Jack Robert

West

Jack Robert West, 76, of Hampstead, New Hampshire, passed away on Wednesday November 4, 2026, at the Catholic Medical Center in Manchester, New Hampshire, surrounded by the unconditional love of his family.

Born October 28, 1950, in Ayer, Massachusetts, Jack was the son of the late Charles F. and Elizabeth A. (Edmands) West. Jack grew up in Watertown, Massachusetts, and Holliston, Massachusetts, before moving to Massapequa, New York. He graduated from Acton-Boxborough Regional High School, Class of 1968, and went on to pursue his education at Wentworth Institute in Boston, Massachusetts, earning associate degrees in engineering and applied science.

On August 23, 1970, Jack married his high school sweetheart, Gloria (Anderson). Around this time, he also served six years in the Army National Guard tank unit, earning the rank of Sergeant. They moved from Massachusetts to New Hampshire, where they built their home of thirty-eight years in Atkinson, New Hampshire, and began raising their family. An entrepreneur at heart, Jack built two portable sawmills over the years, running a side business called ‘Jack Pine’ in Atkinson, New Hampshire.

Jack was employed for over twelve years as a draftsman at Process Engineering in Plaistow, New Hampshire. He later worked for many years at Skaff Cryogenics in Hampstead, New Hampshire, and Bri-Weld in Auburn, New Hampshire.

He loved snow skiing and water skiing, riding his motorcycle, competing in enduro dirt bike races, hang gliding, skateboarding, and embracing every other adventurous pursuit available to him. Jack loved playing guitar and sharing stories around a campfire. He was also a remarkably talented craftsman who expressed his artistry through woodworking and painting.

Jack and Gloria sold their long-time home in 2013 and moved to Hampstead, NH, which has been their home since.

Jack will be sadly missed and lovingly remembered by his wife of fifty-six years, Gloria West of Hampstead, New Hampshire, daughter, Krista Knight, and son, Jake West both of Raymond, New Hampshire. He will also be remembered by his sisters, Patricia Lowden and her friend, Norm Page of Lexington, Massachusetts, and Joan Maier of New Albany, Indiana, sisters-in-law, Sharon Blais and her husband, Rejean, of Stony Plain, Alberta, Canada, Marie Goguen and her partner, Reno LaBelle of Kingston, New Hampshire, Nancy Godin and her husband Michael of Epsom, New Hampshire, grandsons, Jeremy Knight of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and Trevor Knight of Raymond, New Hampshire, and several nieces and nephews, Peter, Scott, Jill, Bill, Katrina, Mindy, Jesse, Jason, Michael & Michelle. Besides Jack’s parents, he was also predeceased by his stepfather, Joseph Hughes.

Relatives and friends are kindly invited to a Celebration of Jack's Life on Saturday November 21, 2026, at 1:00 PM, at the Emerson Village Community Center, 261 Emerson Avenue, Hampstead, New Hampshire.