OBITUARIES
Carol L. Hammann
May 14, 2022
Carol L. Hammann, 77, of New Ipswich, NH, died peacefully on May 14, 2022, in her home after a period of failing health. She was born on December 24, 1944, in New York City, NY, the daughter of Nicholas and Eleanor (Desjardin) Kaufmann. She grew up in New York and was a 1963 graduate of Sewanhaka Central High School. After...
Karen A. Holt
May 10, 2022
Karen A. (Young) Holt, 72, of Orlando, FL, passed away on Tuesday May 10, 2022, after battling a multitude of medical issues for more than ten years. Born October 23, 1949, she was the daughter of Rexford V. Young and Linia V. Young, who preceded her in death. Karen was incredibly proud of her father, a career Army man whose...
Ross A. Gauthier
May 9, 2022
Ross Anthony Gauthier died on May 9, 2022, with his loving family by his side. Born on November 30, 1950, in Peterborough, son of the late Raymond and Margiorina (Ascani) Gauthier, he graduated from Conant High School before attending Plymouth State College and was a lifelong resident of Jaffrey. Ross was a contractor and for many years ran his own...
Benjamin 'Ben' DeGrandpre
May 6, 2022
Benjamin Paul DeGrandpre, 36, of Bath, ME, died on May 6, 2022 at his home. He was born February 21, 1986, and grew up in Jaffrey, NH. He attended local schools and graduated from the Summit School, in Amherst, NH in 2004. Benjamin worked locally for Deschenes Construction of Jaffrey, and at Peterborough Marble and Granite in Peterborough, NH before...
Adam Mueller
May 5, 2022
Adam Mueller, 73, of Greenville, NH, passed away suddenly on Thursday, May 5, 2022, in his home. He was born on June 9, 1948, in Munich, Germany, the son of the late Peter and Katharina Mueller. Adam grew up in Pennsylvania and graduated from Souderton High School in 1966. Following his high school graduation, he served two years with the...
Norma S. Whitney
May 2, 2022
Norma S. Whitney, 90, of Dublin, NH, passed away peacefully on Monday, May 2, 2022, at the Jaffrey Rehabilitation Center. She was born on November 1, 1931, in Peterborough, NH, the daughter of the late Joseph and Minnie Sangermano. Norma grew up in Peterborough, NH and is a 1949 graduate of the former Peterborough High School. After graduation, Norma married...
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...
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,...
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 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...
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,...
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...
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...
