New Hampshire, U.S., Marriage and Divorce Records, 1659-1947
Richard Osborne
ROLLINSFORD - Richard J. Osborne, 43, of Rollinsford, formerly of Lynn, Mass., died Friday, Sept. 14, 2001, at his home after a lengthy illness. He was the husband of Joanne M. (Quinn) Osborne of Lynn, Mass., with whom he shared 14 years of marriage.
Born in Lynn, the son of Richard and Martha (McGovern) Osborne of Lynn, he was a graduate of Lynn English High School, Class of 1976. He received his bachelor’s degree in business from Salem State College in 1981 and his master’s degree in business administration from Suffolk University in 1990. He resided in Rollinsford for 13 years, previously residing in Lynn.
He was employed at Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. in Boston and later in Dover as a financial manager for 17 years.
He was a communicant of St. Michael’s Church in South Berwick, Maine, and a former communicant of St. Pius V Church, a member of the Cochecho Country Club in Dover, the Rochester Country Club and a past member of the Gannon Golf Club. He was active in St. Pius CYO baseball and played softball for the Lynn Parks Softball League.
In addition to his wife and parents, he leaves a daughter, Kelly Osborne, 4 of Rollinsford; a brother, Thomas Osborne of Magnolia, Mass.; two sisters, Ellen Corsetti and her husband, Gary of Magnolia and Karen LcClerc of Georgetown; and several nieces and nephews.
The funeral will be from the Cuffe-McGinn Funeral Home, 157 Maple St., Lynn on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2001, at 9 a.m. A funeral Mass will be held in St. Pius V Church at 10 a.m. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend. Friends may call on Monday, Sept. 17, 2001, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Interment will be in St. Mary’s Cemetery.
Donations may be sent to the Catholic Charities of New Hampshire, 215 Myrtle St., Manchester, N.H. 03101.
Rosalie Hildreth Rowan
KITTERY, Maine - Rosalie Hildreth Rowan of Wilson Road succumbed to cancer on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2001, at Harbor Home Nursing Home, York Harbor, Maine. She was born June 16, 1924, to the late Sadie (LeVene) and Elmer Linwood Merrill in Biddeford, Maine.
"Boarded out" at the age of 12 with the Ralph Hanscom family, she attended Portsmouth, N.H., schools until age 16, when she married Hyland Maurice Rowan, a farmer with five hired hands for his new bride to cook and care for. Hy owned the former Woodland Farms Dairy and the Woodland Farms Dairy Bar.
During the 40 years of raising 10 children, Rosalie worked in the Parent-Teacher Association and volunteered to help with school activities. A tireless caregiver by nature, she took in and cared for her sick aunt and later her own mother. When Hy was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease almost unheard of at that time, Rosalie earned her certified nurse’s assistant so she could care for him in their home until his death in 1982.
Rosalie put on her mother’s "gadding shoes" in 1983 and flew to Japan, eagerly experiencing their culture and customs during a three-month visit with daughter Nora and her family. Another time she flew to England and volunteered for several months as a domestic helper at the British Headquarters of the Wycliffe Bible Translators. She loved every minute of it.
When home, she fervently took on the tasks of regularly sitting with shut-ins so their families could get a needed break, baby-sat her grandchildren and great-grandchildren and will always be remembered for her delicious mashed potato doughnuts and peanut butter fudge.
A born-again Christian and a member of The Church at Spruce Creek (formerly Central Baptist Church of Portsmouth, N.H.), she taught Sunday school, served often in the nursery and worked in Pioneer Girls for many years.
Always willing to help, she is remembered by her church family as a caring sister and a faithful servant.
Her grateful children are: Shirley and Mark Wilson, H. Maurice and Glenna Rowan, Carroll and Mary Jane Rowan, Nancy and John Page, Nora and Kim Gay, Mary and John Osgood, Betty Andre, Robert and Pam Rowan, Herbert and Cathy Rowan, and Susan and Fred Rancourt.
Her siblings are: Lyman (who died in 2001) and Betty Merrill, Natalie and Stan Parmley, Verna and Carl Burbank and Ruth and Ken Zamarchi, plus 21 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 22, 2001, at The Church at Spruce Creek, Wilson Road, Kittery. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in her memory to The Church at Spruce Creek, Box 413, Eliot, Maine 03903 or to the Visiting Nurse Service Hospice, 42 Brickyard Court, York, Maine 03909.
Arrangements are by J.S. Pelkey Funeral Home, 125 Old Post Road, Kittery.
Joan Mary Vallee
SOMERSWORTH - Joan Mary Vallee, 62, of 7A Bartlett Ave. died Thursday, Sept. 13, 2001, at Wentworth-Douglass Hospital.
Born Feb. 16, 1939, in Fort Kent, Maine, she was the daughter of Albert D. and Delina (Martin) Caron.
She was a Somersworth resident for 42 years and last worked about 20 years ago for local shoe companies.
She was a loving and caring mother and was an avid bowler.
Survivors include her husband, Robert R. Vallee of Somersworth; two sons, Daniel Caron of Rochester and Mark Vallee of Nashua; a daughter, Debra Arthur of Rochester; a brother, Edmond Caron of Nebraska; a sister, Mrs. Constance Cook of Rochester; five grandchildren, B.J. Arthur, Tyler Arthur, Michael Arthur, Mathew and Amanda Caron; and nieces, nephews and cousins.
Friends and relatives may call from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 16, 2001, at the Roberge Funeral Home 298 High St. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 17, 2001, at St. Martin’s Church.
Burial will follow in Mt. Calvary Cemetery.
Those who wish may make donations in her name to the Homemakers of Strafford County, 215 Rochester Hill Road, Rochester, N.H. 03867.
Walter Westberg
PLYMOUTH - Walter F. Westberg, 82, of Carpenter Park Road, died Friday, Feb. 1, 2002, at Pleasant View Nursing Home in Concord.
He was born on March 18, 1919, in Hallock, Minn., the son of Per Olaf and Nellie (Peterson) Westberg.
Walter served six years as Chief Petty Officer Commissaryman in the U.S. Navy. He moved to Plymouth in the 1940s. He was a lifetime member of the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Plymouth. An avid golfer who enjoyed making custom clubs, he spent much of his free time as a volunteer ranger at the White Mountain Country Club. Playing pool with friends and family as well as working in his garden were among his pastimes.
Walter was a collector of Draper and Maynard memorabilia, some of which he donated to Plymouth State College and is on display in the D&M building.
He was predeceased by a brother, Art, and a sister, Mary Ann.
Survivors include his wife of 55 years, Dorothy A. (Blake) Westberg of Plymouth; three daughters, Margaret Terrasi of Holderness, Barbara Jalbert of Belmont and Julie Jaquith of Plymouth; eight grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; three brothers, Delwin Westberg, Henning Westberg and Hilding Westberg; two sisters, Olive Blake and Jeanette Johnston; and many nieces and nephews.
Calling hours will be held at Mayhew Funeral Home, 12 Langdon St., Monday from 7-9 p.m. A funeral service will be held on Tuesday at 10 a.m. in the funeral home. The Rev. Margaret Bickford will officiate. A spring burial will be held in the Riverside Cemetery, Fairgrounds Road, Plymouth. Please omit flowers. Memorial donations may be made to Pemi-Baker Health Agency, 258 Highland St., Suite 14, Plymouth, NH 03264.
Dorothy Crosby
BELMONT, Mass. - Dorothy (Barber) Crosby, 96, died Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2002, at the Lahey Clinic.
Born in North Adams, Mass., she was a lifelong resident of Belmont before becoming one of the original settlers of Brookhaven at Lexington.
She attended Master’s Boarding School in Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. and the Madiera School in Washington, D.C., and was a graduate of Smith College, class of 1929.
A homemaker, she was a member of the Florence Critterdon League, Belmont Women’s Club and a volunteer for more than 20 years at McLean Hospital in Belmont.
The widow of Harold Crosby, survivors include her son, C. Thomas Crosby and his wife, Barb P. Crosby, of Madbury; five grandchildren, Laurel Archibald of Wellesley, Mass., James Merrick of Palm Harbor, Fla., Deborah Reed of Sterling, N.J., Jeannette Green of Bedford and Valerie Griffin of Wells, Maine; and 10 great-grandchildren.
There will be a memorial service at 10 a.m., Monday, Feb. 4, 2002, in Plymouth Congregational Church, 582 Pleasant St., Belmont.
A graveside service will be at 2:30 p.m., Monday, Feb. 4, 2002, in Pine Hill Cemetery, Dover.
Those who wish may make donations in her memory to Brigham & Women’s Hospital Gynecology Discretionary Fund, c/o Development Office, 116 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA 02116.
Local arrangements are under the direction of the Wiggin-Purdy-McCooey-Dion Funeral Home, 655 Central Ave., Dover.
Naomi Ranguette
PORTSMOUTH - Mrs. Naomi "Ruth" (Reed) Ranguette, 66, of 42 Cutts St., passed away Friday, Feb. 1, 2002, at home with her family.
She was born in Kansas City, Kan., Aug. 19, 1935, the daughter of the late Edward and Myrtle (Keith) Reed.
Mrs. Ranguette attended high school in Independence, Mo., and McIntosh College in Dover.
Mrs. Ranguette was proprietor of Chipmunk Office Services in Portsmouth until her retirement in 2001.
She loved to play bingo, read, spend time with her grandchildren and crochet or knit gifts for family and friends.
Besides her husband of 14 years, Joseph A. Ranguette, survivors include her children, Steven Golnik of Little Rock, Ark., Deborah McNally of Barrington, Rebecca McKnight of Berwick, Maine, Matthew McKnight of Wainai, Hawaii, Daniel McKnight of Lowell, Mass., Joe Clark of Oxford, Maine, Steve Clark of Pawtucket, R.I., Michael Ranguette of Milton and Arthur Ranguette of Portsmouth; 18 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; her stepmother, Helen Reed; and many aunts and uncles in Kansas and Washington.
A funeral service will be held at the Barrington Evangelical Free Church, Route 126, Barrington, Tuesday at 10 a.m. Friends are invited. Visiting hours will be held at the J. Verne Wood Funeral Home - Buckminster Chapel, 84 Broad Street, Portsmouth, Monday, 6-8 p.m. Flowers will be accepted.
Stephen Steinmuller
STRAFFORD - Dr. Stephen R. Steinmuller, 61, died at the Miami Heart Institute on Monday, Jan. 28, 2002, attended by his wife, Kathlene Crowell Steinmuller, brother, Dr. Donald Steinmuller of Chicago, and friend, Kathryn Kelley of Boston.
Born May 30, 1940, in Tacoma, Wash., Dr. Steinmuller grew up in Marblehead, Mass., attended Williams College in Williamstown, Mass., and Tufts University Medical School in Boston. He served his country during the Vietnam War while stationed at the Presidio in San Francisco, training Army doctors.
Dr. Steinmuller practiced 14 years in Concord as an internist and nephrologist with his partner and good friend, Dr. Thomas E. Murphy Jr., of Hopkinton. He brought the first in hospital dialysis services to community hospitals in Concord and Manchester and founded Dialysis Services of N.H., Inc., which was the first chronic dialysis service provided in the state. In 1981, with Dr. Murphy, he started the Seacoast Dialysis Center to serve patients along the coast of Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts.
Dr. Steinmuller retired for health reasons in 1987 and has lived in the Florida Keys since 1988, enjoying his family, friends, music and poetry. He spent summers at his island home on Bow Lake in Strafford and was active in the Bow Lake Camp Owners Association developing and implementing a lake monitoring program.
Stephen was a kind, gentle and loving man, and was much beloved by his wife, Kathlene; mother-in-law, Agnes Crowell; brother, Donald; nieces, Nicole and Kelly Steinmuller; godson, Brian Kelley; several cousins, nieces and nephews; and many dear friends in Florida and New Hampshire.
Memorial arrangements in Florida and New Hampshire are pending. Donations may be made to the Arthritis Foundation or to the charity of one’s choice.
Merton Hastings Sr.
GRANTHAM - Merton "Bill" W. Hastings Sr., 86, of Grantham, died on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2002, in the family homestead where he was born on Nov. 5, 1915.
He was the son of Willis and Laura (Crockett) Hastings. He had been a lifelong resident of Grantham where he operated his family farm. He was married to Pearl Smith, who died in 1999. He had served the Town of Grantham as a road agent and as a selectman. A personal man, he enjoyed farming and his family.
He was predeceased by his wife, Pearl Hastings; a sister, Harriett Savage; and two brothers, Harold and Lester Hastings.
He is survived by a daughter, Brenda Day of Grantham, formally of Rochester; a son, Merton W. Hastings Jr. of Grantham; six grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.
Graveside services will be held in the spring in the East Grantham Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made in his name to the Children’s Room at the Grantham Dunbar Library, Grantham, NH 03753.
Ricker Funeral Home of Lebanon is in charge of arrangements.
Teresa Ainaire
BARRINGTON - Teresa (Terri) Ainaire, 37, of Barrington died suddenly on Friday, Feb. 1, 2002, in Concord as a result of an automobile accident.
She was born on July 26, 1964, in Bangor, Maine, the daughter of Dennis and Geneva Ainaire. She graduated from Bangor High School in 1982 and the University of Maine in 1986.
She was employed with the Bureau of Radiological Health in the State of New Hampshire Health & Human Services Department as a radiochemist since 1998. She was previously employed as a biologist at UNH and a marine biologist at Bigelow Lab in Boothbay Harbor, Maine.
She was a talented cook, boat builder, navigator, a "demon" of a dancer, and loyal friend to many people. She loved the outdoors, especially anything involving ocean life and activities.
She was predeceased by her father, Dennis Ainaire.
She is survived by her longtime partner and companion, Jeff Fogman of Barrington; her mother, Geneva Ainaire of Bangor; four sisters and their husbands, Susan and Eric Lahti of Madison, Maine, Kathy and James Connolly of Corinth, Maine, Jean Yannone of North Adams, Mass., Lois and Ken Ruff of Bryant Pond, Maine; a brother and his wife, Thomas and Betty Ainaire of Somersworth; numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews; her beloved dog, Tanner; as well as many close friends.
Relatives and friends may call Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m. at Brookings-Smith Funeral Home, 133 Center St., Bangor.
A mass will be celebrated Friday at 10:30 a.m. at St. John’s Catholic Church on York Street in Bangor with burial in the spring.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her memory to the Cocheco Valley Humane Society, 262 County Farm Road, Dover, NH 03820.
Robert Anagnos
SOMERSWORTH - Robert Anagnos, 75, of 249 Green St., Somersworth, died Monday, Feb. 4, 2002, after a period of failing health. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the Tasker Funeral Home, 621 Central Ave., Dover.
Marion Capen
ROCHESTER - Marion Louise Capen, 78, of 105 Whitehouse Road, died Monday, Feb. 4, 2002, at Wentworth-Douglass Hospital after a period of failing health.
Arrangements will be announced by Purdy Memorial Chapel, Lee, and Oyster River Crematory, Barrington.
Dana Chase
MADBURY - Dana Charles Chase, 83, of Madbury, died Monday, Feb. 4, 2002, in his home after a year-long illness.
He was a former long-time resident of Longmeadow, Mass., from 1947 to 1953 and again from 1970 to 1999.
Born in Brattleboro, Vt., Nov. 20, 1918, he was the son of Judge Harrie Brigham Chase and Mina (Gilman).
Mr. Chase was a Phillips Exeter Academy graduate, Class of 1937; Dartmouth College, Class of 1941; and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Class of 1947.
He served as a U.S. Navy lieutenant during World War II aboard LST ship 475 in the Pacific Campaign.
He was a member of the American Legion.
For several years, he enjoyed life raising his family in Los Angeles and Sacramento, Calif., and Seattle, Wash., before returning to Longmeadow in 1970 and finally building a new home in Madbury in 2000.
Throughout his professional career as an engineer, he was affiliated with companies including Pratt & Whitney Aircraft in Windsor, Conn., Northrop Aircraft, Douglas Aircraft, Radioplane Company in Southern California, General Electric Aircraft Division in Lynn, Mass., Aerojet General Co. in Sacramento, Boeing Co. in Seattle, and most recently before retirement, Combustion Engineering, Inc. in Windsor.
He was married 55 years to "Bunny," Allethaire Chase Medlicott (Chase) of Longmeadow until her death in 1997.
He leaves four sons, Dana C. Chase Jr. of Cupertino, Calif., Christopher E. Chase of Waltham, Mass., Steven P. Chase and Robin A. Chase of Calais, Vt.; two daughters, Allethaire S. Noronha of Madbury and Meredith M. Battan of San Diego, Calif.; 13 grandchildren; and one great-granddaughter.
A daughter, Suzanne A. Chase, preceded him in death.
Mr. Chase loved to spend his recreational time with his children in the great outdoors traveling and hiking, boating and fishing (an avid angler) in the Lake Tahoe area of the Sierras, rivers of the Sacramento Valley and San Francisco Bay in northern California and later the Pacific Northwest. After moving back to Massachusetts, he enjoyed traveling with his wife in his motor home to visit his sons, daughters and grandchildren around New England and in southern and northern California.
A man of conservative Vermont Yankee character, he was a devout Christian and Episcopalian. He had served the lay ministry in the Trinity Episcopal Church in Sacramento and thereafter a devout church member at St. Marks Cathedral in Seattle and later St. Andrews Church in Longmeadow.
He possessed a remarkable quality as a devoted husband and a loving father.
Funeral services will be held Thursday at 11 a.m. at the Christ the King Church, 302 Rochester Hill Road, Rochester, with the Rev. Joe Marcucci, pastor, officiating with burial in the Longmeadow Cemetery, Longmeadow.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Wentworth-Douglass Home Care and Hospice, 113 Route 108, Dover, NH 03820-8805.
Arrangements under the direction of the Wiggin-Purdy-McCooey-Dion Funeral Home, 655 Central Ave., Dover.
