Obituaries from The Rockingham News, Plaistow, New Hampshire, from April 27, 2001
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Barbara D. Back

     NEWTON -- Barbara D. Back, 75, of 2 Hadley Road, died Tuesday, April
24, 2001, in Exeter Hospital.
     She was born Nov. 20, 1925, in Lynn, Mass., the daughter of the late
William T. and Dagmar J. (Dahlbom) Back. She was raised in Saugus, Mass.,
and had resided in Danville, Plaistow and most recently in Newton.
     Miss Back was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day
Saints, Exeter.
     She is survived by her caregivers, Mr. and Mrs. Cyril C. Poulsen of
Plaistow, with whom she made her home for 24 years.
     She was predeceased by one brother, Roland Back.
     Funeral services will be held Monday at 10:30 a.m. in the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Hampton Falls Road, Exeter. Friends may
call at the church Monday from 10 a.m. until the hour of the service.
Burial will follow in Meeting House Cemetery, Danville.
     Arrangements are by the Stockbridge Funeral Home, Exeter.

Alice N. Leavitt

     DERRY -- Alice N. (Johnston) Leavitt, 79, of 3 Hood Road, died Sunday,
April 22, 2001, at her home.
     She was born Jan. 21, 1922, in Plaistow, the daughter of the late
Edgar and Emma (Newcomb) Johnston and had resided in Haverhill, Mass.,
until 1984 moving to Derry 17 years ago.
     She was a graduate of St. James High School.
     The widow of William J. Leavitt Jr., who died July 3, 2000, she is
survived by four daughters and two sons-in-law, Cynthia and William J.
Croston of Raymond, Shelly J. Simmons of Derry, Virginia A. and Stephen
Mitchell of Danville and Sandra L. Grover of Salisbury, Mass.; four sons
and two daughters-in-law, Michael J. and Chris Leavitt of Londonderry,
Patrick J. Leavitt of Bradford, Mass., Timothy W. and Cynthia Leavitt of
Madison, Wis., and Daniel J. Leavitt of Andover, Mass.; 17 grandchildren;
six great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
     A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Wednesday in Holy Angels
Church, Plaistow. Burial was in Holy Angels Cemetery, Plaistow.
     Arrangements were by the C. Frank Linnehan & Son Funeral Home,
Haverhill.

Rick S. McFarland

     SANDOWN -- Rick S. McFarland, 34, died Saturday, April 21, 2001, in
Parkland Medical Center, Derry, after a lengthy illness.
     He was born Oct. 30, 1966, in Exeter, the son of Shirley (Farrington)
McFarland of Raymond and the late Arnold L. McFarland and was a longtime
resident of Raymond moving to Sandown seven years ago.
     He was a 1985 graduate of Raymond High School and a 1987 graduate of
Hesser College, Manchester. He received his bachelor's degree in accounting
and computer science from New Hampshire College.
     Mr. McFarland was a computer programmer at Hadco Corp., Derry.
     In addition to his mother, he is survived by one brother, Martin
McFarland of Raymond; one nephew; several aunts and uncles, including
Shirley Downing of Raymond; several cousins; and two godchildren, Derek
Schmidt and Hope Daley.
     Funeral services were held Tuesday in the Brewitt Funeral Home,
Raymond, with the Rev. Ronald Townsend officiating. Burial was in New Pine
Grove Cemetery, Raymond.

Lois K. Meaney

     DANVILLE -- Lois K. (Johnson) Meaney, 82, of 12 Kingston Road, died
Sunday, April 22, 2001, in Exeter Hospital.
     She was a native and lifelong resident of Danville and was educated in
Danville public schools and at the former Sanborn Seminary, Kingston.
     Mrs. Meaney was a stitcher with the local shoe industry retiring from
the former LeMar Shoe Co. in Haverhill, Mass.
     She was a member of Danville Baptist Church and the Women's Auxiliary
of the Carl Davis American Legion Post, Plaistow.
     She enjoyed crocheting, working puzzles and solitaire.
     The widow of Edward F. Meaney Sr., who died in 1996, she is survived
by one daughter and her husband, Karen and Arthur Anderson of Atkinson; two
sons, Edward F. Meaney Jr. and his wife Sharon of Fremont, and Robert C.
Meaney and his companion Patricia Capazzi of Danville; five grandchildren;
two great-grandchildren; one sister, Helen Bybee of Danville; and several
nieces and nephews.
     Funeral services were held Wednesday in Brookside Chapel & Funeral
Home, Plaistow. Burial was in Center Cemetery, Danville.
     Memorial donations may be made to Rockingham VNA and Hospice, 137
Epping Road, Exeter, NH 03833.