TITLE:    Thelma W. Whitcher, Obituary, Jan. 16, 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"

FORMATTED:   by CParziale, Jan 2001

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Thelma W. Whitcher 

Thelma W. Whitcher, 95, of Woodsville, formerly of South Ryegate, Vt., died 
on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2001, at the Grafton County Nursing Home in North 
Haverhill, after an extended illness. 

She was born in West Paris, Me. on Oct. 8, 1905, the daughter of James 
Cleveland and Gertrude (Martha) Verge.

Thelma was a graduate of Lyndon Institute and Lyndon State College in 
Vermont. Mrs. Whitcher was an elementary school teacher for 35 years, 
teaching in Ryegate, Vt. and at the Blue Mountain Union School in Wells 
River, Vt., and in Bath, Landaff, Groveton, Charleston and Stark, and at the 
Lime Kiln School. She married Richard Ralph Whitcher Jan. 29, 1932. She was 
member of the South Ryegate Presbyterian Church; the Bath, Rebekahs and the 
Corinthian Chapter 42 OES of Wells River. She was predeceased by one son, 
Robert Whitcher, and one sister, Rowena Forbes. 

Surviving relatives include her husband of 68 years, Richard Ralph Whitcher,
of Woodsville; one son, Richard Ralph Whitcher Jr. of San Antonio, Tex., one
daughter, Thelma Locke of Lisbon; six grandchildren; six 
great-grandchildren; and one sister, Virginia Verreil of California. 

The funeral was held on Jan. 20 from the Ricker Funeral Home, with the Rev. 
Catherine Cook officiating. Burial followed in Pine Grove Cemetery, 
Woodsville. Memorial donations may be made in her memory to the Horse Meadow 
Senior Center, P.O. Box 249, North Haverhill, NH 03774. 


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