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Lt. Cmdr. John Dolan
Veteran of World War II and Korea
WOLFEBORO - Lieutenant Commander John Harold Dolan, USN Ret., 75, of Winterhaven Road, died Tuesday evening, March 19, 2002, at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon.
He was born Jan. 3, 1927, in Weymouth, Mass., son of Harold and Edna (Draper) Dolan. He had lived in Wolfeboro for the past three years, having previously lived in Hull, Mass., for 15 years, and in Lee, Mass, for many years.
During World War II and the Korean Conflict, he served his county with the U.S. Navy, retiring as a lieutenant commander after 24 years of service. As a civilian, he worked for and retired from General Electric.
He was a communicant of St. Cecilia Church in Wolfeboro, a member of the Knights of Columbus in Lee, Mass., a past president of the Lee Library Association, former chairman of the Lee Public School Committee, a Eucharistic Minister at St. Mary Church in Lee, and an alpine racing official with the United States Ski Association.
Family members include his wife of 52 years, Jean (Verguson) Dolan of Wolfeboro; a son, Sean Dolan of Charleston, S.C.; two daughters, Patricia DeLorme of Lee, Mass., and Mary Meyers of Wolfeboro; a brother, George Dolan of Hanover, Mass.; a sister, Natalie Hines of Cohasset, Mass.; and eight grandchildren.
Calling hours will be Thursday, March 21, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Baker-Gagne Funeral Home and Cremation Service, 85 Mill St.
A Mass of Christian burial will be Friday, March 22, at 10 a.m. at St. Cecilia Church. Burial will be Friday at 1 p.m. at the N.H. State Veteran’s Cemetery in Boscawen.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH.
Ethel Clow Dye Black
Founder of Huggins Hospital Street Fair
WOLFEBORO - Ethel Clow Dye Black, 95, of Wolfeboro, died March 27, 2002.
She was the daughter of Dr. Fred and Bessie (Beless) Clow. She graduated from Brewster Free Academy, attended Lasell Junior College, graduated from Massachusetts General Hospital School of Nursing and attended Columbia Teachers College.
She was married to W.J. Paul Dye, M.D., who died in 1950. She was co-owner of Black’s Paper Store and Gift Shop with her second husband, George D. Black, who died in 1983.
She founded the Huggins Hospital Street Fair and served as chairman for five years. She was chairman of the Red Cross Blood Bank for 10 years, chairman of the Visiting Nurse Committee, and a member of the Huggins Hospital Board of Directors for 20 years.
She was a member of First Congregational Church, Bald Peak Colony Club, Hospital Aid Association, Garden Club, Historical Society and Daughters of the American Revolution.
Family members include her daughters, Paula D. Garvey and Mary C. “Mimi” Dye; six grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren.
Memorial services will be held at First Congregational Church in Wolfeboro this summer.
In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be sent to the W.J. Paul Dye, M.D., Endowment Fund at Huggins Hospital, Wolfeboro, NH 03894-0912.
Anne Hay
RN, one of first to earn degree in nursing
ROCHESTER - Anne L. Hay, 76, of Rochester Manor, died there March 26, 2002.
She was born Aug. 25, 1925, in Medford, Mass., daughter of Charles H.K. and Williamina Morgan, and lived in Essex, Mass., where she attended local schools.
She was a graduate of Boston College, where she was one of the first women to receive a bachelor’s degree in nursing. Later, she moved to Tewksbury, Mass., and was employed as a Registered Nurse for Dr. Alan Spievack in Boston for many years.
In the 1970s, she and her husband, the late Thomas Hay, retired to Gilford and, in the 1980s, they moved to Ocala, Fla. For the past few years, she had been a resident of the Bishop Gendron Apartments in Dover and, most recently, Rochester Manor.
Family members include a son, William T. Hay, and his wife, Janine, of Wolfeboro; and two grandsons.
There were no calling hours. Services were held March 29 at Lord Funeral Home, Wolfeboro. Burial will be in the Florida National Veterans Cemetery, Bushnell, Fla.
Elizabeth Horton
Summer resident of Tuftonboro
HANOVER - Elizabeth Hoppin Horton, 93, died March 27, 2002, in Hanover.
She was born in 1908 in Orange, N.J., to Mr. and Mrs. John J. Hoppin.
Known to her many friends as Betty, she attended schools in South Orange, graduated from Columbia High School and, after a year at the Dearborn Morgan School, attended Wells College in Aurora, N.Y., class of 1932.
In 1933 she married Howard Hall. In 1957, she was remarried to Arthur W. Horton, Jr., who predeceased her in 1969.
She lived in South Orange until 1971, when she moved to Wellesley, Mass. She spent summers since 1950 at her camp in Tuftonboro, where she enjoyed many family gatherings and berry picking.
In 1991, she moved to New Hampshire, where she became a founding member of Kendal at Hanover, where she was a resident at the time of her death.
Her many interests were focused on helping others in the community and being a caregiver to four generations of the family who lived in her home at different times. Among many organizations, she was a member of the Congregational Church, Wellesley, Mass., the American Association of University Women, and active within the Kendal community.
Family members include her three children, Lindley H. Hall of Hopkinton, Thomas P. Hall of Hanover and Elizabeth H. Frago of Exeter; her stepdaughters, Mary Ellen Mottley of Washington, D.C., and Priscilla Kleiman of Glen Head, N.Y.; 11 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held at Kendal May 4 at 3 p.m.
Memorial contributions may be made to Good Beginnings, an organization that helps families with newborn babies in their homes, c/o Pat Martin, 325 Mount Support Road, Lebanon, NH 03766.
Donald McCoy
Army veteran of Korean Conflict
WOLFEBORO - Donald R. McCoy, 66, of John Hodgdon Road, died Sunday, March 24, 2002, at Huggins Hospital, after a courageous battle with cancer.
He was born May 4, 1935, in Bennington, Vt., son of Joseph W. and Rachel (Amidon) McCoy.
He attended school in Bennington and also in Burlington, Vt. He later moved to Framingham, Mass., where he lived for many years and worked as a custodian for the Framingham School Department until he and his wife retired to Ossipee in 1990.
He served his country in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict and was a member of the Framingham American Legion as well as the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He was a communicant of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Center Ossipee.
Family members include his wife of 32 years, Elizabeth (Kerr) McCoy of Ossipee; two brothers, William L. McCoy of Clarksburg, Mass., and Frank E. McCoy of Las Vegas, Nev.; and two sisters, Shirley Mears of Pownal, Vt., and Joy Love of North Pole, Alaska. He was predeceased by his brothers, James, Robert and Joseph McCoy, and a sister, Barbara Lescarbeau.
Services were held March 27 at St. Joseph’s Church.
Donations in his memory may be made to the American Cancer Society.
Mary O’Reilly
Former pianist for silent movies
WOLFEBORO - Mary Jane (Plummer) O’Reilly, 95, of Clipper Drive, formerly of Clearwater, Fla., and Logansport, Ind., died Sunday, March 31, 2002, at SunBridge Nursing Home.
She was born in Windfall, Ind., daughter of Benjamin and Eva (Clawson) Plummer. She was an accomplished pianist, having begun playing for silent movies.
She worked for several years as a nurse at the Irene Barne Tuberculosis Sanitorium in Fort Wayne, Ind. She was a former Gray Lady and an avid bridge player.
She was the widow of Clarence P. O’Reilly, who died in 1977.
Family members include a son, Patrick M. O’Reilly of Wolfeboro; and three grandchildren.
A private graveside service will be held at the Cedar Grove Cemetery at Notre Dame University in South Bend, Ind., at the convenience of the family.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association, N.E. Affiliate, 20 Speen St., Framingham, MA 01701-4688.
Bennett Funeral Home, Concord, is in charge of arrangements.
Ethel Richards
Centenarian, formerly of Nova Scotia
WOLFEBORO - Ethel M. Richards, 104, of Governor Wentworth Highway and formerly of Lynn, Mass., died Thursday, March 28, 2002, at Mountain View Nursing Home in Ossipee, after a brief illness.
She was born in Newport Corner, Nova Scotia, Canada, daughter of Malcolm and Bernice L. (Brown) MacIvor. She attended and graduated from high school in Newport Corner. She moved to Lynn, Mass., in 1923 and lived there until moving to Wolfeboro in 1989.
She had been employed as a sales clerk at T.W. Rogers in Lynn for many years until she retired in 1973.
She was a member of Wesley United Methodist church for more than 62 years, and a member of the Canadian Club at Camp Parker, and the Order of the Eastern Star Chapter 169.
She was the widow of Nelson M. Richards.
Family members include one son, Gerry I. Richards of Wakefield; two daughters, Ruth M. Baldwin of Wolfeboro and Rita B. Bosse of Pinellas Park, Fla.; nine grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews. She was also the mother of the late Earl Richards and Elizabeth A. Beyea.
Services were held April 2 at Parker Funeral Home in Lynn with the Rev. Kirt Herber, interim pastor of Wesley United Methodist Church, officiating. Burial followed at Pine Grove Cemetery, Lynn.
Memorial donations may be made to Wesley United Methodist Church, 93 Euclid Ave., Lynn, MA 01904, or Mountain View Nursing Home, 10 County Farm Road, Ossipee, NH 03864.
