obituaries

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...

Robert P. Withington, Jr.

Robert P. Withington, Jr.

Dec 3, 2013

Robert P. Withington, Jr. passed away with his family by his side. Bob was born in West Newton, Massachusetts, on September 11, 1937, the son of Robert P. and Elizabeth Eddy Withington. He attended the Fessenden School in West Newton; the Hill School in Pottstown, Pennsylvania; and graduated in 1956 from Newton High School. After serving in the Third...

Judith Rose (Tennant) Haines

Judith Rose (Tennant) Haines

Nov 27, 2013

Judith Rose (Tennant) Hainesdied Wednesday, November 27, 2013 in Hanover, New Hampshire. She was born to Mildred and Mark Tennant on April 3rd, 1919 in Sioux City, Iowa, and was the younger of their 2 daughters. Judith moved to Florida with her family in the 1920s and graduated from Miami High School in 1936. From there, she went to...

Bonita Patricia (Cumby) Rice

Bonita Patricia (Cumby) Rice

Nov 17, 2013

Bonita Patricia (Cumby) Rice70, of West Charleston passed away peacefully on Sunday, November 17, 2013. Bonita was born in Hopeall, Newfoundland Canada on August 2, 1943, daughter of the late Arthur and Mina Cumby. Bonita was predeceased by her parents Arthur and Mina Cumby, her sister Velma Allen, her brothers Vic and Howard Cumby, her grandson Ryan Berry, and...

Janice Mary Goodridge Curtis

Janice Mary Goodridge Curtis

Nov 8, 2013

Janice Mary Goodridge Curtis83, died Friday, November 8, 2013, at home in North Hartland, VT. She was born in Barre, VT on October 21, 1930; one of three children born to Romaine and Lillian (Griffith) Goodridge. Janice enjoyed the simple pleasures of living. She married Clarence E. Curtis of Island Pond, VT in 1950 and they raised four children...

Eleanor Diane Rose Glover Lafond

Eleanor Diane Rose Glover Lafond

Nov 4, 2013

Eleanor Diane Rose Glover Lafond87, of Norwich died peacefully at her home, on Monday, November 4th, 2013. She was surrounded by her sons and daughter as well as her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. "۬"۬ She was born to the late Joseph Benson Rose II and Eleanor Connely Rose on February 21, 1926, on Brioni Island, in the Adriatic Sea. She...

Walter Lowrie Fisher

Walter Lowrie Fisher

Oct 30, 2013

Walter Lowrie Fisher88, died October 30, 2013 at Kendal at Hanover, NH. He was born in Stamford, CT and raised his family in New Canaan, CT. He graduated from Deerfield Academy in 1943 and spent four years in the United States Marine Corps during World War II in the Pacific arena. In 1950 he graduated from Dartmouth College where...

Roxie Tanzi Roberts

Roxie Tanzi Roberts

Oct 22, 2013

Roxie Tanzi Roberts94, a native of Hanover, died Tuesday, October 22, 2013 at the Lebanon Center of Genesis ElderCare. She was born on February 12, 1919, the daughter of Angelo and Della (Woodward) Tanzi. She grew up within the lively environment of her family's Hanover business, Tanzi Brothers Grocery, and attended the Hanover schools. She was a member of...

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