OBITUARIES
Cleston 'Cles' Staples
Jul 23, 2018
Cleston V. ‘Cles’ Staples, 71, of Dublin, NH died on Monday, July 23, 2018 at his home with his family by his side after a brief battle with cancer. Cles was born on December 11, 1946 in Sanford, Maine, son of the late Clyde and Betty (Allen) Staples Jr. He grew up in North Berwick, Maine graduating from North Berwick...
Thomas A. Lambert
Jul 20, 2018
Thomas A. Lambert, 60, of Jaffrey, passed away suddenly and unexpectedly on Friday, July 20th, at the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH after being stricken at home earlier in the day. Tom was born in Peterborough, NH on November 5th, 1957, son of the late Arthur and Laurette (Leger) Lambert. He was raised in Jaffrey and was a...
Carol E. Carter
Jul 18, 2018
Carol E. Carter, widow of Richard H. Carter, was joyfully reunited with her husband upon her passing on July 18, 2018 in Worcester, MA. Carol was born in Lawrence, MA on Dec 23, 1936 to Clifford and Grace Feather, the third of their four children. While Carol was in Grade School her father was transferred to Carrboro, NC by Pacific...
Frank Bateman
Jul 17, 2018
Frank Bateman, beloved husband of Dorothy Zug, died peacefully on July 17th, 2018 at the Good Shepherd Nursing Home in Jaffrey with his wife by his side, holding his hand. He was born on August 3rd, 1927 in Brockton, Mass, son of the late Hilda and Leon Bateman. He lived a life of faith. Frank attained the rank of Eagle...
Stephen C. Meyers
Jul 15, 2018
Stephen Carl Meyers, 57, of Jaffrey, New Hampshire died at home on July 15, 2018. Born to the late Edward E. and Anne (Schaefer) Meyers in 1961 in New Haven, Connecticut, Stephen graduated from Gorham (Maine) High School and received a BS in Management from Babson College where he reveled in being the editor of the Babson Free Press. Active...
Edith R Magoon
Jul 13, 2018
Edith Ruth Magoon, 59, of Jaffrey, went home to be with the lord, late Friday night, July 13, 2018, in the comfort of her home, after a lengthy illness. She was born, in Keene, NH, on July 20, 1958, the daughter of George Orrison and Athlena G (Leet) Harmon, Sr. She graduated from Marlborough High School with the Class of...
Aili R. Sikkila
Jul 9, 2018
Aili R. Sikkila, 86, formerly of New Ipswich, New Hampshire peacefully went home to be with the Lord on July 9, 2018 after a courageous battle with lifelong health issues. Aili was born in Ishpeming, Michigan on June 5,1932, daughter of the late Edward and Amalia (Hill) Sikkila. She lived in Covington, Michigan until 1977 when she moved to NH...
Bryce Andrew Olson
Jul 7, 2018
Bryce Andrew Olson, 33, of Rindge died unexpectedly at his home on Saturday, July 7, 2018. Bryce was born on February 18, 1985, in Leominster, MA, the son of Andrew and Sandra (Holombo) Olson. Bryce attended schools in Rindge and in Jaffrey and was a 2002 graduate of Victory High School. Bryce had owned and operated his own siding business...
Franklin L. Burnham
Jul 5, 2018
Franklin Lewis Burnham, 94, of Fitzwilliam, died Thursday morning, July 5, 2018, in the comfort of his home, with his family at his side, after a period of declining health. He was born on September 12, 1923 in Andover, VT, the son of Lewis Holmes and Hazel Mae (Pinney) Burnham. His father was a logger and the family moved around...
Marita M. Howe
Jul 3, 2018
Marita M. Howe, 85, longtime resident of Jaffrey, NH died on Tuesday, July 3, 2018 at UMass Memorial Hospital in Worcester MA, after a period of declining health. She was born on November 14, 1932 in Buxton, ME a daughter of the late Stella Hanson Boyden and Philip Smith. Marita worked at family businesses for many years. Maude Adams Quality...
Sandra 'Sandy' Taylor
Jul 2, 2018
Sandra M. (Sandy) Taylor, 79, a lifelong resident of Jaffrey, NH, died peacefully after a period of declining health on July 2, 2018 at the Good Shepherd Nursing Home in Jaffrey. She was born on August 23, 1938, in Peterborough, NH, a daughter of the late J. Frederick and Irene (Gibson) Forcier. Sandy married her high school sweetheart, Donald Cloutier,...
Robert C. Dale
Jun 30, 2018
Robert C. Dale, 81, resident of Rindge, NH. He died at home on Saturday, June 30, 2018 after a period of declining health. He was born on November 15, 1936 in Rochester, NH the son of the late Clifford Dale and Evelyn (Van Slyck) Dale. Raised and educated in Rochester, he graduated from Spaulding High School. After high school he...
Charlotte M. Belletete
Jun 24, 2018
Charlotte Belletete, 95, of Jaffrey passed away peacefully on Sunday, June 24, 2018 in the comfort of her own home, surrounded by her family, after a brief period of failing health. She was born in Peterborough, NH on August 16, 1922, daughter of the late George K. and Helen (Bayley) Egan. Charlotte completed her undergraduate education, graduating as Valedictorian of...
Margaret T Baker
Jun 22, 2018
Margaret Therese Baker, 92, of Peterborough, formerly of Rindge and Keene, passed away peacefully early Friday morning, June 22, 2018, in the comfort of her home, after a brief decline in health. She was born in Framingham, MA, on December 1, 1925, the daughter of James Dewey and Helena Barbara (Devitt) Geoghegan. She graduated from Framingham High School with the...
Edith 'Edie' Yoe
Jun 16, 2018
Edith Cora Yoe, 98, passed away on Saturday, June 16, 2018 at the home of her youngest daughter, Catherine Carabello, of Dublin, NH, surrounded by her family. She was born in Oscawanna, NY, on August 2, 1919, the daughter of Clarence and Ida Valentine. She graduated from Hendrick Hudson High school in 1936 and went on to earn a degree...
Roger E. Aldrich
Jun 11, 2018
Roger E. Aldrich, 83, resident of New Ipswich, NH died at his home on June 11, 2018. He was born on April 27, 1935 in Peterborough, NH a son of the late William and Mable (Nelson) Aldrich. He grew up on the family chicken farm in New Ipswich with his older sister Irene. He went to Appleton Academy back when...
Jason M. Eddy
Jun 6, 2018
Jason M. Eddy, 36, of Peterborough, NH, died unexpectedly at his home on Wednesday, June 6, 2018. Jason was born in Peterborough and through his life he had also lived in the neighboring towns of Jaffrey, Rindge and Dublin. He was born on December 14, 1981, the son of Philip Bourgoine and Susan (Chamberlain) Cauthorn. Jason was later adopted and...
Gerald 'Gerry' Kunst, III
Jun 6, 2018
Gerald ‘Gerry’ Kunst, III, 43, of New Ipswich, NH, died unexpectedly on Wednesday, June 6, 2018. Gerry was born in Marlborough, MA on June 23, 1974, the son of Gerald Kunst, Jr. and Pamela Jenson. He was a 1993 graduate of Minuteman High School in Lexington, MA. Gerry had previously lived in the Massachusetts towns of Stow, Marlborough and Pepperell,...
Sara Jane 'Sally' Soney
Jun 5, 2018
Sara Jane “Sally” Soney, 81, formerly of Jaffrey, NH and Burlington, MA, died peacefully on Tuesday, June 5, 2018 at the Wentworth-Douglas Hospital in Dover after a period of failing health. She was born in Pittsburgh, PA on May 12, 1937, daughter of the late Holmes and Maybelle (Logan) Crabtree. Shortly thereafter, her family moved to Melrose, MA where she...
Dr. Richard G. Ellis
May 23, 2018
Richard George Ellis was born May 14, 1922, son of Elton Elwin and Grace (Barnhart) Ellis in Frankford, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Audubon High School; Audubon, New Jersey, in 1939, matriculated at Ursinus College in Collegeville, PA. and completed the required undergraduate premedical study in three years. He then entered Hahnemann Medical College and graduated in June 1945, in a...
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