All Obituaries

Lyme, NH-Donna Lee Robinson, 84, of Orford Road died Friday, August 9, 2019 at the Jack Byrne Center in Lebanon, NH.   She was born June 3, 1935 in Massillon, Ohio the daughter of Samuel T. Morris and Helen (Kaylor) Morris. The family moved often as her Dad was an engineer working on highways and dams. She attended schools in Worcester, MA and was a graduate of Keene State College in Keene, NH.   In 1958 she married William Edgar Green III and they had five children. Besides...

Corinth, VT-Virginia “Ginny” Hutchinson, 58, of Pike Hill Road died Saturday, August 10, 2019 at Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston, MA. She was born October 26, 1960 in Hanover, NH the daughter of Clifford Comstock and Edith (Hodge) Comstock. She attended grade school in Corinth and high school at Thetford Academy. She was employed at Billings Dairy in Norwich, VT and was self-employed as a home healthcare aide. In later years she was a department manager at Walmart...

North Thetford, VT-Sally Sweet-Jenks, 74, of School House Hill Road died Tuesday, July 23, 2019 at her home. She was born December 24, 1944 in Lyme, NH the daughter of Kenneth Bragg and Alice Lamontagne. She was a 1963 graduate of Thetford Academy. After graduation, she married Rodney Sweet who died in 2007. Mrs. Sweet-Jenks loved children and took care of many neighborhood kids. She enjoyed reading, traveling, genealogy, music and playing the piano. In April of 2009 she married Robert...

New London, NH-Joanne Fontaine, 76, of Pleasant Street died Friday, August 16, 2019 at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH. She was born April 29, 1943 in Barre, VT the daughter of Maurice Fontaine and Phyllis Fontaine Dow. At an early age the family moved to Corinth, VT where she attended Cookeville Grade School. Mrs. Fontaine was a 1960 graduate of Bradford (VT) Academy, and later attended Champlain Business School in Burlington, VT. On October 12, 1961 she married Richard...

Orford, NH-Mary Jane Taylor, 71, of Quintown Road died Monday, August 5, 2019 at her home. She was born June 12, 1948 in Orford, NH the daughter of Ralph Marsh and Gladys Cutler. She attended Orford schools and was a graduate of Orford High School. After her schooling she moved to Manchester, NH. She returned to Orford and on October 2, 1970 married Ronald Taylor who survives. Mrs. Taylor worked for many years at Channel Mills in Bradford, VT. She was also the longtime bookkeeper for...

Piermont, NH-Freeman Ellis Robie, 94, of Rte. 10 died August 7, 2019 at the home farm in Piermont where he was born, had farmed with his wife, Winona and raised their family of four sons, Terry, Lyman (Lee), Timothy and Todd. He was born January 13, 1925 to Lyman Edward Robie and Gwendolene Diana (Shumway) Robie. He attended Piermont schools and was a graduate of Bradford Academy in Bradford, VT. Mr. Robie married Winona Joyce Emerson on June 30, 1945 and they celebrated 71 years together....

Newbury, VT-Joan Bennett, 86, of Tucker Mountain Road died Friday, July 12, 2019 at her home. She was born September 17, 1932 in Burlington, VT the daughter of George E. Osborne and M. Bertha Alden. She attended Springfield, VT schools, and later married J. Howard Bennett on May 15, 1954. Mr. Bennett died on January 20, 2006. Mr. and Mrs. Bennett built a home in Putney, VT where Mrs. Bennett operated a cake baking business from her home. Survivors include three daughters, Lesa Smith of...

Newbury, VT-Laura Louise Kendall, 77, of Swamp Road died Wednesday, June 19, 2019 at the Central Vermont Medical Center in Berlin, VT. She was born July 20, 1941 in Williamstown, VT the daughter of Walter Earl Paton and Louise Hood. On February 6, 1958 she married Justin Thurston Sr. who died in 1998. She worked as a newspaper delivery route driver for many years. Mrs. Kendall had many interests including square dancing, reading, fishing, gardening and baking donuts with her grandchildren....

In the early morning hours of June 16th Nettie DeGoosh Ackerman slipped gently into the next world. She had been bid good-bye and celebrated by friends, by all of her children and grandchildren and her beloved husband, and she was at peace. Nettie was born in Hanover, NH to Howard and Nettie (Pushee) DeGoosh on May 19, 1935. She grew up on the family farm on Pinnacle Hill Road in Lyme, NH, the 10th of 13 wonderful children who knew well the hardships of the Depression. In her younger years...

Cynthia Lu Stever Maurice of 259 Plateau Acres, Bradford, VT, died unexpectedly and peacefully,  at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center on June 3rd, surrounded by her family. She was born December 20, 1958, to Bruce and Martina Day Stever. She attended Bradford Schools, graduating from Oxbow High School in 1976. Following graduation, she went to the Thompson School of Nursing in Brattleboro. She began her nursing career at Cottage Hospital in Woodsville,NH, and spent 10 years there. In...