Danford J. Wensley, 70, of Rochester, NH died on February 4, 2019, at Wentworth-Douglass Hospital in the loving embrace of his family. He was born in Dover, NH on March 21, 1948, to the late Herbert Danford Wensley and Gladys (Farrell) Wensley.
He attended Woodman Park School and graduated from St. Thomas Aquinas High School in 1966. Following his graduation from UNH, he received his Juris Doctor from the Boston University School of Law in 1973 and was admitted to the NH Bar that fall. For one year, he clerked for the NH Superior Court Justices before moving to Rochester in 1974 to practice law at Michael and Wallace, which eventually became Wensley and Jones. He also served as legal counsel for the City of Rochester for 29 years. He was a member of the NH Bar Association, the Charles C. Doe Chapter of the American Inns of Court, and a volunteer mediator for the Superior Courts of Belknap, Carroll, Rockingham and Strafford Counties.
Passionate about community involvement, Dan dedicated himself to the...