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Constance C. Skewes

Constance C. Skewes

May 20, 2021

Constance C. Skewes The Skewes family is sad to announce the passing of Connie, our beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother after a short period of declining health. She was surrounded by her family when she passed away peacefully on May 20, 2021. Constance Conant Boyd was born in Concord, Massachusetts in 1934, the youngest child of Fred...

John Keith Wetzel

John Keith Wetzel

Apr 25, 2021

John Keith Wetzel-- beloved husband, father, grandfather and friend -- passed away peacefully at home in Fairlee, Vermont, on April 25th, 2021. John was born Feb 1, 1933 at St. Agnes Hospital, White Plains, NY and spent his early years in White Plains. He was a graduate of the 1951 class of the McDonogh School near Baltimore and was...

Robert L. Chambers

Robert L. Chambers

Apr 24, 2021

Robert L. Chambers76, of Hanover, New Hampshire, passed away unexpectedly on April 24th surrounded by loved ones after a brief illness. Robert served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam war, attended Auburn University, and developed many successful businesses throughout his life and across North America. His entrepreneurial spirit brought him from Georgia to Montreal to Hanover, then New...

Muriel Driard King

Muriel Driard King

Apr 8, 2021

Muriel Driard Kingwas born in Saigon, Vietnam, then a French colony, on October 2, 1928, to Marguerite Germaine and Robert Driard. She died of natural causes on April 8, 2021, at Kendal in Hanover, NH. Muriel attended the University of Aix-Marseille, receiving a degree in literature. She received a Fulbright grant to study at Stanford University, where she met...

Dr. Charles Earl Memusi Johnson

Dr. Charles Earl Memusi Johnson

Mar 18, 2021

Dr. Charles Earl Memusi Johnson March 18, 2021 - This was "the end of the day" for our father, Dr. Charles Earl Memusi Johnson. That's how he referred to passing from this life to return to the Ancient Home from whence we came.

Charles, after a fascinating, adventurous, and pioneering life full of singular accomplishments, passed away...

Gertrude Cecilia Stigberg Daley

Gertrude Cecilia Stigberg Daley

Mar 13, 2021

Gertrude Cecilia Stigberg Daleypassed away peacefully, surrounded by her family in Hanover, NH on March 13, 2021, at age 94. She was born on December 15, 1926, the third of six children, to Gertrude McCarthy Stigberg and Bertel Conrad Stigberg in Waterbury, Connecticut. Trudy felt she had an idyllic childhood. The Stigbergs lived on a short hillside street that...

Sylvia J. Alden

Sylvia J. Alden

Mar 2, 2021

Sylvia J. Alden93, died on March 2, 2021 in Concord, NH. She was born on February 22, 1928 in Worcester, MA, the daughter of Helen (Johnson) and Albert Jacobs. Raised in Auburn, MA, she graduated from Auburn High School. She then attended and graduated from Colby Junior College, in New London, NH. Sylvia moved to Boston, MA and was...

Drewry Estes Logan

Drewry Estes Logan

Feb 28, 2021

Drewry Estes Logan94, of Hanover, NH, died on Sunday, February 28, 2021, at Kendal at Hanover, following a short illness. She was born November 16, 1926, in Martinsville, Virginia, and raised on a tobacco farm in Cascade, Virginia. She was the daughter of Bettie Starling Estes and James Dabney Estes. She graduated from St. Mary's School in Raleigh, North...

David S. Hagerman

David S. Hagerman

Feb 11, 2021

David S. Hagermanage 75, son of Elizabeth (Eames) and Donald S. Hagerman, died on February 11, 2021, in Hanover, NH. Born in Marion, MA on July 18, 1945, he was a graduate of Holderness School Class of 1963, Deerfield Academy Class of 1964, and The University of New Hampshire Class of 1968 where he was enrolled in ROTC. Having...

Jean Schermerhorn Watson

Jean Schermerhorn Watson

Feb 5, 2021

Jean Schermerhorn Watsonof Keene, NH, died on February 5th, 2021 after a brief illness, at the age of 93. Jean is survived by her son, Douglas of Francestown, NH, her daughter Amy of Keene, NH, and her granddaughter Amanda of Walpole, NH. She is predeceased by her husband Hugh Watson, and her sister Frances Sherley. A graduate of Glens...

John W. Wilson

John W. Wilson

Jan 4, 2021

John W. Wilson71, died Monday, January 4th at his home in Hanover. John was born on May 10, 1949, in Hanover, the son of Dr. William Wilson and Beverly (Chamberlin) Wilson. John grew up in Hanover and graduated from Hanover High School in 1967. He enlisted in the Navy and became a Naval Corpsman during which time he served...

Donald Kivell

Donald Kivell

Dec 25, 2020

Donald Kivelldied December 25, 2020 at Kendall at Hanover. Born in 1927 in Chicago, IL, he responded to a Protestant altar call in Ocean Grove, NJ in 1936, followed by several summers at a Quaker camp near Litchfield, CT. Don sang in the choir at Christ Church, Bronxville, NY and unexpectedly experienced God while walking the dog one October...

John J. Cawley, Ph.D.

John J. Cawley, Ph.D.

Dec 14, 2020

John J. Cawley, Ph.D.88, of White River Junction, Vermont, died peacefully on Monday, December 14, 2020 at Valley Terrace Assisted Living. He was the husband of the late Barbara Ann (Welch) Cawley; they were married on June 9, 1956 in Brighton, MA. John was born September 18, 1932 in Somerville, MA. He was the son of the late James...

Margaret Patricia (Pat) Sellers

Margaret Patricia (Pat) Sellers

Dec 13, 2020

Margaret Patricia (Pat) Sellersdied on Sunday, December 13th, 2020, at the Hanover Terrace Nursing Home, after a prolonged bout with Alzheimer's disease. Pat was born on Feb 27th 1938, in Dublin, Ireland. Her mother, Margaret died when she was very young and her father, John Sharkey, had gone to England to find work, so she spent her early years...

Rodney Fiske Du Bois

Rodney Fiske Du Bois

Dec 11, 2020

Rodney Fiske Du Boislongtime resident of Hanover, NH passed away peacefully in his sleep on Friday, December 11th, while recovering from surgery at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, MA. Rod was 84. Rod was born in Goshen, NY to Floyd and Hilda Du Bois. The oldest of three siblings, Rod lived with his family in Bogota, Columbia...

Eleanor Burdon Rand

Eleanor Burdon Rand

Dec 3, 2020

Eleanor Burdon Randdied Thursday, December 3, 2020 in Indianapolis. She was born November 22, 1928 in Ware, Massachusetts, the second of four children of the late Reverend Harold C. Burdon and Dorothy (Wheet) Burdon. Eleanor grew up in Newington, Connecticut and spent summers in Naples, Maine. She graduated from Newington High School and Teachers College of Connecticut. During the...

Walter Chapin Griggs, M.D.

Walter Chapin Griggs, M.D.

Dec 1, 2020

Walter Chapin Griggs, M.D.died on December 1, 2020, aged 96 years. He was born on June 30, 1924, the second son of Elsie and Charles Wesley Griggs of Albany, NY. A resident at the Kendal at Hanover retirement community during his final years, he was a long-time resident of the Upper Valley, having moved to Norwich, VT in 1962...

Susan (Susie) Waterous Wagg

Susan (Susie) Waterous Wagg

Nov 28, 2020

Susan (Susie) Waterous Waggdied at her home in Hanover, New Hampshire on November 28, 2020. Susie was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on June 26, 1938, to Virginia Frances (Stillman) and Chester Harding Waterous. She moved to Pepperell, Massachusetts, when she was two and remained there until she left for her junior and senior year at Abbot Academy in...

Gerald P. Madden, Phd

Gerald P. Madden, Phd

Nov 24, 2020

Gerald P. Madden, PhD Born December 17, 1942 in Philadelphia, PA, the son of Edward I. and Helen R. Madden. Died November 24, 2020 in Lebanon, NH due to pancreatic cancer. Ecclesiastes 3:1-8, Everything Has Its Time Dr. Madden or Jerry as he was known to friends and family traveled extensively as he pursued his career teaching finance at...

Marion Fried Kummel

Marion Fried Kummel

Nov 15, 2020

Marion Fried KummelBorn November 17, 1926 in New York to Natalie and Walter Fried. Died Sunday, November 15th, 2020 just 2 days shy of her 94th birthday. Youngest sister of Ellen (Fried) Kaufman and Virginia (Fried) Walters. Married since 1966 to Herb Kummel. Mother of Tamar Kummel. Marion went to Temple University's Tyler School of Fine Arts and continued...

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