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Eugene R. Savage
Died: Friday, September 30, 2005
Age: 72
CENTER OSSIPEE - Eugene R. Savage, 72, of Route 16, died Friday, Sept. 30, at Huggins Hospital in Wolfeboro. He was born Oct. 13, 1932 in Sanford, Maine, the son of the late Gilman and Evelyn (Pay) Savage. He was a graduate from the Sanford High School, class of 1952. After his graduation, he entered the US Air Force and served during the Korean Conflict.
After leaving the Air Force he moved to Orlando, Fla., where he worked for the Martin Marietta Company until 1965, when he moved to Waterboro, Maine, and began working for the Sylvania Company. Savage moved to Ossipee in 1972 and worked as a mail carrier for the US Postal Service until his retirement.
Savage leaves his children, Diane Ramsdell and her husband Rick, Shapleigh, Maine; Karen Eldridge and her husband Timothy, Center Ossipee; Brenda Miller and her husband Danny, Ossipee; Mike Savage, Effingham; and Donna Moores and her husband, Rob, West Newfield, Maine. He is also survived by his grandchildren, Jeremy Miller and his fiancé Wendy Libby; Wendy Miller, Samantha Miller, Jessica Savage, Ray Eldridge, Shane Eldridge, Briitney Moores, and Travis Moores. He also leaves two brothers, Gerard, "Fafa" Savage, Sanford, Maine, and Robert Savage, Orlando, Fla., as well as many nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his brothers, Gilman Savage, John Savage, Donald Savage, and Daniel Savage, and his sisters, Katherine Savage and Edith Bourque.
There will be no calling hours. Funeral services were scheduled for Wednesday at the Lord Funeral Home, 50 Moultonville Road, Center Ossipee. Burial was in the Chickville Cemetery, Center Ossipee.
Donations in his memory may be made to the Ossipee Concerned Citizens, PO Box 426, Center Ossipee, NH, 03814.
Catherine E. (Kreckler) Lang
Died: Thursday, September 29, 2005
Age: 83
WOLFEBORO - Catherine E. (Kreckler) Lang, 83 of Birch Hill Estates Rd., Wolfeboro died Sept. 29, at her home.
Born in Roxbury, Mass. Oct. 12, 1921 daughter of the late Frank and Elsie (Strobel) Kreckler she had lived in Wolfeboro for the last 16 years moving there from Florida. She lived most of her life in Roxbury.
Lang worked as a bookkeeper and clerk for A&P Grocery Stores in Boston for Many years. In Roxbury, Mass., she was a communicant of the Mission Hill Parish and in Wolfeboro she was a communicant of St Katharine Drexel Church (formerly St. Cecilia's in Wolfeboro) of Alton. She and her husband loved to square dance.
She leaves her husband Leo Lang of Wolfeboro and a daughter, Barbara (Kingston) DiPietro of Foxboro, Mass. She also leaves two brothers, John Kreckler of Roxbury, Mass., Paul Kreckler of Holbrook, Mass., a grandchild and several nieces and nephews.
Calling hours were held Sept. 30, at the Baker-Gagne Funeral Home and Cremation Service, 85 Mill St., Wolfeboro. A Mass of Christian Burial was held Oct. 1, at St Katharine Drexel Church in Alton. Burial was arranged for the Knollwood Memorial Park Cemetery in Canton, Mass.
The Baker-Gagne Funeral Home and Cremation Service of Wolfeboro is in charge of the arrangements.
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Robert C. Leonard
Died: Sunday, September 25, 2005
Age: 72
BROOKFIELD - Robert C. Leonard, 72, of Wentworth Road, died Sunday, Sept. 25, at his home. He was born May 19, 1933 in Dover, the son of the late William and Annetta (Collishaw) Leonard. He lived most of his life in Dover, graduating from Dover High School in 1951. Leonard attended Colby College in Waterville, Maine for two years and then served in the U.S. Army as a Private First Class during the Korean Conflict. He later graduated from the University of New Hampshire in 1959, as a civil engineer, where he was a member of Lamda Chi Alpha Fraternity. In 1962 Leonard and a college friend, Philip F. Casey, established a very successful construction company, Leoca Construction, Inc. of Dover, which they ran for 33 years.
Leonard was a member of the Dover Lodge of Elks, the Royal Order of Moose in Dover and was also a member of the First Parish Church Congregational in Dover for 50 years. He served on the Board of Wardens and did extensive renovations of the church at that time.
Leonard and his wife Midge moved to Brookfield in 1984, where he had summered since the early fifties, but continued to commute to Dover until his retirement. He recently became active in town affairs in Brookfield. He served as a selectmen for one term and had also served as a building inspector, code enforcement officer, and a timber, wetlands and gravel monitor. He also served on the Brookfield Planning Board.
Leonard is survived by his wife of 47 years Earlene "Midge" (Winship) Leonard, Brookfield; his daughters Cathy Jo Swain and her husband Stuart, Marshfield, Maine, Lee Anne Velez and her husband Alejandro, Brookfield; a son William Leonard and his wife Lisa, Brookfield; six grandchildren; Jacob, Gretchen, Cristina, David, Robert and Amanda. He is also survived by a sister Carol Leonard, Somersworth.
There will be no calling hours. Memorial services will be held Monday, Oct. 3, 2 p.m. at the First Congregational Church of Wakefield, Route 153, Wakefield, N.H., with a reception immediately following at the church. Burial will be in the Rollinsford Cemetery at a later date.
Donations in his memory may be made to the VNA/Hospice of Southern Carroll County, PO Box 1620, Wolfeboro, NH, 03894 or the Brookfield Scholastic Recognition Award Fund, PO Box 800, Brookfield, NH 03872.
Lord Funeral Home, Wolfeboro is in charge of arrangements.
Mary Elizabeth Davis
Died: Thursday, December 15, 2005
Age: 101
WOLFEBORO - Mary Elizabeth (Ecker) Davis, 101, of Brookline and Natick, Mass., died Dec. 15 at Mountain View Nursing Home in Ossipee.
Born on Nov. 5, 1904, in Memphis, Tenn., the daughter of Louis and Anna (Sartoris) Ecker, she spent many years in Brookline with her family. Following the death of her husband, World War I veteran and Brookline Police Department member Charles Davis, in 1953, Mrs. Davis raised her two children Ann and Charles, Jr. in Brookline while working as a medical secretary at Boston Children's Hospital and the Veteran's Hospital in West Roxbury, Mass. She also worked at the United States Army Laboratory in Natick, Mass., where she lived for 35 years, before moving to Wolfeboro.
Wolfeboro was a special place to her, while spending summer vacations with her children and their families and living on Cotton Mountain.
She was an active member and accomplished choir singer at Saint Mary's Church in Brookline and St. Patrick's Church in Natick. She was an excellent crewel embroiderer and loved reading about English history.
Mrs. Davis "Nana" was predeceased by her son Charles, Jr. and his wife Elizabeth (Begley) Davis of Natick, her brothers Father Leo, S.J., Father Anthony, S.J., and businessman Thomas of Boston, as well as her sister, Rose Viano of Brookline.
Family members include daughter and son-in-law Ann and Manuel Segura of Wolfeboro; grandchildren Charles Segura and wife Sharon of Albany, N.Y.; Suzanne "Suzie" (Segura) Taylor and husband Anthony of Boston; Katherine (Davis) Tomas and husband Deo of Upton, Mass.; and Gregory Davis and wife Suzanne of Franklin, Mass.; and great-grandchildren Michael Segura and Alyssa and Emma Tomas.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Mrs. Davis' name to Mountain View Nursing Home, Activities Fund, 10 County Farm Road, Ossipee, NH 03864.
Funeral services will be held on Monday, Dec. 19 at 10 a.m. at Saint Katharine Drexel Church in Alton. Internment will be in St. Joseph Cemetery in Boston at a later date. The Baker-Gagne Funeral Home of Wolfeboro is in charge of the arrangements.
Raymond H Kreutzer
Died: Wednesday, December 14, 2005
Age: 92
WOLFEBORO - Raymond H. Kreutzer, 95, died Dec. 14 at his Sugar Hill home after a courageous battle with cancer. He leaves his beloved wife of 72 years, Mary Alice (Dolly), along with three daughters, Mary Harrison of Arlington, Mass., Mercedes Sparck of Gilford, and Rae Lynn Warren and her husband David of Melvin Village, as well as four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Ray was born on the kitchen table in Park Ridge, Ill., and cooking soon became his first great passion. His large circle of family and friends warmly recall the rich abundant dinners that he and Dolly so generously and graciously served at their Kenilworth, Ill and Governor's Island homes. He nurtured his family on these memorable occasions with wit, wisdom and boundless optimism. Through him, they learned to love and loved to learn.
His second great passion was woodworking. He owned and operated Keith Lumber Co. in Chicago and had a deep abiding reverence for rare, beautifully figured hard woods. Grandpa's workshop" was his sanctuary. There, he crafted his exquisite furniture with richly carved details and hand cut dovetails. These pieces embody his old fashioned values of dedication, commitment and high expectations and will endure as family heirlooms. Watching him his family learned you can do anything if you try.
Gardening was his third, and perhaps greatest passion. The beauty he brought to the world through his flowers filed him with joy. We learned through his gardening that with hard work and duct tape, we can make the world a better place, his family said. His final harvest is perhaps best expressed by his nephew, who said that we are all living our lives better because we knew him. His spirit will live on in all of our gardens.
A celebration of Ray's life will be held Saturday, Jan. 21 at 11:30 a.m. at the First Congregational Church in Wolfeboro. In lieu of flowers, contributions will be gratefully accepted by the Minister's Discretionary Fund, First Congregational Church, PO Box 913, Wolfeboro, NH 03894.
Louise McDuffee
Died: Tuesday, December 13, 2005
Age: 98
Former operator of Hi-Da-Way Farm
OSSIPEE - Louise (Sawyer) McDuffee, of Chickville Road, passed away Tuesday evening, Dec. 13, with her loving family by her side.
She was born July 5, 1907 in Beverly, Mass., the daughter of the late William and Bertha (Trask) Sawyer. Louise had moved to Ossipee in 1928. She and her late husband, Lloyd, owned and operated Hi-Da-Way Farm in Ossipee for many years. While owning the farm she also delivered milk for 10 years.
Louise was a member of the Center Ossipee Women's Club and the Tuftonboro United Methodist Church since 1928. She also attended the Water Village Church for many years where she made homemade donuts every Sunday for 25 years.
Louise was a wonderful mother and the devoted and loving grandmother to her only grandchild.
She is the widow of the late Lloyd McDuffee of Ossipee, who died in 1972, and is survived by her daughter County Commissioner Marge Webster of Wolfeboro, and her grandson Kory Webster of San Juan, Puerto Rico, a sister Mae Trask Winkley of Ossipee and several nieces and nephews.
There will be no calling hours. A memorial service will be held Saturday, Dec. 17 at 11 a.m. at the Tuftonboro United Methodist Church, Tuftonboro Corner. The Rev. Bill Hartford will officiate. Burial will be in the Chickville Cemetery, Center Ossipee at a later date.
The family requests no flowers, and memorial donations be given to TCCAP, Flower Gardens, 448 White Mountain Highway, Tamworth, NH 03386.
Grace S. Haley
Died: Tuesday, December 13, 2005
Age: 100
Devoted to her family
LYNN, Mass. - Grace S. Haley, 100, of Lynn, Mass. and Wolfeboro died Dec. 13.
She was born Oct. 2, 1905 in Lynn, Mass., the daughter of John Clark Smith, Sr. and Melvina Jenkins (Campbell) Smith. She graduated from English High School in 1924.
She was a homemaker, known for her love of baking and cooking. In addition, she was an avid knitter and seamstress.
For the past 92 years she summered at the family cottage in Wentworth Park, Lake Wentworth, Wolfeboro.
She was a member of All Saints' Church, as well as a member of St. Stephen's Church in Lynn, Mass. She was a 79-year member of the Order of the Eastern Star, Victory Chapter in Marblehead, Mass., formerly Regis Chapter of Lynn.
She was predeceased by her husband, Francis N. Haley, in December, 1988.
Family members include her son, Grant Haley of Lynn, Mass., and daughter Pauline Smith and her husband, Charles Q. Smith, of Greenville; granddaughters Cynthia Korsman of Greenville and Cheryl McCarriston and husband Thomas J McCarriston of Wolfeboro; great-grandsons Jason Legro, Daniel Legro, and Joshua Korsman; and great-granddaughter April Grace McCarriston, and a niece, Patricia Zuchero, of Swampscott, Mass.
A funeral service and burial will be at All Saints' Episcopal Church in Wolfeboro at a later date.
Arrangements are under the care of Parker Memorial in Lynn, Mass.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to All Saints' Episcopal Church, P.O. Box 359, Wolfeboro, NH, 03894.
