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Eleanor U. Duemler
CONWAY - Eleanor U. Duemler, 73, of North Conway, died Dec. 30, 1999, at the Memorial Hospital in North Conway after a long illness.
Born in St. Louis, Mo., the daughter of Virgil and Lillie (Chagny) Duemler, she lived in Springfield, Mass., for over 20 years before moving to North Conway in 1963.
Yield House in North Conway had employed her as a graphic designer and buyer for nearly 20 years.
The family includes a son, Karl C. Bussiere, of Brownfield, Maine; a granddaughter, Genevieve D. Bussiere, of Conway; a brother, Virgil Duemler, of Center Lovell, Maine; and several nieces and nephews.
Private services will be held at the convenience of the family. There will be no visiting hours.
The Furber and White Funeral Home in North Conway is in charge of arrangements.
Albert Horne
CONWAY - Albert Horne, 69, of North Conway, died Dec. 26, 1999, at the Memorial Hospital in North Conway following a protracted illness.
Born in Barrington, the son of Knewly and Lottie Horne, he had been a long-time resident of the Mount Washington Valley.
His warm disposition and quick smile will be missed as much as the twinkle in his eye. The staffs of the Merriman House and Memorial Hospital had come to be an extended family during his medical ordeals, and his presence will be sorely missed by all.
His wife, Ida Lacroix Horne, of North Conway, survives him.
A memorial service will be offered at the Merriman House Chapel on Jan. 6 at 2 p.m. All who were close to him are welcome to attend.
The Furber and White Funeral Home in North Conway is in charge of arrangements.
Berenice Parker
FRYEBURG - Berenice Parker, 88, died Jan. 1, 2000, at the Fryeburg Health Care Center.
She was born in Beverly, Mass., on Jan. 23, 1911, the daughter of George and Gertrude Smith Parker. She grew up in Reading, Mass., and graduated from Reading High School. She worked her whole life as a live-in care giver and worked in Dedham, Norwood, Reading and for the past 20 years in Melrose, where she was a member of the First Baptist Church. She came to Fryeburg in July because of ill health. She enjoyed playing cards and going for long rides.
Her sister, Ruth Bronson, died in 1994. She is survived by one niece, Deborah Lancaster, of East Conway; one grand-nephew, Mathew Lancaster; and one grand-niece, Mariah Lancaster.
A memorial service will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m. at the Wood Funeral Home in Fryeburg, with the Rev. Rick Small officiating.
Donations may be made to the First Baptist Church, 561 Main Street, Melrose, Mass. 02176.
Capt. Edward Ellis Hastings
FRYEBURG - Capt. Edward Ellis Hastings II, 76, of Bethesda, Md., who had retired from a long career in the Navy in 1974, died Saturday, Dec. 25, 1999.
Born in Fryeburg, Maine, he was the son of Hugh and Martha Hastings and the husband of the late Anna Murch Hastings, his first wife, who died in 1961. They had four children.
Capt. Hastings graduated from Fryeburg Academy and then from the Naval Academy in Annapolis in 12th Company Class in 1943. He obtained a master's degree in international relations from George Washington University and graduated from the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School.
During his Naval career he served as assistant navigator on the U.S. Essex (CV 9) during the last year of World War II.
After World War II he attended flight training and became a Naval aviator in March 1947. Then he served in several light-attack and fighter squadrons. He commanded VA-35 in 1961 and 1962. He served on the staffs Military-Political Division of CNO; operators officer, commander, Naval Forces, Korea; and assistant chief of staff for personnel, commander Naval Air Forces, Pacific.
He graduated from the Armed Forces Staff College, National War College and Industrial College of the Armed Forces, where he served as faculty director of the international relations course for four years.
His decorations include Joint Service Commendation Medal; Presidential Unit Citation; Order of Military Merit; Chungmu (gold star) Command at Sea Insigne from the Republic of Korea; and campaign medals from World War II.
After retiring from the Navy in 1974, he worked as director of administration for the non-profit Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf before retiring in 1985. He was a member of St. Jane Frances de Chantal Catholic Church in Bethesda and a four-degree Knight, Knights of Columbus.
He is survived by his wife of 30 years, Dorothy Ann Hastings, of Bethesda; four children, Edward Hastings III, of Jacksonville, Fla., Elizabeth Pickett, of Swansboro, N.C., William Hastings, of Flagstaff, Ariz., and Martha Hastings, of Windham, NH; three step-daughters, Lynne and Maureen Jackson and Barbara Cuddington; and 12 grandchildren. He is also survived by six brothers and sisters, Helen Stearns, of Lovell, Maine, David R. Hastings II, of Fryeburg, Maine, Hugh W. Hastings II, of Fryeburg, Jane H. Folsum, of Alfred, Maine. Mary H. Dumas, of Alfred, and Peter G. Hastings, of Fryeburg.
A Mass of Christian Burial was held Dec. 30, 1999, at St. Jane Frances de Chantal Church of Bethesda. Burial with full military honors will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m. in Arlington National Cemetery.
Kevin Michael Cunningham
LEBANON - Kevin Michael Cunningham, 40, of Chocorua, died December 28 at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center.
He was born in Brooklyn, New York, August 18, 1959. The son of John and Arlene Cunningham, and was raised and educated in Bethpage, New York.
He was an avid motorcyclist, "1%", and loved to hunt and fish.
He became a machinist apprentice in 1978 and was employed as a master machinist for 20 years, working for the past six years at Tee Enterprises in Conway.
He moved to Maine in 1988 with his family.
Besides his parents, he is survived by his former wife, Nancy Cunningham of Bridgton, Maine; two daughters, Jessica and Samantha, also of Bridgton, Maine; three brothers, Steven Timothy and Michael, all of New York; three sisters, Donna O'Shea of New York, Patricia Calabro of New York and Kelley Glass of California; his maternal grandmother, Marie McCoy of Bethpage, New York.
Funeral service and burial will be in New York.
Carrie L. Melrose
FRYEBURG - Carrie L. Melrose, 72, of Portland St. died Thursday December 30, 1999 at the Maine Medical Center following a long illness. She was born in Stow, the daughter of Earl and Ada Smith Harriman. She graduated from Fryeburg Academy Class of 1946. She had worked at the old Fryeburg Corn Shop and had been a receptionist for Dr. Boothby and worked many years as a teller for Casco Bank. She was a member of the V.F.W. Auxiliary and the Bradley Memorial Methodist Church. She is survived by her husband of 42 years Richard E. Melrose of Fryeburg, one daughter Sherryl Blomerth of Lovell, one son, Roger McFarland of Fryeburg Harbor, one brother William Harriman of Fryeburg and two grandsons she was predeceased by a son Joseph McFarland and two brothers Gerald and Malcolm Harriman.
A funeral service will be held 2 p.m. Sunday at the Bradley Memorial Methodist Church in Fryeburg Harbor with the Rev. Richard Male officiating. Donations may be made in memory of Carrie to the Fryeburg Rescue, P.O. Box 177, Fryeburg, Maine, 04037, or to the Bradley Memorial Methodist Church, c/o Patricia Wakes, RR 1 Box 121, Fryeburg, Maine.
Arrangements are with Wood Funeral Home of Fryeburg.
Catherine Louise McGarity
MADISON - Catherine Louise McGarity, 18, daughter of Donald and Ann McGarity of Silver Lake, died on Dec. 28,1999, at her home.
She was born on Oct. 23, 1981, in New York City, and at the age of 2 moved with her parents to Tamworth, where they lived for several years. During that time Catherine developed a love of animals, especially horses. When she was 7 years old her parents moved to Silver Lake to run the Lakeside General Store. She attended Madison Elementary School and upon graduation from the sixth grade received the Good Citizen's award. For a year she attended Kennett Junior High, then Tamworth Junior High, and Kennett High School when her parents returned to Tamworth for three years. Catherine again received a Good Citizenship award at eighth-grade graduation from K.A. Brett.
In high school, Catherine was on the high honor roll, and participated in basketball and Key Club. She was inducted into the National Honor Society elected treasurer of the key club, and received the Principal's Award and the French Award in the 11th grade. Catherine became an avid horsewoman under the tutelage of Barbara Iorfino of Tamworth, and taught CCD at St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church in Ossipee where she was a communicant. Catherine also helped her parents run the store and deliver pizzas. She had intended to become a pediatric psychotherapist. Catherine made several trips to England during her lifetime and made many friends there.
Catherine had just started a job as a skiing instructor at King Pine Ski Area.
In addition to her parents she leaves family members: sister Kim-Marie and her husband Larry Hammond of New York, and their daughter Kara; Allison and Claude Turner of Seacliffe N.Y., and their daughters Chelsea and Brooke; brother Brian McGarity of Brooklyn, N.Y. and his girlfriend Merrill Hornstein; Jen McGarity Bryant of Alstead and former husband Richard Bryant of Tamworth and their son Killian and daughter Sinead; and sister Lenora McGarity of Silver Lake. Her relatives in England include her grandmother, Vera Allison of Colne, Lancashire, her great aunt Alice Langfield also of Colne, and her cousin Keith Langfield of Nelson, Lancashire. Close friends include Tony and Barbara Iorfino of Tamworth, and Marie Judd of Silver Lake.
Calling hours will be today from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. at the Lord Funeral Home, 50 Moultonville Road, Center Ossipee. A mass of Christian burial will be at St. Joseph's Church, Center Ossipee, at 10 a.m. The burial will be held at the Chocorua Cemetery.
Clayton N. "Jack" Heath Jr.
MELBOURNE, Fla. - Clayton N. "Jack" Heath Jr., died Dec. 7, 1999, while en route to Pig Pine Key in Florida.
Born in Troy, N.Y. in 1924, he was raised in Portsmouth. He graduated from Portsmouth High School in New Hampshire. In 1951, he earned a bachelor's degree in forestry from the University of New Hampshire at Durham. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Army Air Corp. During the Korean War, he served in the U.S. Air Force. He retired as a major in the reserve after 22 years of service.
Mr. Heath worked for the State of New Hampshire Forestry and Recreation Commission in 1953 as a junior forester. In 1984, he retired as chief of forest and land management He was also a well known surveyor in New Hampshire. A resident of Epsom since 1954, he was active in local affairs including the Conservation Commission; past president of Epsom PTO; and school board for two terms. He was a member of the Society of the Protection of New Hampshire Forests; a 5O-year member of St. John's Masonic Lodge 1, Portsmouth; a 32nd-degree Freemason; and a member of Bektash Shrine Temple, Concord. After retiring in 1984, he and his wife traveled throughout the United States, Alaska and Canada.
Family members include his wife of 51 years, Ruth (Harmon) Heath; a daughter, Sarah L. Heath of Epsom; a son, Jeffery J. Heath; four grandchildren; his stepmother, Mildred Heath of East Conway; his stepfather, Winston Smith of Portsmouth; two stepbrothers, Richard Owens of Eliot, Maine, and Donald Francis of Greenville, N.C.; three stepsisters, Beverly Walker of Tavares, Fla., Dolores Dow of Standish, Maine, and Judith McGinty of Conway.
A memorial service will be held in the spring at the convenience of the family. Burial will be in Westbrook, Maine, at a later date.
Memorial donations may be made to the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests; or Colebrook SPCA.
David C. Baker
"If you are reading this, I must be dead," began David C. Baker's own obituary three days before his death. In equally typical David style he drew his last breath on Christmas Eve. He died in his home as he most adamantly wished.
David was born in the Salvation Army Hospital, in New York City, October 21, 1915. He was a fine artist, poet and daily humorist. He studied at the Massachusetts School of Art, working summers at the Appalachian Mountain Club camp on Lake Winnipesaukee where he met his future wife Mary Jane (Jerry). Drawn to the White Mountains, he and his wife moved to Jackson in 1946. Here David established his art gallery in 1951, and flourished as a painter. He invented a new water color technique called Vitreous Flux. Since his early 20s he and his work have been featured in numerous art reviews and he has won many awards. David was also an avid jazz enthusiast, a UFO-phile, a shcussboomer in the 70-plus ski club and he loved chopping wood even in the last days of his life.
He served in the U.S. Navy in World War II as a Quarter Master 1st Class of a mine sweeper off the coast of Maine and of a command ship in the Pacific Theater.
David was the son of Herman and Chloe Baker. His twin sister, Katherine Crescimanno, predeceased him, as well as two sons, David Jr., age 18 and Steve Karner, age three. He is survived by his wife, Mary Jane Baker, son Peter Rue Baker of Comex, Vancouver Island, Canada; daughter Nancy, his dog Brianna; four grandsons; two nieces; a nephew and five grandnieces and nephews.
A memorial service will be held in January. In lieu of flowers please send donations to the Salvation Army.
