Author: Canaan Town Library

George Howard Burton Jr.

from the August 16, 1995 issue of The Country Chronicle

Canaan, NH–George Howard Burton Jr., 69, died at his home Thursday, August 10, 1995 following a long illness.  He was born in Pine Plains, NY Feb. 23, 1926, the son of the late George H. & Elna Mary (Roberts) Burton Sr.  He attended schools in Hawley, PA and was a U.S. Navy Veteran of WWII.  He had lived in the Lebanon/Canaan area since 1971 and had been employed as a brick mason and later worked at Split Ballbearing for 11 years.  Following his retirement from Split Ballbearing, he worked in maintenance at the Cardigan Mountain School in Canaan.

He loved tending to his garden, and fishing with his wife, the former Jeanne (Fournier) Spencer whom he married Oct. 9, 1971.

There were no calling hours.  A Memorial Service was conducted Monday morning at 10 a.m. at the Ricker Funeral Home in Enfield with the Rev. Paul Rainville M.S. officiating.

The family requested that in lieu of flowers memorial contributions be made to The Norris Cotton Cancer, DHMC, 1 Medical Center Dr., Lebanon, NH  03756 or to the Mascoma Senior Center, PO Box 210, Canaan, NH  03741.

Survivors include:  his wife, Jeanne (Fournier) Burton of Canaan; a daughter, Judy Hegwood of Atlanta, GA; a son, Jerry Burton of Ft.  Worth TX; a daughter, Mary Turner of Jacksonville, FL; a daughter, Martha White of Gainsville, FL; a son, George H.  Burton III of Ft. Lauderdale, FL; a step-son, Lionel A.  Spencer of Claremont, NH; a step-son, Christopher Spencer of Lebanon; a step-son, Timothy Spencer of Canaan, NH; a brother, Frank Burton of West Milford, NJ; a sister, Jackie Liverman of Portsmouth, VA; a sister, Cindy Ashburn of Wappingers Falls, NY; eleven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren, and many nieces, nephews and cousins.

 

Agnes Emma Smith

from the August 9, 1995 issue of The Country Chronicle

Canaan, NH–Agnes Emma Smith, 90, died Thursday, August 3, 1995 at the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH.  She was born in Canaan, NH January 29, 1905, the daughter of the late Eugene & Sarah Pearl (Barney) Emerson.  She attended Canaan schools and had lived in the area for most of her life and had worked for many years in the Mica Shop in Canaan.  She not only raised her own children, but also raised a grandson-Joseph Chase and a niece-Brenda (Emerson) Davis.  Her greatest loves were her family, her grandchildren, her great-grandchildren and her great-great-grandchildren.

Friends called at the Ricker Funeral Home in Enfield Sunday evening from 7-9 p.m. and funeral service were conducted Monday afternoon at 2 p.m. in the Canaan United Methodist Church.  Burial followed in the Wells Cemetery in Canaan with the Rev.  Philip Anderson officiating.

In lieu of flowers the family requested that contributions be made to the Canaan F.A.S.T. Squad.

Survivors include: a son, Earl “Bucky” Smith of Canaan; a son, George H.  Smith of Canaan; a daughter, Elsie Wilson of Canaan; 23 grandchildren, many great-grandchildren, several great-great-grandchildren, many nieces, nephews and cousins.

She was preceded in death by: her husband, Harry A.  Smith; a son, Ernest B.  Smith; a son, Eugene “Oscar” Smith; a daughter, Dorothy McLaughlin; a daughter, Fannie Hill; and a daughter, Emma Chase.

Charles H. Lester

from the July 31, 1996 of The Country Chronicle

Canaan, NH–Charles H.  Lester, 81, died at his home in Canaan Sunday, July 21, 1996.  He was born in Weston, VT July 19, 1915 the son of the late Charles Felix & Flora Jane (Bolster) Lester and had been a resident of Canaan since 1945.  He retired as a salesman for Sanel Auto Paris.  He was an active member of the Canaan United Methodist Church.  In the last year he received his 50 year pin as a member of the Social Summit Lodge #50.  He loved guns and was a long time member of the National Rifle Association (NRA).  He was a strong supporter of the Mascoma Senior Center and their Meals On Wheels Program.

There were no calling hours.  A Memorial Service will be held at a later date.

Memorial contributions may be made to:  The Mascoma Senior Center Meals On Wheels Program, Canaan, NH 03741.

Arrangements are under the direction of the Ricker Funeral Home of Lebanon, NH.

Survivors include:  Sons:  Charles Russell Lester, Canaan, NH and Neal Dustin Lester, Concord, NH; a daughter, Sheryl Ann Austin, Canaan, NH; 9 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren.  He was preceded in death by his wife, Ruth (Knuckey) Lester, who died in 1993.

Lois Butler Johnston

from the July 17 issue of The Country Chronicle

Enfield, NH–Lois Butler Johnston, 74, a longtime Mascoma resident, died Monday evening July 8, 1996 at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon following a long illness.  She was born in Hanover, NH August 24, 1921, the daughter of George M.  & Florence (Potter) Butler Sr., and granddaughter of Lebanon’s A.J. & Florence Potter (past jeweler & optometrist from WWI through the 40’s).  Lois lived in Wallingford and New Milford, CT, and Boston, MA before residing in Pittsburg, PA.  She attended elementary school in Carrick, PA, graduated from high school in Brentwood, PA in 1939, and took courses in chemistry and Latin in 1940.  She entered nurses’s training in 1940 at Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital in Hanover, NH and graduated with her Registered Nurse Degree in 1943.  She worked in the Operating Room as a scrub nurse and later as a supervisor in several private hospitals in Miami, FL from 1943-1950.  She was a labor and delivery room nurse for one year at Mt.  Sinai Hospital in Miami Beach, FL from 1950-1951.

She was married to Leonard D.  Johnston on February 26, 1945 in Miami, FL and they returned to Mascoma in 1951 where she resided until her death.

After a 12 year respite from nursing she was employed by Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital in Hanover, NH for 23 years (1963-86), 5 years in pediatrics and 18 years in obstetrics.  She was an assistant Girl Scout leader in Lebanon, NH and a Camp Nurse at Camp Plymouth in Ludlow, VT during the 50’s.  She was a school nurse while her children were in school and was active in the PTA, Home-Room Mom, and volunteered at the Enfield School Library.  She loved the outdoors and enjoyed gardening, nature walks, climbing, hiking and camping.  She was an avid ornithologist, a member of the Audubon Society, and an official bird bander for the U.S. Bird Banding Laboratory from 1951-94.

She was a member of many organizations supporting nature, conservation, the environment, and Native American Indians.  She held many leadership positions throughout her life.  Lois was a longtime member of the Enfield United Methodist Church serving as it’s financial secretary, organist and choir director as long as she was able, and was an officer in the United Methodist Christian Women’s Organization.  Music was an integral part of her life and she had recently donated her personal electronic organ to the Wayside Chapel of the West Canaan United Methodist Church.  She also enjoyed making handcrafts and baking.

There were no calling hours.  Burial was in the Oak Grove Cemetery in Enfield.  A celebration of Lois’ life was held Saturday afternoon July 13th at 2 p.m.  in the Mary Keene Chapel at LaSalette in Enfield, NH.  In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to:  The Enfield United Methodist Church, PO Box 453, Canaan, NH 03741 or The Norris Cotton Cancer Center, 1 Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH 03756.  Arrangements were under the direction of the Ricker Funeral Home of Lebanon.

Survivors include:  her husband, Leonard D.  Johnston of Enfield; a son, Merrick Daniel Johnston of Enfield; a son, Scott Lee Johnston of Canaan; a daughter, Jacqui Lynne Begor of Canaan; a brother, George M.  Butler Jr.  of Enfield; a sister, Frances Ann Ruel of Livonia, MI; seven grandchildren, many nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews.

David G. Fellows, Sr.

from the August 21, 1996 issue of The Country Chronicle

Enfield, NH–David George Fellows Sr., 60, died at hid home Wednesday morning, August 14, 1996 following a long illness.  He was born in Burlington, VT February 23, 1936 a son of the late Dean & Mary (Corrigan) Fellows.  He attended West Lebanon High School  and served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1953-1956.  He worked for Hathorne’s Part Co. in West Lebanon for many years.  In 1980 he opened his own business, D & S Auto Electric in Hartford, VT.  In 1992 he moved his business now known as Dave’s Starter & Alternator to Lebanon, NH where his son continues to operate the family business.  His first priority was his family.  He also enjoyed travel, gardening, and flying his Cessna Airplane.  He was married to “Midge” (Braley) Jan.  21, 1956.

Friends called at the Ricker Funeral Home in Lebanon on Thursday evening from 7-9 p.m.  Funeral Services were held Friday morning at 10 a.m. in the Cardigan Mountain School Chapel in Canaan, NH.  Burial followed in the Lakeview Cemetery in Enfield, NH with Pastor David W.  Gray officiating.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Mascoma Home Health Care, PO Box 118, Canaan, NH 03741.

Survivors include:  his wife, Mabel I.  (Braley) Fellows of Enfield, NH; a son, David G.  Fellows, Jr.of West Canaan; a daughter, Ann Fellows-Coady of Quechee, VT; a daughter, Vicky McDaniel of Williamstown, VT; a daughter, Bonnie Colburn of Enfield; a daughter, Dorrie Fellows of Enfield and four grandchildren.

Ricker Funeral Home of Lebanon was in charge of arrangements.

 

Ethel B. Sanville

from the August 14, 1996 issue of The Country Chronicle

West Lebanon, NH–Ethel Belle Sanville, 76, died Monday, August 5, 1996 at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH.  She was born in South Barnard, VT, November 7, 1919, the daughter of the late Alton & Etta (Minor) Badger and attended a local one-room-schoolhouse.  A resident of Lebanon and West Lebanon for most of her life, she was married to Edward H.  Sanville in 1946.  Mr.  Sanville died in 1964.  She was the proprietor of the former Dartmouth Variety Store in Lebanon for many years.  Ethel was a member of the Holy Redeemer Church of West Lebanon.  She had a green thumb and enjoyed plants and gardening, but her greatest love was of her children and family.

A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated in the Holy Redeemer Church of West Lebanon.  Burial followed in the Mt.  Calvary Cemetery in Lebanon, NH.

Survivors include: sons, Julian  A.  Badger Sr., Lebanon, NH, Alfred C.  Sanville, Ocala, FL, Raymond A.  Sanville, Plainfield, NH; daughters, Eva M.  Duff, Lebanon, NH, Violet J.  Lee, White River Jct., VT;  a stepson, Albert Sanville Sr., Grafton, NH; a stepdaughter, Helena Kelley, Enfield, NH; 17 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren and several step-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Edward H.  Sanville in 1964; stepsons, Joseph Sanville and Edward F.  Sanville.

Arrangements were made by Ricker Funeral Home.

Delbert Andrew Laliberte

from the July 31. 1996 issue of The Country Chronicle

Enfield, NH–Delbert Andrew Laliberte, 69, died Sunday, July 21, 1996 at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH.  He was born in Lebanon, NH July 31, 1926, the son of the late Elzephire & Evelina (Gauthier) Laliberte, he attended Lebanon schools, and had been an Upper Valley resident for most of his life.  He was a U.S. Army Veteran of WWII serving in the European Theater.  He had been employed by CRREL (Cold Regions Research and Experimental Laboratories) in Hanover, NH retiring in 1988.  Mr.  Laliberte was a member of the V.F.W. of West Lebanon and the American Legion of Lebanon.  He enjoyed fishing and woodworking and had exhibited his wood-works with the Lebanon Arts & Crafts Association.  He was married to Suzanne (Stuchal) on August 24, 1963.

Burial followed services in the Lakeview Cemetery in Enfield.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions should be made to:  Listen, 60 Hanover Street, Lebanon, NH 03766 or to: The Norris Cotton Cancer Center, 1 Medical Center Dr, Lebanon, NH 03756.

Survivors include:  Wife, Suzanne S.  Laliberte, Enfield, NH 03749; a son, Dennis Laliberte, Aberdeen, MD; a daughter, Deborah Emerson, Kennebunk, ME; a brother, Ovide Laliberte, Lebanon, NH.

He was preceded in death by his sister Jeanne Bagloe.

Herbert Britton King

from the July 31, 1996 issue of The Country Chronicle

Enfield, NH–Herbert Britton King, 88, died Monday July 22, 1996 at the Woodlawn Nursing Home in Newport, NH.  He was born in Waterford, CT June 7, 1908, the son of the late Dana & Addie (Britton) King and had lived most of his life in the Upper Valley.  He had worked at the Enfield Box Co.; The Baltic Mills of Enfield; and in his retirement drove a bus for the Lebanon Street School.  He thoroughly enjoyed people, fishing, playing cards, gardening and  camping.  He will be remembered in Enfield Center as selling his roadside veggies with his little white poodle “Scampy.”

Burial will be at a later date in the Oak Grove Cemetery in Enfield, NH.

The family requests that memorial contributions be made to:  Mascoma Home Health Services, Main Street, Canaan, NH 03741 or to: The Enfield F.A.S.T. Squad, Enfield, NH 03748.

Survivors include;  Sons: Harry King, Newport, NH, Glen King, Enfield Center, NH, Richard King, Enfield, NH; Daughters:  Yvonne Pollard, Enfield, NH, Marie Bean, Enfield, NH; many grandchildren and great-grandchildren, 1 cousin and ! niece.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Sylvia M.  King, who died March 24, 1988; a daughter, Alice Louise King who died in infancy; and a sister, Gladys Goldenbaum who died in 1957.

Laura M. Sturtevant

From the September 18, 1996 issue of The Country Chronicle

Orange, NH–Laura M.  Sturtevant, 84, died Saturday morning, Sept.  14, 1996 at the home of her sister in Canaan, NH, following a brief illness.

She was born in Danbury, NH on May 26, 1912, the daughter of the late Robert & Ora (Tucker) Gallup.  She had been a lifelong resident of Orange and had attended the Canaan United Methodist Church.

There were no calling hours.  A graveside service was held on Sept.  17th in the Wells Cemetery in Canaan.  Ricker Funeral Home of Lebanon was in charge of arrangements.

Survivors include:  Son, Warren Morrill, Orange; Step-son, Richard Morrill, OK; Sisters, Inez Laware, Canaan; Myrtle Cooper, and Carrie Williams, Grafton; Brother, Donald Gallup, Grafton; Several grandchildren, many nieces and nephews, many dear friends.

Preceded in death by:  Second husband, Lewis Sturtevant, died 1978; brother, Adeney Gallup.

Rosalind Helena MacDonald

Canaan, NH–Rosalind Helena MacDonald, 78, died Tuesday, October 15, 1996 at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical center in Lebanon, NH.  She was born in Holderness, NH, February 26, 1918, the daughter of the late Herman & Georgia (Tibbetts) Baker.  She came to Canaan, NH one year ago from the Bristol, NH area where she had been employed by the International Packing Corp. for 20 years retiring in 1975.  Mrs. MacDonald was a member of the Bristol Baptist Church.  The greatest joy in her life was her grandchildren.

There were no calling hours.  A memorial service was held on Friday a 2 p.m. at the Holderness Baptist Church.  The family requested that in lieu of flowers, memorial contributions be made to a charity of one’s choice.

Arrangements were under the direction of the Ricker Funeral Home in Lebanon.

Survivors include:  a son, Ronald Baker of Salem, CT; a son, William MacDonald of Canaan; a daughter, Loraine Normandie of Canaan; a brother, Leslie Baker of Plymouth, NH; a sister, Carolyn Calley of Holderness, NH; a sister, Barbara Orbon of Miami, FL; a sister, Beverly Smith of Holderness, NH; a sister, Marylee Dumas of Randolph, VT; a sister, Norma Jean Baker of West Lebanon, NH; seven grandchildren, three great-grandchildren.