TITLE:   Rachel D. Pugh, Obituary, Dec 4, 2000

SUBMITTERS:  Portsmouth Herald, http://www.seacoastonline.com
             111 Maplewood Aveue, Portsmouth, NH (issue Dec 05, 2000 )

FORMATTED:   by CParziale, 2000

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Rachel D. Pugh 

MILTON - Rachel D. Pugh, 94, of White Mountain Highway, died Monday, Dec. 4,
2000, at Frisbie Memorial Hospital in Rochester. 

Born Feb. 13, 1906, in Milton, she was the daughter of the late James and 
Etta (Martin) Doe. She resided most of her life in Milton and was a graduate 
of McIntosh College in Dover. 

She was employed as the House Hostess at the New Hampshire Farm Museum in 
Milton. 

She was a member of Reunion Grange, Pomona State and National, and also a 
member of the Milton Historical Society. 

Rachel was "bad as ever". 

The widow of the late Ralph W. Pugh Sr., who died in 1982, she is survived by
her four children: Shirley A. Varney of Madbury, Ralph W. Pugh Jr. of 
Milton, Betsy R. Mack of Somersworth and Barbara E. Chick of Milton; nine 
grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandson; several 
nieces and nephews. She was pre-deceased by a granddaughter, Kim Varney. 

PUGH - Rachel D. Pugh, 94, of Milton, died Dec. 4, 2000. Calling hours are 
from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Wednesday at C.E. Peaslee and Son Funeral Home, 32 
Central St. in Farmington. The funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on 
Thursday, Dec. 7, 2000, at the Community Church of Milton with the Rev. Linda
J. Rackliffe, the Rev. Michelle A. Violette and the Rev. Stephen E. Hanson 
officiating. Interment will follow at the family cemetery in Milton. At the 
conclusion of the service, a time of reception will be held at the New 
Hampshire Farm Museum. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made in
her memory, to either the New Hampshire Farm Museum, P.O. Box 644, Milton, 
N.H. 03851 or to Strafford Guidance Center, 130 Central Ave., Dover, NH 03820



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