All Obituaries

North Woodstock, NH   Donald Lafrance of Cedar Court passed away Friday, January 4, 2019 at Speare Memorial Hospital in Plymouth, NH. He was 67.   Born on October 31, 1951 in Fall River, MA, he was the son of Norman P. and Beatrice (Berube) Lafrance.   Donald grew up in the Fall River area and attended local schools.  He earned a degree in Auto Body Repair.   He was employed as an auto body technician at Arnold’s Garage in Lincoln, NH for many...

Gaylord John Maynard, 88, died on December 26, 2018 at the New Hampshire Veterans Home in Tilton, NH. He was born in Fairfield, Vermont on February 3, 1930, the son of Gerald G. Maynard and Mabel (Plumb) Maynard. John attended school in Campton, NH and graduated from Plymouth High School with the class of 1948. John served in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict with rank of Sgt. 1st Class from September 1948 until August 1954. He served in the Region 12, 66th Counter Intelligence Corp....

James H. Fadden Jr., 64 of 29 School St, North Woodstock passed away Monday, December 10, 2018 in Littleton, NH. James Hill Fadden was born at Littleton Hospital on December 1, 1954. A lifelong resident of North Woodstock he attended Lin-Wood Public Schools graduating in June of 1973. On January 20, 1971 Jimmy achieved the highest rank of Eagle Scout. He was a longtime entrepreneur and was the owner/operator of Fadden Construction and Fadden’s General Store of North Woodstock. Jim...

Lincoln, NH Lorraine Wright, ‪88, of Boyle Street, Lincoln passed away Thursday, December 6, 2018 in Kennebunk, Maine. Born in Boston, MA on February 23, 1930, she was the daughter of Harry and Helen O’Brien.   Lorraine was a graduate of Watertown High School.   She also attended Academy Moderne in Boston where she pursued a career in modeling.  Later, she earned her degree in Landscape Design from Radcliffe College in Cambridge, MA. She worked as a ski...

Lincoln, NH Maria Jose (Medeiros) Smith of Hanson Farm Road passed away Saturday, November 17, 2018 at Mountain Ridge Center in Franklin, NH.  She was 62. Born on October 5, 1956 in St. Michael, Azores Portugal, she was the daughter of Messias and Semeira (Pereira) Medeiros. Maria grew up in Somerville, Mass and attended Somerville High School. In 1987, she relocated to Lincoln, NH, where she owned and operated the Notchview Country Kitchen for many years.  In retirement, she...

Joseph A Drapeau, 55, of Lincoln NH, died at his home in Bradford, VT on November 10, 2018.  Joe was born in Littleton, NH on December 11, 1962 to Nancy McMorran and Robert Drapeau (deceased). He grew up in Lincoln and graduated from Lin-Wood High School in 1982. He then enlisted in the U.S. Army and served from 1982-1986, followed by two years of service in the Army National Guard. After returning to Lincoln, he worked as a skilled carpenter and handyman. He was always willing to...

Lincoln, NH Shelia J. Lessard, 81, of Lincoln, passed away suddenly November 11, 2018 at her home. Born August 22, 1937, she was the daughter of Ralph Salem and Lottie Cassidy. She was raised by her mother and stepfather, Roland Goodbout in Lincoln, NH. She was married to Richard Lessard and they made their home in Portsmouth, NH, where they raised their two children, Julie and Kevin.  After Richard’s death, she remained in Portsmouth working at Data General and High Liner...

David Allen Gray, 66, of N. Woodstock, died October 7, 2018 in Littleton.  Born April 10, 1952 in Hanover, NH, he was the son of Elvina Elizabeth Gray and Douglas Allen Gray.  David attended high school in Laconia, NH and was an avid fisherman.  His passion was dealing in antiques, and had booths at Arnold’s Antique’s in N. Woodstock for a number of years.  David also had an extensive coin collection.  He was an “all around great guy,” who...

North Woodstock –   Helen Corbeil, 98, died October 7, 2018 with family by her side for the last days of her life at the Lafayette Center in Franconia.    Helen was born September 18, 1920.  She was a communicant of St. Joseph Church.    Helen enjoyed skiing, snow mobile trips, gardening, and walking in her younger days.  She loved going to Maine, Florida, and Colorado to visit her kids.  She and her husband Sonny traveled the US, Canada,...

Jimmie D. McLaughlin, 91, of Lincoln, NH and Bradenton, FL died on September 30, 2018 following a period of declining health. Jimmie was born in Monroe, OK to Jim and Bertha McLaughlin.  He lived most of his youth in Oklahoma, Arkansas and California.  He joined the Navy in 1950 and served on the USS Wisconsin during the Korean Conflict and on the USS Mississippi until his discharge in 1954. In 1955 he and his family moved to Lincoln and opened Jim’s Texaco service station....