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Jarrett (Nik) Harter Folley Jr.

Jarrett (Nik) Harter Folley Jr.

May 29, 2014

Jarrett (Nik) Harter Folley Jr.passed away on May 29, 2014 surrounded by his three children. Born February 10, 1942, he was the son of Dr. Jarrett and Barbara (Smith) Folley. He graduated from Hanover High in 1959, went onto Wesleyan University and earned a law degree from Stanford University. He spent his career at 3M where he served as...

Jarrett (Nik) Folley Jr.

Jarrett (Nik) Folley Jr.

May 29, 2014

Jarrett (Nik) Folley Jr. died May 29, 2014. There will be a celebration of his life, open house at the Norwich Inn in Norwich, Vermont on Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from 1 – 4pm. Arrangements are under the direction of the Rand-Wilson Funeral Home of Hanover, NH.

Dr. Ralph C. Nichols, Phd

Dr. Ralph C. Nichols, Phd

May 21, 2014

Dr. Ralph C. Nichols, PhD63 years old, of Hanover, NH, died peacefully on Wednesday, May 21, 2014, at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, MA, with his daughter and wife at his side. Only a month and a half before his passing, Ralph was diagnosed with Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma, an extremely rare cancer that affects about one person in every million...

Barbara C. Henderson

Barbara C. Henderson

May 9, 2014

Barbara C. Henderson92, passed away peacefully at her home in Norwich on May 9, 2014. Barbara was born in Wethersfield, Vermont in 1921 the 6th child of Charles Horace Cass and Gladys Emerson Cass. Barbara married George Henderson in Newbury in 1978 and lived in Newbury until George's death in 1996. She was an avid bridge player belonging to...

Janet Mae Buskey

Janet Mae Buskey

May 2, 2014

Janet Mae Buskey80, of Lake Waynoka, OH, died Friday, May 2, 2014 at Hospice of Cincinnati-East Inpatient Care Center in Cincinnati. She was born July 12, 1933 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the daughter of the late Alvin H. and Marguerite Moser Anderson. She was raised in Whitefish Bay, WI, and spent summers in Hiawatha, Kansas, on the Anderson family farm...

Paul T. Shannon

Paul T. Shannon

Mar 26, 2014

Paul T. Shannonage 81, of West Lebanon, NH, passed away on Wednesday, March 26, 2014 after a brief illness. Son of the late Paul B. and Sarah (Meriam) Shannon, he was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1932. Paul attended Northwestern University for three years and then the Illinois Institute of Technology where in graduated in 1956. Paul obtained his...

Laurel Sherman Letter

Laurel Sherman Letter

Mar 13, 2014

Laurel Sherman Letterdied Thursday, March 13, 2014, in the presence of her husband, Sidney, and the kind, capable care staff of the Wheelock Terrace retirement facility in Hanover, where she and her husband had resided since December of 2012. She was born on August 24, 1932, to Verna and Merton Sherman of Westvale, New York, a suburb of Syracuse....

Robert H. "Bob" Gross

Robert H. "Bob" Gross

Mar 2, 2014

Robert H. "Bob" Grosspassed away suddenly on Sunday, March 2, 2014 at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center while recovering from a recent surgery. He was born on March 6, 1945 in Brooklyn, N.Y. to Stan and Annette Gross. He was the eldest of two sons. His brother, Richard, currently resides in San Mateo, CA, with his wife, Lynn. Bob has...

Robert M. Williams

Robert M. Williams

Feb 23, 2014

Robert M. Williams83, Korean Veteran, passed away Sunday, February 23, 2014 at his home in Norwich surrounded by his loving family. Mr. Williams graduated from Indiana University in 1952 where he was a member of Phi Kappa Psi. Resident to the Upper Valley since 1979. Bob was a highly respected software salesman for the petroleum industry and retired from...

Richard Robert Sheldon Ii

Richard Robert Sheldon Ii

Feb 18, 2014

Richard Robert Sheldon IIProfessor Emeritus of Russian at Dartmouth College, died peacefully surrounded by family at his home in Hanover on Tuesday, February 18, 2014 after living for many years with Parkinson's disease. He was 81. Dick was born in Kansas City, KS on July 12, 1932, the son of Helen Irene Zerzan and Richard Robert Sheldon. He grew...

Elizabeth "Bettina" Ferguson

Elizabeth "Bettina" Ferguson

Feb 9, 2014

Elizabeth "Bettina" Fergusonpassed away Sunday evening, February 9, 2014 at Dartmouth Hitchcock Hospital due to complications from pneumonia. She was 87. Bettina was born and raised in Staten Island, NY where she was the third of five children for Dominic and Helen Rich. She graduated from Skidmore College in 1948 and married in 1950 and raised a family of...

Richard "Dick" Chauncey Hatch

Richard "Dick" Chauncey Hatch

Feb 7, 2014

Richard "Dick" Chauncey Hatchpassed away peacefully on Friday, February 7, 2014 surrounded by family and friends. Born August 1, 1925 in Fairlee, VT, the son of Chauncey Hatch and Elsie Porter, Dick grew up in Fairlee and Thetford, VT with his younger sister, Marjorie. He served in the US Army during World War II from 1943-1946 in the Military...

Richard Cushing Donovan

Richard Cushing Donovan

Jan 31, 2014

Richard Cushing Donovanaged 62, died peacefully at home on January 31, 2014 with his family and friends at his side. He was born in Boston, MA on January 12, 1952. A second-generation Irish-American, Richard spent his youth immersed in school, family, and all the richness that Boston had to offer. After four years in the Navy he settled in...

Dorothy Marie Peterson Humphrey

Dorothy Marie Peterson Humphrey

Jan 22, 2014

Dorothy Marie Peterson Humphrey86, of Guilford, VT ("Dot" to all who knew her) died on Wednesday, January 22, 2014 in Hanover, New Hampshire, after a lengthy struggle with Alzheimer's Disease. The "older" (by minutes) of fraternal twin girls, she was born in West Hartford, CT on June 24, 1927. She attended elementary schools in Simsbury and Avon, CT and...

George H. Tidman

George H. Tidman

Jan 15, 2014

George H. Tidman83, died on Wednesday, January 15th at his home on Bragg Hill, surrounded by his family. George was born in Newark, NJ on September 20, 1930. Son of James B. and Natalie (Hedden) Tidman, he spent his grade and high school years in Glens Falls, NY. George then received his chemical engineering degree from Cornell in 1953....

Bernice Squires Cohen

Bernice Squires Cohen

Jan 9, 2014

Bernice Squires Cohenof Hanover, passed away peacefully Thursday, January 9, 2014 at her home at Wheelock Terrace. She was 99 years old and was surrounded by her children Leila Cohen (Howard Goldblatt) of North Bethesda, Maryland and Norman Cohen (Barbara Sheinberg) of Juneau, Alaska. She also leaves two grandchildren, Sara Mollie Cohen of Svalbard, Norway and Aaron Michael Cohen...

June Adele Russell

June Adele Russell

Jan 8, 2014

June Adele Russell(née Thayer), age 86, died on January 8, 2014. June grew up and went to school in New Jersey. After working in New York City for several years, she moved to Boston where she worked for the Missions Council of the Congregational Christian Churches (now the United Church of Christ), and attended Boston University. While living there...

Douglas R. Lackey

Douglas R. Lackey

Dec 22, 2013

Douglas R. Lackey82, died on Sunday, December 22, 2013 at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center with his family by his side. He was born on August 29, 1931 in Fairlee, Vermont to the late Louis and Elizabeth (Bard) Lackey. Doug attended schools in Orford, New Hampshire. He married Eleanor J. Pruneau in 1951. They built their home and raised a family...

Joseph Mulherrin

Joseph Mulherrin

Dec 16, 2013

Joseph Mulherrin85, died Monday, December 16, 2013, under the compassionate care of Valley Terrace staff in Wilder, VT. Joe was born at home in Hanover, NH to the late Margaret and Joseph Mulherrin and was the youngest of four children, with his sisters Marie, Margaret (Chick) and Kathleen (Kit), who predeceased him. Joe attended Hanover High School, where he...

Mary Lois Eckler Dennison

Mary Lois Eckler Dennison

Dec 6, 2013

Mary Lois Eckler Dennison81, passed away on December 6th at Kendal of Hanover in Hanover, NH. Mary was born in Cambridge, MA on March 14, 1932 to Albert Ross Eckler and Jennie (Howe) Eckler. Mary grew up in Washington, DC, where her father was an economist at the Bureau of the Census. She attended the Washington public schools, graduating...

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