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

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Robert W. Arnold

     PLAISTOW - Robert W. Arnold, 60, of Plaistow, died Tuesday, Oct. 28,
2003, at his home after a lengthy battle with cancer.
     He was born in Haverhill, Mass., and graduated from Haverhill High
School with the Class of 1961.
     Mr. Arnold served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War and worked
for the past eight years at the Haverhill office of the U.S. Postal
Service.
     A resident of Plaistow since 1995, he was a member of Holy Angels
Parish of Plaistow, the Carl Davis Post of the American Legion, Plaistow,
and AmVets Post No. 147 of Haverhill.
     He is survived by his wife, Jayne (Stachulski) Arnold; two sons, Barry
J. Arnold and Gary R. Arnold, both of Plaistow; a sister, Mary Garcia of
Phoenix; and several nieces, nephews, cousins, and sisters-in-law; and a
brother-in-law.
     A funeral service will be held at 9 a.m. Friday at Brookside Chapel &
Funeral Home, 116 Main St., Route 121A, Plaistow.
     A mass of Christian burial will be held at 10 a.m. at Holy Angels
Church, Plaistow. Burial will be in Holy Angels Cemetery, Plaistow.
     Donations in his name may be made to The Brain Tumor Center at
Massachusetts General Hospital, Cox Building, Room 315, 55 Fruit St.,
Boston, Mass.

Pauline O. Fontaine

     NEWTON - Pauline O. (Gagnon) Fontaine, 73, of Newton, died Monday,
Oct. 27, 2003, at the Exeter Hospital.
     She was born in Amesbury, Mass. She attended Amesbury public schools
and graduated from Essex Agricultural and Technical Institute in Hawthorne.
     Mrs. Fontaine worked for 15 years at the former Western Electric
Company of North Andover, retiring in 1972.
     A resident of Newton since 1978, she was a member of Saint James
Parish of Haverhill.
     Mrs. Fontaine is survived by her husband, Joseph C. Fontaine; two
daughters, Deborah Bourassa and her husband, William, of Danville, and
Donna Page and her husband, Kenneth, of Raymond; a brother, Ronald Gagnon
of Amesbury; two grandchildren; one aunt; and several nieces and nephews.
     She was predeceased by a son, David J. Fontaine.
     There will be no calling hours. A memorial mass will be held at 10
a.m. Friday at Saint James Church, Winter St., Haverhill.
     Memorial donations may be made to The Multiple Sclerosis Society of
Central New England, 20 Commerce Park North, Suite 108, Bedford, N.H.
     Arrangements are by the Brookside Chapel & Funeral Home, Plaistow.

Roy C. Johannesen

     DANVILLE - Roy C. Johannesen, 53, of Danville, died Thursday, Oct. 23,
2003, at the Exeter Hospital.
     Born in Needham, Mass., Mr. Johannesen was raised in Hyde Park and
graduated from Hyde Park High School.
     A resident of Danville since 1988 and a former resident of Plaistow
from 1978 to 1988, he worked as a cableman for 30 years for New England
Telephone and later Nynex Corp., which is now known as Verizon.
     Mr. Johannesen is survived by his wife, Sheila S. (Katz) Johannesen; a
daughter, Erica M. Johannesen of Plymouth, Mass.; a sister, Mary R. Trombly
of North Andover, Mass.; and several nieces and nephews.
     Funeral services were held Saturday at Brookside Chapel & Funeral
Home, Plaistow. Burial was in the Meetinghouse Cemetery, Danville.

Lawrence C. "Larry" Paul

     ATKINSON - Lawrence C. "Larry" Paul, 98, of Atkinson, the founder and
former owner of Process Engineering in Plaistow, died Sunday, Oct. 26,
2003, at his home.
     Born in Sevastopol, Russia, what is now the Ukraine, Mr. Paul moved
with his family through Europe and finally settled in South Philadelphia.
He graduated in 1930 with a degree in electrical engineering from the
Drexel Institute of Art, Science and Industry, now known as Drexel
University.
     Mr. Paul began work as an engineer at The Liberty Coppersmith Company
and trained briefly as a teacher. He moved to Boston in 1936 to take
control of the former Dahlquist Boilermaking Company, and in 1938, founded
Process Engineering, eventually moving the company to Somerville, Mass. In
1954, Mr. Paul moved the company to Methuen and later to Plaistow, where it
is now located and is part of Chart Industries.
     The subject of a recently published book titled "The Boss," Mr. Paul’s
company manufactured products for NASA, as well as the Manhattan Project.
     A resident of Atkinson since 1994, Mr. Paul lived in Exeter from 1967
to 1994 and previously resided in North Andover, Waban and Winthrop, Mass.
     The husband of the late Olive R. (Allen) Paul, he is survived by two
sons, Kenneth L Paul of Atkinson and Douglas A. Paul of Carmel, Calif.; two
daughters, Wendy Doughty of Atkinson and Suzanne Price of Blowing Rock,
N.C.; seven grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
     A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Brookside Chapel &
Funeral Home, 116 Main St., Route 121A, Plaistow. A private family burial
service will take place Saturday in Exeter Cemetery.
     Memorial donations may be made to the Kimball Public Library Building
Fund, 3 Academy Ave., Atkinson, NH 03811 or to Seacoast Hospice, 10 Hampton
Road, Exeter, NH 03833.