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OSSIPEE - Bruce C. Morse, 71, of Upper Beachum Hill Road in Ossipee, died April 26, 2001, at the Huggins Hospital in Wolfeboro.
Born July 16, 1929, in Quincy, Mass., son of the late Bruce and Evelyn (Shafer) Morse, he had lived in Ossipee for the last 16 years, previously living in Newton, NH.
Mr. Morse retired from the U.S. Army, serving in both the Vietnam and Korean wars. He worked for General Electric in Lynn, Mass; he was the woodsman at the Heritage in Glen; drove Molley the Trolley in Wolfeboro; and was a member of the Masonic Lodge in Ipswich, Mass.
Survivors include his wife, Ruth (Finniss) Morse, of Ossipee; two stepsons, Mark Busch, of Newton, NH, and Steven Busch, of Brentwood, NH; a stepdaughter, Lisa Tremblay, of Sandown, NH; a sister, Estelle Loughner, of Revere, Mass.; and five step-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held Wednesday, May 2, at 3 p.m. at the Baker-Gagne Funeral Home and Cremation Service, Route 16, West Ossipee. Rev. Wilbur Hartford, pastor of the Tuftonboro United Methodist Church, will officiate.
The Baker-Gagne Funeral Home and Cremation Service is in charge of arrangements.
Charles F. Brown, 69, of Conway, died April 27, 2001, at his home following a long illness.
Born in Springfield, Mass., the son of Charles and Irene (Barnes) Brown Sr., he lived in Ossipee for 14 years before moving to Conway in 1998.
Mr. Brown had been a radio radar technician at Logan Airport for 26 years with Eastern Airlines. He owned and operated the Brass Caboose Hobby Store in North Conway in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
He was a member of the North Conway Model Railroad Club and a member of the Center Ossipee Fire Department for many years.
The family includes: his wife of 38 years, Judith (Low) Brown of Conway; two sons, Christopher R. Brown of Westmoreland and Jeffrey C. Brown of Freedom; a son from a former marriage, Daniel C. Brown of Ronkonkoma, N.Y.; a daughter from a former marriage, Laura Brown of Ronkonkoma, N.Y.; eight grandchildren; a sister, Ruth Macdonald of Springfield, Mass.; and several nieces and nephews.
Visiting hours will be Sunday from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Furber and White Funeral Home in North Conway. Private family services will be held at a later date.
Donations may be sent to the Dinner Bell, c/o Conway Village Congregational, 132 Main Street, Conway NH, or to Visiting Nurse and Hospice Care Services, PO Box 432, North Conway NH 03860.
James E. Byrne Jr., 22, of Hanson, Mass., died suddenly on April 23, 2001, in New York.
He was born in Boston and was a lifelong resident of Hanson. He graduated from Whitman Hanson High School in 1996 and was a member of the wrestling team there. He received his B.A. degree in communication design from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY, in May of 2000. He was a freelance designer who most recently worked at the International Toy Shows in New York City.
Mr. Byrne was an avid snowboarder and skateboarder. He wintered in Intervale. He was known for his sense of humor and practical jokes.
He was the son of James E. and Terese "T" (Montavon) Byrne of Hanson; the brother of Lee Byrne of Hanson and Lisa McManus of Ladera Ranch, Calif.; grandson of Marie Montavon of DeKalb, Ill.; and the uncle of Patrick, Jack and Connor McManus. He is also survived by many aunts, uncles and cousins. He was a devoted friend of Claire Huntington, of Carmel, Calif.
Funeral will be Saturday at 12:30 p.m. at McDonald Funeral Home, 809 Main Street, South Weymouth, Mass. Funeral Mass will be at St. Joseph the Worker Church, 1 Maquan Street, Hanson, at 2 p.m. Visiting hours will be Friday from 2 to 4 p.m. and from 7 to 9 p.m.
Donations may be sent to the James Byrne Memorial Scholarship Fund or the Window Fund of St. Joseph the Worker Church, both funds c/o Rockland Trust, Liberty Street, Hanson, Mass. 02341.
Ann A. Foreman, a long-time summer resident of Center Ossipee, died December 28, 2000, in Washington County Hospital, Hagerstown, Md., at the age of 70.
Born April 6, 1930, she was the daughter of the late Charles H. and Mignon Renner Armstrong.
She was a member of St. John's Episcopal Church in Hagerstown, and an associate of St. Mary's Convent, Peekskill, NY.
Mrs. Foreman earned a bachelor's degree from Wilson College, Chambersburg, Pa., and a master's degree from Middlebury (Vt.) College.
Surviving are her husband of 36 years, Bruce M. Foreman; a son, Charles F. Foreman; and two grandsons, Bradley E. and Michael A. Foreman; all of Pennsylvania.
A memorial service will be held at 11 a. m. Saturday, May 5, at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Old Route 25, Tamworth, followed by interment of ashes in the church's memorial garden. The Rev. Peg Custer will officiate.
Memorial contributions may be made to American Cancer Society, NCIC FUL. PO Box 102454, Atlanta, Ga. 30368-2454, or to American Institute for Cancer Research, 1759 R St. NW, P. O. Box 97167, Washington, DC 20090-7167.
FRYEBURG -- Wilfred Virgil "Wick" Smith, 78, of North Fryeburg, died April 24, 2001, at Memorial Hospital in North Conway.
He was born Oct. 6, 1922, in Stow, Maine, the son of Virgil and Margie Johnson Smith.
He graduated from Fryeburg Academy in 1941 and married Marguerite Hammond of East Hiram in 1943. During his lifetime, Wick farmed and logged and ran a farm machinery business. He served his community as selectmen for nine years, road commissioner 14 years, and tree warden 15 years. He was a member of Pythagorean Lodge of Masons, the Bradley Memorial Park Committee, past president of the Saco Valley Fire Association and was a participant in several civic projects. He did carpentry work and, choosing not to retire, did seasonal work at Indian and Forest Acres Camps until August 2000.
Wick enjoyed the outdoors as he hunted, fished, camped and snowmobiled. He was dedicated to his family and treasured his friendships.
Survivors include his wife Marguerite, his sister Beryl Baldwin, and his son David and his wife Angela all of Fryeburg; a daughter Sally and her husband Jerrold Emmons of Bryant Pond, Maine; daughter Margie and her husband Russell Record of Arlington, Vt.; eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by a son Charles in 1958.
Visiting hours will be Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Wood Funeral Home, 12 Warren Street, Fryeburg. A graveside service will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at Pine Grove Cemetery in Fryeburg with the Rev. Violet Eastman officiating. Donations may be made in memory of Wick to the Fryeburg Rescue, P.O. box 177, Fryeburg ME 04037, or to the Saco Valley Fire Association, HCR 68, Box 147, Fryeburg ME 04037.
Catherine Nina Petillo, 95, of North Conway, died Friday, April 20, 2001.
She was born in St. Moritz, Switzerland, the fifth child of eight children. She married the late Frank Petillo and has sons Ralph and Albert. Frank came to the United States with the Swiss orchestra at the World's Fair in 1939, but the war made it impossible to return. Nina found a job as a cook and remained to raise her two sons. After the war the family was reunited in New York and settled in North Conway. Nina was employed at the Glenwood-On-the-Saco Inn and Stonehurst Manor before becoming the head housekeeper at the Eastern Slope Inn where she also trained many seasonal employees.
She was a faithful member of Our Lady of the Mountains Catholic Church and its choir. She also sang in the Eastern Slope Chorus. She and her husband were avid mountain hikers, both here and abroad, and were able to keep up hiking well into their 70s. Nina was predeceased by her husband, Frank, of 54 years and a son Albert. She is survived by a son Ralph and his wife Roscille of Suffield, Conn., and their children Doree and her husband Edward Voychick, Darlene and her husband Thomas McCauley, Daniel Petillo and his wife Liz, Douglas Petillo and his wife Flora; a daughter-in-law Juliette of Arizona and her children Peter Petillo and his wife Mary Beth, Marie and her husband Allen Hensley, Michelle Petillo and nine great grandchildren Kasia, Jakob, and John Voychick, Samuel, Spencer and Maxwell McCauley, Emily Petillo, Nina Alyce Petillo and Allen Hensley and many nieces and nephews. She is also survived by an older sister Marguerite and a younger brother Charly and his wife Lucienne all in Switzerland.
Her family will receive friends Friday from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. at the Nicholson & Carmon Funeral Home, 443 East Street (Route 159) Suffield, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. at Sacred Heart Church, Suffield. Burial will be in Our Lady of the Mountain Cemetery, North Conway, later in the spring. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to a charity of the donors choice.
WOLFEBORO -- Richard L. Hutchins, of Wolfeboro, passed away peacefully at this home on Monday, April 23, 2001, with his wife and family by his side.
He was born in Wolfeboro in 1927, the son of the late Frank and Sadie Hutchins. He graduated from Brewster Academy, enlisted in the U.S. Army and served in the 87th Airborne Division. He was postmaster for the town of Wolfeboro for 25 years.
Dick's greatest achievement in life was his family. In 1950, he married June Lovering and they just celebrated their 51st wedding anniversary in April. His four sons and their wives have all made their home in Wolfeboro: Rick and Cathy, John and Susie, Mark and Sandy, and Adam and Denise. He felt an enormous sense of gratitude that they shared their daily lives with him, and every single day Dick found pleasure in being a loving, supportive, generous and proud grandfather to Tony, Ashley, Angela, Jennifer, Michael, Matthew, Danny, Alex, and Delaney. His only sorrow was for his beloved granddaughter Amanda who predeceased him in 1982.
Dick believed in fairness, strong family ties, comfortable shoes and hearty meals, a thick mushroom gravy and home baked pies. He put his faith in a strong parachute and a clean rifle. He enjoyed the companionship of his loyal German shepherds and was recognized throughout New England for his extraordinary appreciation of fine antiques. He was a true friend and a brave heart. He shared his knowledge of the outdoors and left a legacy to his sons and grandsons who will forever feel his presence when they hunt together in the "Highlands." Dick loved the finesse of ice hockey, a rousing athletic victory, and the immense pride he felt when he watched his grandchildren play competitive sports.
Visitors to the Hutchins' gracious Victorian home will always remember the warm hospitality found there. The Thanksgiving turkeys he served often weighed more than 35 pounds. He took great pleasure in flowering house plants in the winter, quarts of strawberry preserves, the soft glow from the parlor fireplace, and a Christmas candle in every window. He tended many plants but knew that some gardens are meant to grow wild. Dick's life was rich, and he truly believed that you receive more by giving it all away.
The family wishes to extend an invitation to all their friends to gather with them for a time of visitation at the Lord Funeral Home, Route 28, Wolfeboro, on Friday, April 27, from 6 to 9 p.m.
At the request of the family, memorial gifts may be made to his memory to the Hospice of Southern Carroll County, PO Box 1620, Wolfeboro NH 03894.
GROTON, Conn. - Rev. Douglas Harwood, 90, minister emeritus of the United Church of Stonington, died Saturday, April 21 at Fairview, Odd Fellows Home of Connecticut, Starr Hill Road, where he had lived since earlier this year. He had lived at Fellowship Manor at the home, and in East Lyme, Hartford and Florida since his retirement in 1975.
He was the husband of Marian C. Hall Harwood of Fairview. He was also the husband for 51 years of the late Marjorie Young Harwood, who died in 1988.
Born in New London, Sept 7, 1910, he was the son of the late Emily Huntington and Ernest Monroe Harwood of New London and New Britain. The Stonington church celebrated the 25th anniversary of his emeritus ministry in 2000 during a family reunion for his 90th birthday that family members attended from all over the country.
A graduate of New Britain High School, class of 1928, he earned his bachelor 's degree from Yale University in 1933 and his bachelor's of divinity degree in 1936 from Yale Divinity School. He was the first of three recent generations to earn Yale degrees; his son Douglas is Yale '59 and his granddaughter, Laura Wittman, is Yale '91 and a Ph.D candidate at Yale.
In 1988, Yale acknowledged his distinguished service to the class of 1933, for which he was the chaplain since 1987. Yale honored him again in 1992-93 as a Marquand Associate of the Divinity School.
He was ordained on May 8, 1939 at South Congregational Church, New Britain, where he and his first wife were married in 1936. In 1989, the Connecticut Conference, United Church of Christ recognized the 50th anniversary of this ordination. His first church was in Spring Valley, N.Y.
He served as an Army chaplain from 1942-45, stationed in Europe and discharged as a captain with five battle stars. He returned to the parish ministry in 1946, with pastorates at the Lovell United Church and from 1952 to 1958 at the Federated Church in Lewiston, both in Maine.
He then returned to Connecticut, serving the United Church on the Green in New Haven and United Congregational Church in Oakville, before concluding his full-time career in Stonington. He then moved to East Lyme and continued to preach to nearby congregations for the next few years. He was a Boy Scout in his youth and attended two national Boy Scout Camporees as an adult.
He traveled widely, sometimes as a delegate to United Church of Christ national conferences, visiting most of the 48 contiguous states, Canada and the Caribbean, and he made several trips to Europe. He was a diligent stamp collector and vegetable gardener, and took up crossword puzzles in his retirement years.
In addition to his wife, he leaves two sons and daughters in law, Douglas J. and Joycene Harwood of Fairfax, Vir., and John and Joan Harwood of Newbury, Mass.; three grandchildren and their spouses, Timothy and Patricia Harwood of Evanston, Il., Laura and Richard Wittman of Goleta, Calif., and Steven and Patricia Harwood of East Greenwich, R.I.; two step-grand daughters, Jennifer and Lenora Robinson of Haverhill, Mass., as well as many nieces and nephews, and cousins.
His brothers and sister, and their spouses, Ernest Monroe Harwood Jr. and Mae Harwood of Arlington, Vir., William and Frances Harwood of Southington, and Jerry and Elizabeth Bartlett of Dunedin, Flor., all died previously.
A memorial service will be held at the United Church of Stonington at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 28 led by The Rev. Amy Johnson, pastor, with a reception to follow in the church hall. Burial will be in the family plot at West Stafford Cemetery. Byles-Groton Memorial Home,310 Thames St. is in charge of arrangements.
Togus - Marshall E. Jackson, 66, ofÝ Knox, Maine died April 22, 2001. He was born in Marion, MA., on May 2, 1933 the son of Marshall Owen and Louise Kremp Jackson. He attended schools in Marion, MA.Ý He was a construction engineer, carpenter and woodcrafter. He was a master boat maker and a jack of all trades. He faithfully served his country in the U. S. Navy during the Korean War.Ý He had lived in the Belfast, Maine area for many years. He is survived by his mother of Marion, MA., four sons; Ronald C. of Knox, Maine, Warren Owen of Casco, Maine, William of W. Baldwin, Maine and Marshall E. Jr., of Fryeburg, Maine, three daughters; Sharon LoCicero of Norway, Maine, Cheryl Berto of China, Maine and Sandi and her husband Ron Stika of Wichita, KS., several grandchildren, nieces and nephews, and his former wife, Rose Mary Jackson. He was predeceased by his father, a brother, Robert C. and a sister, Shirley Ann Jackson. Ý Jackson- Died at Togus April 22, 2001. Marshall E. Jackson, Sr., 66, of Knox, Maine. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, April 25 at 1:00 p.m. at the Weston-Chandler Funeral Home, 230 Main St., Norway. Family and friends may attend visiting hours prior to the service from 11:00 to 1:00 P.M.
Marvin L. Derby, 87, of Uxbridge, Mass., passed away on March 16, 2001, at the Sunbridge Care and Rehabilitation Center in Milford, Mass.
He was born in Minneapolis, Minn., the son of the late Lee M. and Elizabeth Stenson Derby. He was a resident of Framingham, Mass., Medway, Mass., and Fryeburg before moving to Uxbridge, Mass., in 1999.
Rev. Derby graduated from Washburn High School in Minneapolis in 1931, and he received his bachelor of arts degree at Wheaton College, Wheaton, Ill., in 1935. In 1938, he graduated from the Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, Pa., and was ordained into the ministry.
Rev. Derby pastored churches in Cincinnati, Ohio, Burlington, Iowa, Mass., and Maine. He was senior pastor of the Medway Community Church for 10 years until his retirement in 1988 after 50 years of service in the ministry.
Marvin Derby taught at the Charles A. Snow School in Fryeburg, Maine, from 1963 to 1968. During these years he officiated services at churches in Brownfield, Maine, Hiram, Maine, and Denmark, Maine.
He was the husband of Dorothy P. Moscaritolo Derby and the late Elizabeth Gilmore Derby who passed away in 1975. Besides his wife, he leaves one son Thomas L. Derby and his wife Nancy C. of Newton Square, Pa.; one daughter Paulina G. Derby of Milford, Mass.; two stepsons, Paul L. Moscaritolo of Cataumet and Leonard P. Moscaritolo of Uxbridge, Mass.; three stepdaughters, Donna Vanetten of North Chelmsford, Janis Moscaritolo of Ashland, and Susan Moscaritolo of Boston; one sister, Charlotte Gullifer of Minneapolis, Minn.; two grandchildren Sara Grieb of Springfield, Pa., and Elizabeth Derby of Newton Square, Pa.; two step-grandchildren, Daniel Moscaritolo and Emily Moscaritolo both of Cataumet; one great-grandson, Joshua Grieb of Springfield, Pa.; several nieces and nephews, including Martha Bartlett of Fryeburg, Barbara Buzzell of Lovell, Maine, James R. Gilmore of Athens, Ohio, Grace McAdams of Bluffton, S.C., and Thomas R. Gilmore of Walpole, Mass.
Burial will take place in the spring at the Riverside Cemetery, North Fryeburg, Maine. Rev. Richard A. Germaine and Rev. David Stewart will officiate.
