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Jayne F. Lynch
NORTH HAMPTON - Jayne F. Lynch, 45, of North Hampton, died Monday, Nov. 27, 2000.
Born in June 19, 1955, in Providence, R.I., she was the much-loved daughter of John and Joan Lynch of North Scituate, R.I.
She was an honor graduate of Brown University and Boston University School of Law and was a member of the bar in New Hampshire and Maine.
She served as a volunteer docent at the Wells Estuarine Reserve, conducting tours to many children and receiving the volunteer extraordinaire award. She was also a volunteer Red Cross trainer and traveling disaster worker.
She was the loving wife of Andrew Janiak, devoted mother of Kristen Lynch of North Hampton and sister of John J. Lynch Jr., of North Providence, R.I. She is survived by her parents; maternal grandmother, Alice Emery of the U.K.; and her uncle Vincent of North Scituate, R.I.
LYNCH - Jayne F. Lynch, 45, of North Hampton, died Nov. 27, 2000. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 2 in the Unitarian Church, 12 Elm St., Exeter. Friends are respectfully invited. The family requests that flowers please be omitted. If desired, donations may be made to the Jayne/Kristen Memorial Education Trust Fund, P.O. Box 592, Greenville, R.I. 02828. Assisting with the arrangements was the Remick & Gendron Funeral Home-Crematory, Hampton.
Marion I. Drummond
STRATHAM - Marion I. Drummond, 82, of 23 Pheasant Run Lane, died Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2000, at Exeter Healthcare.
She was born in the Hyde Park section of Boston, Mass., on July 23, 1918, the daughter of the late George and Florence (Richens) Ingham.
She was a graduate of Hyde Park High School and attended Hickock Secretarial School in Boston.
She was a homemaker as well as an avid knitter and enjoyed reading. She was a member of the former Hampton Kiwanades and the Hampton Players. She lived in Hampton from 1951 to 1988, before moving to Stratham.
She was the wife of the late David B. Drummond for 55 years. He died in 1997.
Family members include a daughter, Dale D. Landry of Stratham; a son, David I. Drummond and his wife, Irene, of Winchester, Kan.; a sister, Florence Aldrich of Westwood, Mass.; three grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
DRUMMOND - Marion I. Drummond, 82, of 23 Pheasant Run Lane, Stratham, died Nov. 28, 2000. Services will be held at 9 a.m. on Saturday at the Remick and Gendron Funeral Home-Crematory, 811 Lafayette Road, Hampton. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited and may call at the funeral home from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Friday. Burial will be in the High Street Cemetery, Hampton. If desired, donations may be made to the American Heart Association, 20 Speen St., Framingham, MA 01701-4688.
Ruth Lincoln
KITTERY, Maine - Funeral services for Ruth Lincoln, who died Saturday, Nov. 25, 2000, were held Tuesday afternoon at Eliot United Methodist Church. The Rev. Ron Messer, pastor, officiated. Robert Lefebvre was organist. Friends and family offered words of remembrance. A graveside committal service and burial followed in Brooks Memorial Cemetery, with the Rev. Messer reciting committal prayers. Pallbearers were Casey and Dustin White, Craig Leach, Calvin Seward and Jeff Westin. The Wilson Cooper Funeral Home, 21 Rogers Road, Kittery, Maine, was in charge of arrangements.
Thomas Sheppard
PORTSMOUTH - Thomas Sheppard, 82, the husband of Elsie "Dickie" (Pike) Sheppard, of 54 Ceres St., died Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2000, at his home.
Born in Portsmouth on Jan. 21, 1918, he was the son of the late Thomas and Mary (Ash) Sheppard.
He was a well-respected lobsterman and boatbuilder, having built more than 10 lobster boats for friends and family. His love was lobstering and fishing, which he had been doing since he was a small boy in the puddle dock. He was loved by all who met him.
He served his country honorably in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II. He was involved in three major invasions, including North Africa, Sicily and Anzio, and served on both the USS Samuel Chase and the USS Manitowoc.
He is survived by his wife, Elsie "Dickie" (Pike) Sheppard; three children, Timothy Sheppard, of Portsmouth, Sandra Hughes, of Burlington, Ky., and Thomas Aylward, of Northfield; 10 wonderful grandchildren; numerous great-grandchildren; one great-great-granddaughter; an older brother, William Sheppard, of Rochester; and a sister, Wilhelmina Sheppard, of Portsmouth.
He was predeceased by his younger brother, Harold Sheppard.
Lucy E. Shepard
NEWMARKET - Lucy E. Shepard, 92, formerly of Chapel Street, died Monday, Nov. 27, 2000, at the Rockingham Nursing Home in Brentwood, where she had resided for the past eight years.
She was born April 19, 1908, in Durham, the daughter of Rosco C. and Lillian (Arsenault) Palmer. She had resided in Newmarket for most of her life. She was married to Archie P. Barker and had three daughters.
She was a housekeeper at the University of New Hampshire for 15 years and had worked at Cedar Haven Nursing Home in Newmarket for eight years.
She was a member and past president of the Robert G. Durgin A.L. Auxiliary Unit No. 67 of Newmarket.
She had attended the Assembly of God Church in Exeter.
In 1950, she married Roger Shepard. They enjoyed 41 years of happiness together prior to his death in 1991.
In 1992, she was named Resident of the Year at Rockingham Nursing Home. She always helped other residents as well as the staff. She had a pretty smile, twinkling eyes and a personality to match.
Survivors include three daughters, Sally P. Barker Andrews and her husband, John, of Brentwood, Long Island, N.Y., Lillian J. Barker Jablonski and her husband, Alfred, of Newmarket and Lucy M. Barker Salsman of Round Rock, Texas; 11 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; one brother, Stanley Palmer of Woodsville; and many nieces and nephews.
SHEPARD— Lucy E. Shepard, 92, formerly of Newmarket, died Nov. 27, 2000. Visiting hours will be from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Thursday at the Kent and Pelczar Funeral Home, 77 Exeter St., Newmarket. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday from the Kent and Pelczar Funeral Home, with the Rev. David Wuori officiating. Burial will follow in Riverside Cemetery, Newmarket. Should friends desire, memorials may be made to Rockingham Nursing Home, Activity Fund, 117 North Road, Brentwood, NH 03833. For directions and to sign a guest book visit www.legacy.com.
Patricia Romanko
PARMA, Idaho - Patricia Nerina Quirk Romanko, 70, of Parma, died in a Parma hospital Nov. 18, 2000, following a brave, long struggle for several years with complications resulting from diabetes.
She was born in Portsmouth, N.H., on May 6, 1930, the first child of Irene and David E. Quirk.
She received her secondary education from both public and parochial schools, graduating from Portsmouth High School in June 1948.
She attended Mount Ida Junior College in Newton, Mass., and took classes at LSU, College of Idaho, UC-Davis, and BSU.
She married Richard Robert Romanko on July 10, 1954, and from this union bore three children: two sons, Richard Robert Jr. and David Steven, and a daughter, Anne Louise.
Although she never wished to leave her beloved Portsmouth and New England, in 1954 Patricia left Portsmouth to accompany her husband in graduate school, and after stays in Newark, Del., and Baton Rouge, La., arrived in Parma at the end of September 1957.
Except for brief sojourns in Davis, Calif., and Portsmouth, she resided in Parma for the rest of her life.
It was a life of exemplary service and achievement.
She was a lifelong Catholic and a Republican. Initially a precinct committeewoman, Pat ran for public office in 1971 as an appointed incumbent councilwoman.
She won handily and two years later was elected mayor of Parma, a post she held with dedication and distinction for 24 years.
She quickly demonstrated superior administrative qualities. She encouraged loyal performances from city employees; took advantage of available federal grants; added to city parks and water supplies; and put idle funds to work, acquiring low-cost needed vehicles and equipment on surplus or as donations and gifts.
Parma's present city library was a gift she was instrumental in obtaining from the then Idaho First National Bank.
She received many plaques and awards, including the Idaho Statesman's Distinguished Citizen Award.
More importantly, she gained the love and respect of Parma's citizenry and the many official and business contacts encountered. After her retirement, the citizens of Parma honored her by renaming the city library the Patricia Romanko Public Library.
She was proud of her Irish-Italian ancestry, and attributed much of her strong moral family and patriotic civic values to nurturing received, not only from her parents, but also from her maternal grandparents, Omero and Ida (Baldini) Macrelli.
She had a boundless love for children and took special pleasure from the positive contacts made with less-privileged children through her activities as a substitute teacher and as a mayor in civic outreaches.
Her city hall office door was always open, and she was never too busy to preclude meetings with groups or individuals, engaged in church, club or class assignments.
She was preceded in death by her parents and grandparents.
She survived by her husband; her only sister and brother-in-law, Germaine (Roy) Brigham of New Castle, N.H.; and her three children, Rick, and his wife, Noriko, of Sunnyvale, Calif., David, of Corvallis, Ore., and Anne, of Dallas, Texas; and two grandchildren, Kenneth Alexander and Emily Nicole of Sunnyvale.
ROMANKO - Patricia Nerina Quirk Romanko, 70, of Parma, Idaho, formerly of Portsmouth, died Nov. 18, 2000. Following cremation, memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 29, in the Kirkpatrick Memorial Community Church, in Parma. Subsequently, Catholic services will be held in Portsmouth, N.H., at a later, springtime date, followed by inurnment in a Portsmouth cemetery. Services are under the direction of Dakan Funeral Chapel, Caldwell, Idaho. Children's charities such as Special Olympics and Idaho Youth Ranch were among her favorites. It was her wish that donations be made to charitable foundations in lieu of flowers. Contributions to the Patricia Romanko Public Library (c/o P.O. Box 307, Parma, ID 83660) would also seem highly appropriate.
