The Rockingham News Obituaries, Rockingham, New Hampshire, from Friday, January 31, 2003

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Winthrop D. Comley

     HAMPTON FALLS - Winthrop D. Comley, 87, died Saturday, Jan. 25, 2003,
at the Medway Country Manor Nursing Home, Medway, Mass.
     He was born April 12, 1915, in Newburyport, Mass., the son of the late
Winthrop and Helen (Delano) Comley. He resided in Harvard, Mass., and
Atkinson before moving to Hampton Falls in 1984.
     He was a graduate of Newburyport High School. He received his bachelor
of science degree in 1937 and his master’s degree in 1938 from the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
     Mr. Comley was a chemical engineer for the Lummus Corp., of New York,
N.Y., traveling extensively in North America and Europe, and later for
Stone & Webster of Boston, retiring in 1985 after 25 years of service. His
expertise was in the heat transfer in power plants including heat transfer
from nuclear power plants.
     He was a member and served as the chairman of the Heat Transfer
Research Institute; served on the board of directors of the American
Institute of Chemical Engineers; on former Gov. John E. Sununu’s Commission
for the evacuation of the Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant; was a
representative for the town of Hampton Falls on the Southeast Regional
Solid Waste District; and a member of the Wentworth-by-the-Sea Country
Club.
     The widower of Mary-June (Bowes) Comley, who died in 2001, he is
survived by one daughter, Marcia D. Boeing of Millis, Mass.; one son, Kevin
D. Comley of Camden, S.C.; four grandchildren; and one cousin.
     Graveside services were held Wednesday in West View Cemetery, Hampton
Falls.
     Memorial donations may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, 10
Ferry St., Suite 427B, Concord, NH 03301.
     Arrangements were by the Remick & Gendron Funeral Home-Crematory,
Hampton.

Violet C. Daly

     EXETER - Violet C. Daly, 87, of 26 Washington St., died Wednesday,
Jan. 29, 2003, at the Rockingham County Nursing Home.
     She was born March 3, 1915, in Boston, the daughter of the late John
and Olga C. (Rasmonson) Carter Greenlaw. She resided most of her life in
Haverhill, Mass., in Kensington for 12 years and in Ossipee since 1997.
     She was a graduate of Haverhill High School.
     Mrs. Daly was a former Avon sales representative for many years and
had also worked at Sears Roebuck in Haverhill.
     The widow of Maurice S. Daly, she is survived by one daughter, Joyce
Clarke of Danville; six grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
     She was predeceased by one son, Maurice S. Daly Jr.
     Friends may call Saturday at 9 a.m. at the Stockbridge Funeral Home,
141 Epping Road, Exeter.
     A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Saturday at 10 a.m. in
St. Michael Church, Front Street, Exeter. Spring burial will be in Village
Cemetery, Kensington.
     In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the American
Heart Association, 20 Speen St., Framingham, MA 01701-4688.

Christine Moore

     HAMPSTEAD - Christine (Vaughan) Moore, 95, died Monday, Jan. 27, 2003,
at Penacook Place.
     She was born March 30, 1907, in Groveland, Mass., the daughter of
Harry W. and Emily (Longfellow) Moore. She had resided in Hampstead since
1937.
     She was a 1923 graduate of Groveland High School and a 1925 graduate
of Bradford Academy. She attended the University of New Hampshire and
received her bachelor of arts degree in education from Boston University.
     Mrs. Moore taught at the House in the Pines School in Wheaton, Mass.,
for one year, and then was the assistant headmistress at St. Mary’s in the
Mountain, now the White Mountain School, in Bethlehem. As a child she was
excused from school to deliver the Haverhill Gazette on the trolley.
     She was a member of Hampstead Congregational Church where she was the
superintendent of the Sunday school and a member of the choir for many
years. She was a member of the Leisure Hour Club of Haverhill.
     She is survived by her husband of 66 years, Dr. Raymond E. Moore; one
daughter, Susan Williams of Panama; one son and his wife, Stephen and Joan
Moore of Weathersfield, Vt.; three grandchildren; and several nieces and
nephews.
     Memorial services will be held at the convenience of the family.
Burial will be in Ye Old Cemetery, Hampstead.
     Memorial donations may be made to Hampstead Congregational Church, 61
Main St., Hampstead, NH 03841.
     Arrangements were by the Dole, Childs & Shaw Funeral Home, Haverhill.