OBITUARIES

Nov 27, 2008

Raymond J. Deschenes, 65, of Rindge, died Thursday, November 27, 2008 at his home after a long, tenacious battle with cancer. He was born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts on October 3, 1943, son of the late Gilbert and Angie (Belanger) Deschenes. Ray was a Jaffrey businessman for more than 30 years. In 1976 he opened DD Auto Body with his brother...

Nov 19, 2008

New Ipswich, NH Roger Carignan, 76, of Oak Hollow Road in New Ipswich died Wednesday November 19, 2007 at the Monadnock Community Hospital in Peterborough after a medical condition caused him to lose control of his vehicle. Roger was born on March 26, 1932 in Lowell, Massachusetts; he was the son of the late Ludger and Cecile (Raymond) Carignan and...

Nov 18, 2008

Fitzwilliam, NH ALTHEA THEA YON, 83, of Kinsman Road in Fitzwilliam died Tuesday November 18, 2008 at Langdon Place in Keene following a period of declining health. She was born August 26, 1925 in St. Johnsbury, VT daughter of the late Orange and Frances (Hebard) Ladd. Thea was a 1945 graduate of Green Mountain College in St. Johnsbury. She has...

Nov 17, 2008

Fitzwilliam FREDRIC K. WALKONEN, 73, of Jaffrey Road, Fitzwilliam, died Monday November 17, 2008 at the Cheshire Medical Center in Keene following a brief illness. He was born November 3, 1935 in Gardner MA, son of the late Kauko and Toini (Tuunanen) Walkonen. He had lived most of his life in Jaffrey, where he was a member of the Conant...

Nov 16, 2008

Jean Enman, 85, of Rindge, NH died peacefully on Sunday, November 16, 2008 at her home with her family by her side after a period of failing health Jean was born in Boston, Massachusetts on January 18, 1923, she was the daughter of the late E. Wilfred and Ada (Shannehan) Folsom. Jean attended Boston Public Schools in West Roxbury and...

Nov 15, 2008

Jean S. Hoadley, 94, formerly of Peterborough, N.H., died Saturday, November 15, at Langdon Place in Keene, N. H., after a period of failing health. She was the widow of Henry A. Hoadley Jr., who died in 1997. They had been married for 57 years. She leaves three children, five grandchildren, and seven great grandchildren. Jean was the daughter of...

Nov 6, 2008

Judith L. Judy Tieger passed away peacefully at her home in Jaffrey on November 6, 2008, in the company of family and friends. Born in Rindge on October 4, 1940 to the late Russell R. and Dorothy (Coffin) Raymond, she succumbed to the rare and insidious Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease. Judy had a unique inner strength developed from the time she...

Oct 31, 2008

Oct 25, 2008

LAWRENCE E. DONOVAN, Jr., 83, of Jennifer Lane in Jaffrey died Saturday October 25, 2008 at the Elliot Hospital in Manchester following a long battle with Parkinsons Disease. He was born December 28, 1924 in Boston MA, son of the late Lawrence E. and Florence J. (Bangs) Donovan. He attended schools in Carlisle and Concord MA where he was a...

Oct 25, 2008

Linda D. Sherriff, 59, of School Street in Jaffrey died October 25, 2008 at her residence after a sudden illness. Linda was born in South Ozone Park, in Queens, NY on July 22, 1949. She was the daughter of Jack and Eva (Delgado) Sherriff and had attended schools in Long Island in addition to Keene State College in Keene. Linda...

Oct 20, 2008

Bennington NH LUCIEN J. LIZOTTE, 55, of Pine Meadow Circle, in Bennington died Monday October 20, 2008 at his residence following a brief but courageous battle with cancer. He was born July 27, 1953 in Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada son of Ned and Germaine (Bosse) Lizotte. He was a 1971 graduate of Madawaska (ME) High School where he was a...

Oct 13, 2008

Jaffrey NH FLORENCE WINIFRED MONNAT, 93, formerly of Syracuse, NY died peacefully Monday October 13, 2008 at the Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Nursing Center in Jaffrey NH. She was born February 19, 1915 in Syracuse, daughter of the late John and Florence (McCarthy) Slattery. Florence, known as Flossie to her friends, attended schools in Syracuse St. Patricks for Grammar School and...

Oct 12, 2008

Rindge NH HENRIETTA BREWER PAQUIN, 85, of Old New Ipswich Road in Rindge died peacefully at her home on Sunday, October 12, 2008 surrounded by family, daughters, her son and grandchildren. She survived her cancer but lost her battle with a lung disease. She was born June 16, 1923 in Northfield MA, daughter of the late Leslie Scolly and Harriet...

Oct 8, 2008

Fitzwilliam SUSAN E. STENERSEN, 30 of Route 119 West in Fitzwilliam died Wednesday October 8, 2008 at the Dartmouth- Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon following a courageous battle with cancer. She was born May 21, 1978 in Peterborough, daughter of David E. and Linda S. (Seppala) Olson. Sue was home schooled and had earned her GED. Sue enjoyed scrap booking;...

Sep 30, 2008

Gladys Mae Harris, 60, of North Street, Jaffrey died Tuesday September 30, 2008 peacefully at her home following a period of failing health. She was born February 26, 1948 in Haverhill, MA daughter of the late Donald and Mary (Eaton) Harris. Gladys has been a resident of Jaffrey for the past six years and had previously lived in Ossipee and...

Sep 30, 2008

Martha W. Caron, 75, of Nutting Road in Jaffrey died Tuesday, September 30, 2008 at Harborside Healthcare Pheasantwood in Peterborough after a period of failing health. She was born in Carollton, Georgia on June 13, 1933, daughter of the late Lester and Ida (Dickson) Nehring and was a 1951 graduate of Ringgold (GA) High School. Mrs. Caron lived in Ringgold,...

Sep 26, 2008

Louise F. Beam, 78, of Jaffrey, NH, formerly of Cambridge, MA, died Friday September 26, 2008 at the Good Shepherd Healthcare Center in Jaffrey after a period of failing health. Mrs. Beam was born in Cambridge, MA on March 1, 1931, daughter of the late Edward and Edna (Peel) Primmer. She was a 1949 graduate of Cambridge High Latin School...

Sep 25, 2008

Orville E. Harvey, 94, of New Ipswich and formerly of Minot, North Dakota died Thursday September 25, 2008 at the Good Shepherd Healthcare Center in Jaffrey after a period of failing health. Mr. Harvey was born in Netherhill, in the Province of Saskatchewan, Canada on November 27, 1913, son of the late Edgar and Mabel (Robinson) Harvey. He attended schools...

Sep 20, 2008

Irene Agnes (Deschenes) Pratt, 84, of Winchester passed away at her home on Saturday, September 20, 2008 after a period of declining health. Irene was born on March 30, 1924 in Jaffrey and was raised in Jaffrey. She was the youngest of four daughters of Charles and Rosanna (Derosier) Deschenes. Belonging to a large extended family while growing up during...

Sep 16, 2008

Alan A. Poikonen, 5, of Rindge, NH died on Tuesday, September 16, 2008 at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH after a very brief illness. Alan was born on May 12, 2003 in Peterborough, NH, the son of Keith A. and Margaret (Dearani) Poikonen. He was in the Kindergarten Class at the Rindge Memorial School. Alan was very creative...