Gosselin – Canaan, NH History

From the September 16 and 23, 2002 issue of The Country Chronicle

Enfield, NH–Jane I. Gosselin, 75, a lifetime resident of Enfield, NH, died Thursday September 12, 2002 at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH. She was born on August 7, 1927 in Claremont, NH; the daughter of the late Everett and Ida (Evans) Ibey. She married Daniel A. Gosselin in 1948 and has been widowed since his death in 1976.

Jane attended Enfield schools and graduated in 1945. Following graduation, she started her career as business administrator at the Baltic Woolen Mills in Enfield, moving from there to Sevigny Lumber Co. in Lebanon, where she was employed from 1952-1957. In 1959 she went to work for the Village Precinct of Hanover, serving as office manager for the Town of Hanover until her retirement in 1989.

Jane enjoyed reading, cooking, travel and political affairs. She was an active supporter of her church and a contributor in her community. She served on the Enfield Planning Board and filled terms as both member and chairman of the Budget Committee and as Village Precinct Clerk and Treasurer. Jane was a generous, kind and giving person who was loved by her many friends and relatives.

She was preceded in death by her three brothers: James E. Ibey, Francis R. Ibey and Ernest T. Ibey; and by her sister, Dorothy Stewart.

She is survived by one daughter, Susan J. Gosselin of Enfield and her fiance, Robert Bresset of Enfield and by more than 25 nieces and nephews.

There were no calling hours. A Memorial Mass will be celebrated on Wednesday Sept. 18th at 11:00 am at the St. Helena Church in Enfield. Burial will follow in the Oak Grove Cemetery in Enfield, NH.

Ricker Funeral Home and Crematory of Lebanon and Enfield is in charge of arrangements.

from the July 21, 1993 issue of The Country Chronicle

Gloria H. Green, 72, died July 12, 1993 at the home of her daughter in West Roxbury, MA. She was a Graduate of Enfield High School and the Worchester City Hospital School of Nursing. She served in the US Army Nursing Corps in the South Pacific during WW II at the 303^rd General Hospital. She had been an OBS Registered Nurse at the Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital in Lebanon for 46 years. On June 20, of this year the Hospital Dedicated the Family Room of the Birthing Center in her name. She had been a resident of Enfield most of her life.

A Memorial Service was conducted Saturday, July 17^th promptly at 9 AM in the Mary Keane Chapel at Lower Shaker Village in Enfield, NH.

Burial followed in the Lakeview Cemetery.

Memorial contributions may be made in her memory to: Greyhound Friends, Inc., 167 saddle Hill Road, Hopkinton, MA 01748; or: The Women of Military Service for American Memorial Foundation, C/O Veterans Administration Medical & Regional Office Center, White River Jct., VT 05501.

Survivors include: Daughter, Georgia Green, West Roxbury, MA 02132; Sisters: Pauline Fritts, Budd Lake, NJ: Theresa Taylor, Westmoreland, NH; Janet Guerette, Weare, NH; Priscilla Eastman, Plainfield, NH; Nieces and Nephews; Jennifer, Close Companion.

Preceded in death by: Father, Ernest I. Gosselin; Mother, Marion Audette; Brother, Daniel Gosselin.