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OSSIPEE -- Ann Jane Sawyer, 73, of Ossipee, passed away Saturday, June 9, 2001, at the Wentworth Douglas Hospital in Dover.
She was born May 3, 1928, in Wolfeboro, the daughter of the late Thomas and Margaret McHugh of Wolfeboro. She was a graduate of Brewster Academy, Wolfeboro Class of 1946.
Janie had lived in Ossipee for most her life where she and her husband owned and operated the Ossipee Insurance Agency for many years. She attended several insurance courses and worked as branch manager of the Sanbornville Office.
Janie loved her children and grandchildren dearly and her home was open to them and their friends over the years. Mrs. Sawyer also strove to support her community. She served as a ballot clerk in Ossipee, drove for Meals on Wheels, routinely donated blood and taught CCD classes at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Center Ossipee, when her children were young. She was a past member of the Indian Mound Golf Club, Center Ossipee where she was awarded the Most Improved Golfer Award. In addition, she tended her prolific flower garden and enjoyed feeding and watching her birds.
She is survived by her husband Hayes W. Sawyer Jr., Ossipee, and her loving children Hayes "Tom" W. Sawyer III, Ossipee; Elizabeth Earle, Freedom; Jonathan Sawyer, Ogunquit, Maine; Mary Simpson, Wolfeboro; Susan Whitney, Goffstown; Matthew Sawyer, Ossipee; and Michael Sawyer, Tuftonboro; 11 grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. She is also survived by her brothers T. Leo McHugh, Colorado Springs, Colo., and Lester P. McHugh, Carrick-on-Shannon, Ireland; and her sister Margaret Wentworth, Wakefield. Janie was predeceased by her infant son Theodore Paul Sawyer, a granddaughter Hannah Sawyer, her sister Ginny Castelda and her brothers Lossie McHugh and John McHugh.
Calling hours will be Wednesday from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Lord Funeral Home, Route 28, Wolfeboro. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Thursday at 10 a.m. at St. Cecilias Catholic Church, Wolfeboro. Burial will be in the Ossipee Cemetery, Ossipee.
Donations in her memory may be made to the Ossipee Concerned Citizens, Center Ossipee NH 03814.
RAYMOND -- Neal Albert Wiggin, 70, of Raymond, died May 31, 2001, at his home.
He was born in Conway, the son of Mark and Amber (Harriman) Wiggin, the youngest of 15 children.
He graduated from Kennett High School, Conway, the class of 1947, finishing the four years in three. He received a Bachelor of Education from Plymouth Teachers College (1952) and a Masters degree from UNH. He taught school in North Woodstock; Spaulding High School in Barre, Vt.; Exeter High School, Exeter; Winnacunnet High School, Hampton; Greenwich High School, in Conn.; and Timberlane High School, Plaistow. He was the first principal of Conval High School in Peterborough and later principal of Hopkinton High School in Contoocook.
On school vacations he worked for the Vermont State Highway Department during the planning of Route 81. Later he was a member of the Hampton Police Department.
He wrote two study guides for Dell Publishing Company and articles for the "Mathematics Teacher" and the "English Journal." He also reviewed study modules for Robert Norton of Ohio State University.
While teaching at Winnacunnet High School, he was awarded a John Hay Fellowship to Harvard University. While there he met Robert Frost, N.H. Poet Laureate.
Among his pupils during his teaching career were former Governor Steve Merrill, Douglas Scammon, former Speaker of the N.H. House of Representatives, James Thomspon, President of the Rand Corporation Think Tank in California, an Lt. Arthur Wiggin of the Major Crime Unit, Dept. Of Safety, Division of N.H. State Police.
After 25 years in education, he became training manager for Seabrook Station in Seabrook. He traveled to several nuclear plants to teach classes and was featured speaker at several Mantag Instruction Workshops sponsored by Mid-Atlantic Nuclear Training Group. He retired from Seabrook (now Northeast Utilities) after 17 years.
He was a ham radio operator for 45 years and enjoyed golf, fishing and playing the guitar. He is listed in the 1986-87 edition of Who's Who in the East and in the 1993-94 edition of Who's Who in the World.
Family members include his wife of 50 years, Helene (Harriman) Wiggin; a son, Dayle; two grandsons, Kylein and Raylin; three sisters, Ruth Hackett of Conway, Marion David of Dover, and Frances Morrill of Nottingham; three brothers, Arthur of Bradenton, Fla., Ralph of Conway, and Perley of San Antonio, Texas; and many nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by a son, Dwayne, in 1995 and eight brothers.
Services were held June 4 at the Lee Hill cemetery in Lee, N.H. Memorials may be made to the Rockingham VNA Hospice, 137 Epping Road, Exeter NH 03833, or the charity of one's choice.
Brewitt Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Earle A. Cooper, 75, of Rangeley Plantation, Maine, died Friday, April 20, 2001, at Henry Medical Center, Hampton, Ga.
Born at home in Buckfield, Maine, Nov. 12, 1925, the son of Ralph A. and Gladys MacKay Cooper, both of who predeceased him, he was a lifelong resident of Maine, with the exception of three years in Louisiana.
He attended Buckfield schools and Maine Maritime Academy in Castine. He graduated from Buckfield High School in 1944. He was active in 4-H and all sports.
A World War II veteran, he served in the U.S. Army and was wounded on Okinawa.
He attended Farmington Teachers College and University of Maine, Orono, where he received his B.S. in 1953. Additional graduate work was done in chemistry at Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y. and in Mathematics at University of New Hampshire, Durham. He received his M. Ed. Degree from University of Maine, Orono, in 1970.
He began his career in 1953 at Morse High School, Brooks, Maine where he taught Math and Science and was Athletic Director. From 1954 to 1959, he was a teaching principal at Bristol Consolidated School, Bristol. He was assistant superintendent and high school principal, South Berwick High School, South Berwick, from 1959 to 1964. From 1964 to 1972, he was Superintendent of Schools, SAD 70, Hodgdon. From 1972 to 1979, he was Superintendent of Schools, SAD 72, Fryeburg. In several of these positions, he coached baseball, basketball, and cross-country running. He was an Administrative Officer, Louisiana State Department of Education, Bureau of Student Services, from 1980 to 1982. Returning to Maine he was Superintendent of Schools, School Union 37, Rangeley from 1982 to 1985.
He worked at S.C. Noyes & Co., Rangeley, Maine, selling real estate in the Rangeley region, from 1986 to 1996, where he delighted in introducing Maine woods and waters to people "from away."
Always active in town and community affairs, he moderated town meetings, served as an Assessor in Rangeley Plantation from 1986 to 2001, was a Licensed Plumbing Inspector, serving as LP1 in Rangeley and Sandy River Plantations for many years, and was a fire warden. He served for 13 years as representative for Maine School Superintendents Association to the Maine Legislature and was Federal Relations Representative, Maine, for the American Association of School Administrators. He was a trustee in organizing and operation of the Roger Randall School, Houlton, Maine; trustee for Western Maine Counseling Service, Bridgton; trustee for Center of Hope, Conway; chairman for Community District Council, Fryeburg; trustee for Mulford Trust Fund for children in need; organized committee and formed Bristol Area Teenage Association, Bristol; and was chairperson of the state basketball tournament for three years. He researched and prepared for publication opinions of the Attorney General for Maine School Boards and served on Select Committee for Governor Longley in rewriting Maine school laws.
He was a charter member of the John D. Long American Legion Post 58, Buckfield, Maine, and a member of Maine School Management Association, American Association of School Administrators, New England School Administrators, Maine School Superintendents Association, Louisiana Association of School Executives, Rotary International, Salvation Army, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, Kappa Delta Pi and Gamma Omega. He held a commercial pilot's license for fixed-wing aircraft and flew his own plane for many years. As a volunteer auctioneer, he conducted many creative, hilarious auctions for charitable and civic organizations. He is remembered for his knowledge of geology, rocks and minerals and assisted a Smithsonian field team in its mapping of Maine pegmatite belts.
He was known as an excellent public speaker, an incisive thinker, and for his command of Maine laws, rules and regulations regarding schools, land use, real estate and municipal and school financing. A true Mainer, he turned his mind and hands to any task and was known for his knack of turning anything into an adventure and for his calm, confident ability to solve problems and "get the job done." He received many awards and recognitions. The door of his home was always open and he was a resource to all.
He best loved spending time with his family. Favorite activities were fishing, lobstering, clamming, gardening, hunting and target shooting, baseball, canoeing, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, ice-skating, traveling, reading, and exploring the Maine woods. He was physically active all his life and never stopped learning. He touched many lives throughout the state and is well remembered.
A brother, Winston Cooper, of Hemet, Calif., and a sister, Mary Kimball, Buckfield, Maine, also predeceased him.
He is survived by his wife of 20 years, Anne Neill Cooper, Rangeley Plantation; his first wife, Cora Cooper, New Harbor; five children, Deborah Yates, Penny Perkins, who joined him in death Sunday, June 10, Earle A. Cooper Jr., and Candace Hutchins, all of New Harbor, and Duane Cooper, Brandenburg, Ky.; three step-children, Elizabeth Thornhill, Alvin, Texas, John Neill of Hampton, Ga., and Blaine Neill, Dora, Ala.; six grandchildren, Nicholaus Cooper, Jessica Yates, Ardele Munsay, Andrew Cooper, Eden Hutchins and MacKenzie Hutchins, all of New Harbor; eight step-grandchildren, Andrew Thornhill, Evan Thornhill and Owen Thornhill of Alvin, Texas, Ashley Neill and Jonathan Neill, Hampton, Ga., and Sarah Neill, Catherine Neill and Blaine Neill Jr., of Dora, Ala.; two brothers, Donald "Rusty" Cooper and Fred Cooper, Buckfield; a sister, Alice Chamberlain, Buckfield; and numerous cousins, nieces and nephews.
Graveside services will be conducted by the John D. Long Post 58, American Legion at 2 p.m., Friday, June 15, Damon Cemetery, Old Buckfield Road, Buckfield.
For those wishing to make donations or volunteer time to celebrate his life, the family suggests veteran's organizations, hospitals, and nursing homes, scholarship funds or charities of their choice within their communities.
Jean (Roff) Smith, 78, formerly of Tamworth, died June 9, 2001, in Johnson City, Tenn.
She was born Sept. 3, 1922, in Newark, N.J., and spent summers in Tamworth with her parents the late Edmund and Helen Roff. In 1972 Jean became a permanent resident of Tamworth where she lived until 1998 when she moved to be with her son in Johnson City, Tenn. She was a past member of the historical society.
She was the widow of the late James O. Smith.
Mrs. Smith is survived by her two sons, Luke F. Smith of Johnson City, Tenn., and Roff Smith of England; four grandchildren; and a sister, Lois Waller, of North Little Rock, Ark.
A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated in St. Margaret's Church, Main Street, Conway, on Wednesday, June 13, at 11 a.m. Burial will be in the Fowlers Mill Cemetery in Tamworth.
Lord Funeral Home, Moultonville Road, Center Ossipee is in charge of arrangements.
BROWNFIELD -- Michael F. Pianka, 55, of Main Street, Brownfield died Saturday, June 9. 2001, unexpectedly at his home.
He was born in Chelsea Mass., the son of Walter and Anna Brozoska Pianka, and graduated from Christopher Columbus High School in Boston. He attended Boston College for two years and received an associate degree from Montgomery College and a BA degree in English Literature from Mary Washington College in Fredericksburg Va. He lived in Washington D.C., for many years where he dove a taxi.
Since moving to Maine he was a school bus driver for MSAD 72. He enjoyed reading and poetry and has had several poems published. He was a member of the Brownfield Historical Society.
Michael is survived by his wife, Sonya Ellison Pianka, of Brownfield; two step-sons, Ali J. Amirshahi of Richmond, Va., and Robert Amirshahi, of Atlanta, Ga.; three sisters, Janice Wozniak and Doris Clampitt, both of Maryland, and Mary Calo, of Massachusetts.
A celebration of his life will be held at Brownfield Church on Saturday, June 16, at 9 a.m. Friends and family are all invited for coffee at the family home after the services.
Donations in memory of Michael may be made to Fryeburg Rescue, P.O. Box 177, Fryeburg, ME. 04037. Arrangements are with Wood Funeral Home of Fryeburg.
MADISON -- Helen P. Renner, 86, of Silver Lake, died June 7, 2001, at the Memorial Hospital in North Conway following a sudden illness.
She was born Helen A. Knowles in Boston, Mass., the daughter of Earle and Mabelle (Ambrose) Knowles. She graduated from Girls Latin School in Boston and the Chamberlain School in Boston. She moved to Storrs, Conn., in 1967, and retired to Silver Lake in 1982, where she had summered all of her life.
She was the widow of Frank N. Ferrone, who died in 1966, and Andrew W. Pyper, who died in 1988.
Mrs. Renner worked for Holtzer-Cabot as an assembler during World War II, and she was in the interior-decorating field for several years in Boston.
She was a member of the Mount Washington Valley Women's Club; the founding member of the Madison Garden Club; a member of the Madison Historical Society; a member of the Philathea Women of the Madison Church; a member of the Madison Baptist Church; a volunteer at the Madison School for several years; and a volunteer at the Madison Library for 20 years.
The family includes her husband, Philip E. Renner, of Silver Lake; two stepchildren, Phyllis A. Gaschott, of Silver Lake, and Kenneth F. Renner, of Norristown, Pa.; several step-grandchildren and step great-great grandchildren; her brother, Earl Knowles, of Silver Lake, and his wife, Isabelle; nieces Becky Knowles Coogan, of Silver Lake, Deborah Knowles, of Tolland, Conn., Nicki K. Larson, of Topsfield, Mass., Janet T. Siebman, Ashville, N.C., and Judy Tompreth, of Elyria, Ohio; several grand nieces and a grand nephew.
A memorial service will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Madison Church, with the Rev. Sean Dunker-Bendigo, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in the Gilman Cemetery. There will be no visiting hours. Donations may be sent to the Madison Rescue Squad, Madison, NH 03849.
The Furber and White Funeral Home of North Conway is in charge
of arrangements.
Aura Drew Reno, 77 of Virginia Beach, VA and formerly of Bartlett NH and Bradenton, FL died on June 1, 2001 after a short illness.
Retired and recently moved to Virginia Beach, VA, Aura is predeceased by her husband Ed Reno and son Henry Lemire.
Survived by daughters Theresa Smith, Jean Tompkins, Joan Bell and son John Drew plus several grandchildren and a great grandaughter.
William L. McCarthy, 81, of Freedom, passed away June 5, 2001 at the Maine Medical Center, Portland, Maine. He was born September 9, 1919 in Chelsea, Mass., the son of the late William and Gertrude (Carroll) McCarthy and attended schools in Winthrop, Mass.
Billy joined the U.S. Coast Guard in 1935 and served in World War II and the Korean Conflict, retiring in 1970. He was known as the youngest Bos'n on the East Coat. During his time in the Merchant Marines he sailed and traveled around the world several times and was able to speak in four different languages.
After his retirement he and his wife Barbara made their home in Freedom. Billy also worked as a Park Ranger at the Echo Lake State Park in North Conway for many years.
He is survived by his wife Barbara (Gould) McCarthy, Freedom; a daughter Steva Parkman and her husband John, of Camden, Maine; a son David Smalley and his wife Audrey, Essex Junction, Vt.; their grandchildren, Geoffrey Wingard, Maine, Brett Wingard, Mass., Robert Smalley, N.J., Sean Smalley, N.H., Jason Smalley, N.H., and Kera Hurlburt, Vt.; six great grandchildren, as well as a sister in law Jodie Diamond, Ossipee; cousins Dan and Lena McCarthy, Conway; and his dear friends Kay Winn and Gert and Joe Barry. Also nieces and nephews in Massachusetts.
There will be no calling hours, a private family service will be held at a later date.
The family request that contributions in his memory be made to the Loki Clan Wolf Refuge, PO Box 1186, Conway NH 03818.
Lord Funeral Home, Moultonville Road, Center Ossipee, is in charge of arrangements.
