2012 in review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 3,200 views in 2012. If every person who reached the top of Mt. Everest viewed this blog, it would have taken 5 years to get…

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Kathy Wilson

Kathy Duggan Wilson of Intervale, passed away December 22, 2012 after a long battle with lung disease. The wife of AMC Pinkham Senior Cook Dave Wilson. Dave, who has worked for the AMC for nearly 41 years, married Kathy 35 years ago at Pinkham Notch. She is survived by her son Paul, sisters Marie Duggan,…

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John L. Hull

John Hull died December 1, 2012. He worked at Greenleaf in 1937 while at MIT and wrote a memory published in the Resuscitator about the time Teen Dodge came to Greenleaf to nurse the ailing croo. He and his wife Mabel lived in Ivyland, PA.

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James Marston

James Marston, 86, passed peacefully Dec. 1, 2012, at Suncoast Hospice in St. Petersburg. Born in Worcester, Mass., July 3, 1926, and formerly of Satsuma Florida, Jim was predeceased by his loving wife of almost 58 years, Flora (Cameron). He leaves behind three children, Daniel and Pat Marston of Standish, Maine; Candy and Bruce Andrew…

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Chuck Darlington

Charles H. Darlington, 70, of 2 Lane Lane, Ashburnham, died peacefully at home on Wednesday, November 28, 2012. He was born in Cambridge, MA on January 11, 1942, son of the late Horace and Maude Beatrice (Pfalzgraf) Darlington. Charlie was a graduate of Wellesley High School and Paul Smiths College with a degree in forestry.…

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Channing Snyder

Channing Snyder, 59, died 10/30/2012 unexpectedly at his Sweet Clover Farm in Eaton, NH. Channing lived what by all accounts was a uniquely rich life. Born in Miami, Florida in 1952, while his mother was on vacation, he was raised in Denmark (Europe, not Maine) before relocating to Concord, N.H., where he graduated from High…

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Priscilla Houghton

Priscilla “Nissy” Dewey Houghton, 87, of Cohasset, MA died July 6, 2012.  She worked at Pinkham the winter of 1945 and sent us a memory titled “Winter During WWII at Pinkham” which was published in last spring’s Resuscitator. She was a former skier, equestrian, freelance writer, playwright, lyricist, and published poet.

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Dick Humphreys

Richard Crosbie Humphreys, 62, died on May 3, 2012 at his home in St. Francisville, Louisiana. He was recently retired from LSU Facility Management as campus Arborist, a position he loved. Richard worked at Madison Springs Hut in 1967 and on the AMC Trail Crew.  He was a native of Boston, MA. He is survived…

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Lindsey F. Rice

Lindsey F. Rice, 77, of Chester, NH died Friday March 9, 2012 at his home. Mr. Rice was born in Marblehead, MA on August 18, 1934, a son of the late William B. and Elizabeth (Lindsey) Rice. He had resided in Chester for the past 44 years, raised and educated in the Marblehead area. After…

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Peter Tessier

Peter R. Tessier, 45, of Eaton passed away on March 3, 2012. Almost a month prior to his death Pete was diagnosed with Stage 3 pancreatic cancer. He was born in Salem, MA on January 28th, 1967, the son of Robert and Rita Tessier. Throughout the Valley Pete was known for having many different occupations…

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