Obituaries

Feb 24, 2014

Antrim, NH Nina Wood, 92, recently of Antrim, NH, passed away on Monday, February 24, 2014 in Peterborough, NH. Nina was born in Floreffe, PA and lived most of her life in southwestern Pennsylvania where she raised four children with her husband Van B. Wood. Nina and her husband were both WW II veterans. She was a member of the...

Feb 19, 2014

Ruth D. Ewing, 98, co-owner of The Keene Sentinel for nearly four decades, who was deeply involved in community affairs, died Feb. 19, 2014.

A resident of Rivermead in Peterborough for the past decade, she had previously lived in Keene for about 50 years, where she played a key role in transforming Monadnock Family Services into an...

Feb 17, 2014

Antrim, NH Patsy Crowley died peacefully on February 17, 2014 at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in New Hampshire. She spent her last days comforted by her closest, dear and loyal friend, Theresa Brissette Kimball. Patsy lived most of her life in Peterborough, New Hampshire and had many, many friends in the area. She is predeceased by her parents, Cynthia Shea...

Feb 15, 2014

Peter Meldrim Hewitt, formerly of Dublin, a retired banker with the heart of a jazz musician, and a beloved member of every community he joined, died in Peterborough, N.H. on February 15, 2014. Mr. Hewitt was easily recognized anywhere he went, and warmly greeted everywhere. His tall and lean (not to say spindly) figure might have been a textbook image...

Feb 14, 2014

Greenfield, NH Steven C. Robertson, 68 of Greenfield, died at Cheshire Medical Center on February 14, 2014 after a period of failing health. He was born in Peterborough on July 22, 1945, the son of John T. Robertson and Rachel E. (Caughey) Robertson.

Steven lived most of his life in Greenfield. He was very active in 4-H...

Feb 8, 2014

Peterborough, NH Mildred Nailor, of Peterborough, died at Summerhill Assisted Living, on February 8, 2014 after a period of failing health. She was born in Cleveland, OH on February 3, 1926, the daughter of Carl Welcome Richards and Margaret Elizabeth Richards. Mildred moved to Peterborough with her husband, Donald Nailor, in 2011 after living in Palm Beach Gardens, FL...

Feb 4, 2014

SERVICE UPDATE: Services for Bob McQuillen "Mac" will be May 3, 2014. The Memorial Service will be held at ConVal High School in Peterborough, NH at 2:00 PM, followed by a reception at the Monadnock Country Club on High Street in Peterborough from 4:00 -8:00 PM, followed by the Contra Dance at the Peterborough Town Hall at 7:00 PM,...

Jan 30, 2014

Peterborough, NH Kenneth G. Fredericks, 90, of Peterborough, died at Monadnock Community Hospital, on January 30, 2014 after a brief period of failing health. He was born in Brooklyn, NY on April 26, 1923, the son of George Joseph Fredericks and Gladys (Mackenzie) Fredericks. Ken grew up in Springfield MA. He enjoyed golf, tennis and table tennis where he...

Jan 23, 2014

New Ipswich, NH

Jennie Marie Traffie, 96, of New Ipswich, died on January 23, 2014 at Monadnock Community Hospital with her youngest daughter by her side. She was born in Embarrass, MN on April 2, 1917, the daughter of Michael and Anna (Kujala) Pyhala.

Jennie was born and raised in MN. She and her husband...

Jan 22, 2014

Shiromi Aota Medico,81, of Peterborough, died suddenly at Monadnock Community Hospital, on January 22, 2014. She was born in Japan on November 20, 1932, the daughter of Kouichi Aota and Some (Kando) Aota.

She traveled extensively with her Army husband of 48 years, Peter Charles Medico, who predeceased her in 2006. They had tours of duty in:...

Jan 8, 2014

Mildred Russell, 97, of Greenfield, died at Maple Leaf Health Care Center in Manchester on January 8, 2014 after a period of failing health. Mildred was born in Lowell, MA on July 6, l916, the daughter of John Loorom and Annie (Whatmough) Loorom.

Mildred was a resident of Greenfield from the age of four, a member of...

Jan 6, 2014

Greenfield, NH Sheldon Carbee, 91, of Greenfield, died at the Good Shepherd Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Jaffrey, on January 6, 2014 after a period of failing health. Sheldon was born in Boston, MA on June 13, 1922, the son of Roland E. Carbee and Anne Elizabeth (Sheldon) Carbee. Sheldon was raised in Melrose, MA, where he graduated from...

Jan 3, 2014

Bennington, NH

Harvey S. Goodwin, an active member of the Monadnock community, died of pancreatic cancer at home with his family by his side on Friday, January 3, 2014. He was 64 years old. Harvey was a Peterborough native born on April 21, 1949, the youngest of ten children to Annette F. (Paine) and Harvey H. Goodwin....

Jan 3, 2014

Marie "Cecile" Jennings, 84, of Peterborough and previously of Surry, died peacefully on January 3, 2014 at Summer Hill Assisted Living. She was born in Greenboro Bend, VT on August 29, 1929, the daughter of Leonce Cyr and Rhoda (Rabida) Cyr.

Cecile was a longtime volunteer of Hospice, the F.A.C.T.S. program of Thorne Gallery, and Westwood Healthcare...

Jan 1, 2014

Jaffrey, NH

Alvin H. LaPlante, 82, died at Havenwood Heritage in Concord, NH, on January 1, 2014, after a period of failing health. Alvin was born in Winchendon, MA, on October 15, 1931, the son of Theodore LaPlante and Mirion (Stiles) Laplante.

He grew up in Jaffrey, NH and graduated from Conant High School. He...

Jan 1, 2014

Greenfield, NH

James "Jim" Grant, 75, of Greenfield, died at his home on January 1, 2014 after a decade-

long struggle against Alzheimer's disease. Jim was born in Four Mile Brook, Nova Scotia on September 24, 1938, the son of David Grant and Evaline (MacKenzie) Grant.

Jim moved to Connecticut in 1956 where...

Dec 30, 2013

Peterborough, NH

Helen Altman, 80, of Peterborough, NH passed away December 30, 2013. Helen was born in and grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio, where she developed a love for horses at an early age. She worked with the Council on Racial Equality (CORE) to advance desegregation of lunch counters, movie theaters and swimming pools, including the one...

Dec 22, 2013

Rindge, NH

Ruth E. Morris, 96 , of Rindge, died at Pheasant Wood Center, on December 22, 2013 after a period of failing health. Ruth was born in Rindge on November 22, 1917 the daughter of Otto R. Koskela and Marie Elizabeth (Qvist) Koskela.

Ruth lived most of her life in Rindge where she made...

Dec 21, 2013

Peterborough, NH

Pauline Marie Halvonik, 76, of Peterborough, died after a sudden illness at Monadnock Community Hospital on December 21, 2013.

Born in Natrona Heights, PA on September 19, 1937, she was the daughter of Pauline (Cupek) Pavlik and John Pavlik.

Pauline grew up and was schooled in Natrona Heights, PA and moved...

Dec 16, 2013

Peterborough, NH

Willis Osgood Hadley, 64 , of Greenfield, died unexpectedly at his home, on December 26, 2013. Willis was born in Hillsborough on September 17, 1949, the son of Franklin Hadley and June (Summer) Hadley.

Willis lived in Greenfield for 27 years after previously living in Allenstown. He spent much of his time gardening...