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Philip Arnold Gerrish
Mar 25, 2024
Philip Arnold Gerrish It's with great sadness to share the loss of Philip Gerrish (86 years) on March 25, 2024, after a brief illness. Philip was born July 27, 1937. A lifelong resident of Lebanon, Maine, he spent his life living with and conquering Spina bifida with stoic endurance. Philip worked as a leather cutter at Prime Tanning Company in...
Skip Kendall
Mar 16, 2024
Skip Kendall, 85, of Durham, New Hampshire, passed away on March 16, 2024, surrounded by family. He was born to Kennett and Mary Kendall on March 31,1938 in Rochester, NH. Skip graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy in 1957 and received a BA from Dartmouth College in 1961. After finishing his education, Skip joined his family business, Kendall Insurance, in Rochester,...
Arthur J. Larochelle
Mar 15, 2024
Arthur J LaRochelle, a beloved 94 year-old husband, father, grandfather, passed away peacefully on March 15, 2024 at home surrounding by his loving family. Arthur J LaRochelle lived a life filled with love, laughter, and unwavering devotion to family. He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Priscilla Jane (Stevenson), his son Gary LaRochelle and his wife Teri, his...
Carol Pratt
Mar 14, 2024
Carol Pratt Formerly Farmington, NH - Carol Pratt (Cookie to her friends), 79, formerly of Farmington, NH passed peacefully at Portsmouth Regional Hospital surrounded by family on Thursday, March 14, 2024. Born December 21, 1944, at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, ME, she is the daughter of the late Charles E. and Olive (Forbes) Hamel. Cookie is a Dover High School...
Denise Ames
Mar 14, 2024
Waterville, ME - Denise Ames, cherished wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and friend, passed away peacefully on March 14, 2024, surrounded by her loving family at her home in Rochester, NH. She was 68 years old. Born and raised in Waterville, Maine, Denise was the oldest daughter of the late David and Doris (Phelps) Harris, and sister to David (Celeste) Harris,...
John J Mulcahy
Mar 14, 2024
John J. Mulcahy, age 77, born July 29, 1946 in Lawrence, Ma., passed March 14, 2024, peacefully.  Deanna, his beloved wife of 55 yrs., checked on John @ 7:30 am & found him unresponsive, Rochester, N.H.John went to Catholic school in N.J., after completing, he moved home.  His first job was, as he said to me, a soda jerk.  Secondly...
William "Bill" Stanley
Mar 10, 2024
William (Bill) Stanley, beloved husband, father, Papa, and friend passed away surrounded by his family on March 10th, 2024 at the age of 62. He leaves a legacy of love, kindness, and unwavering dedication to his family, friends, and community. Born on October 20th, 1961, in Savannah, GA, Bill grew up in a loving home with his parents, Carl and...
Joseph "Joe" Russell
Mar 8, 2024
"Joseph russell passed away unexpectedly March 8,2024. Joseph Russell was born January 9,1988 in Haverhill mass. To his surviving mother samantha russell and late father Ronald Russell.he is also survived by his sister Christina Adjutant her husband Michael and Joseph's niece. Along with several other family members.He had a smile that would light up the world, had a big heart,...
Evelyn B. O'Neil
Mar 6, 2024
Evelyn (Evie) B. O'Neil, 83, died Wed. Mar. 6, 2024 in Rochester. She was born in Lynn, MA. Apr. 6, 1940 the daughter of Dominic and Ruth (Berry) Cennami. She Married Francis O'Neil in 1958 and spent the next 21 years of his US Air Force career by his side as his beloved military spouse. Raising their five children, they...
Salvatore A Farina
Feb 28, 2024
Salvatore Farina-On February 28th, 2024, Salvatore Farina, of Dover, NH passed away peacefully in his sleep at the Edgewood Nursing Home in Portsmouth, NH. He was born in Boston, MA on January 11, 1926. He enlisted in the Navy during World War II and served as a Corpsman in the Philippines. Afterwards he attended Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and started...
Donald W Morrill
Feb 27, 2024
Acton Me-Donald W Morrill,91, passed on Tuesday February 27, 2024 at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough Me. Born August 13, 1932 in Brookfield NH to Harry and Phyllis (Grant) Morrill. Donald has lived in Acton for the past 40 years. He worked at Portsmouth Naval Ship yard as a pipefitter. In his spare time, he enjoyed going to...
Ucilla Bickford
Feb 24, 2024
Drucilla (Dru) Roberts Bickford, 98, of Concord, NH, and long time resident of Rochester, NH passed away peacefully on Friday, February 23, 2024. She exemplified old-fashioned family values where the mother possessed the virtues described by Solomon, whose children, and her grandchildren, and her great grandchildren "arise up and call her blessed". Dru was the matriarch of the family, shaped...
Thomas Irwin Mann
Feb 24, 2024
Thomas Irwin Mann, whose name sparks memories of generosity and faith,passed peacefully in his sleep on the morning of February 24th, 2024. He is survived byhis loving wife of 68 years, Constance Mann, his three children, Deborah Abel, StevenMann, and David Mann, and his brother Robert Mann. He also leaves behind sevenbeloved grandchildren: Kyle Abel, Christa Roy, Kelsey Abel, Heather...
Gloria Ann Jewell
Feb 21, 2024
Gloria Ann (Thomas) Jewell of Day Lilly Lane in Rochester died February 21, 2024 at Frisbie Memorial Hospital. Born May 16, 1938 in Rochester NH to Carlton and Marjorie (Parker) Thomas. Gloria Grew up in East Rochester. She married her husband Robert H. Jewell June 15, 1956 in Northwood NH. She enjoyed crafting, quilting, family genealogy and most of all...
Laurie King
Feb 20, 2024
It is with great sadness that our beloved Laurie Ann "Bernier" King, a resident of Newington, New Hampshire passed away surrounded by family and friends on Tuesday, February 20, 2024, at the age of 62. She was born on August 5, 1961, in Exeter, New Hampshire, to the late Arthur "Sonny" Bernier and Irma Bernier. Â She was the eldest of...
James "Jim" M Deyo
Feb 17, 2024
James M. Deyo,72, of Rochester, NH died February 17, 2024 peacefully at home. Born December 1,1951 in Brattleboro VT to Harold and Vera (Maynard) Deyo Jim has lived in Rochester for the past 3 years after moving from his hometown of Brattleboro to be closer to his children and grandchildren. In Vermont he spent his career working at lumber yards,...
John F. Lavertue
Feb 13, 2024
John F. Lavertue, recently of Riverside Nursing Home, Dover, NH where he received excellent care, passed away peacefully Tuesday February 13, 2024. Born June 28, 1938, to Frances Lavertue (Wilson) and John Lavertue in Union, NH. He resided most of his life in Rochester, NH. Started working at a young age for Ken Laskey (Laskey's Garage) learning mechanics. In his...
Harold L Jacobs
Feb 9, 2024
Harold Lloyd Jacobs was born at the family homestead in Rochester NH on June 30, 1935. Â He was the son of Stephen Lloyd Jacobs and Emma Smith Jacobs. Â He passed away peacefully at his home after a brief illness. He graduated from Spaulding High School Class of 1953. Â After High School, he enlisted in the United States Army and was...
Charles W. Lord
Feb 8, 2024
Charles W. Lord Sr of Rochester passed away peacefully at Langdon Place Hospice on Thursday morning, February 8, 2024. Born in Tewksbury Massachusetts, the Son of Ellsworth Lord and Blanche (Margeson) Lord, on January 26, 1933, he was a Communicant of St. Mary's Church of Rochester. He is survived by his 2 Sisters. Arlene Longfellow of Hooksett NH and. Lillian...
Stephen W. Smith
Feb 5, 2024
At age 84 Stephen W. Smith passed away peacefully on February 5, 2024, after years of coronary disease. He was surrounded by his family. Steve was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Alice and Francis Smith and grew up in Plaistow, New Hampshire. He is survived by his wife, Linda Marie Smith, nee Osterman. They married in 1975 and celebrated forty-eight...
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