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…
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…
Ann Dodge Middleton, 83, died at Huggins Hospital, Wolfeboro, on February 20, 2012. She was born in Boston on November 12,1928, the daughter of Joseph B. Dodge and Kerstin P. Dodge. She was raised in Pinkham Notch, educated in the Gorham schools, and she graduated from Saint Mary’s-in-the-Mountains School (now The White Mountain School) in…
William Lynch “Porky” Curwen, 86, died on Feb 12, 2012 at home in Westwood, MA with his wife of 52 years, Ruth, and his two cats by his side. He was born in 1926 in Cleveland, Ohio, 3rd son of Henry Darcy Curwen and Carrie Lynch Curwen. He was raised in Exeter, New Hampshire, where…
George Hamilton, 88, died at the N.H. Veterans Home in Tilton New Hampshire January 26, 2012. He was born in Philadelphia June 13, 1924, the son of Frank and Katherine (Twombly) Hamilton. As a child he lived and attended elementary school in Marblehead, Mass. He is a graduate of Tilton School in Tilton, class of…
Kendall M. Whiting of Pensacola, FA passed away on December 31, 2011 a few minutes before the start of the New Year. He was born in New Bedford, MA on July 18, 1941 and spent his formative years in Stamford, CT. After graduating from Central Connecticut State College he spent the spring of 1964 working…
Jean Macmillan Bennion, a long-time resident of Hingham, Massachusetts and Whitefield, New Hampshire died November 11, 2011 at White Horse Village in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania after a long illness. Born in Boston in 1929, Jean was the daughter of the late Stuart and Margaret (McCorkle) Macmillan. A 1948 graduate of Hingham High School, she attended…
Elizabeth “Lib” MacGregor Crooker Bates, died tranquilly on October 21, 2011 at her home in Center Sandwich, New Hampshire. In her 92nd year, she was profiled as founder of a group of retired hikers in the book, Over the Hill Hikers, and she won L.L. Bean’s 2011 Outdoor Hero Award. Lib was born in Reading,…
Clark ‘Ringo’ Perry passed away October 6, 2011 at the age of 64, at Memorial Hospital in North Conway. He is survived by his brothers, Steve, Sheldon and Gardiner. Clark grew up in Wayland, Mass., and attended Wayland Public Schools, during which time he was a frequent visitor to the North Country. He skied at…
Huntington Woodman Curtis spent his 90th and final summer on Bailey Island, Maine eating a bit of everything that swam, crawled or lived in the sand and mud of Casco Bay. The son of Pierson and Dr. Winifred Curtis, MD, of Stony Brook, New York, he learned to navigate by the stars with a sextant,…