from the May 31, 1995 issue of The Country Chronicle
Lebanon, NH–Bertha Almira Pellerin, 89, died Friday, May 26, 1995 at the Alice Peck Day Extended Care Facility in Lebanon, NH where she had been a resident for the last five years.
She was born in Franklin, NH May 29, 1905, the daughter of Lewis & Ethel A. (Clark) Pellerin. She graduated from Enfield High School in 1925 and from Keene Normal School in 1929 with a Bachelors Degree in Home Economics. She taught in Chester, VT and Newmarket, NH, and spent 40 years teaching in Franklin, NH retiring in 1970. She moved to Lebanon in 1979 and had resided at the home of Elsie Smith in Canaan, NH from 1983-1990.
She was a member of the NH Retired Teacher’s Association, AARP, a former member of the Franklin Baptist Church and the Polly Annas, and she was also Superintendent of Sunday Schools.
A funeral service was conducted Tuesday morning, May 30 at 10 a.m. in the Ricker Funeral Home in Lebanon with the Rev. Dale Edwards officiating. Graveside services were held at 2 p.m. in the Franklin Cemetery in Franklin, NH. Memorial contributions in memory of Bertha may be made to the Alice Peck Day Extended Care Facility, 125 Mascoma St., Lebanon, NH 03766.
Survivors include: a niece, Mary Ann Pellerin of Mitcheville, MD; a nephew, John Pellerin of Claremont; a longtime companion, Elsie Smith of Canaan; grand-nieces and nephews and great-grand-nieces and nephews and cousins.