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Anna M. Krieger
EXETER - Anna M. (Hanson) Krieger, 94, died Thursday, July 24, 2003, at the Rockingham County Nursing Home, Brentwood.
She was born Aug. 3, 1908, in Exeter, the daughter of Olaf and Mathilda Hanson and was a lifelong resident of Exeter.
She was a graduate of Robinson Female Seminary, Exeter, and McIntosh Business College, Haverhill, Mass.
Mrs. Krieger was employed by the University of New Hampshire, London’s Dry Goods Store and Exeter Hospital for 25 years, retiring in 1983.
She was a member of Gilman Grange for 70 years.
The widow of Otto Krieger, who died in 1983, she is survived by two daughters, Marilyn Stearns of Belfast, Maine, and Nancy Hubbard of Downer’s Grove, Ill.; four grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
At her request there will be no services.
Arrangements are by the Brewitt Funeral Home, Exeter.
Elizabeth LaFontaine
ENFIELD - Elizabeth Jeanne Reiter Ibey LaFontaine, 81, died July 6, 2003, in Glenwood Springs, Colo.
She was born Feb. 11, 1922, in Brooklyn, N.Y., the daughter of the late Edgar and Gunhilda Reiter.
She was a graduate of the Pratt Institute in New York City.
Mrs. LaFontaine retired as secretary of the employee health clinic at Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital in Hanover. She had previously been a laboratory technician for Lederle Laboratories in New Jersey and worked at the LaSalette Shrine in Enfield, and at Dartmouth Medical School.
She enjoyed gardening, walking at the ocean and books. She was a talented artist and embroiderer.
She is survived by her husband, Raymond LaFontaine of Glenwood Springs; two daughters, Kristine A. Ibey of Enfield and Beth M. Laurie of Lebanon; two sons, Michael J. Ibey of Enfield and Scott C. Ibey of San Diego; one stepdaughter, Jill LaFontaine of Glenwood Springs; 10 grandchildren; one great-grandchild; and many nieces, nephews and cousins.
She was predeceased by her first husband, James E. Ibey who died in 1965; one son, Mark J. Ibey; one brother, John Reiter; and one sister, Thelma Reiter.
Graveside services were held July 23 in Oak Grove Cemetery, Enfield.
Memorial donations may be made to the Kurnhattin Home, Kurnhattin Road, Westminster, VT 05158.
Arrangements were by the Ricker Funeral Home, Enfield.
Rita S. Murray
EXETER - Rita S.(Crowley) Murray, 61, died Saturday, July 26, 2003, at her home.
She was born Sept. 24, 1941, in Lewiston, Maine. She moved to Salisbury, Mass., in 1968 before coming to Exeter.
She was a 1959 graduate of St. Mary’s Nursing School.
Mrs. Murray retired from Haverhill/Newburyport Human Services in 1993. She had previously worked for several health care organizations in the area and was also a substitute school nurse at Salisbury Elementary School for several years.
She is survived by her husband, James Murray of Exeter; two sons, Scott Murray of San Diego, Calif., and Daniel Murray of Portsmouth; and several nieces and nephews.
Visiting hours will be held Wednesday from 5 to 8 p.m. at Oceanside Funeral Home, 34 Lafayette Road, Salisbury.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Thursday at noon in Star of the Sea Church, Beach Road, Salisbury.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Seacoast Mental Health Center, 1145 Sagamore Ave., Portsmouth, NH 03801.
Michael P. O’Leary
EPPING - Michael Patrick O’Leary, 51, of Bartlett St., died Saturday, July 19, 2003, in Raymond.
He was born Nov. 27, 1951, in St. Louis, Mo., the son of Marian (Badalamenti) O’Leary of Omaha, Neb., and the late James V. O’Leary. He was raised in Missouri and Nebraska, and had resided in Epping since 1993.
He was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran serving from 1972 until 1978, and received his degree in electrical engineering from the University of Massachusetts in Lowell.
Mr. O’Leary was a computer project manager for the Department of Transportation for several years.
He was an active member of the Seacoast area AA and was an avid slide rule collector and a machinist.
In addition to his mother, he is survived by his wife of 11 years, Pamela (Spaulding) O’Leary of Epping; one son, Angus Patrick O’Leary of Epping; one daughter, Catherine O’Leary; four sisters, Jaimie O’Leary of Omaha, Kathleen O’Leary of Halton City, Texas, Vickie Ginn of Shell Knob, Mo., and Deborah Haack of Nebraska City, Neb.; and several nieces and nephews.
Calling hours will be held Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Brewitt Funeral Home, 8 Pleasant St., Epping.
A. Mildred Connarton
NORTH HAMPTON - A. Mildred Connarton, 81, of 2 Exeter Road, died Tuesday, July 22, 2003, at Exeter Healthcare.
She was born Jan. 19, 1922, in North Hampton, the daughter of the late Martin J. and Annie M. (Dalton) Corliss, and resided nearly her entire life in the home where she was born.
She attended North Hampton schools and was a 1940 graduate of Portsmouth High School.
Mrs. Connarton was a housekeeper for several families, including the Foss family of Straws Point in Rye, for more than 20 years.
The widow of James J. Connarton Jr., who died in 1979, she is survived by three sons, James Connarton Carter of North Hampton, Martin Connarton of Bow and Matthew Connarton of North Hampton; five grandchildren; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.
She was predeceased by one son, Stephen Connarton; and one brother, John Corliss.
Funeral services will be held Friday at 11 a.m. in the Remick & Gendron Funeral Home-Crematory, 811 Lafayette Road, Hampton. Burial will be in Center Cemetery, North Hampton.
Lucille E. Gundersen
WHEATON, Md. - Lucille Elizabeth "Lu" Gundersen, 65, of 12717 Barbara Road and Exeter, died Saturday, July 5, 2003, following a battle with lung cancer.
She was a member of the Christ Congregational Church in Silver Spring, and also of the Exeter Congregational Church in Exeter, and was a member of the choir of both churches.
An activist, she marched on Long Island in the 1960s to end segregated housing and was honored to have met Dr. Martin Luther King. She also worked as a youth leader at the Sayville Methodist Church in Sayville, N.Y., the Northern New England School of Religious Education, at Geneva Point Center in Moultonborough, and at Rolling Ridge Conference Center in North Andover, Mass.
A lay minister for the Methodist Church on Long Island, she occasionally preached at area churches. In the early 1970s, she helped to convert an abandoned church into a youth center to serve area teens in Georgetown, Mass.
After moving to New Hampshire, she was one of the original organizers of the Clamshell Alliance, working to oppose construction of the Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant. In 1977, roughly 600 protesters camped in the family’s woods before committing civil disobedience at the plant. In 1979, she committed civil disobedience at Seabrook and was arrested with Dr. Benjamin Spock. Sentenced to 60 days in the Rockingham County Jail, she was offered a small fine instead, because of her physical condition, but refused to take the easy out and served 40 days before being released for good behavior.
She was also the New England coordinator for Clergy and Laity Concerned (CALC), and organized peace marches and coordinated the efforts of area peace activists. In 1979, through CALC, she went to Iran during the Iran Hostage Crisis with a peace delegation to open a dialogue for reconciliation. In 1980, she received the New England Regional Social Justice award from the Methodist Church for her efforts in Iran.
Over the past year, she volunteered for The Living Bank, encouraging people to register as organ donors on the national registry.
Professionally, in the 1970s she was the administrative assistant at Rolling Ridge Conference Center in North Andover, Mass., and later at the Homophile Community Health Center in Boston. In the 1980s and 1990s in Washington, D.C., she worked at Women’s Strike for Peace, the Commission on Civil Rights, the National Autism Society, the National Institutes for Health, the Treasury Department and in the IRS Inspection Services.
For the past two summers, she was a member of the Green Gate Campground staff in Exeter.
She is survived by her partner of 23 years, Arleen Lopes of Wheaton; two daughters and their husbands, Debra and Paul Stewart of Newton and Luanne and David Wilczynski of Exeter; two sons, Frederick Gundersen and his partner, Deborah Greer, of Seabrook, and Wesley Gundersen and his wife, Deb Bunting of Newton; a former daughter-in-law, Linda Lentine of Sandown; six grandchildren; one sister, Eleanor Green of Lancaster, Pa.; one brother, Julius Hertsch of Haines City, Fla., and many nieces and nephews.
Memorial services will be held Saturday at 1 p.m. in the Congregational Church, 21 Front St., Exeter.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to the American Cancer Society, 30 Speen St., Framingham, MA 01701.
Elizabeth S. McIlveen
STRATHAM - Elizabeth S. "Betty" McIlveen, 58, of 177 Winnicutt Road, died Wednesday, July 23, 2003, in Elliot Hospital, Manchester.
She was born April 30, 1945, in Stratham, the daughter of the late Charles J. and Evelyn L. (Bacon) Scamman, and was a lifelong resident of Stratham.
She attended Exeter High School.
Mrs. McIlveen was a clerk at the former Ames Department Store in Seabrook for 17 years and had previously been employed by the Sylvania Corporation in Exeter.
She enjoyed spending time with her family.
She is survived by her husband of 35 years, Kenneth A. McIlveen; one son and his wife, Ricky A. and Janet Archambeault of Lee; three daughters and two sons-in-law, Robin A. and Jeffrey Josselyn of Seabrook, Kendra A. and Robert Farland of Stratham, and Roxanne McIlveen of Somersworth; eight grandchildren; one brother, Charles W. Scamman of Stratham; two sisters, June Chapman of Rutland, Mass., and Jean Muller of Ackley, Iowa; one stepbrother, Ernest Wilson of St. Mary’s , Ga., and several nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased by one brother, Gordon Scamman.
Private services will be held at the convenience of the family.
Memorial donations may be made to the American Cancer Society, 30 Speen St., Framingham, MA 01701.
Arrangements are by the Remick & Gendron Funeral Home-Crematory, Hampton. There are no funeral services planned.
Theonie Bennett
DOVER - Senior Master Sargent Theonie (Carabelas) Bennett (Ret.) died July 16, 2003, at a local nursing home after a lengthy illness.
She was born May 11, 1918, in Dover, the daughter of the late Dion and Stella (Aloupis) Carabelas, and was educated in Dover schools. She had resided in Fairfield, Calif., before returning to Dover in 1996.
Mrs. Bennett enlisted in the U.S. Army Women’s Auxiliary Corps in 1943. She was a mess sergeant working into base dietitian. She retired in 1964 after 20 years of service with the rank of senior master sergeant.
She enjoyed knitting, crocheting, outdoor activities and playing bingo.
The widow of William Bennett, who died in 1996, she is survived by four sisters, Lulu Calivas and Nikki Vatistas, both of Dover, Fula Pouliopoulos of Rye, and Priscilla Schanda of Newmarket, and one brother, Theodore D. Carabelas of Zepherhills, Fla.
She was predeceased by five brothers, James Carabelas, Louis Carabelas, Peter Carabelas, Spero Carabelas and Charles Carabelas; and one sister, Clara Leoutsacos.
Funeral services were held July 19 in the Greek Orthodox Church of Annunciation with the Rev. Father Constantine Newman officiating. Burial was in the Greek Cemetery in Dover.
Kathleen Caikauskas
MANCHESTER - Kathleen Ann (Sargent) Caikauskas, 59, died Thursday, July 17, 2003, in Boston Medical Center, after a lengthy illness.
She was born June 25, 1944, in Exeter, the daughter of Frank G. and Margurite (Peltier) Sargent.
She was a graduate of Exeter High School.
Mrs. Caikauskas was employed by Northwood Harborside Health Care Center before her illness. She had previously been employed by Feretti’s Bakery for 20 years.
She enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren, crafts and riding with her husband in their 1957 Chevy convertible.
She is survived by her husband of 40 years, Peter E. Caikauskas Jr. of Manchester; two sons, David E. Caikauskas and Kevin M. Caikauskas, both of Manchester; one daughter and her husband, Sharon and Joseph Leonard of Manchester; her mother of Allenstown; three brothers, Robert Sargent of Manchester, Brian Sargent of Allenstown, and John Sargent of Colchester, Vt.; three sisters, Ann Colbert of Raymond, Sharon Sargent of Colchester, and Maryellen Dares of Candia; one stepsister, Tammy Tucker of Manchester; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.
A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Monday in St. Pius X Church, Manchester. Burial was in St. Joseph Cemetery, Bedford.
Memorial donations may be made to the Scleroderma Foundation, 12 Kent Way, Suite 101, Byfield, MA 01922.
Arrangements were by the McHugh Funeral Home, Manchester.
