrey, New Hampshire
EDWARD D. DESMARAIS, 71, of Dublin Road, Jaffrey died Friday January 12, 2007 peacefully at his home following a courageous battle with cancer.
He was born on March 12, 1935 in Manchester NH son of the late Edward and Alphonsine (Deshaies) Desmarais. He was a 1953 graduate of Conant High School and a lifelong resident of Jaffrey.For the past...
Barbara J. Niemela
Jan 10, 2007
Barbara J. Niemela, 70, of Hernando, Florida and formerly of Jaffrey, NH, died on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 at Woodland Terrace in Hernando.Barbara was born on August 26, 1936 in Winchendon, Massachusetts, the daughter of Harry and Corrine Lattrell. She had been spending the winter months in Florida since 1990 and then in 2005, she and her husband moved to...
Fay Sherwood Sawyer
Jan 6, 2007
Fay Sherwood Sawyer, 81, of Silver Ranch, Jaffrey, died peacefully while visiting for the holidays at the home of her daughter Ellen, in Jaffrey, on Saturday, January 6, 2007.
Her husband of fifty-nine years, Alfred P. Sawyer, died March 10, 2002. Fay had remained active, managing her own home and continuing her involvement with family, business, and community. Just...
Marion B. Whitney
Jan 3, 2007
Marion B. Whitney, 85, of Jaffrey Road, Rindge died Wednesday January 3, 2007 at the Good Shepherd Health Center in Jaffrey following a period of failing health. She was born November 11, 1921 in Boston, daughter of the late George R. and Ruth (Tenney) Burgoyne. Mrs. Whitney was a 1940 graduate of Conant High School in Jaffrey and has been...
Dana F. Ryan
Jan 1, 2007
ContoocookDANA F. RYAN, 73, of Indian Ridge, Contoocook, formerly of Rindge, died Monday January 1,2007 at the CRVNA Hospice House in Concord following a long illness.He was born December 14, 1933 in Boston MA son of the late Joseph and Lillian (O'Brien) Ryan.He had attended Charlestown (MA) schools.Mr. Ryan served with the United States Navy from 1955 to 1959, and...
David H. Quinn
Nov 20, 1943
David H. Quinn was born and raised in Temple, NH, the 4th of 9 children born to George Whitney & Kittie Evelyn (Edwards) Quinn. "3rd Generation Irish", David's father was also the 2nd Park Manager of Monadnock State Park and his mother worked at the park often as well. He enjoyed his times there immensely. On May 24th of 1941,...
