OBITUARIES
Lucas I Seppala
Apr 21, 2022
Lucas Immanuel Seppala, 41 passed away quietly and unexpectedly at his home on Thursday, April 21, 2022. Lucas was born on July 7, 1980, in Fitchburg, MA to David and Anna-Leena Seppala, and was raised in Rindge, NH. He was a graduate of Victory High School in Jaffrey, and earned a Certificate in Computer Repair while attending Mount Wachusett Community...
Patrick John Leary
Apr 21, 2022
Patrick John Leary, of Rindge NH, died on April 21, 2022, after a three-year battle with lung cancer. He is survived by his wife, Stephanie Burns-Leary, his children Kyle, Benjamin, and Johanna, his grandson Henry, his stepchildren Jared and Sasha, his sisters Janice and Michele, and his brother Eugene, as well as eight nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by...
Michael J. Corcoran, Sr.
Apr 18, 2022
Michael James Corcoran Sr. (Papoo) passed away surrounded by family at Monadnock Community Hospital on Monday April 18th after a long battle with a terminal illness. Mike was born in Boston, MA the son of William Corcoran Sr. and Helen (Korocinski) Miller. He attended high school in Tewksbury, MA, where he was the captain and state champion of the gymnastics...
Travis Shattuck
Apr 14, 2022
Travis (Allen) Shattuck died peacefully at her home on April 14, 2022, after a brief illness. The daughter of William and Beryl Allen, Travis was born on October 10, 1941. Travis grew up in Rindge NH (Little Michigan). The oldest of 5 children she had many fond childhood memories of growing up on the lake with her siblings, Grammie Fitzie,...
Annette M. Gagne
Apr 14, 2022
Annette M. Gagne, 64, of Rindge, NH died peacefully at her home on Thursday, April 14, 2022 after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Annette was born in Lowell, MA on March 24, 1958, the daughter of Joseph and Lucie (Lessard) Leduc. Annette was a 1976 graduate of Lowell High School, and it was there that she met her...
Bernard Ernest Lampinen
Apr 7, 2022
Bernard Ernest Lampinen, 95, formerly of Ashby, MA, peacefully passed away after a period of declining health, at UMass Memorial HealthAlliance Hospital in Leominster, MA. The WWII Veteran answered his final roll call at 6am sharp on April 7, 2022, surrounded by his loving family. ‘Bernie’ was born in Atlantic Mine, Michigan on September 3, 1926, a son of the...
Henry A. Swierczynski
Apr 4, 2022
Henry A. Swierczynski, 96, born in Katowice, Poland, longtime resident of Springfield, Vermont, most recently of Keene, New Hampshire, died April 4, 2022. Under the Nazi occupation of Poland, his family initially fled the advancing armies. Returning to their home, Henry attended technical high school and a German-provided part-time job at the town airfield. This forced labor was not without...
Harold Eugene Tallman
Apr 2, 2022
Harold Eugene “Gene” Tallman passed away at his home in Rindge unexpectedly on Saturday, April 2, 2022. He worked at New Hampshire Ball Bearing in Peterborough, NH for many years. He bartended at the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and spent some time employed with Millipore Sigma all in Jaffrey, NH. Gene loved spending time with his...
Barbara Ann Kohlmorgen
Mar 30, 2022
Barbara Ann (Schmidt) Kohlmorgen, 63, of Grantham, died peacefully at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH, on Wednesday, March 30, 2022, surrounded by her loving family. Barbara was born on January 6, 1959, in New York, and was the daughter of the late Karl and Carolynn (Devine) Schmidt. Barbara attended high school in New Fairfield, CT, and was her...
Marie Gravel
Mar 30, 2022
Marie Gravel, 73, of Troy, died peacefully on Wednesday, March 30, 2022, at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH after a brief period of failing health. She was born in Gardner, MA on April 5, 1948, daughter of the late Malion and Germaine (Christian) Blair. Marie graduated with the Class of 1966 from Conant High School in Jaffrey. Marie...
Alfred J. Desmarais
Mar 28, 2022
Alfred J. Desmarais, 84, of Jaffrey, died peacefully at the Catholic Medical Center in Manchester on Monday, March 28, 2022, after a period of failing health. Alfred was born on June 7, 1937 in Peterborough, NH, son of the late William and Marie (Robitaille) Desmarais, and was a 1955 graduate of Conant High School in Jaffrey. Alfred served with the...
Wendy Warner
Mar 26, 2022
Wendy Warner, 61, of Rindge, NH passed away peacefully at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center surrounded by her loved ones on Saturday, March 26, 2022 after a sudden illness. Wendy was born on January 5, 1961 in Lowell, MA, daughter of the late Edward and Phyllis (Smith) Lantagne. Wendy was a 1979 graduate of Lowell High School, and later completed coursework...
Paula C. Smith
Mar 26, 2022
Paula C. (Couillard) Smith, 73, of Rindge, New Hampshire, passed away peacefully on Saturday, March 26, 2022, after a period of declining health. Paula was born on January 3, 1949, in Chelsea, MA, the daughter of Paul and Pauline Couillard. Paula and her siblings grew up in Portsmouth, NH, Lincoln, NE, and eventually Danvers, MA. She is a 1967 graduate...
Peggy Marie Nadeau
Mar 25, 2022
Peggy Marie (Morse) Nadeau, 62, of Goffstown, NH, passed away peacefully on March 25, 2022, at the Elliot Hospital in Manchester, NH with loving family by her side. She was born on September 13, 1959, in Stockholm, Sweden to the late William & Charlotte Morse. Peggy married her husband, Alfred F. Nadeau, Jr. on March 16, 1975, in their hometown...
Beryl Cleveland-Taylor
Mar 23, 2022
Beryl Cleveland-Taylor passed away peacefully on March 23, 2022, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. She was 85 years old. Beryl was born in Winchendon, MA on December 6, 1936, to Walter A Cleveland and Mary D. (Burt) Cleveland of Rindge, NH. She was the youngest of 4 children and lived all her young life in West Rindge. She...
William C. Preston
Mar 23, 2022
William C. Preston, 83, of Rindge, NH died peacefully on March 23, 2022, at the Cheshire Medical Center in Keene after a brief period of declining health. ‘Bill’ was born on February 11, 1939, in Portsmouth, NH, son of the late William and Margaret (Rising) Preston. He was raised in Newton, MA and had attended Bowdoin College and UMass Amherst,...
Helen M. Griffin
Mar 18, 2022
Helen M. Griffin, 95, of Jaffrey, NH, died peacefully at Summerhill Assisted Living Center in Peterborough on Friday, March 18, 2022. Helen was born in Jaffrey on January 7, 1927, and a lifelong resident. She was the daughter of the late Fortunato and Nettie Mei and was a 1945 graduate of Conant High School in Jaffrey. Helen is fondly remembered...
Clifford Ellston, Jr.
Mar 18, 2022
Clifford Ellston Jr., of Jaffrey, NH, died peacefully on March 18, 2022, at the Jack Bryne Center in Lebanon, NH. He was born on March 24, 1934, son of Clifford and Lillian Ellston in Lincoln, RI. Clifford graduated class of 1951 from Cumberland High School in Cumberland, RI. After high school, he married Jean- Frances Pressey on August 20, 1955....
Mary Gertrude Boudreau
Mar 3, 2022
Mary G. Boudreau of Peterborough, NH died on March 3, 2022, at Jaffrey Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. She was born on September 8, 1930 in West Hartford, CT to Charles and Hilda Sullivan. She married Henry D. Boudreau on October 27, 1950 in Hartford, CT. Together they had five children Diane, Patricia, Henry, George, and Richard. They raised their family...
