Colebrook News & Sentinel Obituaries, Colebrook, New Hampshire, from Wednesday, June 2, 2004

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ALBERT BERRY

     Mr. Albert O. Berry, 87, of Pittsburg, died on Tuesday evening, May
25, 2004 at the Golden View Healthcare Center in Meredith.
     Mr. Berry was born on July 6, 1916, in Wolfeboro, N.H., son of the
late Albert O. Berry Sr. and Edith (Whitehouse) Berry.
     A grandson of the founder of O.P. Berry Excelsior Company of Wolfeboro
Falls, N.H., Mr. Berry was a graduate of Austin-Cate Academy, Class of
1933. He served in the Navy during World War II, in the 134th Naval
Construction Battalion Sea-Bees in the South Pacific from 1943 to 1945.
After leaving the service, he worked for the Town of Meredith, and
harvested ice from the lakes. His other forms of employment included
logging, landscaping and owning a small trucking firm during the 1950s and
'60s. He also owned and operated Berryıs Fuel Company in Meredith until his
retirement in 1982. A year before his retirement he moved to Pittsburg, and
had been a resident of that town since 1981.
     Mr. Berry was an avid outdoorsman. He enjoyed hunting and also loved
to fish; he particularly enjoyed deep-sea fishing, which he did for over 73
years.
     As a young man he was a member of Demolay and during the 1950s was a
member of Red Men. He was a member and Past Noble Grand of Belknap Lodge
#14 I.O.O.F.; member of the VFW Post of Ashland, and of the George L.
O'Neil American Legion Post #47 of Colebrook. He was a member of the
National Cribbage Club and the Cribbage Cohorts of Colebrook, and a
lifetime member of the Sea-Bee Veterans of American Island X-4 of Laconia.
     Mr. Berry is survived by his son, Gregory F. Berry and his wife,
Jackie, of Meredith; a brother, Francis Berry of Northfield, N.H.; a
sister, Clara Louise Philbrick of Concord; and two grandchildren.
     He is preceded in death by his parents and a son, Terry D. Berry.
There will be no calling hours. Private family services will be held at a
later date. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Jenkins Funeral
Home of Colebrook. Condolences may be offered to the family on-line by
going to www.jenkinsfuneralhome.net.

MARGARET DREW
INTERMENT SERVICE

     An interment service for Margaret A. Drew, 87, of North Stratford, who
died on Monday, February 23, 2004, will be conducted on Saturday, June 5 at
11 a.m. at the Fairview Cemetery in North Stratford, with Pastor Larry
Clough officiating.
     In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Cohos
Historical Society, P.O. Box 242, North Stratford, NH 03590. Funeral
arrangements are under the direction of Jenkins Funeral Home of Colebrook.
Condolences may be offered to the family on-line by going to
www.jenkinsfuneralhome.net.

JULIA E. EASTMAN
GRAVESIDE SERVICE

     A graveside committal service for Miss Julia E. Eastman, 85, who died
on March 10, 2004, will be held on Saturday afternoon, June 5, at 1 p.m. at
the Colebrook Village Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of the
Bailey Funeral Home in Lancaster.

ROBERT HUGHESE

     Robert T. ³Bob² Hughes, 88, of Berlin, died on Saturday evening, May
29, 2004 at the Androscoggin Valley Hospital in Berlin.
     Mr. Hughes was born in West Warwick, R.I. on December 15, 1915, the
son of John and Clara (Morris) Hughes. He was graduated from the Rhode
Island School of Design in 1939 and moved to Berlin, where he began a
43-year teaching career in the Berlin Public Schools.
     In acknowledgment of his enormous impact on the high school art
department, Mr. Hughes was officially recognized by the State of New
Hampshire as "Teacher of the Year" in 1975. In the 1960s, he worked as a
graphic designer and found himself the recipient of numerous awards and
commissions, from then until the present. These include being a John Hays
Fellow, Rhode Island School of Design's Alumni of the Year in 1989, and the
Governor's award as New Hampshire's Living Treasure in 1991, as well as
being featured on the New Hampshire Crossroads and in the video, "The City
that Trees Built," a documentary about Berlin.
     Throughout his career, Mr. Hughes has been an active participant in
many local art celebrations including the White Mountain Art and Music
Festival which he helped found, and the North Country Chamber Players
Summer Festival and Music in the Schools programs.
     Although primarily a sculptor, Mr. Hughes has worked in all mediums,
including woodcuts and design. His works are also on display in the Concord
State Library, the Living Treasure's Gallery and private galleries and
homes. He has commissioned works in the New Hampshire State Prison and the
Coös County Court House, as well as other public spaces in New York,
Connecticut, New Hampshire and Massachusetts. He had a one-man show at
Urban Architecture in New York City in June and July of 2000, and his most
recent show was during May, 2001 at Artspace in Birmingham, Mich.
     In 2002, Bob was chosen as one of the artists from New Hampshire to
design an ornament for the White House Christmas tree. He and his wife
attended a reception at the White House in December honoring the artists.
Bob has just finished a large bird mobile for the new Veterans' Home in
Tilton, and it was installed in the autumn of 2003. His design was chosen
as part of the Percent for Art program. He was a Navy Veteran of World War
II and a member Good Shepherd Parish.
     Members of the family include his wife Marie (Malvaso) Hughes of
Berlin, a teacher at Stratford Public School; a daughter, Sharon Kruger and
her husband Jurgen of Cossayuna, N.Y.; a son, Kevin Hughes and his wife
Margy of Fairhaven, N.J.; a granddaughter, Patricia Whittemore and her
husband Andy of New Jersey; a grandson and a nephew. He was predeceased by
his first wife, Ann (Duggan) Hughes.
     A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Thursday morning,
June 3 at St. Anne Church of Good Shepherd Parish at 11 a.m. Interment will
be in Calvary Cemetery. Relatives and friends called at the Bryant Funeral
Home, in Berlin on Wednesday evening. Donations in his memory may be made
to the North Country Chamber Players, Box 904, Littleton, NH 03361; or to
the St. Kieran Community Center for the Arts, PO Box 339, Berlin, NH 03570.

WILLIAM T. KING JR.

     William T. King Jr., 71, of Guildhall, died on Friday afternoon, May
28, 2004 at Concord Hospital in Concord.
     Mr. King was born in North Stratford, one of fifteen children, on
November 2, 1932, the son of William T. and Carmen (Dupuis) King.
     Raised in North Stratford, he worked for a time for the Canadian
Central Railroad. He went on to serve in the Army in the Korean War and was
decorated with several medals, including the Bronze Star and Purple Heart.
At one time he worked for several years for the New Hampshire Highway
Department, and for seventeen years he was employed with F.B. Spaulding in
Lancaster, where he delivered grain. More recently he drove the Head Start
bus in Groveton for six years. He was an avid hunter and fisherman. He also
loved cooking and gardening.
     Family members include his wife, Charlotte (Eastman) King of
Guildhall; five sons, Daniel King of Groveton, Warren King of N.
Chelmsford, Mass., Lindsay King of Guildhall, Brian King and David King,
both of Lancaster; a brother, Armand King of Lancaster; six sisters, Rita
Emerson of Lancaster, Orleans Jeffers of Westbrook, Maine, Gloria Brooks of
Lancaster, Joyce Holden of Lebanon, Darlene Henry of North Stratford, and
Carol Sibulkin of Hooksett; seven grandchildren; and many nieces and
nephews.
     He was predeceased by a son, John King.
     Visiting hours were held on Tuesday evening, June 1 at the Bailey
Funeral Home in Lancaster. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on
Wednesday morning at All Saints Church in Lancaster, with The Rev. Raymond
Ball, pastor, officiating. Burial with military honors followed in Ridgwell
Cemetery, Guildhall.

BETTINA LABAR

     A memorial service for Mrs. Bettina A. (Gray) LaBar, 88, of West
Stewartstown, who died on December 15, 2003, will be conducted on Thursday,
June 3 at 1 p.m. at the Jenkins Funeral Home, with The Reverend Priscilla
Hull officiating. An interment service will follow at the Colebrook Village
Cemetery.
     Expressions of sympathy in Mrs. LaBar's memory may be made to the
Trinity United Methodist Church, c/o Pastor Priscilla Hull, Bridge Street,
Colebrook, NH 03576; to the American Cancer Society--NH Division, 360 State
Route 101, Unit 8, Bedford, NH 03110-5032; or to the Audubon Society of New
Hampshire, 3 Silk Farm Road, Concord, NH 03301.
     Condolences may be offered to the family on-line by going to
www.jenkinsfuneralhome.net.

ADELE PRESTON

     Adele M. (Teichmueller) Preston, 91, of Canaan and a former longtime
Salem, N.H., resident, died on May 28, 2004 at the Coös County Nursing
Hospital in West Stewartstown.
     Mrs. Preston was born in Chelsea, Mass., and had resided in Belmont,
Mass. She was a member of the Plymouth Congregational Church. She was an
active member of the First Congregational Church in Salem for many years,
where she was a member of the Philathea Class and active with several
church activities. She attended schools in Pasadena, Calif.
     She was the widow of Paul Preston, who died in 1979. Survivors include
her son, Roger Preston, and is wife Susan of Canaan; a brother, Charles
Miller of Florida; and two grandchildren. Private funeral services were
held on Saturday, May 29 at the Douglas and Johnson Funeral Home in Salem,
followed by burial in Pine Grove Cemetery in Salem. Memorial contributions
may be made to American Cancer Society, Gail Singer Building, 360 State
Route 101, Suite 501, Bedford, NH 03110.

LOUISE RAINVILLE

     Mrs. Louise A. (Covell) Rainville, 78, of Colebrook, died on Friday
afternoon, May 28, 2004 at the Upper Connecticut Valley Hospital in
Colebrook.
     Mrs. Rainville was born on June 17, 1925 in Colebrook, daughter of the
late Wilfred and Marion (Reed) Covell.
     Mrs. Rainville was a homemaker. She was an avid reader and folk
artist, and loved to garden. She enjoyed spending summers at her camp on
Lake Wallace, and for a number of winters she traveled south to Florida
with her late husband of over 56 years, Robert W. Rainville.
     Mrs. Rainville is survived by two sons, Kent Rainville and his wife
Roslyn of Mossy Head, Fla., and Robert Rainville and his wife Mary of
Colebrook; four sisters, Geri Covell of Hornell, N.Y., Pat Kenny of
Lunenburg, Vt., Faye Harris of Northamp-ton, Mass., and Carol Berry of
Andover, N.H.; and five grandchildren.
     Mrs. Rainville is preceded in death by her loving husband, Robert W.
Rainville, on April 2, 1999. There will be no calling hours. A memorial
service will be conducted on Friday, June 11 at 2 p.m. at the Trinity
United Methodist Church in Colebrook, with The Reverend Priscilla Hull
officiating.
     Expressions of sympathy in Mrs. Rainville's memory may be made to the
Colebrook Public Library, c/o Julie Colby, Main Street, Colebrook, NH
03576; to the Trinity United Methodist Church, c/o The Reverend Priscilla
Hull, Bridge Street, Colebrook, NH 03576; or to the Two Rivers Ride for
Cancer Fund, c/o Rosemary Mulliken, First Colebrook Bank, 147 Main Street,
Colebrook, NH 03576.
     Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Jenkins Funeral Home
of Colebrook. Condolences may be offered to the family on-line by going to
www.jenkinsfuneralhome.net.

BERTHA SAUNDERS

     Bertha D. Saunders, 96, of South Hero, Vt., died unexpectedly on
Saturday, May 22, 2004, at Fletcher Allen Health Care in Burlington.
     She was born in Pittsburg on September 20, 1907, the fourth child of
Andrew J. and Ida (Woodward) Holmes.
     On September 14, 1931, she was married to Albert Marvin Saunders in
Plattsburgh, N.Y. Mrs. Saunders was employed by the Department of
Agriculture in the soil conservation department.
     She is survived by a son, Rodney Saunders, and his wife Joan of
Plattsburgh; daughter Beverly James and husband David of Humble, Texas;
five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by her
husband, Albert M. Saunders, on September 14, 1999, and siblings Doris
Reynolds, Shirley Holmes and Russell Holmes.
     Funeral services were held on Tuesday, June 1 at 11 a.m. at St.
Andrew's Episcopal Church in Colchester, with burial following at
Mountainview Cemetery in Essex Center. Visiting hours were held on Monday,
May 31 at the Corbin and Palmer Funeral Home in Burlington. Donations may
be made in her memory to C.I.D.E.R. (Champlain Islanders Developing
Essential Resources), PO Box 13, South Hero, VT 05486.

SPRING INTERMENTS

     The following is a schedule of spring Interments for the month of June
for Newman Funeral Home:
     Hector Turgeon, at St. Albert's Cemetery in Stewartstown on Saturday,
June 5 at 1 p.m.; Donald Haynes, at Colebrook Village Cemetery in Colebrook
on Saturday, June 5 at 10 a.m.; Karl King, at Lake Cemetery in Pittsburg on
Sunday, June 6 at 2 p.m.;
     Harriet Laurie, at the Pittsburg Hollow Cemetery in Pittsburg on
Saturday, June 12 at 11 a.m.