from the December 6, 1995 issue of The Country Chronicle
Enfield, NH–Robert Archie Packard, Sr., 53, died on Wednesday, November 29, 1995 at the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH. The son of Donald A. and Dororthy F. (Decato) Packard, he was born on July 17, 1942 in Hanover, NH. He has resided in the Lebanon-Enfield area all his life and was a graduate of Lebanon High School class of 1960. He was married to Marilyn Morin on July 4, 1959. Mr. Packard worked as a truck driver most of his life. He had been a mechanic for Decato Brothers Trucking for several years. He also worked for the City of Lebanon Highway Department as a truck driver and a snow plow operator. He later became a self-employed subcontractor as a truck driver-snow plow operator for the State of New Hampshire Highway Department. For the past 25 years he has driven his truck for Lebanon Crushed Stone. He was a member of the Future Farmers of America and served on the Enfield Fire Department as a volunteer firefighter. He was involved in area stock car racing from 1959 until the loss of his leg in 1994. He enjoyed hunting and fishing.
Friends called at the Ricker Funeral Home in Enfield on Friday afternoon from 2-4 p.m. and Friday evening from 7-9 p.m. A mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on Saturday at 10 a.m. at the St. Helena’s Church in Enfield.
Survivors include: his wife, Marilyn Packard of Enfield, NH; his mother, Dorothy F. Packard of Lebanon, NH; a son, Mark Packard of Orange, NH; a sister, Marie Jenkins of Lebanon, NH; five grandchildren, plus aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins. He was preceded in death by his father, Donald A. Packard who died in 1983 and a son, Robert A. Packard Jr. who died March 6, 1991.
The Ricker Funeral Home of Lebanon was in charge of arrangements.