Barbara (Chase) Mock, 78, died on January 9, 2016 at the Concord Hospital. She was born in Concord to the late Irving and Mary (Shugrue) Chase in the summer of 1937 and grew up in the Penacook area and was a 1954 graduate of St. Johns High School in Concord. Barbara worked for the State […]
Gloria H. Blandford passed peacefully on January 5, 2016 at Merrimack County Nursing Home in Boscawen. Gloria was born in Lynn, Massachusetts on February 3, 1938, the daughter of Richard A. and Alice L. (Smith) Hubbs. She was a graduate of Malden High in Massachusetts and attended Vesper George School of Art in Boston. As […]
Barbara Jane Aube, 70, a resident of Andover for over 36 years, died on January 10, 2016 at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon following a short illness. Barbara was born in Chicago on October 24, 1945. Following high school she went on to business college for two years. She was presently employed with the […]
Wenona Michelle Harding Loveless, 56, of 19 Last Road in Andover, died on January 16, 2016 at home. She was born on January 31, 1959 in New London, daughter of the late Wayne G. Harding and Nancy S. von Dreden. “Wendy” was a life-long resident of Andover and graduated from Proctor Academy in 1976. She […]
Don Gross died in a tragic accident at home on January 7. Don was a very important member of our community and touched many of our lives. The Beacon asked everyone to send remembrances or tributes of any length, even as short as a single sentence, for publication in the February issue. Here’s what we […]
Happy New Year from East Andover Village Preschool (EAVP)! We finished the 2015 year with a very busy December. On December 12, we had 34 grandparents attend our Grandparent Day event. With their grandchildren, they enjoyed songs and puppets with Margo Coolidge. She sang some favorites like Puff the Magic Dragon and Frosty the Snowman. […]
Josephine (Griffin) Connors Wood, 94, died on January 14, 2016 at the Merrimack County Nursing Home in Boscawen. She was born in Medford, Massachusetts on February 24, 1921, the daughter of Joseph and Marion (West) Griffin. She lived in Billerica, Massachusetts and worked at the Massachusetts Golf Association in Boston before moving to North Sutton, where […]
Elizabeth “Betty” Slaker Morse, 95, died on January 11, 2016, at The Birches of Concord, where she had been a resident since 2011. Betty was the youngest child of Harrison J. Slaker and Eleanor Kimball Slaker of Scarborough-on-Hudson, New York, where she grew up. She attended the Scarborough School, which was the first K-12 Montessori School […]
Robert N. Bentley, 56, passed quietly at his home after a brief illness. He was born on May 30, 1959 to Norman and Muriel Bentley of Newport. Robert spent over 20 years with the Pizza Chef family of restaurants and, like other family members, enjoyed working for the Souliotis family. Bob enjoyed many activities, from […]
Marjorie B. French, 88, a longtime resident of Franklin, died on November 27, 2015 at Concord Hospital following a period of failing health. Marjorie was born in Tilton on September 21, 1927, the daughter of Charles and Ethel (Burnham) Gilman. She and her husband Frank lived on West Bow Street in Franklin for many years. She assisted her husband […]