All Obituaries

Nancy passed away quietly at her home with family by her side on January 31, 2023.  The Lord is her Shepard, and she will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. Nancy was born September 18, 1935, in Franklin, New Hampshire.  She was the daughter of Zacharia and Iola (Snow) Brock.  Nancy grew up in Bridgewater and attended schools in Bristol. Nancy and husband Joe owned and operated the Ricky-Joe Restaurant (Bristol Diner) from 1962-1967.  Nancy started working at...

Richard (Dick) John Cunningham, 90, died January 19 at home surrounded by his family after a period of declining health.  Dick was born Jul 26, 1932 to Raymond and Florence (Taffe) Cunningham in Wellesley, MA.  He was a graduate of Wellesley High School and Providence College with a Bachelors Degree in Economics.  After college he joined the Air Force and attained the rank of Captain. Upon leaving the Air Force he began working at Massachusetts Mutual and then...

Thomas S. (Steve) Whitman, Jr. of Alexandria, NH and Black Point, Niantic, CT passed away on January 16 surrounded by his family.  Born in Hartford, CT in 1940 Steve was the son of Thomas S. and Grace (Carver) Whitman.  After a brief stint at Michigan State, where partying was a better activity than studies, Steve enlisted in the Navy and served aboard the USS Saratoga during the Cuban Missile Crisis/Vietnam era.  After his discharge he graduated from Babson College and began...

Bristol, NH-Peggy R. Moses, 75, passed away on Friday, January 13, 2023, after a courageous battle with leukemia. Born in Scranton, PA, Peggy was one of three children of H. Ray and Betsy (Ross) Delevan. The family moved many times during her youth, settling in Hudson, NY during her teenage years, where she became a member of the Church of Latter-day Saints and graduated from Ichabod Crane High School. After briefly attending Brigham Young University in Utah, Peggy returned to upstate NY,...

CONCORD-Alice Ann Estes Daugherty, 73, died Tuesday, January 10, 2023 at the Hospice House in Concord.  Born in Bellows Falls, VT, Alice was one of three children of Frank and Marjorie (Wallin) Estes.  The family moved to Concord while Alice was young, and she has been a lifelong resident since.  She graduated from Concord High School in 1967 and went on to work for almost 20 years at the State of NH WIC office and later took a job in the kitchen at Granite Ledges. Alice was...

BRISTOL-Frank A. Bernardi, 87, died Sunday, January 1, 2023 after a period of declining health. Born in  Malden, MA, the son of Frank and Marguerite Deschamps Bernardi. Frank was raised in Everett where  he graduated from Everett High School and enlisted in the US Coast Guard, serving for five years. After  discharge, he worked in computer data processing for a company in Saudi Arabia. While on vacation in  Spain, he met the love of his life, Maria Engracia Cerrato...

Kenneth R. Gordon, 59, died Monday, December 5, 2022, at home. He was born in Laconia, the youngest of two sons of Reginald and Jane (Dellil) Gordon. He was raised in Belmont where he attended elementary school, the family then moved to Laconia where he attended Laconia High School. Ken was diagnosed in his early teens with a long-term mental health disease that prevented him from living his life to its fullest. Ken felt most at peace when he was out in nature, whether it was country...

Marilyn “Lynn “(Worthen) Passanisi, died peacefully on December 3 at the family farm in Bristol surrounded by loved ones, six weeks after her 100th birthday. She was born in Methuen, MA the daughter of Fredrick Dushame and Marion (Batty) on October 21, 1922. She graduated from Lincoln school in Providence RI and attended Wheelock college in Boston, MA. She married Sam Worthen of Bristol, NH at Phillips Academy, Andover, MA in 1949. They had 5 children: Rick (Debbie) Worthen of...

George G. Whittaker 89, died Friday, December 2, 2022 at home after a period of declining health.  He was born in Jersey City, NJ, one of three children of Thomas A. and Marian ( Stringreber) Whittaker.  He grew up in New Jersey and met the love of his life, Judith Winters.  They married and moved to New Hampshire in 1970 where they opened Alexandria Wood Joinery.  George had a natural gift as a finish cabinet maker and refinisher.  George was an active community...

Sandra (Elliott) (Gallicchio) Sirotnak, 70, formerly of Glastonbury, CT, passed peacefully, November 10, 2022, at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, after a brief illness.  Sandi was born July 8, 1952, in Manchester, CT, the fourth child and only daughter of Stanley and Mary (DeGrasse) Elliott.  Sandi learned to be tough and spirited at an early age.  She was always a lover of dogs and all furry things.  She started a family early and spent much of her life as an in-home...