The Rockingham News Obituaries, Rockingham, New Hampshire, from Friday, May 16, 2003

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Luraina J. Brown

     AMESBURY, Mass. - Luraina J. Brown, 70, of 24 Heritage Vale, died
Friday, May 9, 2003, at her home after a brief illness.
     She was born June 27, 1932, in Seabrook, the daughter of the late
Benjamin and Gladys E. Bickford. She was raised in Seabrook and had resided
in Epping for many years.
     She was educated in Seabrook schools.
     Mrs. Brown was a nurse’s aide at Rockingham County Nursing Home, The
Greenleaf and Companion Care.
     She enjoyed playing bingo and gambling.
     The widow of George J. Brown Sr., who died in 1981, she is survived by
seven sons, Benjamin D. Brown of Derry, George J. Brown Jr. of Concord,
Raymond C. Brown of Epping, Kenneth E. Brown of Salisbury, Mass., Harold T.
Brown of Amesbury, Michael J. Brown of Hampton and Richard A. Brown of
Raymond; three daughters, Laura L. Roy of Raymond, Lurena Eaton of
Barrington and MaryJane Evans of Epping; several grandchildren and
great-grandchildren; one sister, Elsie Chapman of Epping; and several
nieces and nephews.
     She was predeceased by two brothers, Walter Bickford and Carl
Bickford; and one sister, Mildred Tuttle.
     Calling hours were held Monday evening. There are no funeral services
planned.
     Memorial donations may be made to Merrimack Valley Hospice, 360
Merrimack St., Bldg. No. 9, Lawrence, MA 01843.
     Arrangements were by the Brewitt Funeral Home, Exeter.

Harold Daigle

     DEERFIELD - Harold Daigle, 84, of Hammond Road, died March 25, 2003,
at Epsom Manor after a lengthy battle with Alzheimer’s Disease.
     He was born Jan. 6, 1919, in Fort Kent, Maine, the son of the late
Arthur and Egline (Boutote) Daigle.
     Military graveside services will be held Saturday, May 17, at 12:30
p.m. in Old Center Cemetery, Deerfield, with the Rev. Michael Taylor
officiating.
     In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Alzheimer’s
Association, 10 Ferry St., Concord, NH 03301.
     Arrangements are by the Brewitt Funeral Home, Exeter.

Ralph V. Gould

     BASS RIVER, Mass. - Ralph Vincent Gould, 92, died April 10, 2003, in
Bass River.
     He was born Jan. 20, 1911, in Walpole, Mass., the son of George and
Emma Gould.
     He left Walpole High School after his sophomore year in 1928 to serve
with the U.S. Coast Guard. He attended the sixth class of the FBI National
Police Academy in Washington, D.C., in 1937.
     He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. He attended Office
Candidate School in South Carolina and was commissioned as a second
lieutenant. He served with Merrill’s Marauders and was assigned to the
Criminal Investigation Division as Provost Marshall in Burma, India. He
joined the Army Reserves at the end of the war and was recalled to active
duty in 1969 to serve as deputy director of the New Hampshire Selective
Service System Board during the Vietnam War. He retired as a colonel in
1974.
     Mr. Gould built a service station in North Hampton and was elected
Constable of North Hampton in 1936. In 1937 he began a police training
school for law enforcement officers in the Seacoast area. He joined the
State Police in 1938 and served until 1940, when he became the assistant
police chief in North Conway. He served with the Rochester Police
Department as the City Marshall until 1942.
     After the war he returned to North Hampton and was appointed as a
motor vehicle inspector in 1946. He was appointed Director of Safety in
1949 and in 1961 was appointed as the Registrar of Motor Vehicles, serving
until 1967.
     Mr. Gould was instrumental in establishing the motor vehicle laws in
New Hampshire and helped to establish the motor vehicle title laws to
prevent auto theft in the state and helped to establish the seat belt and
school bus stopping laws.
     He was a member of the First Baptist Church, Concord. He became a
licensed lay preacher and was ordained in 1977 at the First Baptist Church
in Hampton. He served as pastor of Wilmot Baptist Church in Wilmot Flat
during the 1960s and Grace Bible Church in East Kingston in the 1970s.
     He was a member of Gideons International.
     He enjoyed building and did extensive renovations to his homes in
Concord, Pembroke and Hampton on Boar’s Head.
     He is survived by his wife of eight years, Barbara (Reynolds) Gould of
Bass River; one son, R. Wayne Gould of Rye; one daughter, Sandra Zaccardi
of West Wareham, Mass.; nine grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; one
brother, Howard Gould of Pembroke; and two sisters, Barbara Fillmore of
Melbourne, Fla., and Virginia Divine of Foxboro, Mass.
     He was predeceased by his first wife of 62 years, Olive (Ferguson)
Gould, who died in 1995.
     Memorial services will be held Saturday, May 24, at 11 a.m. in the
Methodist Church in Bass River.
     In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Gideons
International, P.O. Box 919, Barnstable, MA 02630.