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Robert Charles Baldwin

Robert Charles Baldwin

May 31, 2016

Robert Charles Baldwin95, of Lebanon, NH, died peacefully at home on Tuesday, May 31, 2016. The son of Howard Charles and Ruth Jensen Baldwin of Detroit, MI, he attended Detroit schools and graduated from Colgate University in 1942. He served in the US Navy from 1942-1946 as Executive Officer of LST 244, where he engaged in major battles of...

Barbara M. Stinson

Barbara M. Stinson

May 20, 2016

Barbara M. Stinson81, died peacefully at home, with her family by her side, on Friday, May 20, 2016. It is with heavy hearts that we announce her passing. Barbara was born in West Roxbury, MA to Paul Andrew Mayr and Mary Magee Mayr. Barbara was a graduate of Notre Dame Academy, Roxbury, MA '52 and Boston College School of...

The Rev. Dr. William Vincent Pietsch

The Rev. Dr. William Vincent Pietsch

May 19, 2016

The Rev. Dr. William Vincent Pietschdied peacefully at Kendal in Hanover, New Hampshire on May 19, 2016, after a long illness. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1923, the son of Nell Young Pietsch and Winfred Vincent Pietsch. He grew up in Ridgewood, NJ, attended the Ridgewood schools and received the degree of Bachelor of Science in...

Joanne Eastman Sohrweide

Joanne Eastman Sohrweide

May 12, 2016

Joanne Eastman Sohrweideof Lyme, formerly of Lakeville, Connecticut, died peacefully at her home on May 12th surrounded by her husband, Robert Sohrweide, and her children. Born in 1934 in Newton, Massachusetts, she was the daughter of the late Alvan D. and Esther S. Eastman. A 1956 graduate of the University of Connecticut with a major in music, Joanne moved...

Dr. Robert Hilton Russell

Dr. Robert Hilton Russell

May 6, 2016

Dr. Robert Hilton Russellan honored member of the Dartmouth faculty for 46 years and a devoted member of the Church of Christ at Dartmouth College (United Church of Christ) for 59 years died peacefully on May 6th at the age of 88. A resident of Hanover since 1957, Dr. Russell was predeceased by his beloved wife June, who died...

Hugh M. Taft

Hugh M. Taft

May 3, 2016

Hugh M. Tafta resident of Kendal in Hanover, NH, died Tuesday, May 3, 2016 peacefully with family at his side. He is survived by son Roderic and his wife Christine of Medfield, MA, daughter Martha Taft and her husband Fred Weiss of Washington, DC, son-in-law Jeffrey Taft-Dick of Springfield, VT, plus 5 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren. Hugh was predeceased...

Ann Bressett

Ann Bressett

Apr 24, 2016

Ann Bressett94, passed away peacefully on April 24, 2016 at her home. She was born in Lebanon, NH, the daughter of Austin and Lydia (Menard) Durocher. As a young girl, our mother was raised on Poverty Lane. She was married in 1947 to Lewis J. Bressett. Surviving her are two sons, Richard and John, and one daughter, Carol plus...

Charles B. Officer, (Chuck) Jr.

Charles B. Officer, (Chuck) Jr.

Apr 13, 2016

Charles B. Officer, Jr. (Chuck)89, died peacefully on Wednesday, April 13, 2015 at Harvest Hill in Lebanon. Born in Evanston, IL on December 15, 1926 to Charles and Ethyl Officer, he was raised in Claremont, NH. He attended Phillips Exeter Academy, graduating in 1944 at which time he joined the Naval Air Corps. The Navy sent him to college...

Joanne Coburn

Joanne Coburn

Apr 10, 2016

Joanne Coburndied peacefully at home in Lyme in the company of close family and her oldest friend on Sunday, April 10th after a long struggle with bone marrow cancer. She was born August 1, 1944. Joanne recently retired from the position of business manager at the Dartmouth Alumni Magazine and is the elected Tax Collector of the town of...

Frederick Davidson ("David") Roberts

Frederick Davidson ("David") Roberts

Mar 15, 2016

Frederick Davidson ("David") Robertswas born in Changsha, China, November 10, 1923. He and his identical twin, Clayton, were the third and fourth children of Ray and Eva (Rewalt) Roberts. During David's childhood, the family returned to the United States and after some years settled in Seattle. David and Clayton attended Whitman College and later transferred to University of Washington....

Louis Sapir

Louis Sapir

Mar 14, 2016

Louis Sapira resident at Kendal of Hanover, formerly of Riverdale, NY, died peacefully at age 95 on March 14th with his daughters at his bedside. Predeceased in 2014 by his wife Carolyn Kupferberg Sapir, he is survived by his loving family, including his two daughters, Margaret Sapir of Wilton, CT, and Joan Sapir of Newton, MA, and two sons-in-law....

Barbara Pauli Taft

Barbara Pauli Taft

Feb 29, 2016

Barbara Pauli Taft(born August 17, 1927), died peacefully on February 29, 2016 at Kendal in Hanover, NH. She was surrounded by family. Barbara is survived by her husband of 67 years Hugh M. Taft, son Roderic Taft and his wife Christine of Medfield MA, daughter Martha Taft and her husband Fred Weiss of Washington DC, son-in-law Jeffrey Taft-Dick of...

Nina Helms Strauss

Nina Helms Strauss

Feb 21, 2016

Nina Helms Strauss88, a longtime resident of Thetford Hill, passed away peacefully on February 21st at Valley Terrace Assisted Living Facility in Wilder, Vermont. Nina was born in 1927 in Hanover, NH to Irina Khrabroff and Feodor Cekich. Irina had first come to Thetford from Russia in 1915 to attend Camp Hanoum (now Camp Farnsworth). Nina's grandparents eventually followed...

John P. Wood

John P. Wood

Feb 20, 2016

John P. Woodof Venice, Florida, died February 20, 2016. He was born December 18, 1926 in New York, NY and raised in Hanover, NH where Mr. Wood became an Eagle Scout at age 16. He graduated from Hanover High School in 1944 and graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1948. He enlisted in the Army and...

Ransom Warren Bradley

Ransom Warren Bradley

Feb 20, 2016

Ransom Warren Bradleyhas passed on to the Happy Hunting Ground after an extended illness on February 20, 2016 at his home. He lived and loved to hunt and fish. He was a perfectionist in painting. He was born April 15, 1944 at Mary Hitchcock Hospital in Hanover, NH to Annie and Warren Bradley. He grew up in Union Village,...

John Randolph Myer

John Randolph Myer

Feb 17, 2016

John Randolph Myerknown as Jack to his friends and family, died of natural causes on February 17th, surrounded by his family. He was 89 years old. Mr. Myer was a prominent Boston architect, founder of Arrowstreet, Inc. and was department head of MIT's School of Architecture & Planning from 1982-1987. With Kevin Lynch, and others, Jack Myer was instrumental...

Norma Lucille (Henninger) Maleski

Norma Lucille (Henninger) Maleski

Feb 12, 2016

Norma Lucille (Henninger) Maleskiage 90, died peacefully on the evening of February 12, 2016 at Kendal in Hanover, New Hampshire, where she and her husband Merce has resided for the past 10 ½ years. The daughter, and only child of Grant and Olive Henninger of Shamokin, Pennsylvania, she was born on October 3, 1925 and grew up in the...

Kathleen Linda Alexandra Cruickshank

Kathleen Linda Alexandra Cruickshank

Feb 11, 2016

Kathleen Linda Alexandra Cruickshank48, passed away peacefully at home on February 11th surrounded by loved ones. Kate struggled bravely with cancer over the past two years and died the way she lived – with courage and grace. Kate was possessed of absolute devotion to her three children and was loved and admired by all who knew her. Kate grew...

John Peter Gormley

John Peter Gormley

Feb 10, 2016

John Peter Gormley died of cancer at home Wednesday evening, February 10, 2016, surrounded by family, friends, and the snow covered woods and fields of Norwich, Vermont. John was born in Dover, Massachusetts on April 11, 1956, the son of Joan Hurley and John William Gormley. He attended the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Following school he lived in...

Ruth Goldsmith

Ruth Goldsmith

Feb 8, 2016

Ruth Goldsmithdied Monday, Feburary 8, 2016, at the Wheelock Terrace Assisted Living facility in Hanover, NH. She was born September 9, 1923, to Julia and Edward Danziger. Ruth grew up in Brooklyn, with Prospect Park serving as her playground. As a child, her summers were spent with her siblings and cousins in the eastern Catskills, a region she loved...

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