TITLE:     Richard P. French, Obituary, Jan. 19, 2001

SUBMITTERS:  The Coos County Democrat EST. 1838  LANCASTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE  
             Publishing news & views of LANCASTER - GROVETON - WHITEFIELD 
             & other towns of the upper Connecticut River valley of New 
             Hampshire & Vermont - John D. Harrigan, Publisher  (Jan 24, 2001 
             -issue) "All the news that fits"

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Richard P. French 

MANCHESTER - Richard P. French, 88, of Manchester and formerly of Whitefield,
died on Jan. 19, 2001, at a Manchester health care center. 

He was born on May 18, 1912, in Whitefield, the son of Herbert and Sadie 
Miller French. He attended grammar school in Wilmot Flat and was a graduate 
of Whitefield High School, class of 1929, and Bowdoin College, class of 1933,
where he was a member of the Theta Delta Chi fraternity. In 1934, he 
received a masters degree in Education from the University of New Hampshire. 
Mr. French taught high school physics in Whitefield for one year and spent 
the following 10 years teaching junior high school in Bloomfield, Conn. Upon 
returning to Whitefield, he worked at the Geo. M. Stevens and Son Insurance 
Agency and later became a partner in the firm, working there 35 years until 
his retirement. He had lived in Manchester for the past four years. 

Mr. French was a former moderator for the Town of Whitefield, a position he
held for 20 years and had been a member of the White Mountain Rotary Club 
since 1946. He was a member of White Mountain Lodge F. & A.M. and the Shrine.
He loved amateur theatre and appeared in many productions at the Chase Barn 
Playhouse in Whitefield. Mr. French was an avid golfer, holding memberships 
in the Mountain View Country Club and the Bethlehem Country Club, and was an
annual participant in the White Mountain Seniors’ Golf Tournament. He was a 
member of the Whitefield Methodist Church. 

Members of his family include his wife of 64 years, Helen Reece French of 
Manchester; three daughters, Nancy F. O’Neill of Hutchinson Island, Fla., 
Susan M. French of Brea, Calif. and Deborah R. Kramer of Carmel Valley, 
Calif.; three grandchildren; two great-grandsons, and a great-granddaughter. 

A memorial service was held at the Goodwin Funeral Home on Monday. The Rev. 
Earl Robinson officiated. Burial will take place in the spring in the Pine 
Street Cemetery in Whitefield. Please omit flowers; memorial contributions 
may be made to a charity of one’s choice. 


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