12/8/07 through 12/14/07
Obituaries
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Saturday, December 8
George W. Cobb
Quechee -- George W. Cobb, 75, died Thursday, Dec. 6, 2007, at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center.
Dominic Pillsbury
Croydon -- Dominic Jay Scott Pillsbury, 7 weeks, died unexpectedly Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2007, at Concord Hospital.
Sunday, December 9
Gretchen O. Benoit
Windsor -- Gretchen O. Benoit, 90, died Saturday, Dec. 8, 2007, at Mt. Ascutney Hospital. Knight Funeral Home in Windsor is handling arrangements. A complete obituary will be published at a later date.
Vera H. MacLeay
Plainfield -- Vera Hill MacLeay, 85, of Plainfield died Friday, Dec. 7, 2007, at her home.
Eleanor M. Rowell
Chelsea -- Eleanor M. Rowell, 94, died Thursday, Dec. 6, 2007 at the Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital Extended Care Facility.
Monday, December 10
Everett L. Morse
Lebanon -- Everett L. Morse, 61, of Royalton, died Saturday, Dec. 8, 2007, at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center.
Edith W. Owens
Claremont -- Edith W. Owens, 90, of Winter Street, died Friday, Dec. 7, 2007, at Valley Regional Hospital after a brief illness.
Tuesday, December 11
Gretchen O. Benoit
Windsor -- Gretchen O. Benoit, 90, a lifelong resident of Windsor, died on Saturday, Dec. 8, 2007, at the skilled-nursing facility of Mount Ascutney Hospital and Health Center.
Dale Camara
Peacham, Vt. -- Dale Camara, 56, who performed on the French horn with area groups and worked in two Upper Valley school systems during a career of nearly 30 years of teaching music, died on Friday, Dec. 7, 2007.
David T. Dugdale
West Windsor -- David Taylor Dugdale Sr., 76, of West Windsor, died on Saturday, Dec. 8, 2007, at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon.
Peter Y. Flanagan
White River Junction -- Peter Y. Flanagan, 80, a former Upper Valley car dealer and an early supporter and longtime volunteer for the Upper Valley Haven, died of Alzheimer's disease on Sunday, Dec. 9, 2007, at Genesis Healthcare in Lebanon.
Mary L. Forrest
Randolph -- Mary L. Forrest, 76, a Randolph resident for more than 55 years, died yesterday, Monday, Dec. 10, 2007, at Gifford Medical Center.
Robert H. Leavitt
Lebanon -- Robert Hayes Leavitt, 85, a fourth-generation Lebanon resident and city historian, died on Thursday, Nov. 27, 2007, at Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital's extended care unit.
Elva Mikula
Williamsburg, Va. -- Elva Mikula, 77, who served as Kimball Union Academy's first field hockey coach and in many other roles during her husband's 15 years as headmaster of the school, died in her native Williamsburg on Dec. 4, 2007.
Valerie T. Morrison
West Lebanon -- Valerie T. (Cilley) Morrison, 56, died at her home at Quail Hollow on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2007.
R. Gilman Stockwell
Keene, N.H. -- R. Gilman “Gil” Stockwell, 78, a resident of Newport, N.H., for most of his life, died on Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2007, at Cheshire Medical Center, following a sudden illness.
Wayne H. Tyler
North Haverhill -- Wayne Hial Tyler, a retired Army specialist, first class, died on Friday, Dec. 7, 2007, at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, after a brief illness.
Wednesday, December 12
James R. Biddle
Naples, Fla. -- James Robert Biddle, 57, died on Oct. 26, 2007, at Avow Hospice Center in Naples.
George W. Clark
South Pomfret -- George W. Clark, 62, of South Pomfret, died on Monday, Dec. 10, 2007, at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon.
William G. “Bill” Clark
Northfield, Vt. -- William G. “Bill” Clark, 89, a Dartmouth College graduate who farmed in Orford for almost 30 years, died at Mayo Nursing Home on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2007, from complications of pneumonia.
Beverly J. Melendy
Loudon, N.H. -- Beverly J. Melendy, 77, a native and former longtime resident of Claremont, died on Sunday, Dec. 9, 2007, at Concord Hospital.
Reginald M. Paquet
Randolph -- Reginald M. Paquet, 60, of Randolph, died on Monday, Dec. 10, 2007, at Gifford Medical Center.
Travis M. Putnam
Bridgewater -- Travis Michael Putnam, 26, of Bridgewater, died unexpectedly in Florence, Vt., on Sunday, Dec. 9, 2007.
Arthur C. Shepard
Plainfield -- Arthur C. Shepard, 69, a native of the Upper Valley, died Sunday, Dec. 9, 2007, after a brief battle with lung cancer.
Anna Walbridge
Quincy, Mass. -- Anna Taylor Palmer Walbridge, 89, an educator with roots in the Upper Valley, died in Dedham, Mass., on Nov. 26, 2007.
Jean R. Woods
Bridgewater Center -- Jean R. Woods, 96, died at her home in Bridgewater on Sunday, Dec. 9, 2007.
Thursday, December 13
Thaís Traver DeChant
New London -- Thais Traver DeChant, 69, a resident of New London for more than 20 years, died at her home on Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2007.
Nancy R. Racicot
Enfield -- Nancy R. Racicot, 72, a longtime area resident, died Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2007, at Alice Peck Day Extended Care Facility in Lebanon.
Raymond C. Sears Jr.
Holly Hill, Fla. -- Raymond C. Sears Jr., 89, who built Chieftain Motel in Hanover and resided for 32 years in the Upper Valley, died at his home on Saturday, Dec. 8, 2007, after a brief illness.
Grace L. Waldron
Milford, Mass. -- Grace Louise (Hunt) Waldron, 81, who spent her early years in White River Junction, died on Monday, Dec. 10, 2007, at her home.
Friday, December 14
Lorraine M. Downing
Somersworth, N.H. -- Lorraine Marie (Fournier) Downing, 61, a native of Claremont, died Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2007, at her home after a seven-year fight with breast cancer.
Richard W. Lawrence
Hartford -- Richard W. Lawrence, 79, died Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2007, at the Alice Peck Day Extend Care Unit.
Olive V. Saboski
White River Junction --Olive V. Saboski, 90, an Upper Valley resident for 75 years, died at Brookside Nursing Home in White River Junction on Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2007, after a long illness.
Elizabeth R. Travis
Unity -- Elizabeth Rita Travis, 75, a retired registered nurse, died yesterday, Dec. 13, 2007 at Sullivan County Health Care, where she worked for more than 20 years.
Obituary Index Archive
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