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Grace Rosell
Ran Sunset Lodges for more than 50 years
MIRROR LAKE - Grace Irene (Sundbye) Rosell, 85, of Tuftonboro Neck Road, died March 27, 2003, at home.
She was born May 14, 1917, in Bridgeport, Conn., daughter of Magnus S. and Hannah M. (Olsen) Sundbye.
She had worked for the Governor Wentworth Regional School District in the lunch program as a baker/cook until 1978. In 2002, she retired from the U.S. Postal Service after 23 years as a Postmaster Relief.
She and her husband, Charles F. Rosell, who died in 1998, established and operated the Sunset Lodges for more than 53 years. She was the bookkeeper for the lodges.
She was also an avid bird watcher and crossword puzzle solver.
Family members include her daughter, Sally I. Rosell-Fiske of Mirror Lake; a son, Thomas A. Rosell and his wife, Elizabeth, of Broken Arrow, Okla.; three grandchildren; and a sister, Alice Sabanosh of Fairfield, Conn.
A celebration of her life will be held later in the spring.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Tuftonboro First Responders, c/o Tuftonboro Fire/Rescue, PO Box 437, Melvin Village, NH 03850.
Lord Funeral Home, Wolfeboro, assisted the family with arrangements.
Dr. William Schmid
Retired chemist, teacher
NEW DURHAM - Dr. William Francois Schmid of New Durham, retired chemist and teacher, died March 17, 2003, of Lou Gehrig’s Disease.
He worked as a researcher for Sylvania Electric Company and later taught chemistry and environmental science courses at Mansfield University in Mansfield, Pa.
In his retirement years he worked on water quality problems in the lakes of New Hampshire and air quality research for UNH.
He was president of the Merrymeeting Lake Association and chairman of the New Durham Conservation Committee and an active member of the Moose Mountains Regional Greenways.
Family members include his wife Angeline, two children and two grandchildren.
Robert Dougal
Retired Chris-Craft test pilot
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. - Robert Kirker Dougal, 94, formerly of New Hampshire, died March 20, 2003, in Hollywood.
He was born July 19, 1908, in Somerville, Mass., son of James W. and Ethel (Kirker) Dougal. He graduated from Concord, N.H. High School in 1927.
He and his wife, Irene (McCarthy) Dougal of Manchester, N.H., lived for many years in Wolfeboro, New Durham and the Weirs, N.H. He worked at several boatyards on Lake Winnipesaukee.
In 1955, he moved to Plantation, Fla., where he was the chief test pilot at Chris-Craft headquarters in Pompano Beach until he retired in 1974. He was a true wooden boat man.
His mother owned the Colonial Arms and Canopache Lodge in Wolfeboro. His brother, James W. Dougal, who died in 1980, sold Chris-Crafts at Irwin Marine for many years.
Family members include two nephews, Richard Kirk Dougal of Gilford, N.H., and Donald K. MacDougall of Center Sandwich, N.H., and a niece, Deborah K. Dougal Lewis of Northfield, N.H.
The family suggests that expressions of sympathy be made to the New Hampshire Antique and Classic Boat Museum, 397 Center St., Wolfeboro, NH 03894.
Thelma Savaria
Wolfeboro native, retired hairdresser
WOLFEBORO - Thelma (Chamberlain) Savaria, 96, formerly of Letendre Avenue, died March 31, 2003, at Sunbridge Nursing Home in Wolfeboro.
The daughter of Lester and Sadie (Hutchins) Chamberlain, she was born Dec. 25, 1906, in Wolfeboro. She had lived in both Concord and Portsmouth for brief periods before making her home in Allenstown in 1955.
She was a 1924 graduate of Brewster Academy and had attended Concord Business College. For a short time, she worked for New England Telephone in Concord and Portsmouth.
Prior to her retirement, she spent 32 years, from 1940 until 1972, as the owner and operator of the Plaza Beauty Salon in Concord.
She was a member and past president of the NH Hairdressers’ Association, a 50-year member and past Grand Regent of the Catholic Daughters of the Americas, and 50-year member and past president of the Elks Concord Emblem Club.
She was the widow of former State Representative for Allenstown Louis A. Savaria, who died in 1993 and to whom she had been married for 61 years.
Family members include nieces and nephews, Robert Nelson, Barbara Conery, Virginia Janik and Caroline Wiggin, all of Wolfeboro, Rodney Haines of Maine and James Chamberlain of Ohio.
There are no calling hours. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated Saturday at 1 p.m. at St. John the Baptist Church,by the Rev. Wilfred Deschamps, Pastor. Burial will follow at St. John the Baptist Cemetery, Allenstown.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations should be made to the Sunbridge Activity Account, 39 Clipper Drive, Wolfeboro, NH 03894.
The Petit Funeral Home of Pembroke assisted the family with arrangements.
John W. Anglin
Seasonal resident of Pine River Pond
EAST WAKEFIELD - John William “Bill” Anglin, 90, of Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, Fla., and Pine River Pond, East Wakefield, died March 30, 2001, at Manor Oaks Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
He was born Feb. 12, 1911, in Hammond, Ind., son of Lauderdale-by-the-Sea founder and philanthropist Melvin I. Anglin. He moved to Florida with his family in the 1920s.
As a teenager in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, he helped his father build the fishing pier at the end of Commercial Boulevard that bears his family’s name, Anglins Pier. In 1952, he opened the first gas station in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, which is now known as Pump By the Sea Texaco, on N. Ocean Drive. He retired in the late 1950s.
Family members include his wife of 66 years, B. Allene Anglin; a son, Raymond Anglin of Lauderdale-by-the-Sea; two granddaughters; a brother, Tom, of Franklin, N.C.; and a sister, Margaret Demko of Lauderdale-by-the-Sea.
A private service will be held at the Anglin family home in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to an Alzheimer’s Association organization or research project of choice.
Margaret Buchman
Active in many clubs and organizations
SANBORNVILLE - Margaret “Margie” Buchman, 81, of Sheila Lane, died Saturday evening, April 14, 2001, at Maine Medical Center in Portland.
She was born Dec. 1, 1919, in Brooklyn, N.Y., daughter of William and Anna (Finch) Miller. A former resident of Westbury, Long Island, N.Y., she had lived in Sanbornville since 1982.
She had been a member of the Wakefield-Brookfield Senior Citizens, Wolfeboro Senior Citizens, Lovell Lake Grange, Wakefield Historical Society, Northrup-Grumman Retiree Club and Frisbie Memorial Hospital Auxiliary.
She was the widow of William W. Buchman, who died in 1995.
Family members include her daughter and son-in-law, Margaret “Peg” and Richard “Dick” White of Sanbornville; her sister, Ethel Miller of Sanbornville; her brother, Arthur Miller of Holiday, Fla.; a sister-in-law, Edith Buchman of Sanbornville; and several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by a sister, Anna Coster.
Services were April 18 at C.E. Peaslee & Son Funeral Home, Sanbornville. Burial will be later in the spring at Lovell Lake Cemetery.
If desired, memorial donations may be made to the Cocheco Valley Humane Society, 262 County Farm Road, Dover, NH 03820.
Carlton Earle
Antiques dealer
OSSIPEE - Carlton V. Earle, 92, of Mountain View Nursing Home, died Friday, April 13, 2001.
He was born Oct. 30, 1908, in Brattleboro, Vt., grew up in Westminster, Mass., and attended local schools.
His career in the arts and antiques began in 1935 at the Cincinnati Art Museum, where he worked as assistant to the director. He also gave classes in weaving and pottery and other art media.
He eventually served as interim director before moving to New York City in 1945. There, he worked for Scalamandre Fabrics. He organized an exhibit of fabrics reproduced from antique or historically significant originals and accompanied the exhibit on its tour to major museums around the country. Three years later, he opened a showroom for Mr. Scalamandre in Boston.
In 1948, he married Marguerite Fawcett of Worcester and together they bought Lord’s Hall in Effingham, where they lived for 27 years. In the early 1950s, they established an interior decorating business in Portland, Maine, which they ran for several years.
For many years, Mr. Early was a local antiques dealer. In 1975, he and his wife moved to Ossipee. She died in 1991.
Family members include a son, Peter C. Earle, of Freedom; and two grandsons, Jason P. Earle of Effingham and Brian P. Earle of Ossipee.
At Mr. Earle’s request, there were no funeral services. Private burial will take place at a later date.
Lord Funeral Home, Center Ossipee, was in charge of arrangements.
