from the October 18, 1995 issue of The Country Chronicle
Canaan, NH–William Henry Braley Jr., 91, died October 8, 1995 at the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH. The son of the late William Henry Braley Sr. and Esterbelle Braley, he was born March 28, 1904 in Antrim, NH. He attended Claremont schools and had been a resident of Canaan since 1947. He was married to Dorothy Doris Hardy on Oct. 26, 1935. They would have celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary later this month. He had been employed as a carpenter for many years at Trumbull-Nelson in Hanover, retiring from there in 1969. He worked in this area on his own until fully retiring in 1979. He enjoyed fishing and dancing. He served Boy Scout Troop 319 in Canaan as an assistant Scout Master for several years.
Friends called at the Ricker Funeral Home in Enfield from 7-9 on Wednesday evening. Funeral services were conducted Thursday afternoon at 1 p.m. at the funeral home with burial following in the Canaan Street Cemetery.
Survivors include: his wife, Dorothy Doris Braley of Canaan; a son, Charles William Braley of Honduras; a son, Herbert James Braley of Newport; a daughter, Elizabeth Martha Kilton of Lebanon; a daughter, Arlene Grace Tingley of Plymouth; a daughter, Wilma Jean Drew of Bow, NH; a daughter, Colleen Diana Braley of Sunderland, MA; a son, Erwin Henry Braley of Canaan; a son, William Wayne Braley of Fayetteville, NC; a sister, Grace Goff of West Canaan; 29 grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren, many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Dorothy Belle Drew who died in 1962.