Lorraine C Whaley

Rochester, NH- Lorraine C. (Dionne) Whaley passed Saturday Oct. 27, 2018 at Watson Fields in Dover, NH. Lorraine was born in Rochester and attended the local public school system. She was the daughter of the late Beatrice E. (Conley) Dionne and Joseph Alfred Dionne. She was a Navy WWII veteran having served in Naval Intelligence in Washington, DC who was striving to break the Japanese code. She was very proud of the "unit citation" received from the then president, FDR. She was also a member of the Nave National-WWMC, American Legion Post #8, NARF, Rochester Historical Society and a communicant of First Church Congregational, UCC. Under the G.I. Bill she attended Wilfeds' Academy of Cosmetology and worked and lived in Boston for a few years. Returning back home, Lorraine joined the workforce of PNSY; working as a commodity manager in the supply department. Retiring in 1987 she then volunteered at Frisbie Memorial Hospital for the next 20 plus years and retired from there in 2009. Her maternal...