Obituary Listing

Jul 3, 2019

Danville, NH: Greta L. (Ryan) Smithers, 93, of Danville, NH, died on July 3, 2019 at Rockingham County Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, surrounded by her loving family.

Born in Georgetown, MA, the daughter of the late John and Grace (Dawkins) Ryan, Greta was raised and educated in Haverhill. She worked as an assembler at Western Electric for...

Jul 3, 2019

Sandown, NH: Jaime L. Brown, 64, a resident of Sandown for the past twenty years, a former resident of Derry, NH and Merrimac, MA, died on July 3, 2019 at Port Healthcare Center in Newburyport.

Born in Dayton, Ohio, son of the late Robert and June (Magill) Brown, he graduated from North Middlesex High School and received...

Jun 30, 2019

Newburyport: Lois K. (Fenton) Benger, 87, of Atkinson, NH, passed away on Sunday, June 30, 2019 at Avita of Newburyport.

She was born in 1931 and raised on a small family-owned farm in Frederic Wisconsin. She was the daughter of WW1 veteran John Fenton and his wife Katherine (Johnson) Fenton, along with her siblings, Clarence, Floyd, and...

Jun 28, 2019

Kingston, NH: Paul E. McKinney, Jr. 85, of Kingston, NH, died on June 28, 2019, in the rehabilitation unit at Hannah Duston Healthcare Center in Haverhill, MA, after a long battle with respiratory illness.

Born in Elizabeth, NJ he was the son of the late Paul, Sr. and Effie Maie (Cowden) McKinney. Paul, or "Mac" as he...

Jun 21, 2019

Newton, NH: Philip C. Buswell, 79, a resident of Newton for the past thirty years, died peacefully on Friday, June 21, 2019 at High Pointe Hospice House in Haverhill, with his loving family by his side. Born in Boston, MA, and raised and educated in Natick, he was the son of the late Charles and Winifred (Andrew) Buswell, and...

Jun 16, 2019

East Hampstead, NH: Arnold J. Dandurant, 91, a resident of East Hampstead since 2009 and a former longtime resident of Atkinson for thirty-three years, died peacefully on Sunday, June 16, 2019 at Merrimack Valley Hospice House. Born, raised and educated in Haverhill, MA, son of the late John and Annie (Driscoll) Dandurant, he attended Haverhill High School and served...

Jun 14, 2019

Newton, NH: Lisa R. (Kludo) Ciminera, 52, a resident of Newton for the last ten years and formerly of Greenland, died peacefully on Friday, June 14, 2019, at her home, following a long illness and surrounded by her loved ones.

Born in Brighton, Pennsylvania, she graduated from Beaver High School as well as the Fashion Institute of...

Jun 11, 2019

Haverhill, MA:  Georgette "Gee-Gee"(White) Whiteneck, 92, peacefully passed away on June 11, 2019 at Wingate, Haverhill, Massachusetts. She was born on November 25, 1926 in Seabrook New Hampshire to the late George W.W. and Lillian (Buzzell) White of Atkinson, New Hampshire.

Gee-Gee was raised in Atkinson and graduated from Atkinson Academy. She was a loving and dedicated...

Jun 9, 2019

John H. Seluta died on June 9, 2019, at 79 years of age.  He was born in Somerville MA on October 18, 1939, the son of Francis and Inez (Crocker) Seluta. He had resided in Plaistow, NH since 1977.  On October 19, 1968,  John married Patricia Boone Nichols of Lowell, MA. They were married 25 years until...

Jun 4, 2019

North Hampton, NH: Thomas M. Hansen, 76, a resident of North Hampton for the past five weeks, and a former longtime resident of Newton, NH and Plum Island died June 4, 2019 at his home following an extended illness. Born in Haverhill, Massachusetts, son of the late Albert T. and Mary (Smith) Hansen, he was raised and educated in...

Jun 1, 2019

Newton, NH: Karl L. Busch, 41, a resident of Newton, died Saturday, June 1, 2019 at his home.

Born in Exeter, son of Edward Busch and Yvonne (Friend) (Busch) Foster, he was educated in the Sanborn School System. For the past year he was employed as a foreman at ERRCO Recycling Center in Epping.

Karl...

Jun 1, 2019

Sandown, NH: On Saturday June 1, 2019, James "Jim" Devine, forty-year resident of Sandown, NH passed away at the age of 69.

Jim was born on September 6, 1949 in Lawrence, MA to Christopher Devine and Emma (Duggan) Devine.  Jim was a varsity basketball and football player at Tenney High School in Methuen, MA and pursued secondary...

Jun 1, 2019

Atkinson, NH:  John K. Martin, Jr., 85, of Atkinson, died on June 1, 2019 at Wingate at Haverhill Nursing Home.

Born in Saugus, MA, the son of the late John K. and Mildred C. (Mcadoo) Martin, he was raised and educated in Lynn, MA.  He attended Lynn English High School, graduating with the Class of 1951, and...

May 25, 2019

Plaistow, NH: Mark W. "Papa" Martin, 66, died in his home, May 25, 2019, surrounded by his loving family.

Born in Nebraska, he was the son of the late John and Mary (Rustermire) Martin. Mark spent his early childhood in Nebraska and then moved to Lynn where he graduated from Lynn Classical High School as a member...

May 22, 2019

Atkinson, NH: Pearl H. (Byard) Parrish, 93, recently of Atkinson, NH and formerly of Wood-Ridge, NJ passed away at Grace House of Windham in Windham, NH. Pearl was born in McKeesport, PA to Clark and Gladys Byard and grew up in Versailles, PA. Pearl's working career was in retail sales beginning with the Murphy Company in McKeesport, PA. She...

May 20, 2019

East Hampstead, NH:  Debra Lee Dandurant, 66, of East Hampstead, NH, died on May 20, 2019 at her home.

Born in Haverhill, MA, she was the daughter of Arnold Dandurant and the late Frances (Chase) Dandurant.  She attended Haverhill High School, graduating with the Class of 1970, and Northern Essex Community College, where she received her Associates...

May 18, 2019

Haverhill: Michelle M. (McGovern) Paquette, 57, a longtime teacher at the Caleb Dustin Hunking School in Bradford, died from natural causes, after being stricken at her home on Saturday, May 18 2019. Born in Lynn, Massachusetts, daughter of Frederick W. McGovern and Mona E. Stinson, she was educated and raised in Lynn and graduated from Saint Mary's High School...

May 15, 2019

Fremont, NH: Joyce E. (Goldthwaite) Spero, 78, died peacefully at her home in Fremont on May 15, 2019.

Born in Exeter, NH, the daughter of the late Everard and Janice (Robinson) Goldthwaite, she grew up in Danville and attended Sanborn Regional High School, graduating as a member of the Class of 1959.

Joyce was always...

May 14, 2019

Herbert Vance (Woody) Woodworth, born July 13, 1929 in Newburyport, Massachusetts and passed away peacefully May 14, 2019 in his home in Winter Park, Florida after a long, hard fight with Alzheimer's.  He grew up in a small farmhouse in East Kingston, New Hampshire where he spent countless nights reading of adventures in distant countries.  As a child, he...

May 14, 2019

Sandown, NH:  Joseph "Joe" J. Kersulis, 91, of Sandown, NH and formerly of Cambridge, MA, Somerville, MA and Billerica, MA, died on May 14, 2019 at the High Pointe Hospice House, Haverhill, MA.

Born in Cambridge, MA, son of the late Paul and Mary (Ragouskas) Kersulis, he served in the United States Army as a Private First...