Coos County Democrat Obituaries, Lancaster, New Hampshire, Wednesday, November 26, 2003 Copyright of the newspaper. Permission to include in the USGenWeb Archives was received. Marguerite (Saxe) Maxfield Breed SARASOTA, Fla. — Marguerite (Saxe) Maxfield Breed, 91, died on Sunday, Nov. 16, 2003 at her home in Sarasota. She was the widow of Robert W. Breed whom she married in 1974; she was previously married to Alexander C. Maxfield Jr. who died in 1970. Mrs. Breed’s father was a Milwaukee, Wisc. entrepreneur who owned numerous theaters and who founded one of the country’s first fast food chains, White Tower Restaurants. She attended Downer Seminary and was graduated from Garland Junior College before marrying Alexander Maxfield in 1934. Mrs. Breed devoted herself to many charitable organizations. She was on the board of Happiness House, the Sarasota Memorial Hospital Board, American Cancer Society, the Heart Association, the Red Cross, Founders Circle Garden Club, the Sarasota West Coast Symphony, and New College. She was a member of the Sarasota Yacht Club, Sarasota Bay Country Club, Founders Circle of the Sarasota Garden Club, and on the board of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. She spent 28 summers in Whitefield, N.H., where she had a home, “Mostly Trees,” on Mountain View Road and made many contributions to the community. Family members include her children, Thomas Maxfield, Andria Williams, and Ann Kisling; four grandchildren, Catherine Maxfield, Thomas Maxfield Jr., Alex Kisling, and Scott Kisling, and her companion, Captain Ralph E. Styles, U.S.N. Retired. Memorial donations may be made to St. Martha’s School Development Fund, 200 N. Orange Ave., Sarasota, FL 34234-8518 Jonathan Crawford CLAREMONT — Jonathan Crawford, 59, of Cottage Street in Claremont, died on Thursday evening, Nov. 20, 2003 at his home after a long battle with colon cancer. He was born in Barre, Vt. on April 24, 1944, the son of Cecil and Margaret (Granai) Crawford. Jonathan graduated from Lancaster High School in Lancaster in 1962 and the New Hampton School in New Hampton in 1963. He was a graduate of Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Penn., where he earned a BA in History, and a graduate of Springfield College in Springfield, Mass., where he earned a Masters in Education. At Franklin & Marshall, he was awarded the Outstanding Senior Athlete his senior year. After graduation, Jonathan was drafted and served in the Army in Vietnam from 1968 to 1970. When he returned home, he taught for two years in Brant Lake, N.Y., and one year at the Evansville Day School in Evansville, Ind. He then taught physical education for 28 years at the Weathersfield Elementary and Middle Schools in Vermont. Jonathan loved sports and coached many soccer, basketball and baseball teams in Claremont and Weathersfield. During the 1980s, he served as the Men’s Varsity basketball coach at Sunapee High School. He was an avid baseball player and lifelong Red Sox fan. After graduation from high school, he was drafted by the Kansas City Athletics, but chose to go to college. During college, he spent two summers playing for the Cape Cod Baseball League for the Orleans Cardinals, and played two summers of semi-pro baseball in Coaticook, P.Q., Canada. He was a member of the First Congregational Church in Claremont, serving in many capacities, including Sunday School teacher, Moderator, Christian Education member and youth leader; he was also a member of the Goodwin Community Center Board. Jonathan loved the outdoors, bicycling, camping, hiking, skiing and kayaking. In recent years, his hobby was building kayaks, canoes and paddles. The family includes his wife of 36 years, Candace (Tufts) Crawford of Claremont, whom he married on June 17, 1967; a son, Joshua T. Crawford and his wife Barbara of Cornish; a daughter, Margaret C. Pagonis and her husband Kyriakos of Arlington, Va.; a grandson, Tyler Jonathan Crawford of Cornish; a sister, Karen Trefry of Hubbardston, Mass.; also several nieces, nephews and cousins. A memorial service was held on Sunday, Nov. 23 at the First Congregational Church in Claremont, with the Rev. Dr. Mary Elizabeth Seals, pastor, officiating. Interment will be later in Union Cemetery. The family suggest that donations may be made in Jonathan’s memory to Sullivan County Hospice, P.O. Box 1247, Claremont, NH 03743; Connecticut Valley Home Care/Hospice, 958 John Stark Highway, Newport, NH 03773; or Campership Fund, c/o Outdoor Ministries, NHC-VCC, 140 Sheep Davis Road, Pembroke, NH 03275. Manford E. Donovan LANCASTER — Manford E. Donovan, 76, known to all as “Fuddy,” died on Nov. 18, 2003, after a brief illness. Born in Four Falls, New Brunswick, Canada on December 16, 1926, he was a son of Zean and Pearl (Scott) Donovan. He served his country in the Navy in 1943 and in the Army in the Korean Conflict stationed in Germany. Most of his life he was a self-employed professional dry cleaner in Lancaster where he lived and raised his beloved family. He was a well-known championship candlepin bowler for the Littleton VFW and the Woodsville American Legion. He is survived by his wife of 45 years, Althea (Snell) Donovan of Lancaster; two sons and their wives, Jonathan and Carole of Manchester, Jaimie and Susan of Dover; four grandchildren Adam, Heather, Kristin, and Kyle; five brothers, Perley Donovan, Donald Donovan, Lincoln Donovan and James Donovan all of Florida, and Richard Donovan of Arizona; four sisters, Phyllis Hartshorn of Whitefield, Verna Moulton of Franklin, Frieda Beaton of Arizona, and Arlene Donovan of Lancaster. There are no visiting hours. A funeral service was held on Friday afternoon, Nov. 21, at 2 p.m. at the Calvary Baptist Church, Lancaster. Pastor David Ricker officiated. Burial with military honors followed in Summer Street Cemetery, Lancaster. The family has requested that flowers be omitted. Memorial donations may be made in his memory to the Calvary Baptist Church, 14 Canal Street, Lancaster, NH 03584. Arrangements are under the direction of the Bailey Funeral Home, Lancaster. Charles E. Minkler COLEBROOK — Charles E. Minkler, 92, died on Monday, Nov.17, 2003 at the Coös County Nursing Hospital in west Stewartstown. He was born on August 31, 1911 in Stamford, Conn., the son of Charles and Sadie Minkler. Mr. Minkler was a 1929 graduate of Rochester (N.H.) High School. After high school he served three years in the Army. He married Merie Rattle on Dec. 26, 1936. After his military service, Mr. Minkler was employed by Veneer Mills in Hancock and Newport, Vt. In the early 1950s he moved to North Stratford where he served as a supervisor at Plywood Products, Inc. After his retirement in the mid 1970s, he and Mrs. Minkler moved to Colebrook. Mr. Minkler was an avid reader and enjoyed fishing and family life. Charles Edward Minkler is survived by his loving wife of 66 years Merie Minkler of Colebrook; three daughters, Rosalie Quimby of Orford, Conn., Fay Lay of Lemington, Vt., and Rita Hebert of Chillicothe, Oh.; two sisters; eight grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. A son, Gary Minkler, two brothers, and three sisters died previously. Calling hours were held on Thursday, Nov. 20 at the Newman Funeral Home, Colebrook. Funeral services were held at the funeral home immediately after the calling hours with the Rev. Larry Clough officiating. Burial will be held in the spring at Pine Grove Cemetery in Newport, Vt. Royce E. “Pete” Pinard LANCASTER — Royce E. “Pete” Pinard, 65, of Elm Street, died on Monday evening Nov. 17, 2003 at Weeks Medical Center, after a long illness. Mr. Pinard was born in Franklin, on June 24, 1938, a son of Maurice and Elsie (Ford) Pinard. During the early years of his youth he resided in Danbury, later moving to McIndoe Falls, Vt. where he was a graduate of McIndoe Academy. He also attended Lyndon State College. Residing in St. Johnsbury for several years he was employed New England Power Company in Barnet, Vt., and later taught at the Lyndon Town School, Lyndon, Vt. Thirty years ago he moved to Lancaster taking the position of manager of AmeriGas, Lancaster. He retired in 2000. He has been an avid softball player all his life playing many years at Colonel Town in Lancaster, including the Seniors’ team in recent years. For the past 30 years he has been a basketball referee in both New Hampshire and Vermont and was a member of the I.A.B.O. NH Chapter. Hunting and fishing were his passion. Family members include his wife of 42 years, Sherry (King) Pinard of Lancaster; his mother Elsie (Ford) Pinard of St. Johnsbury; four children, Kimberlee Spaulding, Kory Pinard, Kasey Grisham, all of Littleton, Kregg Pinard of Bethlehem; nine grandchildren; a brother Roger Pinard of Ellington, Conn.; two sisters Rhonda Murray of Pittsfield, Rita Pinard of St. Johnsbury, Vt.; and many nieces, nephews and cousins. Visiting hours were held on Thursday afternoon and evening Nov. 20, at the Bailey Funeral Home, Lancaster. A funeral service was held on Friday morning at 11 a.m. at the Lancaster Congregational United Church of Christ. The Rev. David Pendleton, pastor, officiated. Burial will be in the spring at the Lakeside Cemetery in Island Pond, Vt. The family has requested donations in lieu of flowers be made to Weeks Medical Center, Middle Street, Lancaster, NH 03584. Please specify the donation to go to “Equipment for the Nursing Staff.” Leroy W. Southers Jr LANCASTER — Leroy W. Southers Jr, 62, died on Sunday, Nov. 9, 2003 in Lancaster. Born on July 13, 1941, in Minot, N.D., he was the son of Leroy and Della Hawk Southers, both of whom were schoolteachers. He grew up in the small desert towns of Arizona and California, where his parents could find jobs teaching together. In 1955, he began to be bused in from the small town of Newberry, Calif. to Barstow to attend high school and continue his already extensive music lessons. He was already composing music and was considered a prodigy by both his teachers and his friends. He attended University of Southern California, studying composition under composers Ingolf Dahl and Halsey Stevens, graduating in 1963. He eventually received a doctorate in music, and combined his life of composition with a teaching and performing career. He taught music at both USC and Loyola Marymount University in California, and was for many years chairman of the music department at the latter. In 1993 he joined the faculty of the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Mass., in the department of composition. He was planning to retire from teaching this June to devote himself full time to composition. He had an extensive career as a performer, performing all over California in chamber groups and orchestras. He was for many years first oboe of the Beverly Hills Symphony Orchestra. An extraordinarily prolific composer, his music has yet to be cataloged, but among his compositions are two symphonies, several string quartets, woodwind compositions, sonatas for piano, many duets for various instruments, a piece for 12 trumpets, song cycles, pieces for band, and a cantata written while he was on a Ford Foundation grant, based on a text by Vachel Lindsay. In the past year alone he wrote a fantasy, a flute and piano duet, and was at work on a new symphony. His music has been performed all over the country. At his funeral on Nov. 14, held in the First Congregational Church in Lancaster, colleagues remembered him as a kind and thoughtful teacher, and a selection of his music was played, beginning with a composition from 1958, and ending with one from 2000. A memorial concert featuring his music is planned for early February in Boston. Family members include his father, Leroy W. Southers, of Minot, N.D.; his son, Erik Southers, his daughter, Jill Meshekow, his grandchildren, Kelsey and Garrett Pankratz, all of Southern Califonia; and his companion, Jacqueline Nichols of Lancaster. Mr. Southers and Ms. Nichols had been high school sweethearts from 1955 until 1961 when they broke off their engagement. They had reunited in 2001, and had planned to make their retirement home in Lancaster, which they had both loved at first sight. Velma B. Treffrey LANCASTER — Velma B. Treffrey, 93, died on Wednesday evening, Nov. 19, 2003 at the Country Village Health Care Center, Lancaster. Mrs. Treffrey was born in Stratford, on July 27, 1910, the daughter of David and Lucy (Hapgood) McMann. Activities of her life began with the occupation of barber in North Stratford at age 16. After marriage she spent her life in Lancaster where she worked as a nurses aide at Weeks Memorial Hospital during World War II. In 1959 Velma and husband Fred Treffrey owned and operated the Wip-O-Will Cabins and Dairy Bar on Bridge Street in Lancaster. Velma celebrated 67 years of marriage with Fred and was widowed in 2000. For 17 years Velma was a Girl Scout leader in the town and started the first Senior Scout Troop. Later she called square dances in schools and hotels and at North Country festivals. For many years Velma was an active member of the Mt. Prospect Grange and also with the church and in teaching youth at the Assembly of God Church. Family members include two daughters, Shirley Visnor of Londonderry, and Muriel Trefry, Administrator of Holton Point in Lancaster; one brother Wilson McMann of North Stratford; two grandchildren, Lynne Forsythe, Angela Martin; three great- grandchildren, Melysa, Douglas, and Nathaniel. Visiting hours were held on Sunday afternoon, Nov. 23, at the Bailey Funeral Home, Lancaster. A funeral service was held on Monday afternoon at the Lancaster Assembly of God. The Rev. James Michael, pastor, and Rabbi Joyce Meinhardt of Lancaster, co-officiated. Burial was in the Center Cemetery, Stratford. Carolyn Waterman BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. — Carolyn Waterman died on Sunday afternoon, Nov. 9, 2003. She had lived in Florida since 1968, coming from Lyndonville, Vt. and Whitefield. Carolyn was the owner of Carol Mulroy Interiors for over 20 years in Delray Beach, Fla. The family includes her husband, Robert J. Mulroy of Boynton Beach, Fla.; her mother, Mary B. Waterman of Thomaston, Conn.; two sisters, Mary Ester Stewart and Joann E. Watermann, both of Thomaston, Conn.; and several nieces and nephews. A Memorial Mass was celebrated on Nov. 29 at St. Elizabeth Church in Lyndonville, Vt., with the Rev. Stephen Nichols officiating. Those who wish may make contributions in Carolyn’s memory to their favorite charity.