TITLE:    Leland A. Lurvey, Obituary, April 11, 2001

SUBMITTERS:  The Coos County Democrat EST. 1838 LANCASTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE  
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Leland A. Lurvey 

STRATFORD - Leland A. Lurvey, 92, of North Stratford, died April
11, 2001, at the Coös County Nursing Hospital in West Stewartstown
after a long illness. 

Born Sept. 7, 1908, in Bloomfiled, Vt., he was the son of Alfred and
Anna (Small) Lurvey. 

He was a 1927 graduate of North Stratford High School. He married
Lurline G. Smith on June 12, 1931. He farmed from 1929 until 1932
when he went to work for the St. Regis Paper in North Stratford. Over
the next 43 years the business changed ownership to include Plunkett &
Webster, Granite State Veneer, Plywood Products, Brown Company,
Allied Wood Products and finally Diamond International. He retired
from Diamond International in 1975. He was a long-time member of
Knights of Phythias. Mr. Lurvey was known as someone who could fix
anything. He enjoyed gardening, reading and astronomy, and was a
loving father, grandfather and husband. 

In addition to his wife the family includes four daughters, Cora
Hemenway of Largo, Fla., Mrs. Ralph (Stella) Stillings of Rochester,
Mrs. Ed (Pat) O’Neill of Middletown, Del., and Mrs. Colin (Lillian)
Noyes of North Stratford; 16 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren;
a sister, Lillian Lurvey of Portsmouth; and many nieces, nephews and
cousins. 

Calling hours and the funeral are private. Those wishing to make
donations in his memory may wish to give to the Greater New
Hampshire Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association, Box 207, Concord
03302; or to the Coös County Nursing Hospital, care of Sue Collins,
Box 10, West Stewartstown 03597. 

Services are under the direction of the Newman Funeral Home,
Colebrook. 




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