obituaries

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...

John "Jack" Francis Fitzgerald

John "Jack" Francis Fitzgerald

Nov 13, 2020

John "Jack" Francis Fitzgeralddied peacefully in his sleep on Friday, November 13, 2020, at the home of his brother Dan Fitzgerald, West Lebanon, NH. He was 72 years old. Born in Detroit, Michigan on June 6, 1948, Jack was the eldest son of Maurice Francis "Frank" Fitzgerald and Nancy Nutter Fitzgerald. He grew up in Waterville, Quebec, and Hanover,...

Charles A. Fenton, Jr.

Charles A. Fenton, Jr.

Nov 13, 2020

Charles A. Fenton, Jr.passed away suddenly on November 13, 2020. He was born August 19, 1951 in New Haven, CT the son of Charles A. Sr and Gwendolyn (Ross) Fenton. He grew up in Madison, CT. Charlie served in the U.S. Army and was part of the 82nd Airborne Division. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Quinnipiac...

Evelyn Isabella Reid (Nee Roseborough)

Evelyn Isabella Reid (Nee Roseborough)

Nov 12, 2020

Evelyn Isabella Reid (nee Roseborough) 1924-2020 Passed away peacefully on November 12th at her home in The Woodlands, Lebanon, New Hampshire. Daughter to Lorne and Enid Roseborough, wife to Robert Arthur Reid 1920-2010, mother to Margaret Stacey (Greg), Robert Reid(Joanna) and Marilyn Ibey, grandmother to Adrienne (Hans), Laurel (Billy), Eleanor (Moose), Anne (Steve), Stephanie (Brendan), Meredith (Jason), Rob (Angela),...

Christina Testa Hurst

Christina Testa Hurst

Nov 5, 2020

Christina Testa Hurstage 95, passed away on Thursday, November 5th, at home, surrounded by family. She was born on September 21, 1925, in Washington, D.C. Chris loved life, people, giving, and most of all - her family. Our family joke was, "just give her 5 minutes with a person and she will know their life story." Odds were that...

Caroline Marcia Freeman Jacobson

Caroline Marcia Freeman Jacobson

Sep 29, 2020

Caroline Marcia Freeman Jacobsonage 91, died on September 29, 2020 in Hanover, New Hampshire. Born on May 21, 1929 in Middlebury, Vermont, she was the second of three children of Stephen Albert Freeman and Ruth Hayden Freeman. Her parents were avid world travelers, and took their children on remarkable journeys of exploration, including a North African desert adventure by...

Irene Dorothy "Dottie" Pushee

Irene Dorothy "Dottie" Pushee

Sep 22, 2020

Irene Dorothy "Dottie" Pusheewas born on July 26, 1939 on Pinnacle Hill in Lyme, NH to her parents, David Pushee Jr. and Florence DeGoosh Pushee. She died at her home on the N. Thetford Road in Lyme with her husband, Fred and family, on Tuesday, September 22, 2020. Dottie's early life was spent growing up with six brothers and...

The Rev. Dr. Avery Denison Post

The Rev. Dr. Avery Denison Post

Sep 7, 2020

The Rev. Dr. Avery Denison Postdied peacefully on Monday, September 7, 2020 at the Kendal Retirement Community in Hanover, NH. Prior to his retirement in 1989, he was General Minister and President of the United Church of Christ, serving for 12 years. During his tenure, he traveled widely and worked to solve some of the world's most difficult political...

Alfred Homer ("Cookie") Ladeau, Sr.

Alfred Homer ("Cookie") Ladeau, Sr.

Sep 6, 2020

Alfred Homer ("Cookie") Ladeau, Sr.93, passed away on Sunday, September 6, 2020, at his home in Quechee, Vermont. He was born on February 6, 1927, in Sheldon Springs, Vermont to William and Ella (Grow) Ladeau. Cookie was a long-time resident of Norwich, Vermont, where he and his wife of 25 years (married June, 1947), Dorothy Louise (Johnson) of Cornish,...

Jane Clausen Drorbaugh

Jane Clausen Drorbaugh

Sep 6, 2020

Jane Clausen Drorbaughdied peacefully on September 6, 2020 in Hanover, New Hampshire. She was born on November 15, 1929 in New Rochelle, New York to Charles and Carolyn Clausen. She graduated Northfield Mount Herman School in 1947 and received a BA from Hollins College in 1951. After college, she worked for The Architects Collaborative (TAC) including Walter Gropius, lived...

William John Mcnally, Iii

William John Mcnally, Iii

Aug 25, 2020

William John McNally, IIIof Thetford, VT, passed away on Tuesday, August 25, 2020. He was 76. He is survived by his three children, Jimmy, Catherine, and Peter, and his siblings Teri, Patrick, Ritchie, and Sue. John's family welcomes those who knew him to share memories and stories at https://www.rand-wilson.com. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that charitable donations...

Mary Alice Scanlon Cunningham

Mary Alice Scanlon Cunningham

Aug 8, 2020

Mary Alice Scanlon Cunninghamage 98, died peacefully at her home in Etna, NH on Saturday, August 8, 2020. She was born on March 24, 1922, daughter to Thomas and Irma (Filz) Scanlon in Fitchburg, MA, where she grew up. Mary met her future husband, A. Wallace (Wally) Cunningham, Sr. while working at the C.A. Cross Company in Fitchburg, MA,...

Mrs. Helen F. Pawlinga

Mrs. Helen F. Pawlinga

Aug 3, 2020

Mrs. Helen F. Pawlingaage 93 years, passed away peacefully on August 3, 2020 at The Village at White River Junction with her loving daughter Mary at her bedside. Helen was born in Utica, NY on January 1, 1927, the youngest daughter of John and Mary (Bettencourt) Freitas. She was raised in Utica where she was a graduate of St....

Richard S. Bower

Richard S. Bower

Jul 29, 2020

Richard S. Bower91, of Hanover, N.H. died Wednesday morning, July 29, 2020, at home. Dick Bower was the eternal optimist: he firmly believed that everything would work out fine… and, for him, it always did. The sun seemed to shine upon him, both figuratively and literally, and he lived a full and happy life for 91 years, always aware...

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