Obituaries
Obituaries
Mildred S. Hill
Jun 18, 2010
Mildred S. Hill, 85, resident of 4 Sycamore Court, Amherst, NH, died on June 18, 2010 at her home, surrounded by her family, from complications of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Disease. She was born in Gary, Indiana on March 25, 1925, the daughter of the late Herman and Mildred (Wulfing) Sommer. She grew up in New Jersey and attended schools...

Iris M. Thompson
Jun 14, 2010
Iris Monsanto Thompson of Milford, NH, died June 14, 2010 at her home. She was born July 3, 1909 in St. Lucia, British West Indies daughter of Naomi and Oswald Monsanto. Mrs. Thompson immigrated to the United States during the Great Depression and spent two weeks on Ellis Island before moving to Boston. She married Robert Neale Thompson and...
Ruth G. Howe
Jun 13, 2010
Ruth G. (Dubord) Howe, formerly of Wilmington and Tewksbury Massachusetts, Ft. Myers, Florida, and more recently of Greenville and Milford NH, died on June 13, 2010 at The Elms Care & Rehabilitation Center, Milford, after a lengthy illness. A devoted wife of 67 years, she was the widow of the late Leland R. Howe who passed away on April...
Brenda J. Silva
Jun 10, 2010
Brenda J. Silva, 70, resident of Milford, NH, died June 10, 2010 at her home, surrounded by her family. She was born in Exeter, NH on September 28, 1939, a daughter of the late Robert and Robena (Swett) Parker. She was raised and educated in Kingston, NH, graduated from Sanborn Seminary in 1957 and Keene Teachers College, Class of...
Anthony R.R. "Tony" Gagnon, Sr.
Jun 9, 2010
Anthony R.R. “Tony” Gagnon, Sr., 63, resident of Milford, NH, died June 9th, 2010 at the Community Hospice House, Merrimack, NH after a sudden illness. He was born in Fall River, MA on November 25, 1946, a son of the late Roland & Delia (Ouellette) Gagnon. Mr. Gagnon was raised and educated in Westport, MA. He resided in Milford...

Rebeccah T. Sherman
Jun 7, 2010
Rebeccah T. (Teeter) Sherman, 47, of Brookline, NH, passed away unexpectedly Monday, June 7, 2010, at her home. Daughter of Laurence Teeter of Washington State and the late Norah (Troy) Teeter, she lived in Brookline for nineteen years after graduating from Wellesley College and a career in Massachusetts. Becki was a voracious reader, an avid amateur radio enthusiast, and...
Raoul "Ray" L. St. Cyr
Jun 5, 2010
Raoul “Ray” L. St. Cyr, 86, died at his home on June 5, 2010, surrounded by his family. He was born in Littleton, NH on December 1, 1923, a son of the late Napoleon and Marie-Anne St. Cyr. He made his home in Milford for the past 54 years. A member of the Greatest Generation, from 1943-1946, he served...

John C. O'Donnell
Jun 1, 2010
John C. “Jack” O’Donnell, 66, resident of Brookline, NH, died June 1, 2010 at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Nashua, NH. He was born in Swoyersville, PA on February 29, 1944, a son of the late William and Jennie (Reynolds) O’Donnell. Mr. O’Donnell was raised and educated in Bucks County, PA and graduated from Bishop Egan High School, Levittown, PA. For...

Marjorie N. Thomas
May 30, 2010
Marjorie N. “Penny” Thomas, 73, resident of Boscawen, NH, died May 30, 2010 at Merrimack County Nursing Home in Boscawen. She was born in Milford, NH on November 22, 1936, a daughter of the late Orion and Marjorie (Bills) Patten. Mrs. Thomas was raised and educated in Milford. She graduated from Milford High School, Class of 1955 and resided...

Margaret Schaefer
May 30, 2010
Margaret Schaefer, 100, a resident of Amherst, NH died May 30, 2010 at the The Elms Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, Milford, NH, after a period of declining health following a hip operation on her 100th birthday. Margaret was born one of seven children to the late John and Mary Forst in Drugendorf, Bavaria Germany on April 30, 1910. Margaret...
Chase Bolton
May 28, 2010
Chase T. Bolton, 15, resident of Milford, NH died on May 28th. He was born in Murray, Utah on August 4, 1994, a son of Jennifer Hays of Milford, NH and Jason Bolton of Midvale, Utah. He was a freshman at Milford High School. He had many interests and was teaching himself to play the guitar and speak Arabic,...
Donald L. Shore
May 26, 2010
Donald L. “Donaldo” Shore, 76, resident of Amherst, NH, died May 26, 2010 at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Nashua, NH. He was born in Brockton, MA on July 29, 1933, a son of the late Herbert and Helen (Marston) Shore. Mr. Shore resided in Amherst for the past 25 years and formerly lived in West Haven, CT for many years....

Benjamin F. Devoid, Sr.
May 25, 2010
Benjamin F. Devoid, Sr., 80, resident of Milford, NH died May 25, 2010 at the Community Hospice House, Merrimack, NH. He was born in Berlin, NH on July 22, 1929, a son of the late Edward and Bessie (Douse) Devoid. Mr. Devoid was raised and educated in Berlin, NH and graduated from Berlin High School. He had lived in...
Nancy M. Hopey
May 25, 2010
Nancy Marie Hopey of Amherst, NH, died in Boston on May 25, 2010 peacefully surrounded by her family at Massachusetts General Hospital. She died of complications of Juvenile type one diabetes, of which she battled for 58 years. She was 66 years old. Nancy was a resident of Amherst for the last 31 years, previously residing in Chelmsford, MA...
Ernest E. Belmore, Sr.
May 23, 2010
Ernest E. Belmore, Sr., 75, long-time resident of Greenfield, NH, died suddenly on May 23, 2010 at Monadnock Community Hospital, Peterborough, NH. He was born in Peterborough, NH on January 21, 1935, the oldest son of the late Joseph A. and Clare (Waldecker) Belmore. Mr. Belmore resided in Greenfield, NH for most of his life and had lived in...

Joseph M. Staiti
May 22, 2010
Joseph M. Staiti, 94, resident of Amherst, NH, died May 22, 2010 at Crestwood Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, Milford, NH. He was born in Barre, MA on September 10, 1915, a son of the late Letterio and Maria Staiti. Mr. Staiti resided in Amherst for the past 17 years and formerly lived in Milford for many years. He had...
Rosemary Jarvis Wilkes
May 21, 2010
(Was a "Rosie the Riveter" during World War II) Rosemary Jarvis Wilkes, 89, resident of Amherst, NH, died Friday, May 21, 2010 at the Courville Nursing Home in Nashua, NH. Rosemary was born on April 5, 1921 in Hubbard, Texas, the oldest child, and only daughter of Ray Hughes Jarvis and Onie (Tanner) Jarvis. Rosemary graduated from Hubbard High...

Lester F. Boyce, Jr.
May 15, 2010
Lester F. “Fred” Boyce, Jr., 85, resident of Milford, NH, died May 15, 2010 at Crestwood Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, Milford. He was born in Boston, MA on May 30, 1924, a son of the late Lester F. Boyce, Sr. and Anna C. (MacAuley) Boyce. Mr. Boyce graduated from Brookline High School, Brookline, MA, earned his Bachelor’s degree from...
Leigh Russell Daugherty
May 12, 2010
Leigh Russell Daugherty, Christian Science Practitioner and Teacher, died on May 12th at her home in Brookline, NH. Mrs. Daugherty was born in Natick, Massachusetts, and graduated from Melrose High School in 1971. In 1975, she graduated from Principia College in Elsah, Ill., where she, on a dare, proposed marriage to a man she had yet to meet who...
Richard M. Phillips
May 11, 2010
Ret. Lt. Richard M. Phillips, 63, resident of Milford, NH, died May 11, 2010 at the CRVNA Hospice House, Concord, NH. He was born in Medford, MA on March 3, 1947, a son of the late Gerald and Marguerite (Sahlin) Phillips. He was raised and educated in Melrose, MA and made his home in Wilmington, MA for many years...
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