OBITUARIES
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...
Beryl Cleveland-Taylor
Mar 23, 2022
Beryl Cleveland-Taylor passed away peacefully on March 23, 2022, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. She was 85 years old. Beryl was born in Winchendon, MA on December 6, 1936, to Walter A Cleveland and Mary D. (Burt) Cleveland of Rindge, NH. She was the youngest of 4 children and lived all her young life in West Rindge. She...
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,...
Helen M. Griffin
Mar 18, 2022
Helen M. Griffin, 95, of Jaffrey, NH, died peacefully at Summerhill Assisted Living Center in Peterborough on Friday, March 18, 2022. Helen was born in Jaffrey on January 7, 1927, and a lifelong resident. She was the daughter of the late Fortunato and Nettie Mei and was a 1945 graduate of Conant High School in Jaffrey. Helen is fondly remembered...
Clifford Ellston, Jr.
Mar 18, 2022
Clifford Ellston Jr., of Jaffrey, NH, died peacefully on March 18, 2022, at the Jack Bryne Center in Lebanon, NH. He was born on March 24, 1934, son of Clifford and Lillian Ellston in Lincoln, RI. Clifford graduated class of 1951 from Cumberland High School in Cumberland, RI. After high school, he married Jean- Frances Pressey on August 20, 1955....
Mary Gertrude Boudreau
Mar 3, 2022
Mary G. Boudreau of Peterborough, NH died on March 3, 2022, at Jaffrey Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. She was born on September 8, 1930 in West Hartford, CT to Charles and Hilda Sullivan. She married Henry D. Boudreau on October 27, 1950 in Hartford, CT. Together they had five children Diane, Patricia, Henry, George, and Richard. They raised their family...
Patricia Hanley
Mar 1, 2022
Patricia Hanley died peacefully on March 1, 2022, at the age of ninety-six in the presence of her caring daughter Joan Hanley and granddaughter Siobhán Moore. Also attending in Jaffrey, New Hampshire, were her grandsons Abraham Bendheim and Brendan Farrell, with Abraham’s wife Maria Huiza, as well as Pat’s son-in-law Thomas Moore. Pat was born in 1925 in Jamaica, New...
Theresa Marie Wechsler
Feb 28, 2022
The family of Theresa Marie Wechsler (McDonough) of Jaffrey, NH is saddened to announce her passing on February 28, 2022, at the age of 68. Terri was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts. Growing up in an Air Force family, she lived in several states and Newfoundland. Two years after graduation from high school, she began her career in 1972 as a...
Travers A. Rank
Feb 26, 2022
Travers Alan Rank, 64, of Antrim, NH boarded the last train on Saturday, February 26, 2022, with his loved ones by his side. Travers had more than his fair share of medical issues over the years, but his will to persevere carried him beyond what anyone expected. Travers was born in Ilion, NY, the only child of Travers L. and...
Regina D. (Burnham) Girard
Feb 22, 2022
It is with a heavy heart that we announce the death of Regina Dale Girard, 73, on February 22, 2022. Regina, formerly of Hillsboro, NH, lived in Harrisville with her husband and family for the last year and a half. She still missed her home in Hillsboro where she raised her family and shared so many memories with the people...
Alice R. Cole
Feb 20, 2022
Alice R. Cole, 75, of Rindge, NH died peacefully on February 20, 2022, at Monadnock Community Hospital in Peterborough, NH after a long illness. She was born in Somerville, MA on February 19, 1947, daughter of the late Joseph and Mildred Berutis. Alice graduated with the Class of 1965 from Medford (MA) High School and began working for Verizon. It...
Joseph N. Cloutier
Feb 20, 2022
Joseph N. Cloutier, 84, of Jaffrey, NH, passed away on February 20, 2022 at Monadnock Community Hospital with his daughter by his side. He was born on July 18, 1937 in Peterborough, NH, and was the son of Camille and Claire (Lacroix) Cloutier. Raised in Greenville, NH, he attended Appleton Academy. In 1955, he enlisted in the United States Navy...
Bradley E. Seppala
Feb 18, 2022
Bradley E. Seppala, 62, of Rindge, NH died peacefully in the early morning of February 18, 2022. Born on May 3, 1959, in Peterborough, NH, he was the proud fourth son of Theodore and Shirley (Somero) Seppala. Raised in Ashby, MA, he attended North Middlesex High School. After working in several different fields of construction he found his passion doing...
Kara Traffie
Feb 17, 2022
Kara Jean Traffie, 56, of New Ipswich, NH died peacefully at home on February 17, 2022 after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born on August 5, 1965 in Peterborough, NH, the daughter of Theodore Seppala and Shirley (Somero) Seppala. She was raised in Ashby, MA, a graduate of Monty Tech Class of 1983. She went on to become...
Rev. Emily B. Preston
Feb 12, 2022
Reverend Emily B. Preston, age 82, died on February 12, 2022 at the Monadnock Community Hospital. She was born in New York City, but was raised and educated in Boston, Massachusetts. The second of four daughters of Elwyn and Alberta Preston, her sisters always knew her as the “nostalgic” one, with a great sense of humor and playfulness, a lover...
