4/8/06 through 4/14/06
Obituaries
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Saturday, April 8
Verdie A. Woods
Springfield, Vt. -- Verdie Ayers Woods, 97, died Thursday, April 6, 2006, at Springfield Health & Rehabilitation Center.
Leslie R. Somers
Poolesville, Md. -- Leslie Robert Somers, 89, died Tuesday, April 4, 2006.
Oscar A. Romero
Hanover -- Oscar A. Romero, 57, died at home Thursday, April 6, 2006. For the past few months he had been battling pancreatic cancer.
Sunday, April 9
Leonie P. Huntington
Hanover -- Leonie P. Huntington, 89, died Saturday, April 1, 2006, at Wheelock Terrace in Hanover.
Gabriel J. Elliott
Bridgewater Corners -- Gabriel Jerome Elliott, 29, died at his home in Bridgewater Corners on Friday, April 7, 2006.
Monday, April 10
Kenneth G. Burrows
Windsor -- Kenneth G. Burrows, 74, died suddenly Wednesday, April 5, 2006, in Burlington.
James B. Woodman
Franklin, N.H. -- James B. Woodman, 92, died at the Peabody Home in Franklin on Friday, April 7, 2006.
Gladys M. Smith
Lebanon -- Gladys M. Smith, 94, died Saturday, April 1, 2006, at the Genesis Elder Care Center in Lebanon.
Tuesday, April 11
David W. Cummings
Queenstown, Md. -- David Warren Cummings, 73, a former resident of Hanover and Wilmot, N.H., died March 30, 2006, at his home in Queenstown.
Luther M. Child Jr.
New London -- Luther Moore Child Jr., 95, died April 3, 2006, at New London Hospital.
Norma A. Kepler
Wells River, Vt. -- Norma A. Kepler, 77, the wife of the Rev. Karl A. Kepler, died yesterday, April 10, 2006, at the Grafton County Nursing Home in North Haverhill.
Wednesday, April 12
Ruth E. Estey
Windsor -- Ruth E. Estey, 98, died Monday, April 10, 2006, at her home in Windsor. Funeral arrangements are pending at Knight Funeral Home in Windsor.
Brian J. Moran
Lebanon -- Brian J. Moran, 43, died suddenly on Saturday, April 8, 2006.
Fleet S. Fairbanks
Westmoreland, N.H. -- Fleet S. Fairbanks, 54, a former resident of Canaan, died Monday, April 10, 2006, at Maplewood Nursing Home in Westmoreland.
Edna Elizabeth Edwards
Chelsea -- Edna Elizabeth “Betty” Edwards, 81, died Monday, April 10, 2006, at her home.
Norma A. Kepler
Wells River, Vt. -- Norma Ann Kepler, 77, died Monday, April 10, 2006, at Grafton County Nursing Home in North Haverhill, following an extended illness.
Ransom J. Ackerman
White River Junction -- Ransom J. Ackerman, 84, died Saturday, April 8, 2006, at Brookside Nursing Home in White River Junction.
Joan D. Blackmer
Canterbury, N.H. -- Joan Dexter Blackmer, a Jungian analyst, died of pancreatic cancer on April 4, 2006, after a short illness at her home in Canterbury.
Louise M. Clark
Northfield, Vt. -- Louise M. Clark, 85, a longtime resident of Barnard, died yesterday, April 11, 2006, at Mayo Healthcare Facility in Northfield. Arrangements are pending at Boardway & Cilley Funeral Home in Chelsea.
Thursday, April 13
Marlene M. Perkins
Norwich -- Marlene Mae Perkins, 68, a longtime Norwich resident, died suddenly Tuesday, April 11, 2006, in Norwich. Funeral arrangements are pending at Rand-Wilson Funeral Home in Hanover.
Elizabeth L. LaFrance
Randolph Center -- Elizabeth L. LaFrance, 92, of Randolph Center, died yesterday, April 12, 2006, at Gifford Medical Center in Randolph. Arrangements are pending at Day Funeral Home in Randolph.
Phyllis S. Brown
Bradford, Vt. -- Phyllis S. Brown, 65, died yesterday, April 12, 2006, at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. Arrangements are pending at Boardway & Cilley Funeral Home in Chelsea.
Carol A. Hoisington
Lebanon -- Carol A. Hoisington, 63, a lifelong Lebanon resident, died Tuesday, April 11, 2006, at Epsom Health Center in Epsom, N.H.
Tom Stone
Tunbridge -- Tom Stone, 52, died March 28, 2006, in the Sangin district of Helmand Province in southern Afghanistan, while serving with Vermont National Guard Task Force Catamount.
Margaret E. Jacobs
White River Junction -- Margaret E. Jacobs, 83, of Dewitt Drive in White River Junction, died Tuesday, April 11, 2006, at Brookside Nursing Home in White River Junction.
Louise M. Clark
Northfield, Vt. -- Louise May Clark, 85, a longtime resident of Barnard, died Tuesday, April 11, 2006, at Mayo Healthcare Facility in Northfield.
Evelyn C. Stevens
White River Junction -- Evelyn Caroline Stevens, 68, died Tuesday, April 11, 2006, at her home.
Friday, April 14
Emily A. Quick
Lebanon -- Emily A. Quick, 91, died yesterday, April 13, 2006, at the Lebanon Center of Genesis ElderCare. Arrangements are pending at Ricker Funeral Home in Lebanon.
William Sloane Coffin
Strafford -- The Rev. William Sloane Coffin, 81, died Wednesday, April 12, 2006, at his home in Strafford. Arrangements are pending with Boardway & Cilley Funeral Home in Chelsea.
Albert E. Kennedy
Berlin, Vt. -- Albert E. Kennedy, 79, a former resident of Chelsea, died yesterday, April 13, 2006, at Woodbridge Nursing Home in Berlin, Vt. Arrangements are pending with Boardway & Cilley Funeral Home in Chelsea.
Marlene Mae Perkins
Norwich -- Marlene Mae Perkins, 68, a longtime resident of Norwich, died suddenly Tuesday, April 11, 2006, in Norwich.
Dorothy Y. Sturtevant
Lebanon -- Dorothy Y. “Daisy” Sturtevant, 99, of LaPlante Road in Lebanon, died yesterday, April 13, 2006, in Lebanon.
Phyllis S. Brown
Bradford, Vt. -- Phyllis S. Brown, 65, died Wednesday, April 12, 2006, at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center.
Elizabeth D. Procter
Lebanon -- Elizabeth Doton Procter, 87, died Tuesday, April 11, 2006, at her home in Lebanon.
Elizabeth L. LaFrance
Randolph Center -- Elizabeth L. LaFrance, 92, of Randolph Center, died Wednesday, April 12, 2006, at Gifford Medical Center in Randolph.
Obituary Index Archive
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