Florence Atwood Guthrie

from the February 19, 1997 issue of The Country Chronicle

Lebanon, NH–Florence Atwood Guthrie, 108, died Monday, Feb. 10, 1997 at the Grafton County Nursing Home in North Haverhill, NH. She was born in Lubec, ME June 1, 1888, and was the last surviving of five children born to the late David & Sarah (Lake) Moore. She had been a longtime resident of Lebanon, NH where she attended the First Baptist Church. She loved to cook and was a devoted mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She was the widow of Henry E. Guthrie who died Oct. 29, 1974.

Friends called at the Ricker Funeral Home in Lebanon on Thursday evening from 7-9 p.m. Funeral Services were conducted Friday afternoon at 2 p.m. in the First Baptist Church of Lebanon with the Rev. Dale Edwards officiating. Burial followed in the Valley Cemetery in Lebanon.

Survivors include: his son, Clifford Guthrie of Quechee, VT; a son, Gleason Guthrie of Canaan, NH; a son, Douglas Guthrie of West Canaan, NH; a daughter, Vivian Tinker of West Canaan (formerly Lubec, ME); a daughter, Daisy Sunn of Canaan, NH; a daughter, Jennie Biggs of North Walpole, NH; 28 grandchildren; 31 great-grandchildren; several great-great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews and cousins.

The Ricker Funeral Home of Lebanon was in charge arrangements.