OBITUARIES
Gene F. Bernier
Dec 15, 2008
Peterborough, NH GENE F. BERNIER, 64, of Summer Street, Peterborough died Monday December 15, 2008 peacefully at home. He was born June 12, 1944 in Peterborough, son of the late Raymond and Bertha (Myhaver) Bernier. He was a 1962 graduate of the former Peterborough High School. Gene had served with the United States Marine Corps during the Vietnam Conflict. He...
Mary Loftis Bush
Dec 15, 2008
Peterborough, NH Mary Loftis Bush, 64, of Peterborough died December 15, 2008 at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center of metastatic breast cancer. Born September 14, 1944 in Flushing, New York, she was the daughter of deceased James and Margaret Loftis. She graduated from Queens College in 1966 and immediately worked as a programmer for IBM in Poughkeepsie, and subsequently programmed insurance...
Marcelline "Marcie" Brenner
Dec 13, 2008
MARCELLINE M. BRENNER, 94, of Woodland Heights, Peterborough died Saturday December 13, 2008 at the Monadnock Community Hospital in Peterborough following a brief illness. She was born July 8, 1914 in Standish, New York, daughter of the late Frank and Minnie (Beausoleil) Lafontaine. Better known as Marcie she has lived most of her life in Peterborough. She was married to...
John W. Sutcliffe
Dec 10, 2008
Harrisville, New Hampshire John W. Sutcliffe, 92, of Hancock Road in Harrisville died Wednesday December 10, 2008 at the Monadnock Community Hospital in Peterborough after a brief illness. Mr. Sutcliffe was born in Philadelphia, PA on July 5, 1916, son of the late James T. and Olga (ODay) Sutcliffe. He was a graduate of Worcester Poly-Tech and had been a...
Ryan W. Bemis
Dec 8, 2008
Fitzwilliam, NH Ryan W. Bemis, 30, of Fitzwilliam died Monday, December 8, 2008 at his residence with his dog Titan by his side. Ryan was born in Peterborough, NH on July 2, 1978, the son of Daniel and Susan (Korpi) Bemis. He was a 1997 graduate of Monadnock Regional High School in Swanzey and had achieved the Deans List while...
Wilma Hale Jewell
Dec 1, 2008
WilmaHale Jewell, 95, of Dublin Road, Jaffrey, died Monday December 1, 2008 at the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH. She was born June 30, 1913 in Rindge NH, daughter of the late Walter A. and Eula F. (Jones) Hale. Wilma received her elementary education in Rindge schools and graduated in1931 from the Ashby (MA) High School. She graduated...
Sidney 'Michael' Carlton
Nov 30, 2008
Jaffrey, New Hampshire Sidney Griggs 'Michael' Carlton II, 64, of Jaffrey, died Sunday Nov. 30, 2008 at Monadnock Community Hospital in Peterborough, NH after a short illness. Michael was born Nov. 28, 1944 in Punxsutawney, Pa. He was the son of the late 'Sid' and Louise (Warne) Carlton and had attended schools in Pennsylvania. He was a graduate of Colgate...
Raymond 'Ray' Deschenes
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...
Roger R. Carignan
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...
Althea 'Thea' Yon
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...
Fredric Kauko Walkonen
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...
Jean Enman
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...
Jean S. Hoadley
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...
Judith L. Tieger
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...
Linda D. Sherriff
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...
Lawrence E. Donovan, Jr.
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...
Lucien J. Lizotte
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...
Florence Winifred Monnat
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...
Henrietta (Brewer) Paquin
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...
