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Normand Lessard
LAS VEGAS - Normand Lessard, 73, of Las Vegas, died Sunday, Sept. 9, 2001.
He was born Feb. 14, 1928, in Lawrence, Mass., where he lived until moving to Las Vegas in 1980.
He was an engineer in the hotel and casino industry.
Survivors include three sons, Normand Lessard Jr. of Methuen, Mass., Gregory Lessard of Lawrence, Mass., and Christopher Lessard of Salisbury, Mass.; two daughters, Sharon Bibeau of Hillsborough, N.H., and Lucia Gonzalez of Hampton, N.H.; two sisters, Dorothy Lessard of Somerville, Mass., and Elaine McKendrick of Miami, Fla.; and eight grandchildren.
A private memorial Mass will be held in Hampton, N.H. If desired, donations may be made to Odyssey Hospice, Las Vegas, NV 89104.
Florence J. LeBel
PARISHVILLE, N.Y. - Florence J. LeBel, 65, of 169 Sylvan Fall Road, Parishville, formerly of Portsmouth, died Sept. 11, 2001, at Canton/Potsdam hospital after a brief illness.
Born Nov. 4, 1935, in Somerville, Mass., she was the daughter of the late Mary F. Murphy and George L. O'Brien.
She was a graduate of Portsmouth High School. She married Andre P. LeBel in 1976.
In addition to her husband she is survived by her loving children and grandchildren: daughter Patricia Dube and her husband Michael of Portsmouth, son Thomas Moran and wife Janine of Portsmouth, daughter Joanne Flagg and husband Michael of Portsmouth, James Moran of Portsmouth and Mary Moran of Massena, N.Y.; grandchildren Jeffrey and Andrea Dube of Portsmouth, Megan and Michael Flagg of Portsmouth, Griffin and Cooper Moran of Portsmouth; her sister Kathleen and her husband Jack Martins of North Hampton; sister-in-law Ruth O'Brien, brother-in-law Roger and his wife Val LeBel of Charleston, S.C.; and many nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased by her parents, her brothers James O'Brien, George (Sunny) O'Brien, and sister Arlene Holland-Coolbeth.
She was a loving wife, mother and nana.
LeBEL - Florence J. LeBel, 65, of Parishville, N.Y., formerly of Portsmouth, died Sept. 11, 2001. Funeral services will be held at the Farrell Funeral Home, 684 State St., on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2001, at 1 p.m. Visiting hours on Monday from 5-8 p.m. Memorials may be made to Seacoast Hospice, 10 Hampton Road, Exeter, NH 03833.
Vivian MacMillan
PORTSMOUTH - Mrs. Vivian (Tretsch) MacMillan, 86, of 26 Harding Road, passed away Thursday, Sept. 6, 2001, at The Pine at Edgewood in Portsmouth. She was the wife of Duncan J.S. MacMillan Sr., who passed away on Monday, Sept. 10, 2001.
She was born in Tuckahoe, N.Y., on Sept. 10, 1914, the daughter of the late John Jules and Ida Jeannette (Smith) Tretsch. She was a graduate of Theodore Roosevelt High School in Yonkers, N.Y.
Before moving to Portsmouth, she resided in Melvin Village, N.H. for over 20 years.
She was a member of the Middle Street Baptist Church in Portsmouth and a former member of the Melvin Village Baptist Church in Melvin Village. She was active with the Hiker's Club in Melvin Village, was an avid reader, loved gardening and bird watching, and did the New York Times crosswords in ink.
Survivors include her children: Duncan J.S. MacMillan Jr. and his wife, Pam, of Los Altos Hills, Calif.; Jane G. Roff and her husband, Jerry, of Kalispell, Montana, and William MacMillan of Dover, N.H., co-owner of The Rusty Hammer in Portsmouth; five grandchildren, Justin MacMillan and Christina MacMillan of Los Altos Hills, Calif, Douglas W. MacMillan, Bryan J. MacMillan, and Lindsey K. MacMillan, all of Dover; two brothers, Harold Tretsch and wife Edna of Cary, N.C. and Jack Tretsch of Redwood City, Calif.; as well as nieces and nephews.
J.S. MacMillan Sr.
PORTSMOUTH - Duncan J.S. MacMillan Sr., 90, widower of Vivian Tretsch MacMillan, of 26 Harding Road, passed away on Monday, Sept. 10, 2001, at the Portsmouth Regional Hospital.
He was born in Hoboken, N.J., on July 7, 1911, the son of the late William James and Jane Grant (Marshall) MacMillan. Mr. MacMillan received his master's degree from New York University.
He had served in the U.S. Army during WWII and the U.S. Army Reserves, retiring after 30 years at the rank of colonel.
Before moving to Portsmouth, he resided in Melvin Village, N.H. for over 20 years.
He was employed as senior appraiser for Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, retiring after 47 years.
Mr. MacMillan was a member of the Middle Street Baptist Church in Portsmouth where he enjoyed singing in the church choir and was a former member of the Melvin Village Baptist Church in Melvin Village. He was a member of the Morning Star Lodge No. 17 F & AM in Wolfeboro and St. John's Lodge No. 1 F & AM in Portsmouth; member of the Scottish Rite Bodies Valley of Portsmouth and Dover; N.H. Consistory 32 Degree of Nashua; and Bektash Temple Shrine of Concord. He was the oldest member of the YMCA of Portsmouth, was an avid reader and enjoyed his extensive video collection.
Survivors include his children: Duncan J.S. MacMillan Jr. and his wife, Pam, of Los Altos Hills, Calif.; Jane G. Roff and her husband, Jerry, of Kalispell, Mont.; and William MacMillan of Dover, N.H., co-owner of The Rusty Hammer in Portsmouth. Survivors also include five grandchildren, Justin MacMillan and Christina MacMillan of Los Altos Hills, Calif., Douglas W. MacMillan, Bryan J. MacMillan, and Lindsey K. MacMillan all of Dover; as well as nieces and nephews.
MacMILLAN - Mrs. Vivian (Tretsch) MacMillan, 86, passed away Sept. 6, 2001, and her husband Mr. Duncan J.S. MacMillan Sr., 90, passed away on Sept. 10, 2001, both of 26 Harding Road, in Portsmouth. Memorial services will be held at a later date at the convenience of the family. Donations in their memory may be made to the Middle Street Baptist Church, 18 Court St., Portsmouth, NH 03801 or to Memorial Gift Coordinator, Bektash Shriners, Shriners Hospital for Children, Boston Unit, P.O. Box 7252, Concord, NH 03301-7252. Arrangements by J. Verne Wood Funeral Home - Buckminster Chapel, Portsmouth.
Mitchell M. Krasinkewicz
NORTH HAMPTON - Mitchell M. Krasinkewicz, 87, of 27 Cedar Road, died on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2001 at the Rockingham County Nursing Home in Brentwood.
He was born in Lynn, Mass., May 21, 1914 the son of the late Cizer and Anna (Tyskiewicz) Krasinkewicz and had resided in Lynn for most of his life, moving to North Hampton in 1983.
He was a 1936 graduate of Lynn Classical High School and was a World War II veteran serving with the U.S. Army.
He worked 36 years as a machinist for General Electric's gear and turbine division, in Lynn's Riverworks Plant, retiring in 1978.
He was a member of the I.U.E. Local No. 201 in Lynn and was a life member of both the Piscataqua Chapter No. 4, D.A.V. of Newington and American Legion Post No. 67 of Newmarket.
Family members include one son, Paul F. Krasinkewicz of Pepperell, Mass.; two daughters, Janelle L. Zuk of North Hampton and Diann H. Madden of Seabrook; two grandchildren, five nieces and a nephew.
He was predeceased by his wife, Edith W. (Brown) Krasinkewicz and a grandson.
KRASINKEWICZ - Mitchell M. Krasinkewicz of 27 Cedar Road, North Hampton, died on Sept. 12, 2001. Services will be held at the Remick & Gendron Funeral Home-Crematory, 811 Lafayette Road (U.S. Route 1), Hampton, Saturday, at 10 a.m. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited and may call at the funeral home from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. on Friday. The family requests that flowers please be omitted. If desired donations may be made to the charity of one's choice. Burial will be in the Center Cemetery, North Hampton.
Leona L. Milton
PORTSMOUTH - Leona L. Milton, 80, of 245 Middle St., passed away in her home Friday, Sept. 7, 2001.
Born March 15, 1921, in Derry, she was the daughter of Oscar and Blanche (Bergeron) Lavoie and had been a resident of Portsmouth for the past 60 years. She was employed for many years at the New Hampshire Provision Co.
She was a member of the Church of the Immaculate Conception.
Survivors include a son, Paul Milton of Portsmouth; a sister, Noreen Arthur and her husband, Harold, of Fort Worth, Texas; a grandson, Scott Milton of Los Angeles, Calif.; and four nieces, Terry, Patty, Jan and Jean, all of Texas.
MILTON - Leona L. Milton, 80, of 245 Middle St., Portsmouth, died Sept. 7, 2001. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. today at the Immaculate Conception Church. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery.
Robert A. Lee
EXETER - Robert A. Lee, 74, of River Street, died Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2001, at Exeter Hospital.
Born Sept. 9, 1927, in Nashua, he was the son of the late Joseph P. and Rose (Cote) Lee. He grew up in Nashua, where he graduated from Nashua High School. Later, he graduated from St. Bonaventure in New York. He had resided in Exeter for the past 25 years.
He was a veteran of World War II, having served for the U.S. Navy. He worked for many years with the W.T. Grant stores and Montgomery Ward stores in their retail management departments. Later, he worked as a clerk for the U.S. Postal Service in Portsmouth, where he retired in 1995.
He was predeceased by a son, Broderick Lee, who died in 1981.
He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Elaine (Broderick) Lee of Exeter; three sons, Robert Lee of San Francisco, Calif., Jonathan Lee of Arcata, Calif., and Timothy Lee of Ayer, Mass.; one daughter, Kerry Ellen Angie of Marion, N.Y.; six grandchildren; one brother, Joseph Lee of Dublin, Ireland; three sisters, Barbara Silver of California, Agnes Robillard of Keene, and Nancy Sullivan of Nashua; and several nieces and nephews.
LEE - Robert A. Lee, 74, of River Street, Exeter, died Sept. 12, 2001. Calling hours will be held on Monday, Sept. 17, from 9 to 9:45 a.m. at the Brewitt Funeral Home, 14 Pine St., Exeter. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated Monday at 10 a.m. at St. Michael's Church of Exeter. Burial will follow in the Exeter Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations in his name may be made to the American Heart Association, New England Affiliate, 20 Speen St., Framingham, MA 01701-4688.
Georgette L. Rioux
ELIOT, Maine - Georgette Leone Rioux, 88, of the Baran Place, Beech Road, died Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2001, at York Hospital, after a short illness.
Born in Salem, Mass., June 28, 1913, she was the daughter of Polycarpe and Marie Louise (Morin) Tremblay.
She worked for many years as a shoe stitcher in Salem, retiring in the early 1960s. She lived in Salem all of her life until six years ago, when she moved to Eliot to be closer to her daughter.
She was an expert seamstress and enjoyed playing the organ at recitals. Her family was the major focus of her life and she was a beloved and loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.
She was predeceased by her husband, Paul Emile Rioux, who died in 1982.
She is survived by her daughter, Andrea L. Rioux of Cape Neddick; a brother, Conrad Tremblay of Idaho; a sister, Yvette Plummer of Long Branch, N.J.; two grandchildren, Kim Wynne of Wells and Gregory D. Wadland of Nashua, N.H.; two great-grandchildren, Aaron Wynne of Wells and Lukas Wadland of Nashua, N.H.; and many cousins, nieces and nephews.
RIOUX - Georgette Leone Rioux, 88, of the Baran Place in Eliot, Maine, died Sept. 12, 2001. Services will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday at the Lucas and Eaton Funeral Home, 91 Long Sands Road, York, Maine. Interment will be in Puritan Lawn Cemetery, Peabody, Mass. Visiting hours will be from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. If desired, donations may be made to the American Diabetes Association, 10 Bangor St., Suite F, Augusta, ME 04338.
Florence J. LeBel
PARISHVILLE, N.Y. - Florence J. LeBel, 65, of 169 Sylvan Fall Road, Parishville, formerly of Portsmouth, died Sept. 11, 2001, at Canton/Potsdam hospital after a brief illness.
Born Nov. 4, 1935, in Somerville, Mass., she was the daughter of the late Mary F. Murphy and George L. O'Brien. She was a graduate of Portsmouth High School. She married Andre P. LeBel in 1976.
In addition to her husband she is survived by her loving children and grandchildren: daughter Patricia Dube and her husband Michael of Portsmouth, son Thomas Moran and wife Janine of Portsmouth, daughter Joanne Flagg and husband Michael of Portsmouth, James Moran of Portsmouth and Mary Moran of Massena, N.Y.; grandchildren Jeffrey and Andrea Dube of Portsmouth, Megan and Michael Flagg of Portsmouth, Griffin and Cooper Moran of Portsmouth; her sister Kathleen and her husband Jack Martins of North Hampton; sister-in-law Ruth O'Brien, brother-in-law Roger and his wife Val LeBel of Charleston, S.C.; and many nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her parents, her brothers James O'Brien, George (Sunny) O'Brien, and sister Arlene Holland-Coolbeth.
She was a loving wife, mother and nana.
LeBEL - Florence J. LeBel, 65, of Parishville, N.Y., formerly of Portsmouth, died Sept. 11, 2001. Funeral services will be held at the Farrell Funeral Home, 684 State St., on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2001, at 1 p.m. Visiting hours on Monday from 5-8 p.m. Memorials may be made to Seacoast Hospice, 10 Hampton Road, Exeter, NH 03833.
Barbara D. DiBella
NORTH HAMPTON - Barbara Dawson DiBella, 81, of 7 Cotton Farm Lane, died Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2001, at home surrounded by her loving family.
Born April 26, 1920, in Portsmouth, she was the daughter of Frank N. and Anne (Witham) Dawson, the youngest of three children.
She graduated from Eliot High School, Class of 1937, and lived most of her life in the Seacoast area. Following graduation, she moved with her sister, Mildred, to New York City, where she spent a year exploring the city.
Upon her return to Portsmouth, she met and subsequently married her husband of 39 years, John J. DiBella. She and her husband, a U.S. Army veteran of World War II, staff sergeant and paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne, were married in St. Louis, Mo., on April 13, 1942.
After her husband's discharge from the Army, they moved to Hartford, Conn., where they started a family. She began a career with the telephone company, but soon realized that she would rather be home with her children.
Her greatest accomplishment, as she would tell it, were her three children - her three-leaf clover. Her devotion to her family was well-known, as was the close bond she shared with all three children. While each child was unique, they all inherited her strength, courage, compassion, stubborn independence, Yankee ingenuity, and above all, her wry sense of humor.
The family moved back to Portsmouth in 1952, and to Greenland in 1968. She then joined her daughter, Betsy, and son-in-law, Chris, at their home in North Hampton in 1998. She shared a great love of nature, enjoyed cataloging the various birds she spotted over many years and also had quite a green thumb. While most people waited for the groundhog to surface, her neighbors knew spring had arrived when they saw her bent over her flower garden, digging in the dirt.
She loved craft fairs, yard sales, crossword puzzles and slot machines on those occasional trips to Las Vegas. Her sweet tooth was legendary and she was known to have a cookie or pastry tucked away somewhere in case of emergency. In her sweater was a tissue in one pocket and a piece of candy in the other.
As a lover of animals, she joined her daughter in the fight to rescue homeless and abandoned cats in the Seacoast area.
She was predeceased by her husband, John J. DiBella; a son, Peter J. DiBella; her sister, Mildred Dawson Saffell; and her brother, Frank A. Dawson.
Having lost her eldest son Peter aboard the USS Thresher on April 10, 1963, she became a fixture at every Thresher memorial service held in the Seacoast area, where a silent bond was formed with the families of the other Thresher crew members.
Survivors include her son, Frank J. DiBella of Los Angeles, Calif.; her daughter, Elizabeth DiBella-Young and son-in-law, Chris Young, of North Hampton; several nieces and nephews; and all of those touched by her humor, generosity and compassion.
DiBELLA - Barbara Dawson DiBella, 81, of 7 Cotton Farm Lane, North Hampton, died Sept. 12, 2001. Friends are invited to meet with the family at a memorial visitation at the J. Verne Wood Funeral Home-Buckminster Chapel, 84 Broad St., Portsmouth, on Sunday, 2-4 p.m. At a private ceremony, Barbara's cremated remains will be scattered in the Atlantic Ocean to be reunited with her son, Peter. In lieu of flowers, donations in her memory may be made to the Seacoast Area Feline Education and Rescue, P.O. Box 1531, Hampton, NH 03843; or to the NHSPCA, P.O. Box 196, Stratham, NH 03855-0196. Arrangements by the J. Verne Wood Funeral Home-Buckminster Chapel, Portsmouth.
Dorothy D. Cheney
HAMPTON - Dorothy Dudley Cheney, 91, a longtime Hampton and Rye Beach resident, died Monday, Sept. 10, 2001, at Exeter Healthcare, where she resided for several years.
Born in Hampton on May 13, 1910, she was the daughter of the late Joseph S. and Clara (Prindable) Dudley.
She worked as a buyer for Terri Taylors in Brookline, Mass., and later owned and operated the Dorothy Cheney Shop at Hampton Beach, the former Farragut Hotel at Rye Beach and in her home in Rye Beach. She also operated Dudley's Department Store at Hampton Beach.
She was the wife of the late Donald Cheney, who died last year, and was predeceased by her two sisters, Bertha Dudley Beers and Mildred Dudley Autio.
Family members include two daughters, Claire Wheeler Carr of Canyon Lake, Calif., and Carole W. Ross of Exeter; six grandchildren, Wendy Howard and Todd Ross, both of Hampton, Robin Rowell and Leslie Phillippe, both of Las Flores, Calif., Beth Ross Small of Kittery, Maine, and Tobey Ross of Worcester, Mass.; seven great-grandchildren; and a nephew, Dr. Dudley Autio, of Charleston, S.C.
CHENEY - Dorothy Dudley Cheney, 91, a longtime Hampton and Rye Beach resident, died Sept. 10, 2001. Services will be held at the Remick & Gendron Funeral Home-Crematory, 811 Lafayette Road, Hampton, on Tuesday at 2 p.m. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited. Burial will be in the Central Cemetery in Rye. The family requests there be no visiting hours and flowers please be omitted. If desired, donations may be made to the Rockingham Nutrition and Meals on Wheels Program, 30 Court St., Exeter, NH 03833.
