4/29/06 through 5/5/06
Obituaries
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Saturday, April 29
Mary E. Smith
Concord, Calif. -- Mary Elizabeth Smith, 87, formerly of Lebanon, died Monday, April 24, 2006, at GLCS Care Home in Concord, where she had lived for the past 12 years.
Carol Kopczynski
Canaan -- Carol Kopczynski, 56, a longtime area resident, died Wednesday, April 26, 2006, at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center.
Lois F. Cross
Springfield, Vt.-- Lois F. Cross, 93, died Thursday, April 27, 2006, at Springfield Health & Rehabilitation Center, following a lengthy illness.
Brian D. Allison
Lynnfield, Mass. -- Brian D. Allison, 78, died Thursday, April 27, 2006, at Salem Hospital in Salem, Mass.
Abel R. DuPlessis Jr.
Wentworth, N.H. -- Abel Richard DuPlessis Jr., 74, died Monday, April 24, 2006, at his home, after a long illness.
Sunday, April 30
Edgar F. Brodeur
Penacook, N.H. --Edgar F. Brodeur, 82, died Thursday, April 27, 2006, at Concord Hospital.
Margaret J. Paradis
Concord --Margaret Jane Paradis, 98, died Wednesday, April 26, 2006, at the New Hampshire Odd Fellows Home (Presidential Oaks) in Concord.
Jane Holmes
New London --Jane (Davis) Holmes, 77, died Sunday, April 23, 2006, at New London Hospital.
Monday, May 1
John M. Pierce
Pomfret --John Marshall Pierce, 68, died peacefully in his sleep on Saturday, April 29, 2006, at Genesis Nursing Home in Lebanon.
Royal Jay Bartrum Jr.
East Montpelier -- Dr. Royal Jay Bartrum Jr. died Friday, April 28, 2006, at his home in East Montpelier, after living gracefully with prostate cancer for five years.
Marietta Regent
Northfield, N.H. --Marietta Regent, 91, of Taylor Home Drive, Laconia, formerly of Bay St., Northfield, died at Hospice House in Northfield on Friday, April 28, 2006.
Tuesday, May 2
Nicholas N. Baumann
Orford -- Nicholas N. Baumann, 8, died Sunday, April 30, 2006, at his home in Orford.
Augusta A. Comstock
Plainfield -- Augusta Arnold Comstock, 90, died Friday, April 28, 2006, at her son's home in Plainfield.
Alexander Y. Monteith
Hardwick, Vt. -- Alexander Y. Monteith, 57, died suddenly April 24, 2006, following a short illness.
Avis H. Smith
White River Junction -- Avis H. Smith, 86, died yesterday, May 1, 2006, at Brookside Nursing Home, after a long illness.
Howard E. Thurston
White River Junction -- Howard Earl Thurston, 89, died Friday, April 28, 2006, at his home in White River Junction.
George P. Stowell
Thetford -- George P. Stowell, 95, of Thetford, died Saturday, April 29, 2006, at Hanover Terrace Healthcare in Hanover.
M. Daniel Daudon
Hanover -- M. Daniel Daudon, 79, a resident at Kendal at Hanover since 1999, died Friday, April 28, 2006, of lung cancer at the Kendal Health Center.
Wednesday, May 3
Lilla R. Burnell
White River Junction -- Lilla R. Burnell, 89, a former resident of East Randolph, died yesterday, May 2, 2006, at Brookside Nursing Home in White River Junction.
Walter M. Hay III
Berlin, Vt. -- Walter M. “Chuck” Hay III, 60, died yesterday, May 2, 2006, at Central Vermont Hospital.
Dorris B. Aprilliano
Bethel -- Dorris B. Aprilliano, 80, of Bethel, died yesterday, May 2, 2006, at Gifford Medical Center in Randolph.
Irene L. Doyle
St. Johnsbury, Vt. -- Irene L. Doyle, 87, a former longtime resident of West Fairlee, died Monday, May 1, 2006, at Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital in St. Johnsbury.
Michael C. Madigan
Virginia Beach, Va. -- Michael Charles Madigan, 53, a former resident of Orford, died Friday, April 28, 2006, in Sentara Leigh Hospital in Norfolk, Va., after a brief illness.
L. Bernice Johnson
North Haverhill -- Lois Bernice Johnson, 86, died Sunday, April 30, 2006, at Cottage Hospital in Woodsville.
David W. Taylor
Weathersfield -- David Whitfield Taylor, 56, of Weathersfield, died April 26, 2006, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Mo.
Thursday, May 4
Fleet S. Fairbanks
Westmoreland, N.H. -- Fleet S. Fairbanks, 54, who died April 10, 2006, was the son of Ann W. Penland of Walpole, N.H., and the late Raymond W. Fairbanks of Nashua, N.H.
Beverly J. Ashey
Lebanon -- Beverly Joan Ashey, 67, of Lebanon, died Tuesday, May 2, 2006, at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center.
Lilla R. Burnell
White River Junction -- Lilla R. Burnell, 89, died Tuesday, May 2, 2006, at Brookside Nursing Home in White River Junction.
Mildred C. Gross
White River Junction -- Mildred C. “Mick” Gross, 84, of White River Junction, died yesterday, May 3, 2006, at St. Johnsbury Health and Rehabilitation Center.
Lawrence J. Kangas
Quechee -- Lawrence J. Kangas, 78, died yesterday, May 3, 2006, at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, after a brief illness.
Robert M. Reininger
Hanover -- Robert Montgomery Reininger, 90, died Wednesday, April 26, 2006, after a short illness.
Friday, May 5
Juli Nunlist
Lebanon -- Juli Elizabeth (Moora) Nunlist, 89, of Lebanon, died Wednesday, May 3, 2006, at Alice Peck Day Extended Care Facility in Lebanon, following a brief illness.
Harold Finkbeiner
Canaan -- The Rev. Harold “Hal” Finkbeiner, 74, died Wednesday, May 3, 2006, at Hanover Terrace Health Care in Hanover.
Leslie Thresher
Roxbury, Vt. -- Leslie Thresher, 70, died yesterday, May 4, 2006, at his home in Roxbury. Arrangements are pending at Day Funeral Home in Randolph.
Obituary Index Archive
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