obituaries

Ruth May (Emerson) Bacon

Ruth May (Emerson) Bacon

Nov 24, 2015

Ruth May (Emerson) Bacon86, passed away on Tuesday, November 24, 2015 at the Cottage Hospital in Woodsville, NH. Ruth was born October 30, 1929 in Piermont, NH to Frank O. and Edith E. (Blanchard) Emerson, the second born of 13 children. Leaving home at 14 years old, Ruth worked for Carlton and Beulah Gray, babysitting their four children, helping...

Joan Allbright Ashley

Joan Allbright Ashley

Nov 22, 2015

Joan Allbright Ashleydied Sunday evening, November 22nd, at her home, Kendal at Hanover. The widow of James Wheeler Ashley, she was born on August 22, 1928 in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of John and Mary (Gendell) Allbright. Joan attended the University of Chicago, Vassar College and Roosevelt University. After the death of her husband, she returned to finish her...

Sam Fitzgerald Smith

Sam Fitzgerald Smith

Nov 19, 2015

Sam Fitzgerald Smithdied unexpectedly of an apparent cardiac event on 19 November, 2015 at his apartment in Cornish, NH. He was born July 6, 1959 at the US Army Medical Center in Landstuhl, Germany, the son of 1/Lt. Roger P. and Rena J. Smith. In 1960 the family moved to Hanover, NH, his permanent home. He was a graduate...

Agnar Pytte

Agnar Pytte

Nov 6, 2015

Agnar Pyttedied peacefully on the morning of November 6th, 2015, at the age of 82, in the presence of his wife of sixty years, Anah. He is also survived by his three children, Alyson, Anthony and Anders, and his brothers Erling and Odvar. Ag was born in Kongsberg, Norway, on December 23, 1932, the son of Ole and Edith...

Roberta Ruth Macdonnell

Roberta Ruth Macdonnell

Oct 21, 2015

Roberta Ruth MacDonnell92, died on Wednesday, October 21, 2015 at Valley Terrace in Norwich, Vermont where she had been living since 2012. She was born in Chelsea, Mass. on December 16, 1922, the daughter of Robert and Ruth (Coyne) MacDonald. Roberta attended school in Boston and worked for the Danish Consul in Washington, D.C. during World War II while...

Theodore Richards Conant

Theodore Richards Conant

Oct 14, 2015

Theodore Richards Conantthe documentary filmmaker and technology consultant, died on Wednesday, October 14, 2015, at home in Hanover, New Hampshire. He was 89 years old. Mr. Conant developed an early in interest in radio and was an avid ham radio operator as a teenager. While still a student at the Putney School in Vermont, he made his first short...

Reverend Norman A. Koop

Reverend Norman A. Koop

Oct 7, 2015

Reverend Norman A. Koop69, of Woodstock, VT was called to be with the Lord on October 7, 2015. He was born in Philadelphia, April 8, 1946, the son of C. Everett and Elizabeth (Flanagan) Koop. Norman Koop attended The Stony Brook School, Eastern College, Eastern Baptist Seminary, and Princeton Theological Seminary where he received the degrees of Master of...

Carl O. Larson, Jr.

Carl O. Larson, Jr.

Oct 2, 2015

Carl O. Larson, Jr.81, died on October 2, 2015. He was born March 17, 1934 in Lynn, Massachusetts to Carl Oscar and Esther Nygren Larson and grew up in Swampscott, MA. Carl graduated from Yale University in 1956 with a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, followed by a master's degree in mechanical engineering from University of Connecticut in 1962....

Pauline Elizabeth Gilman Nesmith

Pauline Elizabeth Gilman Nesmith

Sep 27, 2015

Pauline Elizabeth Gilman Nesmith86, of Port Orange, FL, passed away peacefully in her sleep at home on Sunday, September 27, 2015. She was born and raised in Lebanon, NH. She is predeceased by her loving husband of 36 years, Thurber Nesmith of Alabama. She was also predeceased by her parents, Earl and Ella Gilman, and three brothers, Ernest, Maurice,...

Marilyn (Lindall) Moore

Marilyn (Lindall) Moore

Sep 21, 2015

Marilyn (Lindall) Moore86, was called Home on Monday, September 21, 2015. She passed peacefully after a long hard-fought battle with Alzheimer's Disease, at Hanover Terrace Healthcare in Hanover, NH where she had resided for the past 5½ years. She was born on March 25, 1929, to Victor S. and Hilma J. (Herneaho) Lindall in Fitzwilliam, NH. Marilyn graduated from...

Patricia A. Davis

Patricia A. Davis

Sep 19, 2015

Patricia A. Davis89, of Grantham, NH and formerly of Quakertown, PA, beloved wife of Richard A. Davis, passed away Saturday, September 19, 2015 at the Kendal nursing facility in Hanover, NH. Born September 11, 1926, Pat spent most of her life in Quakertown. She was a graduate of Quakertown High School, Class of 1944, and of Wilson College, Class...

Joanne Booth Smith

Joanne Booth Smith

Sep 12, 2015

Joanne Booth Smithdied peacefully on Saturday, September 12, 2015 at her home in Hanover with her daughters at her side. She was born on June 19, 1918 in Seattle, Washington, the daughter of Henry and Georgy Landsborough Booth. Her great, grandfather General William Booth, founded the Salvation Army in 1865 to aid the poor in the slums of London,...

Beatrice T. Officer (Trix)

Beatrice T. Officer (Trix)

Sep 5, 2015

Beatrice T. Officer (Trix)87, died peacefully on Saturday, September 5, 2015 at Valley Terrace in Wilder, VT. She was born in East Orange, NJ, on October 31, 1927 to Beatrice and Pierre Allegaert. She married her husband Chuck in 1951 and they raised 8 children together while living in Falmouth, MA, Wellington, NZ, Houston, TX, Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ and Hanover,...

Thomas Alan Leonard

Thomas Alan Leonard

Aug 27, 2015

Thomas Alan Leonardpassed away peacefully, early on August 27th after being in a coma due to a head injury. He was born on July 22, 1947 in Newport, VT. Tom attended Goddard College and at different times in his life lived in London, New York City, Palm Beach and for the past 18 years on Pleasant Street in Hanover,...

Fred Pillsbury Carleton, Jr.

Fred Pillsbury Carleton, Jr.

Aug 23, 2015

Fred Pillsbury Carleton, Jr.84, died peacefully Sunday, August 23. 2015 surrounded by his family at Kendal of Hanover. He was a longtime resident of the Upper Valley with family roots going back to Henry G. Carleton in early 1800s Newport. He was born in Minneapolis, MN in 1930 where he grew up with 4 siblings Frank, John, Joe and...

Michael John Callanan

Michael John Callanan

Jul 30, 2015

Michael John CallananSt. Johnsbury, VT native and adopted son of Hanover, NH, passed away July 30, 2015 at home in his sleep. He was born January 29, 1943, son of Theodora Laughlin Callanan and Joseph Callanan of St. Johnsbury, VT. Mike graduated from St. Johnsbury Academy in 1961. He received a teaching degree from Lyndon State in Lyndonville, VT...

Gloria M. Goldfarb

Gloria M. Goldfarb

Jul 17, 2015

Gloria M. Goldfarb70, passed away Friday, July 17, 2015 of cancer. She was a loving wife, mother, and friend to the sick and injured. There will be no calling hours. Funeral services will be held Saturday, July 18th at 1:00 PM in the Church of Christ at Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH. Burial will follow at the Pine Knoll...

Mieko Tahara Griffin

Mieko Tahara Griffin

Jun 29, 2015

Mieko Tahara Griffinof Hanover, NH, died peacefully at Wheelock Terrace on Monday, June 29, 2015. She was 85. Mieko was born in 1930 to Akio and Nobuko Tahara and spent her childhood in Niimi, Japan, with her seven sisters and brothers. She lost her mother at the age of 6, and as a young girl, lost a brother in...

Henry Glen Marsh

Henry Glen Marsh

Jun 20, 2015

Henry Glen Marsh75, of Lyme, passed away on Saturday, June 20, 2015 at his home. He was born May 28, 1940 in Orford, NH son of Glen Marsh and Verna (Hibbard) Marsh. He is survived by his wife, Wanita (Balch) Marsh. Daughter Deborah Hadlock and son-in-law Roger from Orford. Granddaughters, Kristina Jones and her husband Kenneth Jones of Piermont....

Joseph A. Mcdonald

Joseph A. Mcdonald

Jun 4, 2015

Joseph A. McDonald78, West Lebanon, New Hampshire, formerly of Rumford, Maine, husband of Julie Irish McDonald, passed away June 4, 2015 in Warner, New Hampshire after a valiant battle with Alzheimer's Disease. Joe was born March 8, 1937 in Mexico, Maine to Delia (Rodrique) and John McDonald Sr. A 1954 graduate of Mexico High School, he served in the...

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