TITLE:   Helen A. (Holmes) Sherman, Obituary, Nov 17, 2000

SUBMITTERS:  Exeter Newsletter, http://www.seacoastonline.com
             Exeter, NH (issue Nov 24, 2000 )

FORMATTED:   by CParziale, Jan 2001

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Helen A. Sherman 

NORTHWOOD - Helen A. (Holmes) Sherman, 88, of Esther Lane, died Friday, Nov. 
17, 2000, at the Hospice House, Concord. 

She was born in Northwood the daughter of Emery J. and Lola F. (Bartlett) 
Holmes. 

Mrs. Sherman owned Sherman Realty in Northwood. 

She served as tax collector in Northwood for 35 years and was a former 
president of the Harvey Lake Women's Club. 

She was a member of the Free Will Baptist Church, Northwood, for more than 40
 years where she served as treasurer; she was a member of the Crescent 
Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star No. 45, Northwood, for 60 years. 

The widow of Herbert A. "Chub" Sherman, who died in 1990, she is survived by 
two sons, James D. Sherman of Northwood and John A. Sherman and his wife 
Susan of Plaistow; one daughter, Marjorie Pyle of Washington, D.C.; three 
grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; one brother, Allan G. Holmes of 
Northwood; and two sisters, Pauline Clark of Concord and Harriet Black of 
Pittsfield. 

She was predeceased by one daughter, Marilyn S. Sherman, who died in 1981, 
and one sister, Frances Wallace. 

Funeral services were held Monday in the Free Will Baptist Church with the 
Rev. Henry M. Frost officiating. Burial was in Fairview Cemetery. 

Memorial donations may be made to the Hospice House, Hospice Program, Concord
Regional Visiting Nurses Association, P.O. Box 1797, Concord, NH 03302-1797.
 
Arrangements were by the Bennett Funeral Home, Concord. 




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