All Obituaries

-Donna J. Austin, 72, died Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at Speare Memorial Hospital after a period of declining health.  She was born in Maine and was raised in Derry the daughter of Howard and Margaret (Donovan) Thurlow.  Donna graduated from Pinkerton Academy.  Growing up, the family spent much time at their camp on Beaver Lake.  Her compassion, lead her to working in the health care field as a CNA.  After a 40 year career, she retired from Merrimack County...

Frank W. Snow, 82, recently died peacefully in his sleep at his home.  He was born in 1940 in Providence, RI the son of William and Esther (Dupres) Snow.  Frank was raised in Cranston, RI and graduated from Cranston H.S in 1957.  He served in the Marine Corps reserves from 1957-1963.  He completed a Master Toolmaker apprenticeship at Brown & Sharpe.  He then worked for over 40 years at his family’s jewelry business, Snow Findings Company, and served as...

Marion L. Paiva, 80, died Saturday August 20, 2022 at her home after a period of declining health.  Born in Boston, Massachusetts, the oldest of two daughters of Richard and Alma (Baker) Halliday.  She was raised in Marshfield, MA and graduated from Marshfield High School.  Marion spent much of her younger years breeding, raising and showing dogs and horses.  After starting a family, she spent her time as a stay at home mom.  After the children started school she...

Ellen Phyliss (Carney) Paterson, 92, of Alexandria, NH, passed away peacefully at her home on Thursday August 18th. She was the beloved wife of the late Douglas F Paterson, Sr.               She was born on October 25, 1929, in Providence RI to Edward and Elsie S. (Harper) Carney. She resided in Lincoln RI for 45 years before retiring to Alexandria in 1992. She received her BS from Rivier University and her Masters Degree from...

Jonathan P. Hoyt, 51, died Tuesday, August 16, 2022.  He was born in Plymouth the son of Bernard Hoyt and Eldonna (Sharrow) Heath.  Following graduation from Plymouth High School in 1989, he went on to work in the construction industry, working last for Construx before he became disabled.  Jonathan had a great love of the outdoors and was an avid sportsman.  He loved to be out hunting and fishing and he raised and trained beagles for rabbit hunting.  He enjoyed time...

Marjorie Joan (Peck) Hallberg, 89, of Bridgewater, NH, passed away peacefully at home, after a long struggle with dementia, on Saturday, August 13, 2022. Joan was cared for by family and caretakers with the guidance of Pemi-Baker Hospice & Home Health. Joan was born in Braintree, MA, the daughter of Edson and Viola (Wynot) Peck, Sr. She was raised in North Reading, MA and graduated from Reading High School. Shortly after her marriage to Richard Hallberg they returned to North...

Ernest Ridgway Duncan, 80, was tragically killed while attempting to remove an obstruction on the roadway on I-93 on July 27, 2022. He was born in Boston, the only child of Ernest Watt Duncan and Phyllis M.B. Ridgway, who died during his infancy. Ernie was raised by his grandparents, James and Frances Duncan, as well as by his father and mother, Ernest and Margaret Clay Duncan, in Woburn, MA. In 1959, at the age of sixteen, Ernie graduated from Woburn High School, and then went on to higher...

Nancy K. Jaques, 78, of George Road, went home to be with the Lord, Thursday, July 21, 2022 after a brief period of declining health.  Born in Oceaside, NY, Nancy was the youngest of four children of Alan A. and Grace Ferrin Jaques.  Although Nancy grew up in New York, she and her family summered on Newfound Lake for years until moving back to the family homestead Grove Hill Farm in Hebron permanently in the 1970’s.   Nancy will be remembered for volunteering, first as a...

Krystal L. Sorrell, 43, died Friday, July 15, 2022 at the Jack Byrne Hospice Center in Lebanon, NH.  Krystal was born in Concord, the daughter of Robert and Nancy (MacInnis) Haynes.  She lived most of her life in Bristol and Danbury.  A 1998 graduate of Newfound Regional High School, Krystal furthered her education at NHTI in Concord.  Krystal worked at Market Basket in Tilton and assisted with her husband’s business, Nick’s Plumbing and...

Virginia R. “Jeanie” Sokoloski, 72, of Mansfield Way, died Tuesday, June 14, 2022 at the Hospice House in Merrimack.  She was born in Revere, MA, the only child of Jacob and Virginia (Hafey) Foss.  While working at Thomas Strahan Wallpaper Co., she met and married Charles “Soko” Sokoloski.  In 1982 they moved from Chelea, MA to Alexandria, NH, settling in Bristol for many years.  Jeanie was a long-term employee at Shackett’s...