OBITUARIES
Doris "DC" "Marty" Martin
Mar 15, 2016
Doris “DC” “Marty” Martin, 78, resident of Rindge, died at his home on Tuesday March 15, 2016 surrounded by his loving family. He was born on August 18, 1937 in Washington, OH, a son of the late Robert and Delphia (Dalton) Martin. Marty was raised and educated in Ohio and after leaving High School he entered into the United States...
Robert E. Wallace
Mar 13, 2016
Robert E. Wallace, 87, resident of Jaffrey, NH died at the Good Shepherd nursing home on Sunday, March 13th after a period of declining health. Services will be private and held at the convenience of the family.
Helen M. Champney
Mar 7, 2016
Helen M. Champney, 87, a lifelong resident of Rindge, NH died peacefully at home on Monday, March 7, 2016 after a period of failing health. Helen was born on May 11, 1928 in Boston, Massachusetts, daughter of the late James F. and Anna Marie (Egan) Booth. She was educated locally. Helen had worked early on in her life at the...
Raymond P. LaFlesh
Feb 27, 2016
Raymond P. “Ray” LaFlesh, 69, a resident of New Ipswich, NH, died peacefully with his family by his side on February 27, 2016 at the Catholic Medical Center in Manchester after a courageous battle with cancer. Ray was born on October 18, 1946 in Norwich, CT, son of the late Leonard and Gladys (Taylor) LaFlesh. Mr. LaFlesh was raised and...
Norma A. Dionne
Feb 26, 2016
Norma A. Dionne, 89, of River Street in Jaffrey died Friday, February 26, 2016 at the Good Shepherd Nursing and Rehabilitation Center after a period of failing health. She was born on May 23, 1926 in Peterborough, NH, daughter of the late Peter and Pauline (Toneri) Stanghellini. She was a 1944 graduate of the former Peterborough High School and had...
Aileen E. Varnum
Feb 24, 2016
Aileen Elizabeth (Dupree) Varnum, died February 24, 2016 after a short illness. She was born on September 27, 1925, the daughter of Earl and Elizabeth (Cary) Dupree. She grew up in Dublin, NH and later lived in Peterborough and Greenfield where she was an aide in the elementary schools. She was an exceptionally loving and generous person with a strong...
Alfred R. Straitiff
Feb 19, 2016
Alfred R. Straitiff, 71, of Jaffrey, NH, died on Friday, February 19 at Good Shepherd Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Jaffrey after a brave fight with lymphoma. He passed peacefully in his sleep surrounded by his wife and children. Alfred was born in Pepperell, Massachusetts in 1944. He was the tenth of eleven children born to Doris A. (Blood) and...
Robert Pomeroy Weis
Feb 8, 2016
Robert Pomeroy Weis, 87, of Cricket Hill Farm, Dublin, NH, died Tuesday, February 8th, at Monadnock Community Hospital in Peterborough. Robert was born June 12, 1928 at Taunton, MA, to Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis and Elizabeth Williams Stone. He grew up in Lancaster, MA. He attended Phillips Andover Academy, Williams College, and later, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, graduating with degrees in...
Gary W. Howard
Feb 1, 2016
Gary W. Howard, 63, resident of New Ipswich, NH died at his home on February 1, 2016. Survivors include his sisters, Barbara Humphrey or Bradford, NH and Donna Willey of Nashua, NH and a brother, Jesse Howard of Milford, NH. Services are private and will be held at the convenience of the family.
Florence V. Martin
Jan 31, 2016
Florence V. Martin, 87, resident of Peterborough, NH died on Sunday, January 31st in the care and comfort of the Rivermeade Nursing Home. Mrs. Martin was born on November 11, 1928 in New York, NY a daughter of the late Nicholas and Mary (Lukashewitz) Martin. Mrs. Martin resided for many years in New York and most recently here in New...
June K. MacDonald
Jan 27, 2016
June K. MacDonald, 100, of Rindge, NH died surrounded by her son and daughter in-law in the care and comfort of the Mt. Carmel Rehabilitation and Nursing Center on January 27, 2016 after a period of declining health. Mrs. MacDonald was born on June 3, 1915 in Boston, MA daughter of the late John and Anna (Kilbride) Moore. June married...
Mildred E. Henault
Jan 26, 2016
New Ipswich, NH Mildred E. Henault, 92, of New Ipswich, died Tuesday, January 26, 2016 at Monadnock Community Hospital after a brief illness. She was born in New Ipswich, NH, January 2, 1924. The daughter of Eino and Femmie (Hermanson) Somero. She married Benjamin J. Henault on October 26, 1950. She lived in New Ipswich for more than 56 years....
Ruth E. Graney
Jan 23, 2016
Milford, NH – Ruth E. (Crickard-Drown) Graney, 96 of Milford, NH, passed away early Saturday the 23rd of January at the Merrimack Community Hospice House after a period of declining health. Ruth was born in Boston, Mass. January 4, 1920 and was the daughter of Ethel (Crickard) and Hamilton Drown. Ruth was raised in the Boston area and a graduate...
Suzanne (Moore) Crossley
Jan 17, 2016
Suzanne (Moore) Crossley was born in Bridgeport, CT, on November 29, 1930, to Mrs. Mary (Dorward) Moore, formerly of Worcester, MA, and Mr. J. Robert Moore, formerly of Winsted, CT and Worcester, MA. Mrs. Moore graduated from Rogers Hall Finishing School, Lowell, MA; Mr. Moore graduated from Clark University, Worcester, with a Physics degree. The couple moved to Bridgeport where...
Richard A. Killmer
Jan 16, 2016
Richard Alan Killmer, 83 died at his home in Rindge on Saturday, January 16, 2016 after a brief illness. Richard was born on April 8, 1932 in Harvey Illinois, he was the son of George Frederick Killmer, and Mayme Antonia (Lundmark) Killmer. Richard grew up in Harvey and attended High School there. He then attended Purdue University in W. Lafayette...
Brian K. Newcomb
Jan 10, 2016
Brian K. Newcomb, 22, resident of New Ipswich, NH died at his home unexpectedly on Sunday, January 10, 2016. Brian was born on April 16, 1993, in Weymouth, MA, a son of Keith and Sheryl (Kelliher) Newcomb. He grew up in the Hanover and Townsend, MA area and graduated from Merrimack Educational Collaborative, of Chelmsford, MA. He most recently became...
Bernadette 'Bernie' Knight
Jan 8, 2016
Bernadette (Duval) Knight, age 95, passed away peacefully on January 8, 2016 at Summerhill in Peterborough, New Hampshire. Bernie, as she was affectionately known, was the daughter of Silas and Antoinette Duval and the last surviving member of her siblings. At sixteen, she met the love of her life, Bob, whom she married in 1936. She was a devoted wife...
Dennis J. Moore
Jan 3, 2016
Dennis J. Moore, 67, of Peterborough, died Sunday, January 3, 2016 at Crestwood Center in Milford after a period of declining health. Mr. Moore was born on August 19, 1948 in Lowell, MA, he was the son of Charles and Theresa (Bellemare) Moore. Mr. Moore received his education in Massachusetts and while serving in the Air Force. He attended the...
Norman Lafortune
Jan 1, 2016
Norman Lafortune died January 1, 2016 of a broken heart. He lost the love of his life, Virginia Mae Lafortune in April, and never really recovered. He was born in Winchendon, Massachusetts on June 19, 1927. There were eleven children in his family and times were not easy. He went to war at sixteen years old and when he came...
Ila K. Witty
Dec 31, 2015
Ila K. Witty, 96, formerly of Rindge, died Thursday, December 31, 2015 at the Monadnock Community Hospital in Peterborough after a period of declining health. Mrs. Witty was born on September 3, 1919 in the Township of Goreswamp, in the Province of Quebec, Canada. She was the daughter of Royal and Gertrude (O’Connell) Walker. Mrs. Witty received her education in...
