OBITUARIES
Eleanor M Bennett
Mar 16, 2019
Eleanor M. Bennett, 91, formerly of Bennington, died Saturday evening, March 16, 2019, at the Monadnock Community Hospital, in Peterborough, after a period of declining health. She was born on November 4, 1927, in Francestown, NH, the daughter of Fred Waldo and Alfreida Victoria (Piper) Paige. She grew up in Francestown, and attended New Boston High School. She married Everett...
Charlotte A Rice
Mar 11, 2019
Charlotte Anne Rice, 71, of Troy, died Monday, March 11, 2019, at her home. She was born on February 25, 1948, in Medford, Ma., the daughter of the late Elliot and Elizabeth (Denison) Smith. She graduated from Medford High School. Later, she studied engineering at Nashua Community College and Notre Dame College. After working for New Hampshire Ball Bearing in...
Hank L. Somero
Mar 6, 2019
Hank L. Somero, 52, of New Ipswich, died unexpectedly after a logging accident on Wednesday, March 6, 2019 in Rindge. Hank was born in Vancouver, WA on October 28, 1966, the first of fifteen children of Daniel ‘Boone’ and Anne (Kulla) Somero. He attended Mascenic Regional High School in New Ipswich before beginning his career and family. He had started...
Mark James Obuchowski
Mar 4, 2019
Mark J. Obuchowski, age 55, of Rindge, NH died on March 4, 2019. He was born on November 21, 1963 in Claremont, NH to Frank and Joan Obuchowski, both deceased. He grew up in Troy, NH and was a 1982 graduate of Monadnock Regional High School. He married his beloved wife, Kasandra King on February 4, 1995 in Athol, MA....
Dorothy A. Smith
Mar 3, 2019
Dorothy A. Smith, 91, of Peterborough, NH died peacefully with her family at her side on Sunday, March 3, 2019, at the Monadnock Community Hospital in Peterborough after a period of failing health. Dorothy was born in Providence, RI on April 2, 1927, daughter of the late George and Mary (Galligan) Smith. She was raised and educated in Providence and...
John E Marrotte
Feb 25, 2019
John E. Marrotte, 86, resident of Peterborough, NH, formerly of Troy, NH, and Woodsville, NH, died on Monday, February 25, 2019 with family by his side at the Scott-Farrar Home in Peterborough after a period of declining health. He was born on October 3, 1932 in Troy, NH, a son of the late Wilfred and Alina (Matilla) Marrotte. At Troy...
Jacqueline A Burrows
Feb 25, 2019
Jacqueline A. Burrows, 75, of Jaffrey, lost her courageous battle with cancer on Monday, February 25, 2019. She was at home, surrounded by her husband of 49 years, David Burrows, her sons: Edward Rourke and his partner Andra Thayer, and Dennis Rourke. She was born on July 20, 1943 in Gardner Maine, the daughter of Harlan and Dorothy (McArthur) Allen,...
Sandra 'Sandi' Carland
Feb 22, 2019
Sandra “Sandi” Carland, 78, of Jaffrey, NH, quietly departed this life on Friday, February 22, 2019 surrounded by her family, after months of loving care from her family and Hospice. Sandi was born June 30, 1940 in Glen Ridge, NJ, daughter of the late Dallas and Dorthy (Hayward) Newsome, Jr. Sandi moved to NH in 1974 where she helped mold...
Margaret Tenney
Feb 21, 2019
Margaret (Halsted) Tenney, 84, resident of Peterborough, NH died at Rivermead Nursing Home in Peterborough on February 21, 2019 after a period of declining health. She was born on August 8, 1934 in Plainfield, NJ a daughter of the late Osborne and Katherine (Patterson) Halsted. Peggy had a kind nature and an easy laugh that warmed all she met. She...
Jeffrey Alain Grenier
Feb 19, 2019
Jeffrey Alain Grenier of Rindge, NH passed away unexpectedly on February 19, 2019. Jeff was the son of Raymond and Renee Grenier and was born in Manchester, NH on June 10, 1973. He was a graduate of West High School. He spent his life as an avid outdoorsman, being his most content while camping, hiking, canoeing and cooking over a...
Donna M. Quinn
Feb 16, 2019
Donna M. Quinn of Temple died peacefully with her family at her side on Saturday, February 16, 2019, at Catholic Medical Center in Manchester, following a period of failing health. Donna was born in Lakehurst, NJ on October 8, 1948, daughter of the late Frank and Lucille (Littell) Longo. The daughter of a field engineer who worked for Sylvania Inc.,...
Francis 'Mickey' Chamberlain
Feb 15, 2019
Francis R. ‘Mickey’ Chamberlain, 85 of Jaffrey, died peacefully on Friday, February 15, 2019 at Maplewood Nursing Home in Westmoreland with his family by his side after a long battle with dementia. He was born on July 1, 1933 in Peterborough, NH, son of the late Ralph and Eva (Pellerin) Chamberlain. Mickey graduated with the class of 1951 from Conant...
Kathleen Teixeira
Feb 12, 2019
Kathleen Teixeira, 63, of Rindge, NH, died peacefully on Tuesday, February 12, 2019 with her family by her side at St. Teresa Rehabilitation Center in Manchester after a long challenge with Alzheimer's. Mrs. Teixeira was born on May 29, 1955 in Peterborough, NH, the daughter of Norman H. and Lucille (Ford) Russell. She had graduated from Monrovia (CA) High School...
Brian Keith Harvey
Feb 11, 2019
Brian Keith Harvey, 56, of Keene, died Monday morning, February 11, 2019, at the Cheshire Medical Center / Dartmouth Hitchcock - Keene, after a period of declining health. He was born in Peterborough, the son of Herbert Homer and Mary (McLean) Harvey, Jr. He spent most of his early childhood in Antrim with his father before moving to Pennsylvania as...
Joseph H. Leduc
Feb 10, 2019
Joseph Henry Leduc, 91, of Rindge, NH, died peacefully at his home on February 10, 2019. "Joe" was born on April 30, 1927 in Lowell, MA, son of the late Joseph E. and Gracia (Gauthier) Leduc. He was raised and educated in Lowell and served honorably in the US Navy as a Radio Operator during World War II. Joe always...
Doris A. Ellison
Feb 6, 2019
Doris Archambeault Ellison, formerly of Jaffrey, passed away on February 6, 2019 at the age of 83 in Woodcliff Lake, NJ after a period of declining health. She was born on June 6, 1935, in Jaffrey New Hampshire; the daughter of the late Fred and Lydia (Gamelin) Archambeault. She is survived by her 3 children, Sheryl Ellison, Michelle McDonald and...
William 'Keith' Merrill
Jan 31, 2019
William “Keith” Merrill, a longtime resident of New Ipswich, NH, passed peacefully at his home surrounded by his loving family after a long battle with cancer on January 31, 2019. He was born on January 10, 1942 in Idaho Falls, Idaho, a son of the late Rex and Mildred (Tolley) Merrill. Keith, as he was known by family and friends,...
Elizabeth Barnaby
Jan 30, 2019
Elizabeth Barnaby, 100, of Jaffrey and formerly of Peterborough, NH and Winchester, MA, died peacefully on Wednesday, January 30, 2019 at the Good Shepherd Healthcare Center in Jaffrey. She was born on September 4, 1918 in Westborough, MA, daughter of the late Krikor and Takoohi (Kaprelian) Daniels. Mrs. Barnaby had attended schools in Boston and married Peter M. Barnaby on...
Harriet Kruse Sorensen
Jan 26, 2019
Harriet Kruse Sorensen, 99, of Rivermead, Peterborough, NH died January 26 while lovingly attended and embraced by her daughter and grandson. She was well cared for by the Rivermead staff as well. Mrs. Sorensen was born in 1919 in Tyler, Minnesota to Sigurd and Sigrid (Linnet) Kruse. She grew up on a large dairy farm with her parents and 6...
Sanford 'Sandy' Isaacs
Jan 24, 2019
Sanford Michael Isaacs of Jaffrey, New Hampshire, died on January 24, 2019, after a mercifully short if steep decline from a series of strokes. Sandy died in his home six days after entering hospice and with loving support from his four children, his friend of the last seven months, Mimi Bull, and with visits from loved ones, including on the...
