OBITUARIES
Stasia Kwiatkowski
Apr 27, 2022
Stasia Olejczak Kwiatkowski of Peterborough, NH, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family at Monadnock Community Hospital on Wednesday April 27, 2022. Stasia was born September 27, 1928, in Jersey City, NJ, the daughter of John Olejczak and Thecla (Knelick) Olejczak. Stasia and her late husband William Kwiatkowski were married on January 3, 1948. Together they raised one daughter, Jo...
Rev. Donald Earl Maughan
Apr 26, 2022
Rev. Donald (Don) Earl Maughan, 93 of Peterborough, NH passed away on April 26, 2022, at Monadnock Community Hospital. He was born in Dodgeville Wisconsin on December 30, 1928, to John and Audrey (Holland) Maughan. He worked with his father and brothers on the dairy farm for seven years. He was called to enter the ministry and pursued his education...
Bernadette L. Goen
Apr 23, 2022
Our family has lost a beloved mother, Bernadette Goen on April 23rd, 2022. Our matriarch passed away peacefully following a sudden illness and short stay at Good Shepherd/Jaffrey Rehabilitation Facility. Bernadette was born at home, in Greenville on June 20, 1927, she passed away shy of her 95th birthday. Prior to her sudden illness and declining health, she was comfortable...
Brenda Dunton
Apr 23, 2022
Brenda Lee Dunton of Jaffrey, NH, passed away on April 22, 2022, in her home.
She was born on June 13, 1960, in Peterborough, NH, the daughter of Leonard and Priscilla Burgoyne Casey. Brenda grew up in Rindge, NH and is a 1979 graduate of Conant High School.
After graduation, Brenda married George Fredrick Dunton lll. Together they raised their two children,...
Brenda Lee Dunton
Apr 22, 2022
Brenda Lee Dunton of Jaffrey, NH, passed away on April 22, 2022, in her home. She was born on June 13, 1960, in Peterborough, NH, the daughter of Leonard and Priscilla Burgoyne Casey. Brenda grew up in Rindge, NH and is a 1979 graduate of Conant High School. After graduation, Brenda married George Fredrick Dunton lll. Together they raised their...
Lucas I Seppala
Apr 21, 2022
Lucas Immanuel Seppala, 41 passed away quietly and unexpectedly at his home on Thursday, April 21, 2022. Lucas was born on July 7, 1980, in Fitchburg, MA to David and Anna-Leena Seppala, and was raised in Rindge, NH. He was a graduate of Victory High School in Jaffrey, and earned a Certificate in Computer Repair while attending Mount Wachusett Community...
Patrick John Leary
Apr 21, 2022
Patrick John Leary, of Rindge NH, died on April 21, 2022, after a three-year battle with lung cancer. He is survived by his wife, Stephanie Burns-Leary, his children Kyle, Benjamin, and Johanna, his grandson Henry, his stepchildren Jared and Sasha, his sisters Janice and Michele, and his brother Eugene, as well as eight nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by...
Michael J. Corcoran, Sr.
Apr 18, 2022
Michael James Corcoran Sr. (Papoo) passed away surrounded by family at Monadnock Community Hospital on Monday April 18th after a long battle with a terminal illness. Mike was born in Boston, MA the son of William Corcoran Sr. and Helen (Korocinski) Miller. He attended high school in Tewksbury, MA, where he was the captain and state champion of the gymnastics...
Annette M. Gagne
Apr 14, 2022
Annette M. Gagne, 64, of Rindge, NH died peacefully at her home on Thursday, April 14, 2022 after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Annette was born in Lowell, MA on March 24, 1958, the daughter of Joseph and Lucie (Lessard) Leduc. Annette was a 1976 graduate of Lowell High School, and it was there that she met her...
Travis Shattuck
Apr 14, 2022
Travis (Allen) Shattuck died peacefully at her home on April 14, 2022, after a brief illness. The daughter of William and Beryl Allen, Travis was born on October 10, 1941. Travis grew up in Rindge NH (Little Michigan). The oldest of 5 children she had many fond childhood memories of growing up on the lake with her siblings, Grammie Fitzie,...
Bernard Ernest Lampinen
Apr 7, 2022
Bernard Ernest Lampinen, 95, formerly of Ashby, MA, peacefully passed away after a period of declining health, at UMass Memorial HealthAlliance Hospital in Leominster, MA. The WWII Veteran answered his final roll call at 6am sharp on April 7, 2022, surrounded by his loving family. ‘Bernie’ was born in Atlantic Mine, Michigan on September 3, 1926, a son of the...
Henry A. Swierczynski
Apr 4, 2022
Henry A. Swierczynski, 96, born in Katowice, Poland, longtime resident of Springfield, Vermont, most recently of Keene, New Hampshire, died April 4, 2022. Under the Nazi occupation of Poland, his family initially fled the advancing armies. Returning to their home, Henry attended technical high school and a German-provided part-time job at the town airfield. This forced labor was not without...
Harold Eugene Tallman
Apr 2, 2022
Harold Eugene “Gene” Tallman passed away at his home in Rindge unexpectedly on Saturday, April 2, 2022. He worked at New Hampshire Ball Bearing in Peterborough, NH for many years. He bartended at the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and spent some time employed with Millipore Sigma all in Jaffrey, NH. Gene loved spending time with his...
Barbara Ann Kohlmorgen
Mar 30, 2022
Barbara Ann (Schmidt) Kohlmorgen, 63, of Grantham, died peacefully at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH, on Wednesday, March 30, 2022, surrounded by her loving family. Barbara was born on January 6, 1959, in New York, and was the daughter of the late Karl and Carolynn (Devine) Schmidt. Barbara attended high school in New Fairfield, CT, and was her...
Marie Gravel
Mar 30, 2022
Marie Gravel, 73, of Troy, died peacefully on Wednesday, March 30, 2022, at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH after a brief period of failing health. She was born in Gardner, MA on April 5, 1948, daughter of the late Malion and Germaine (Christian) Blair. Marie graduated with the Class of 1966 from Conant High School in Jaffrey. Marie...
Alfred J. Desmarais
Mar 28, 2022
Alfred J. Desmarais, 84, of Jaffrey, died peacefully at the Catholic Medical Center in Manchester on Monday, March 28, 2022, after a period of failing health. Alfred was born on June 7, 1937 in Peterborough, NH, son of the late William and Marie (Robitaille) Desmarais, and was a 1955 graduate of Conant High School in Jaffrey. Alfred served with the...
Wendy Warner
Mar 26, 2022
Wendy Warner, 61, of Rindge, NH passed away peacefully at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center surrounded by her loved ones on Saturday, March 26, 2022 after a sudden illness. Wendy was born on January 5, 1961 in Lowell, MA, daughter of the late Edward and Phyllis (Smith) Lantagne. Wendy was a 1979 graduate of Lowell High School, and later completed coursework...
Paula C. Smith
Mar 26, 2022
Paula C. (Couillard) Smith, 73, of Rindge, New Hampshire, passed away peacefully on Saturday, March 26, 2022, after a period of declining health. Paula was born on January 3, 1949, in Chelsea, MA, the daughter of Paul and Pauline Couillard. Paula and her siblings grew up in Portsmouth, NH, Lincoln, NE, and eventually Danvers, MA. She is a 1967 graduate...
Peggy Marie Nadeau
Mar 25, 2022
Peggy Marie (Morse) Nadeau, 62, of Goffstown, NH, passed away peacefully on March 25, 2022, at the Elliot Hospital in Manchester, NH with loving family by her side. She was born on September 13, 1959, in Stockholm, Sweden to the late William & Charlotte Morse. Peggy married her husband, Alfred F. Nadeau, Jr. on March 16, 1975, in their hometown...
William C. Preston
Mar 23, 2022
William C. Preston, 83, of Rindge, NH died peacefully on March 23, 2022, at the Cheshire Medical Center in Keene after a brief period of declining health. ‘Bill’ was born on February 11, 1939, in Portsmouth, NH, son of the late William and Margaret (Rising) Preston. He was raised in Newton, MA and had attended Bowdoin College and UMass Amherst,...
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