Graveside Service to be Held for Wilfred J. Durgin, Sr.
A graveside service for Wilfred J. Durgin, Sr., 86, who died on January 11, 2023, will be held on Saturday, April 29, 2023 at 1 PM in Lakeside Cemetery, East Andover.
Memorial Service for Charlotte Clark – May 21, 2023
A memorial service for Charlotte Clark, 98, who died on October 8, 2022, will be held on Sunday, May 21, 2023, at 2 PM at the Proctor Cemetery on Main Street in Andover.
Graveside Service for Anne M. (Thibeault) Haley
A graveside service for Anne M. (Thibeault) Haley, 88, who died on February 9, 2023, will be held on Saturday, May 6, 2023 at 11 AM in Lake View Cemetery, East Andover.
Marion Lindsey Butson Allen – March 25, 2023
Marion Lindsey Butson Allen, 85, longtime Wilmot resident died of congestive heart failure on March 25, 2023 at Peabody Place in Franklin. She was born Marion Louise Butson in Haverhill, on July 20, 1937, to the late Vena Hatch and Perley Butson. Marion attended Woodsville High School and earned a Bachelor of Science in Zoology […]
Ervin Reino Nelson, Jr. – April 2, 2023
Ervin Reino Nelson, Jr., passed away on Sunday, April 2, 2023, after a stoic and lengthy battle with Lewy Body Dementia. Ervin was born December 22, 1944, in New London, New Hampshire, the son of Ervin R. Nelson, Sr. and Lana (Harreck) Nelson. He spent his formative years in Andover, and graduated from Proctor Academy […]
Bruce E. Marcotte – March 23, 2023
Bruce E. Marcotte, formerly of Claremont, died March 11, 2023, after a long battle with COPD. He leaves behind four brothers: Robert F. Marcotte II of Phoenix, Arizona; Dennis Marcotte and his wife Dianne of Leesburg, Florida; John Marcotte and his wife Joan of Auburn, New Hampshire; and Paul Marcotte of Walpole. Bruce had two […]
Andover Resident Shares Family’s Immigration Story
Donna Blinn is a family history researcher
By Donna Baker-Hartwell
In response to the Andover Beacon’s solicitation for immigration stories, Donna Hague Blinn of Flaghole Road reached out to offer her family’s history. She is a second-generation immigrant. We sat in her cozy sunny kitchen one afternoon as she retold the following story. Three of her grandparents immigrated to the United States. Her paternal grandparents, […]
Adrianne M (Gray) Lauridsen
Adrianne M. (Gray) Lauridsen died on March 16, 2023. She was born in Pepperell, Massachusetts on July 29,1925, the daughter of Harold F. and Mary A. (Scharff) Gray. She graduated from Milford, Connecticut High School in 1943, Booth and Bayliss Secretarial School in Bridgeport, Connecticut in 1945 and came to New London in that year. […]
Cecile (Dufresne) Dyke – March 9, 2023
Cecile (Dufresne) Dyke, born January 29, 1948 in Hardwick, Vermont, died peacefully at her home in Morgantown, West Virginia on Thursday, March 9, 2023 from complications due to Multiple Sclerosis. She had fought a hard decades-long battle with the illness, bravely facing each new challenge that the disease presented. Cecile was predeceased by her husband […]
Jonathan M Heard, March 5, 2023
Jonathan Marston Heard of Sandwich, New Hampshire, passed away peacefully on Sunday, March 5, 2023 from complications related to long term illnesses he had battled courageously for years. Born on March 26, 1956 in Cambridge Massachusetts, son of Arthur and Patricia Heard (Gather). Jon grew up in Lexington Massachusetts. He attended Bement School, Deerfield, Massachusetts, […]