Obituaries
Obituaries
Richard S. Bates, Sr.
May 10, 2010
Richard S. Bates, Sr., 79, resident of Wilton, NH went home to be with the Lord on May 10, 2010. He was born in Summit, New Jersey on January 20, 1931, a son of the late Seymour E. and Beatrice (Gillick) Bates. Mr. Bates resided in Wilton for the past two years and formerly lived in Milford for 40...

Jill M. Landshof
May 8, 2010
Jill M. Landshof, 68, resident of Lyndeborough, NH died May 8, 2010, at her home. She was born in Bronx, NY on July 5, 1941, a daughter of the late James and Margaret (Long) Kelly. Jill resided in Lyndeborough for the past 13 years and formerly lived in Katonah, NY for more than 25 years. She was a graduate...

Marguerite Brockway
May 7, 2010
Marguerite Brockway, 81, resident of Amherst, NH, died May 7, 2010, at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Nashua, NH. She was born in Long Island, NY, on July 27, 1928, the daughter of the late Anthony and Filomena (Cascia) Martinelli. Mrs. Brockway made her home in Amherst for more than 45 years. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from American...

Mabel C. Hereford
May 5, 2010
Mabel C. Hereford, 83, lifelong resident of Milford, NH, died May 5, 2010 at Crestwood Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, Milford. She was born in Milford on July 22, 1926, a daughter of the late Leland A. and Emerline (Hutchinson) Parkhurst. Mabel was raised and educated in Milford, graduating from Milford High School, Class of 1944. She had been employed...

Helen S. Davis
May 2, 2010
Helen S. Davis, 95, resident of Temple, NH, died May 2, 2010 in Manchester, NH. She was born in Joplin, MO on September 2, 1914, a daughter of the late George W. and Adelaide (Riggs) Saathoff. Mrs. Davis was raised in Summit, NJ, graduated from Wellesley College, Class of 1935 and spent her junior year abroad in Germany. She...

Elizabeth Rocca Welch
Apr 26, 2010
Elizabeth (Rocca) Welch, 99, passed away peacefully at Pleasant View Center, Concord, NH, on April 26, 2010, after a period of failing health. She was born in Milford, NH on March 8, 1911, the youngest of nine children of Federico and Elisabetta (Falsani) Rocca. She lived in Milford for 87 years, moving to Pleasant View Retirement Community in Concord,...

Louise I. Poor
Apr 18, 2010
Louise I. Poor, 90, lifelong resident of Milford, NH, died April 18, 2010 at her home. She was born in Nashua, NH on May 9, 1919, a daughter of the late Alphonse and Elizabeth (Newbold) Jarest. Mrs. Poor had been employed by Fletcher’s Paint Store in Milford for many years. She enjoyed spending time with her family, baking and...

Ruth F. Vaters
Apr 15, 2010
Ruth F. Vaters, 96, resident of Milford, died April 15, 2010 at Crestwood Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, Milford. She was born in Chelsea, MA on December 6, 1913, a daughter of the late Harry L. and Ida S. (Marshall) Stromberg. Mrs. Vaters made her home with her daughter for the past 25 years having resided in Milford, NH, Palm...

Jane A. Walsh
Apr 12, 2010
Jane Alice (McLaughlin) Walsh, 88, died April 12, 2010 in Manchester, NH after a period of declining health. She was born in Somerville, MA on February 24, 1922, a daughter of John and Florence (McDonough) McLaughlin. She was raised in Melrose, MA and was the third of six children. In 1945, she married Bernard J. Walsh and moved to...

Vertie M. Riddle
Apr 9, 2010
Vertie M. Riddle, 85, resident of Milford, NH, died April 9, 2010 at Crestwood Care & Rehabilitation Center in Milford. She was born in Amherst, NH on December 3, 1924, a daughter of the late William and Jenny E. (Wetherell) Tuttle. She was raised and educated in Amherst and made her home in the Amherst and Milford area, her...

John Harry Berntson
Apr 8, 2010
John H. Berntson, died on April 8, 2010, after a very long illness. He was born in 1925 in Flushing, NY. John served in the Army Air Force in WWII, and once discharged, he worked as a carpenter daytimes and attended college at night, eventually graduating from the College of the City of New York - School of Business....

Caroline M. Sheldon
Apr 2, 2010
Caroline M. Sheldon, 70, resident of Milford, NH, died April 2, 2010 at her home. She was born in Holyoke, MA on June 8, 1939, a daughter of Caroline M. (Walsh) Tessier of Athol, MA and the late Charles H. Tessier. She was raised and educated in Ayer, MA. Mrs. Sheldon resided in Milford for the past 12 years...

Veronica Anne Howe
Mar 27, 2010
Veronica Anne Howe, infant daughter of Nathan C. and Isabelle (Page) Howe of Manchester, NH, died March 27, 2010, surrounded by her loving family at Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. She was born on January 7, 2009 at Catholic Medical Center, Manchester, New Hampshire. In addition to her parents, family members include a brother, Corey J. Foss and a sister,...

Victor J. Keskinen
Mar 21, 2010
Victor J. Keskinen, 90, resident of Milford, NH, died March 21, 2010 at Pheasantwood Nursing Home, Peterborough, NH. He was born in Maynard, MA on April 13, 1919, a son of the late Victor and Hilma (Haapanen) Keskinen. Mr. Keskinen resided in Milford for the past 46 years and formerly lived in Louisville, Kentucky for 10 years. He had...
Suzette Anne Hutchinson
Mar 19, 2010
Suzette Anne Hutchinson, 63, resident of Wilton, NH, died March 19, 2010 at The Lahey Clinic, Burlington, MA. She was born in Nashua, NH on January 5, 1947, a daughter of the late Omer J. and Leah (Blanchette) Hutchinson. She was raised and educated in Wilton, NH, and lived all of her life in the close-knit neighborhood of Russell...

Isaiah Michael Maxwell
Mar 18, 2010
Ten day old Isaiah Michael Maxwell, went home to be with Jesus on March 18, 2010. Born prematurely to parents Kevin and Christine (Longval) Maxwell of Milford on March 8, Isaiah weighed 15 ounces and was 11 and ½ inches long. Treasured dearly during his brief stay, he will be missed by his parents and his four brothers: Joshua,...

Harold W. Goss, Sr.
Mar 17, 2010
Harold W. Goss, Sr., 88, resident of Milford, NH, died March 17, 2010 at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Nashua, NH. He was born in Nashua, NH on October 20, 1921, a son of the late Harold J. Goss and Mary E. (Lund) Goss. Mr. Goss was raised and educated in Nashua, NH and resided in Milford for more than 50...

Janet W. Palmer
Mar 15, 2010
Janet W. Palmer, 83, resident of Nashua, NH, died March 15, 2010, at her home. She was born in Philadelphia, PA on August 6th 1926, a daughter of the late John and Edna Wesper. She was raised and educated in Philadelphia, PA. Mrs. Palmer was a resident of Nashua for the past seven years, and had lived most of...
Greta L. Kelley
Mar 14, 2010
Greta L. Kelley, 74, resident of Londonderry, NH, died March 14, 2010 at the Elliot Hospital, Manchester, NH. She was born in Nashua, NH on February 25, 1936, a daughter of the late Ernest and Antoinette (Houle) Budro. Mrs. Kelley made her home in Londonderry for the past 22 years and was a communicant of St. Jude Parish. She...
Jane Heckman Mcgettigan
Mar 14, 2010
Jane Heckman McGettigan, RN, BSN, CIC, died in Nashua, NH on March 14, 2010 after a period of failing health. She was born in Boston, Massachusetts on July 11, 1936, daughter of Raymond Heckman and Gladys Conrad Heckman. She graduated from Milford High School and attended Mary Hitchcock School of Nursing, graduating as an RN in 1957. In 1980,...
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