OBITUARIES

Maurice C. Buck, 86, died peacefully at the Good Shepherd Healthcare Center on June 27, 2007. He was born in West Charleston, Vermont on September 12, 1920 to Edward and Blanche (Marvin) Buck, the youngest of three children. Mr. Buck served in the US Army during World War II with the Transportation and Signal Corps in Italy where he was...

MICHAEL E. VARNUM, 54, of Forest Road in Greenfield died Tuesday, March 27, 2007, at his home after a lengthy illness. Michael was born in Peterborough, NH on October 24, 1952. He was the son of Arthur and Aileen (Dupree) Varnum and had attended local schools. Michael was a race horse groom at race tracks throughout New England. In addition...

Peterborough MILDRED C. RAINIER, 95 of Elm Hill Road, Peterborough died Sunday August 19, 2007 at the Good Shepherd Health Care in Jaffrey. She was born December 24, 1911 in Bridgeport CT, daughter of the late William and Florence (Temporal) Coles. She was graduated from Westfield (NJ) High School and from Pace College in New York City. She then worked...

Jaffrey, New Hampshire NAOMI RUTH ADAMS RIVERS HOLT, 81 of Alder Court ,Jaffrey died Saturday June 9, 2007 at the Good Shepherd Health Care Center in Jaffrey following a courageous battle with lung cancer. She was born February 12, 1926 in Indianapolis, Indiana daughter of the late Linley Leroy and Anna (Reel) Adams. She attended schools in Jonesboro, Indiana. Mrs....

RINDGE, NEW HAMPSHIRE Hilbert "Bud" Olson, Jr., 80, died peacefully on Friday, February 23, 2007 at his home in Rindge surrounded by his family. He was born on August 4, 1926 in Waltham, MA, the son of Hilbert A. and Hazel (Hague) Olson. He was a WWII veteran of the U.S. Navy, and had served in the Pacific Theater aboard...

Hope I. Dillon, 76, of Kevin Lane in Jaffrey died Monday, March 5, 2007 at the Monadnock Community Hospital in Peterborough after a lengthy illness. Mrs. Dillon was born in Providence, RI on January 12, 1931, daughter of the late Nelson J. and Alice (Knowlton) Green. She had attended schools in Waltham, MA and had been a resident of Jaffrey...

James Edmund Bryan III Librarian James E. Bryan III of 425 Rivermead Road in Peterborough, formerly Director of the Newark New Jersey Public Library, a Past President of the American Library Association and a consultant on public library buildings, died Thursday May 10, 2007 in Peterborough at age 97. He was born in Easton, Pennsylvania, son of William W. and...

JAMES P. LABRAKE, 81 of Water Street, Troy died Sunday February 4, 2007 at his residence. He was born March 17, 1925 in Bombay, New York one of seventeen children born to Ora and Josephine (Thorn) LaBrake. He had served with the United States Army at the end of World War II and had reenlisted during the Korean Conflict. He...

JEAN IDA (McLOUTH) MATHEWSON, 99, died April 24, 2007 at the Good Shephard Healthcare Center in Jaffrey after a period of failing health. She was born on February 8, 1908 in Hart, Michigan, daughter of the late James Lyman McLouth and Lucella A. Pitts. Mrs. Mathewson graduated from Hart High School and continued her education at Western Michigan University in...

BEVERLY HILLS, Fla. -- Joan Daphne Pasquale, 78, of Beverly Hills, Fla., died Thursday, May 24, at the Hospice of Citrus County Hospice House in Lecanto, Fla. Joan was born on Sept. 8, 1928, in Peterborough, N.H., daughter of the late Howard and Helen (Winship) Burt. She had lived in Rindge until moving to Florida in 1977. She was employed...

JOYCE ANN BELLETETE, 65 of Hillcrest Road, Jaffrey died Wednesday July 4, 2007 at the Cheshire Medical Center in Keene. She was born November 29, 1941 in Hartford CT., daughter of the late Maxwell and Grace (Messing) Hannan. She has been a life long resident of this community. She was a 1959 graduate of the former Our Lady of Monadnock...

JOYCE ANNE (Binkley) THERRIEN, 63, East Berlin, PA formerly of Winchester, died Wednesday April 25, 2007 at the Hanover (PA) Hospital following a sudden illness. She was born November 18, 1943 in Wrangel, Alaska. Mrs. Therrien has been a resident of East Berlin for the past eight years. She had previously lived in Winchester and Jaffrey. She was homemaker and...

Karen Yvonne Melodino, 24, of Main Street in Rindge, died at her home on Tuesday, August 7, 2007. She was born on August 7, 1983 in Peterborough, the daughter of Ray and Carla (Huff) Haskell. Karen had attended Conant High School in Jaffrey and had taken classes at Mt. Wachusetts Community College in Gardner, MA. She has been a resident...

David Howard Lewis, 36, of Bennington, NH, passed away on Tuesday, June 19, 2007 at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH after a valiant battle with Follicular Lymphoma. David was born on March 22, 1971and raised in Barre, VT. In his childhood, he often spent summers at Lake Bomoseen, VT and he still visited there as an adult. For...

David R. Heikkinen, 72, of Rindge died Tuesday August 14, 2007 after a long illness. He had lived in Rindge for the past 42 years. Mr. Heikkinen was born in Fitchburg, MA on February 9, 1935, son of the late Maria Liisa Heikkinen. He was a 1954 graduate of Fitchburg High School and had lived on Cape Cod where he...

Deborah Dey Kruse, 86, of Rivermead Road in Peterborough, and formerly of Jaffrey, passed away quietly early Tuesday morning, January 16, from complications of Alzheimer's disease. A native of Wellesley, Massachusetts, she came originally to Jaffrey in the 1920s as a summer visitor to her grandfather's cottage at Thorndike Pond. She entered Wellesley College at age 16, but had to...

Greenfield, New Hampshire DENNIS E. FLINT, 43, of Slip Road in Greenfield, died Friday, January 19, 2007 at the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon. He was born October 15, 1963 in Keene, son of Dennis H. and Brenda (Peterson) Flint. He graduated 1982 from Keene High School and had served with the United States Marine Corps from 1982 to...

DONALD G. ROBINSON, 82, of Turners Falls MA, formerly of West Peterborough died Monday May 14, 2007 at the Monadnock Community Hospital on Peterborough following a brief illness. He was born February 12, 1925 in Peterborough son of the late George and Eleanor (Brady) Robinson. He attended the former Peterborough High School. He left high school in order to join...

Jaffrey, New Hampshire DORIS A. THERRIEN, 85, of Poplar Court in Jaffrey died on Easter Sunday, April 8, 2007 at the Monadnock Community Hospital in Peterborough after a period of failing health. Mrs. Therrien was born in Jaffrey, NH on May 31, 1921 and was a lifelong resident of this community. She was the daughter of Vincent and Helen (Shelley)...

E. Jerome Mensel, 78, of Dublin died Friday March 30, 2007 at his residence after a period of failing health. Mr. Mensel was born in Northampton, MA on February 25, 1929, son of the late Ernst and Eleanor (Eastman) Mensel. He was the class president and 1946 Graduate of Northampton High School and earned his Bachelors Degree at Dartmouth College...