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Bruce "Woody" Woodside
Bruce "Woody" Woodside, 59, of Tamworth, died on May 26, 1999 at the Lakes Region General Hospital in Laconia, after a period of failing health. He was born in Boston, and had lived in the Holliston and Framington areas of Massachusetts before moving to Tamworth in 1983. He owned and operated Woody's Steamed Hot Dogs from 1984-85.
Woody was appointed Hay Inspector for the Town of Tamworth.
His family includes his wife of 25 years, Patricia Carr Woodside of Tamworth; and a brother, Wayne Woodside of Elgin, S.C.
There will be no calling hours. A celebration of his life will be held later in the summer.
Donations in Woody's memory may be made to the Woody Woodside Fund, P.O. Box 273, Tamworth, NH 03886. All donations will help defray medical costs.
Arrangements are by Lord Funeral Home in Center Ossipee.
Charles E. Gagnon Jr.
Charles E. Gagnon Jr., 81, of North Conway died on May 23, 1999 at his home following a long illness of diabetes. He was born in Marblehead, Mass., on July 2, 1917, and was the son of Charles and Flossie Hamson Gagnon Sr.
Mr. Gagnon graduated from Salem, Mass., High School and served in both World War II and the Korean War as a radioman first class in the U.S. Navy. Prior to retirement, he was employed at Yield House in North Conway as a quality control supervisor.
He was very active in Amateur Radio for 60 years, and his radio call was W1LQQ. He was also a member of AARL, and kept in touch and talked to "Hams" all over the world.
His family includes his wife of 57 years, Edith Whittier Gagnon of North Conway; a son, Charles T. Gagnon of Conway; a daughter, Carolyn Holbrook of Bolton, Mass.; two grandsons, Leighton O'Connor of Beverly, Mass., and Michael O'Connor of Westford, Mass.; and three great-grandchildren.
A graveside service will be held Wednesday, June 2 at 11 a.m. at the North Conway Cemetery. There will be no visiting hours. Donations may be sent to Visiting Nurse and Hospice Care Services, P.O. Box 432, North Conway, NH 03860, or Carroll County Health and Home Care Servicese, Carroll County Complex, Ossipee, NH 03864.
Arrangements are by the Furber and White Funeral Home in North Conway.
Lisa Munroe Peckham
Lisa Munroe Peckham, 32, of North Conway, died on May 18, 1999 at Tufts New England Medical Center in Boston, Mass., following surgery. She was born in Boston, Mass.
Her family includes a son, Tristin Weber of Jackson; her parents, Joyce Allan of Jackson and John M. Peckham III of Boston, Mass.; a sister, Holly Kosel of Wellesley, Mass.; a brother, John M. Peckham IV of Clearwater, Fla.; and several aunts, uncles and cousins. She will live on in their hearts forever.
A celebration of Lisa's life will be held at the Jackson Community Church on Saturday, May 21 at 5 p.m. with the Rev. Pojen Lee, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in the Jackson Cemetery immediately following the service. All are invited. There will be no visiting hours. Arrangements are by the Furber and White Funeral Home in North Conway.
Frederic L. Steele
Frederic L. Steele, 86, of Tamworth, died on May 14, 1999 at the Huggins Hospital in Wolfeboro. He was born in Tamworth on May 15, 1912.
He started school in the one room schoolhouse on Great Hill in Tamworth, graduated from Exeter Academy in 1929, and Cum Laude from Harvard University in 1933. He taught at the Ashburnham School in Mass., prior to serving in the Army Signal Corp in World War II, where he was sent to England and then to the Pacific, ending up with an occupational force in Kyoto, Japan.
After the war, he taught science and math for over 35 years at St. Mary's in the Mountains School (now White Mountain School) in Littleton. Throughout his years there he touched the lives of many students, teaching them an appreciation of the natural world.
Fred was an accomplished botanist and author of a number of scholarly papers, a Guide to the Trees and Shrubs of Northern N.H.," and a popular guidebook for the AMC called At Timberline. He was an expert on the alpine plants of the high mountains of New Hampshire, a natural extension of his passion for the outdoors.
After retiring from the White Mountain School, Fred was active with the Audubon Society of N.H. and many other conservation projects, such as the Society for the Preservation of N.H. Forests and the Chocorua Lake Conservation Foundation.
His family includes his wife, Mary Lloyd Steel of Tamworth; three sons, Nathaniel A. Steele of Wonalancet, Benjamin B. Steele of Etna, and Edward T. Steele, MD ofd Camden, Maine; three daughters-in-law; six grandsons; a sister, Elizabeth A. Steele of Tamworth; and many nieces and nephews.
Donations in Mr. Steele's memory may be made to the Audubon Society of New Hampshire, 3 Silk Farm Road, Concord, NH 03301 or to the White Mountain School, West Farm Road, Bethlehem, NH 03574.
A service will be held on Saturday, May 22 at 2 p.m. at St. Andrew's-In-The-Valley church on Old Rt. 25 in Tamworth.
Arrangements are by the Baker-Gagne Funeral Home and Cremation Service of West Ossipee and Wolfeboro.
Arthur Malcolm Warner
Arthur Malcolm Warner, 61, of Madison, died on May 13, 1999 at his home. He was born in North Conway, and had lived in Madison for most of his life.
He had worked as a laborer in the North Conway and Madison areas all his life, at Yield House, Kearsarge Mettallurgical and at Chick's.
His family includes a daughter, Jeanne Ames of Alton; two grandsons, Michael and Derik Ames; a son-in-law, Charles Ames Jr.; his mother, Ardis Hapgood of Fryeburg, Maine; a brother, Frank Warner of Ossipee; and his sister and brother-in-law, Norma and Dick James of Madison.
There will be no calling hours. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Arrangements are by Lord Funeral Home, Center Ossipee.
Margery D. Denham
Margery D. Denham, 98, of North Conway, died on May 16, 1999 at the Merriman House in North Conway, following a long illness. She was born in Wakefield, Mass., and was the daughter of Albert and Mabel Welch Blake.
Mrs. Denham lived in Chicago, Ill., for six years, Lynn, Mass., for six years, Boston for 20 years, Portland, Maine for three years, and Brookline, Mass., for 22 years, before moving to North Conway in 1963. She studied at Harvard College and worked at Harvard Medical School, as Histological Chief Technician in the Neurological Department, for 26 years.
She was a member of the North Conway Garden Club, A.A.R.P., the New England Historic Geneological Society, and the Christ Church Episcopal, where she sang in the choir. Mrs. Denham was also one of the first volunteers at Meals on Wheels in the old Memorial Hospital in 1972.
Her family includes several cousins, including Dr. Kenneth Quickel of Medford, Mass. Her husband, Elwood L. Denham, and a cousin, Carolyn Quickel, predeceased her.
Funeral services will be held on Friday at Christ Church Episcopal, Pine Street, North Conway, at 1 p.m., with the Rev. Jack Haney officiating. Burial will be in the North Conway Cemetery. There will be no visiting hours. Donations may be sent to the Gibson Center for Senior Services, North Conway, NH 03860. Arrangements are by the Furber and White Funeral Home of North Conway.
Ruth Wendth Bettle
Ruth Wendth Bettle, 84, died at The Memorial Hospital in North Conway on May 13, 1999. She had been residing at Hicks Assisted Living Center in Fryeburg, Maine, where she was known for her sense of humor and sweet, cheerful nature.
Mrs. Bettle was the an active participant with her husband, the late Dr. Ronald A. Bettle, in the establishment of Parkview Memorial Hospital in Brunswick, Maine, and donated many hours to the new hospital, decorating its rooms and setting up the medical records department. For most of the years that followed, she was active in the Parkview Auxiliary.
She was also one of the founders and a long-time member of the Brunswick, Maine Seventh-Day Adventist Church, where she enjoyed many years as an accomplished organist and worked in the office and library. Her interest in library work led her to Freeport, Maine, where she spent 25 years creating and administering the school library at Pine Tree Academy, and she also set up the library at Cady Memorial School in Center Conway.
Always enjoying the challenge of a new project, in later years Mrs. Bettle took up writing and authored two books, detailing the histories of Parkview Memorial Hospital and Camp Lawroweld, a church-owned summer camp in Weld, Maine.
Her family includes her daughters, Jean Fuleki of Ridgeway, Ontario, Canada; Ruth Harms of Pasco, Wash., and Jan Ellis of Conway; a son, Dan Bettle of Colton, Calif.; a sister, Elsie Wendth of Loma Linda, Calif.; 11 grandchildren, 5 great-grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews.
Friends are invited to call at Stetson's Funeral Home, 12 Federal Street, Brunswick, Maine from 6-8 p.m. on Sunday, May 16. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday at the Brunswick Seventh-Day Adventist Church, Upper Main St., Brunswick, Maine.
Memorial contributions may be made to Hicks Assisted Living Center, 27 Oxford St., Fryeburg, ME 04037; or to Pine Tree Academy, Pownal Road, Freeport, ME 04032.
Hugena 'Jean' Dunbar Seidenstuecker
Hugena "Jean" Dunbar Seidenstuecker, 82, died on May 6, 1999 in Orangeberg, South Carolina. She and her husband were en route to New Hampshire from a winter stay in Florida.
She was born and raised in Massachusetts. She graduated from Natick High School, Simmons College, and received her Master's Degree from Plymouth College.
She came to Conway in 1938 to teach business courses at Kennett High School. In 1940 she married Karl Seidenstuecker. During the war, they lived in South Dakota for a time, and here their daughter Lynn was born. After the war, the owned Pine Hill Cabins and Restaurant for 20 years. Upon its sale in 1965, she returned to Kennett High School and taught until her retirement.
She leaves her husband, Karl; a daughter, Lynn Gall of Augusta, Maine; two grandsons, Jason and Ryan; a sister, Irene Schneider of Natick, Mass.; and several nieces and nephews.
There will be a graveside funeral on Sunday, May 30 at the Conway Village Cemetery at 12:30 p.m. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Kennett Alumni Scholarship Fund, 176 Main St., Conway, NH 03818.
Arrangements are by the Furber and White Funeral Home in North Conway.
