Colebrook News & Sentinel Obituaries, Colebrook, New Hampshire, from Wednesday, August 18, 2004

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ALEXANDER GUAY

     Alexander J. Guay, 90, of Colebrook, died on Wednesday morning, August
11 at the Upper Connecticut Valley Hospital in Colebrook following a long
illness.
     He was born on September 4, 1913 in Beecher Falls, the son of Omer and
Celina (Chaloux) Guay. Mr. Guay attended school in Beecher Falls and worked
on farms, but went to work as a woods cook for Washburn Logging at an early
age. He also worked on the construction of Murphy Dam in Pittsburg.
     Mr. Guay was married to Germaine Lacombe on August 22, 1955. Besides
running his farm, he also drove the Stewartstown school bus for over 20
years. During the winter he cut and delivered wood throughout the local
area, at first with horses and later by truck. Mr. Guay also ran a maple
sugar lot, where he frequently held sugar parties for friends and
relatives. He was a good neighbor who frequently used his tractor to pull
unfortunate motorists out of the mud and snow on Piper Hill Road.
     The family includes his wife of 49 years, Germaine Guay of Colebrook;
seven sons, William Guay and Claude Guay, both of Stewartstown, Theodore
Guay of Manchester, Arnaud Thibodeau and wife Ruth of Greenville, Rejean
Thibodeau and wife Therese of Enfield, Conn., Renald Guay and wife
Gabrielle of East Hereford, Quebec, and Daniel Guay and wife Mary Sue of
Hazel Green, Ala.; three daughters, Mrs. Andrè (Francine) Champagne of
Stewartstown, Dolores Jackson and the late Gary Jackson of North Grafton,
Mass, Mrs. Jimmy (Joanne) Gilbert of Stewartstown; three sisters, Gracienne
Cormier of Fremont, Rachel Moreau of Springfield, Mass., and Leona Berube
of Florida; 16 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren; and many nieces
and nephews. He was predeceased by five brothers and two sisters.
     Calling hours were held on Friday afternoon and evening, August 13,
and on Saturday morning at the Newman Funeral Home in Colebrook.
     A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on Saturday morning at St.
Albert's Church in Stewartstown, officiated by the Reverend Craig Cheney.
Burial followed at St. Albert¹s Cemetery in Stewartstown.
     Those who wish to make donations in memory of Alexander J. Guay may
give to the Coös County Nursing Hospital Activities Fund, PO Box 10, West
Stewartstown, NH 03597.

EMERILDA ROY

     Emerilda Pivin Roy died peacefully at the age of 93 on Sunday, August
15, 2004 at the Coaticook hospital.
     She was the beloved wife of the late Amédé Roy; dear mother of Fernand
(Suzanne Paquette), Gérard (Huguette Maheu), Georgette (Jean St-Pierre),
and Roger (Adrienne Lessard); and grandmother of 18.
     Visiting hours will be held at Charron and Son funeral Home, 228 Child
Street, Coaticook, on Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m., and on
Thursday at 1 p.m. A funeral service will be held on Thursday at 3 p.m. at
St-Jean Church in Coaticook.

REV. RALPH SABINE

     Rev. Ralph Sabine, 89, of Somersworth, died on August 9, 2004 in
Presque Isle, Maine, following a brief illness.
     He was born on March 27, 1915 in Norton, N.B., Canada, the son of Rev.
Leonard and Laura (Boyd) Sabine.
     In addition to his wife, Mary, of 61 years, he is survived by two
sons, Ralph Sabine of Sanford, Maine, and Stephen Sabine of Newington; four
daughters, Mary-Elizabeth McKay of Ellicott City, Md., Lois McDivitt of
Presque Isle, Maine, Jacquelyn Timme of Port Orchard, Wash. and Carolyn
Sabine of Somersworth; 13 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; a
brother, Ronald Sabine, and many nieces and nephews.
     Ralph and his wife Mary started their ministry in the Reformed Baptist
Church and continued it in the Church of the Nazarene and, for the last 22
years of full-time ministry, in the New Hampshire Conference of the United
Methodist Church.
     In the N.H. Conference, he served pastorates in Monroe and North
Monroe, Canaan, Vt., and Pittsburg, Bethlehem and Whitefield, and Exeter
and East Kingston. After official retirement in June 1980, he and Mary
remained active in ministry, especially through visitation on the shut-ins
and elderly in nursing homes and hospitals for St. John's UMC, where he
served as Associate Pastor Emeritus.
     A memorial service was held on Saturday at St. John United Methodist
Church in Dover. Interment will be in Woodstock, N.B., Canada. Donations
may be made in Rev. Sabine's name to the memorial fund at St. John¹s UMC.
The Cremation Society of New Hampshire is in charge of arrangements.

ANTON SCHANZ

     Anton "Tony" Schanz 92, of Concord, died on April 12, 2004 at
Havenwood retirement community.
     Mr. Schanz was born in New York City on February 19, 1912, the son of
Rose (Doser) and Josef Schanz.
     He was graduated from Bryant High School in Manhattan and attended New
York University. He lived in Astoria and Westbury, N.Y., Arlington, Mass.,
and Pittsburg.
     In the 1930s he worked in the stock market, earning $12.50 per week,
and played football for the Vikings, a New York City team, for $25.
     He became an air traffic controller for the Civil Aviation Agency at
La Guardia and Idelwild.
     He retired from the FAA in 1973 after 32 years of service and moved to
Pittsburg.
     Mr. Schanz was married to Elizabeth "Bette" Mara in 1936. He was a
loving husband to his wife of 57 years. Mrs. Schanz died on September 21,
1993.
     Family members include four children, Anton Schanz of Haverhill, Meryl
Pascarella of Glen Cove, N.Y., Susan Morton of Plymouth and Donald Schanz
of Littleton; and six grandchildren.