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Ronald John Bell

Ronald John Bell

Aug 21, 2024

Ronald (Ronnie) John Bell, 68, a resident of Winchester, passed away peacefully while resting on Wednesday, August 21, 2024, while under care at Cheshire Medical Center in Keene. He was born a son to Rachel R. (Russell) and the late John C. Bell on December 8, 1955, in Keene, NH. He was educated locally at Thayer High School in Winchester....

Barbara Jean White

Barbara Jean White

Aug 20, 2024

Barbara Jean (Pickering) White, 78, passed away on Tuesday, August 20, 2024, surrounded by her family at the Cheshire Medical Center in Keene. She was born to the late Marjorie (Jennison) and Jesse Pickering on May 27, 1946, in Bellows Falls, VT. She graduated from Walpole High School, class of 1964. Barbara also attended college at Champlain College and Plymouth...

Martin C Rocheleau

Martin C Rocheleau

Aug 12, 2024

Martin Charles Rocheleau, 90, of Fitzwilliam, passed peacefully surrounded by the love of his family after a brief period of declining health at Cheshire Medical Center in Keene on Monday, August 12, 2024. Martin was born a son to the late Mildred (Boucher) and Emile Vernal Rocheleau Sr. on February 26, 1934. He was educated locally at Troy High School...

Dianne M Baxter

Dianne M Baxter

Aug 11, 2024

Dianne Marilyn (Johnson) Baxter passed away at Maplewood Nursing Home in Westmoreland on August 11, 2024, following a brief period of declining health. She was born on August 14, 1931, in Providence, RI, the youngest child and only daughter born to Earl S. Johnson and Bessie L. (Peckham) Johnson. She was educated in the Providence, RI public schools and then...

David Robert Gay

David Robert Gay

Aug 9, 2024

David Robert Gay, 68, a resident of Winchester, passed away peacefully after a brief period of declining health on Friday, August 9, 2024, with the love of family by his side at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon. He was born a son to the late Anita B. (Cross) and Robert E. Gay on August 16, 1955, in Turners Falls,...

Marilyn Kathryn (Nitchie) Lehane

Marilyn Kathryn (Nitchie) Lehane

Aug 2, 2024

Marilyn Kathryn (Nitchie) Lehane, 90, of Swanzey, NH died on August 2nd, 2024, at the Jack Byrne Center, Lebanon NH. She died of an infection brought on by injuries and subsequent surgeries required after an unfortunate fall in her home. She was born a daughter to Mary (Decolati) and Clifford Walter Nitchie, both now deceased, on April 20, 1934, in...

Ruth A. (Ann) Hall

Ruth A. (Ann) Hall

Jul 30, 2024

Ruth A. "Ann" (Bova) Hall, 82, of Keene, passed away surrounded by the love of her family at Cheshire Medical Center on Tuesday, July 30, 2024. She was born a daughter to the late Nila (Montgomery) and Anthony Bova on April 30, 1942 in St Louis, MO. Ruth attended Pacific High School in Pacific, Missouri. Ruth exchanged vows with the...

Barbara Anne Rettberg

Barbara Anne Rettberg

Jul 30, 2024

Barbara Anne (Blanchard) Rettberg, 71, of Keene and formerly of Hinsdale and of Alaska, died on Tuesday, July 30, 2024 at the Alpine Healthcare Center in Keene. She passed peacefully with the love of family near. Barbara was born the daughter of the late Marjorie (Turner) and James Blanchard on November 4, 1952 in Keene, NH. She was educated locally...

David William Spiess

David William Spiess

Jul 29, 2024

David William Spiess, 71, of Keene, passed peacefully surrounded by the love of his family on Monday, July 29, 2024 at Cheshire Medical Center in Keene. He was born a son to Barbara (Brayman) Spiess and the late Donald Secord on March 7, 1953 in Keene. At the age of two, he was adopted by his late stepfather Emile Spiess...

Richard Carleton Rowe

Richard Carleton Rowe

Jul 28, 2024

Richard Carleton Rowe, 92, of Sullivan, died peacefully on Sunday, July 28, 2024 in the arms of his beloved family. Dick was born in Marlborough, Massachusetts to Henry C. and Fern (Hill) Rowe, growing up in a boisterous, loving household with his two sisters, Elaine and Fern (Teenie) and two brothers, Walter and Donald (Scotty). Dick was predeceased by his...

Nancy Anne Willett

Nancy Anne Willett

Jul 23, 2024

Nancy Anne (Starkey) Willett, 75, a resident of Keene, passed away in the familiar surroundings of her home on Tuesday, July 23, 2024. Nancy was born a daughter to Madolyn Alexina (Lewis) and Roger Milan Starkey on November 3, 1948, in Keene, NH. Nancy was educated locally at the Monadnock Regional High School. Nancy enjoyed crafting, sewing and spending time...

Helene Galarneau Sirois

Helene Galarneau Sirois

Jul 17, 2024

Helene (Galarneau) Sirois, 93, of Richmond, NH and formerly of The Villages FL, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by the love of her family on Wednesday, July 17, 2024. She was born a daughter to Malvina (Lavoie) and Lucien Noel Galarneau on October 18, 1930 in Lawrence, MA. Helene attended Saint Joseph’s School in Lawrence, graduating in 1948. Helene...

Dale J. Allis

Dale J. Allis

Jul 17, 2024

Dale (Hillenbrand) Allis, 73, of Conway, passed away peacefully with her loving Husband by her side on Wednesday, July 17, 2024. She was born a daughter to the late Marie (Fagnant) and Carl Hillenbrand on November 19, 1950 in Holyoke MA. She attended Frontier Regional High School in S. Deerfield, class of 1968. On October 10, 1970 Dale exchanged vows...

Parker Raymond Own

Parker Raymond Own

Jul 3, 2024

Parker Raymond Drown, 71, of Swanzey, passed away quietly and unexpectedly surrounded by the love of his family on Wednesday, July 3, 2024, at the Cheshire Medical Center in Keene. He was born a son to the late Kathryn (Andrews) and George Drown, on November 8, 1952, in Berlin, NH. He was educated at Merrimack County High School in Penacook,...

Sean Collins

Sean Collins

Jul 2, 2024

Sean Patrick Collins, 32, of Hinsdale passed away peacefully at his home on Tuesday, July 2, 2024. Sean was born in Brattleboro, VT on May 10, 1992 to Jill Collins and the late William Collins. He graduated from Hinsdale High School the class of 2010. Sean enjoyed history and loved to talk about the Civil War, World War I, and...

Howard Thomas Jameson

Howard Thomas Jameson

Jun 18, 2024

Howard Thomas Jameson, 93, of Keene, passed away peacefully while resting on Tuesday, June 18, 2024, while under the care of Spring Village at Summerhill in Peterborough, NH. He was born to the late Marion A. (Thomas) and George H. Jameson, on December 14, 1930, in Manchester, VT. He was educated at Granville High School in Granville, New York. When...

Erin Moore

Erin Moore

Jun 16, 2024

Keene---Erin C. Moore, 43, of Roxbury Street, died on Sunday, June 16, 2024 at her home. Erin was born on May 23, 1981 in Baltimore, MD to Ronald Moore and Cheryl (Cook) Mumey. Erin was a Graduate of Arlington Baptist High School in Randallstown, Maryland class of 1999. And Pennsylvania Culinary School in Pittsburgh. Erin worked as a chef and...

Jean Carey

Jean Carey

Jun 13, 2024

Jean L. (Waldo) Carey, 82, of Keene, passed away Thursday, June 13, 2024, at Cheshire Medical Center after a period of failing health. She was born June 21,1941 in Hanover, NH to the late Dorothy (Morrill) Waldo and Seaver Waldo. She moved to Keene, NH from Barre, VT when she was six and she spent the rest of her life...

Gertrude Ridley

Gertrude Ridley

Jun 13, 2024

Gertrude "Trudy" M. Ridley of Swanzey, NH passed away on June 13, 2024 surrounded by her family. Trudy was born on June 28, 1935 in Winchester, NH to Edith and Earl Tatro. She was married to Edwin Ridley Jr. at the South Church in Winchester surrounded by friends and family on October 14, 1956. They were happily married for 67...

Gary Dunham

Gary Dunham

Jun 12, 2024

Gary Edward Carter Dunham, 65, of Keene, passed peacefully surrounded by the love of his family on Wednesday, June 12, 2024 at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon. He was born a son to the late Barbara (Chaffee) and Edward Valmore Dunham on March 7, 1959 in Keene. He was educated locally at Monadnock Regional High School, class of 1977....

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