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Michael G. Ellingwood
NEW CASTLE - Michael G. Ellingwood, 62, of 115 Walton Road, died suddenly Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, at Portsmouth Regional Hospital.
Born in Elyria, Ohio, May 11, 1939, he was the son of Charles and Katherine (Howell) Ellingwood.
Mr. Ellingwood had been a New Castle resident for the past 16 years, moving here from Phoenix, Ariz. He was retired from Ocean Properties in Portsmouth.
Survivors include his wife, Ornella (Macrelli) Ellingwood; a daughter, Michele Ellingwood of Orlando, Fla.; sons Michael Ellingwood Jr. of Myrtle Beach, S.C., and Mark Ellingwood of Orlando, Fla.; one grandson and a sister, Marlyn Sanders of Anchorage, Alaska.
ELLINGWOOD - Michael G. Ellingwood, 62, of Walton Road, New Castle, died Sept. 11, 2001. Memorial services will be held at a later date to be announced. Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association of N.H., 20 Merrimack St., Manchester, NH 03101. Arrangements by the Farrell Funeral Home, 684 State St., Portsmouth, N.H.
Gertrude F. Palmer
HAMPTON - Gertrude F. Palmer, 92, of 22 Tuck Road, died Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2001, at the Seacoast Health Center.
Mrs. Palmer was born in East Haverhill, Mass., on Aug. 1, 1909, the daughter of the late Andrew and Anna (Godfrey) Paulsen, and had resided in Hampton since her early childhood.
She worked as a clerk for her son at Palmer's Pharmacy in Hampton from 1961 to 1980. She had previously worked for Tobey's Drug Store from 1945 to 1961. During World War II she worked at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, and before the war she worked for Palmer's Clamshell Restaurant at Hampton Beach.
Mrs. Palmer was a member of Hampton's First Congregational Church and its Ladies Guild. She was recognized as a local historian and was a member of the Meetinghouse Green Memorial and Historical Society of Hampton, the Piscataqua Pioneers, and the Friends of Odiorne Point. She also spent many years attending church conferences at the Isles of Shoals.
Family members include her sons, Donald R. Palmer of North Hampton and Allen G. "Bud" Palmer of Jupiter, Fla.; six grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; sister Marjorie Hilton of North Branford, Conn.; and several nieces and nephews.
PALMER - Gertrude F. Palmer of 22 Tuck Road, Hampton, died Sept. 12, 2001. Services will be held at the First Congregational Church, 127 Winnacunnet Road, Hampton, on Monday at 2 p.m. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited. The family requests that there be no visiting hours and that flowers please be omitted. If desired, donations may be made to the charity of one's choice. Private burial will be in the High Street Cemetery. Arrangements are by the Remick & Gendron Funeral Home-Crematory, Hampton.
Robert G. LeBlanc
LEE - Robert G. LeBlanc, professor emeritus of geography at the University of New Hampshire, died Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, aboard a hijacked commercial airliner that crashed into the World Trade Center. He was 70.
Mr. LeBlanc lived in Lee with his wife, Andrea. Born in Nashua, he was the son of Lea and John LeBlanc.
A veteran of the Korean war, he served in the U.S. Air Force from 1949 to 1953. He then earned his bachelor's at UNH, studied at the University of Oslo and at the University College, University of London, and completed his master's and his doctorate in geography at the University of Minnesota.
He was a cultural geographer, beginning his career at UNH in 1963, and served with distinction until his retirement in 1999. He served as acting chair and chair of the department for nearly 10 years.
He was a scholar in Canadian studies, studying Acadian migration and Franco-American communities in New England mill towns. His insatiable curiosity about people and other cultures inspired him to travel the world over. He returned to share his experiences with the community and the hundreds of students he taught during his career.
He was honored as a Whiting Foundation Fellow in 1983, received the Distinguished Service Award of the New England-St. Lawrence Valley Geographical Society in 1988, and participated in the N.H. Council for Canadian Studies and served as incorporator of the Franco-American Center of Manchester. He was the founder of the Eastern Historical Geography Association.
In addition to his wife, family members include three sons, John LeBlanc of San Francisco, Paul LeBlanc of Portsmouth, and Kjell Youngren of Redmond, Ore.; two daughters, Carolyn LeBlanc of Lee, and Nissa Youngren of Rochester, N.Y.; two grandsons, Robert Reed and Kai Youngren; his former wife, Solveig, of Portsmouth; a sister, Claire of Nashua; and a brother, Edward and his wife and family of Norwood, Mass.
In lieu of flowers, family members request that donations be made to the Robert G. LeBlanc Memorial Fund at the UNH Foundation, 9 Edgewood Road, Durham, NH 03824. The fund will be used to establish a scholarship for students of French-Canadian descent.
A memorial service will be held on Friday, Sept. 21, on the UNH campus at a time and location to be announced.
Rosalie Hildreth Rowan
KITTERY - Rosalie Hildreth Rowan, 77, succumbed to cancer on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2001, at Harbor Home Nursing Home, York Harbor, Maine.
Born June 16, 1924, in Biddeford, Maine, she was the daughter of the late Sadie (LeVene) and Elmer Linwood Merrill.
Boarded out at the age of 12 with the Ralph Hanscom family, she attended Portsmouth schools until she was 16, when she married Hyland Maurice Rowan, a farmer with five hired hands for his new bride to cook and care for. He owned the former Woodland Farms Dairy and the Woodland Farms Dairy Bar.
During the 40 years of raising 10 children, she worked in the PTA and volunteered to help with school activities. A tireless caregiver by nature, she took in and cared for her sick aunt and later her own mother. When her husband was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, almost unheard of at that time, she earned her CNA (Certified Nurse's Assistant) so she could care for him in their home until his death in 1982.
She put on her mother's "gadding shoes" in 1983 and flew to Japan, eagerly experiencing their culture and customs during a three-month visit with her daughter, Nora, and her family. Another time she flew to England and volunteered for several months as a domestic helper at the British Headquarters of the Wycliffe Bible Translators. She loved every minute of it.
When home she fervently took on the tasks of regularly sitting with shut-ins so their families could get a needed break, baby-sat for her grandchildren and great-grandchildren and will always be remembered for her delicious homemade mashed potato donuts and peanut butter fudge.
A born-again Christian and a member of The Church at Spruce Creek (formerly Central Baptist Church of Portsmouth), she taught Sunday school, served often in the nursery and worked in Pioneer Girls for many years. Always willing to help, she is remembered by her church family as a caring sister and a faithful servant.
Survivors are her grateful children, Shirley and Mark Wilson, H. Maurice and Glenna Rowan, Carroll and Mary Jane Rowan, Nancy and John Page, Nora and Kim Gay, Mary and John Osgood, Betty Andre, Robert and Pam Rowan, Herbert and Cathy Rowan, and Susan and Fred Rancourt; siblings, Lyman (who died in 2001) and Betty Merrill, Natalie and Stan Parmley, Verna and Carl Burbank, and Ruth and Ken Zamarchi; 21 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
ROWAN - Rosalie Hildreth Rowan, of Kittery, Maine, died Sept. 13, 2001. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 22, in The Church at Spruce Creek, Wilson Road, Kittery. In lieu of flowers, contributions in her memory may be made to The Church at Spruce Creek, Box 413, Eliot, ME 03903, or to the VNS Hospice, 42 Brickyard Court, York, ME 03909. Arrangements by the J.S. Pelkey Funeral Home, 125 Old Post Road, Kittery.
Rena Hecker
RYE - Mrs. Rena (Baum) Hecker, 97, the widow of Albert Hecker, died Friday, Sept. 14, 2001, at Portsmouth Regional Hospital.
Born in Clinton, Mass., on May 30, 1904, she was the daughter of Bruno and Catherine (Purucker) Baum.
She was formerly employed as an office manager for the Internal Revenue Service.
She was a member of the Third Friday Club and the Rye Over 55 Club, both of Rye.
Survivors include her nieces and nephews, JoAnn Baum Price of Berkley, Calif.; David A. Baum of Davis, Calif.; Beverly Williams of Charlotte, N.C.; Madeline Kirste of Portsmouth; Richard Von Schwedler of Tannersville, Pa.; Eric Orris of Dennisville, N.J.; Roberta Lanni of Rye; Donald Frost, Kenneth Frost, Janet Vorgiotti, Ingrid Pando, Helene Czap, and Walter Baum; several great-nephews and great-nieces; and a sister-in-law, Edna Larsen.
HECKER - Rena (Baum) Hecker, 97, of Rye, passed away on Sept. 14, 2001. A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at the J. Verne Wood Funeral Home-Buckminister Chapel, 84 Broad St., Portsmouth. Friends invited. No visiting hours. Flowers will be accepted.
Mitchell M. Krasinkewicz
NORTH HAMPTON - The funeral for Mitchell M. Krasinkewicz, 87, of 27 Cedar Road, was held Saturday at the Remick & Gendron Funeral Home-Crematory, Hampton. The Rev. Michael J. Griffin, senior priest at Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Church, Hampton, officiated. Mr. Krasinkewicz's son, Paul F. Krasinkewicz, offered words of remembrance.
Burial followed in the Center Cemetery, North Hampton, with committal prayers by Father Griffin. Words of remembrance were offered by Mr. Krasinkewicz's granddaughter.
Pallbearers were Paul Krasinkewicz, Michael Zuk, Kenneth Madden, Robert Baker, Timothy Baker and David Baker.
D.A.V. services were held at the funeral home on Friday by the Piscataqua Chapter No. 4 of Newington.
Richard H. Grant
PORTSMOUTH - Richard H. Grant, 71, of Portsmouth, died on Friday, Sept. 14, 2001, at the Seacoast Health Center in North Hampton.
He was born in Portsmouth on July 16, 1930, the son of Arthur R. and Ella (Varetti) Garant.
He was a graduate of Portsmouth High School, Class of 1949, and served in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict.
He came to the Pease office of Service Credit Union in October 1959, when its assets were $300,000. He was general manager of Service Credit Union when it grew to include 67,000 members with assets of more than $45 million. Offices are located at Pease and Portsmouth; Ramstein, Bitburg, Hahn, Pirmasens, Stuttgart, Heidelberg, Zweibrucken, Sembach and West Berlin in Germany. He resigned to be a consultant in October 1980.
He served two terms as president of the Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce and past chairman of the Seacoast Military Affairs Committee.
He was active in many civic organizations, including the Parent-Teachers Association, Junior Achievement; as honorary commander in the 509th Bomb Wing; as president of the Portsmouth Rotary Club, where he was active since 1975; as trustee of the Great Bay School for the mentally retarded; and various youth organizations.
He was a former member of the city Planning Board in Portsmouth; member of the five-man Charter Commission for Portsmouth; member of the Executive Board of the Portsmouth-Kittery Armed Services Committee, representing 40 towns in the Seacoast to Congress and the Defense Department to help ensure the stability and efficiency of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.
He served eight terms as president of the Defense Credit Union Council, which is spokesman for the defense community of Credit Unions. He received a number of citations from the Department of Defense for his work on behalf of the military.
He was former vice president and director of CUNA International, representing nearly 22,000 U.S. Credit Unions with 44 million members in addition to, at that time, 21,000 foreign Credit Unions throughout the free world.
He was former chairman of the Credit Union Executive Society, designed for professional credit union managers and large credit unions; former chairman of CUNA International's Liaison Committee, which represented the more than 14,000 Federal Credit Unions in a liaison relationship with the then Bureau of Federal Credit Unions (now the National Credit Union Administration); former chairman of CUNA International's Resolution Committee, which takes actions on resolutions presented by its member Credit Union Leagues throughout the world.
He was the former vice chairman of CUNA International's Legal and Legislative Committee, which establishes the position of the International movement in relation to legislative matters.
He was a former member of CUNA International's Consumer Relations Committee; former director of the International Credit Union Services Corp., which is designed to help modernize Credit Union organizations.
He was a past president and then adviser to the New Hampshire Credit Union League.
He served on a special nationwide committee to study the regulation in Truth-in-Lending as promulgated by the Federal Reserve Board. This selection was made due to his contributions toward the 10-year effort to get this consumer-protection law enacted.
He was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson as a presidential adviser on Consumer Affairs. This was considered testimony to the contributions he made with regard to the interest of all consumers in the country. He was appointed to the same post by President Richard H. Nixon, making him the first person ever appointed to that post by two presidents of both political parties.
He was nominated by President Nixon to be the first chairman of the National Credit Union Administration, confirmed by the Senate on Feb. 11, 1971, and sworn into office on March 2, 1971. The newly created independent agency (NCUA) give Federal Credit Unions full status, along with the new $100,000 Share Insurance with other financial institutions. The National Credit Union Board is made up of one member from each of the six federal regions also nominated by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate.
He was nationally recognized by the Defense Credit Union during its 2000 annual meeting in San Francisco.
Survivors include a daughter, Linda Grant-Balcomb and her husband, Allan J., of Greenland; a grandson, Shawn Crotto Balcomb of Portsmouth; three sisters, Eileen Hussey of Portsmouth, Sharyn Ritchie of Fitchburg, Mass., and Inez Davidson of Lady Lake, Fla.; and many nieces and nephews.
GRANT - Richard H. Grant, 71, of Portsmouth, died Sept. 14, 2001. A memorial visitation will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, with a memorial service to follow at 7, at J. Verne Wood Funeral Home-Buckminster Chapel, 84 Broad St., Portsmouth. Please omit flowers. Donations in his name may be made to the American Red Cross Seacoast Chapter (for 911 Disaster), 1 Junkins Ave. No. 4, Portsmouth, NH 03801, for relief regarding the World Trade Center and Pentagon terrorist attacks.
Dorothy R. Limont
PORTSMOUTH - Dorothy R. (Vaughn) Limont, 72, of 346 Pleasant St., died peacefully on Friday evening, Sept. 14, 2001, at the Mark H. Wentworth Home.
She was born in Quincy, Mass., on Oct. 14, 1928, the daughter of Viva F. (Hurlburt) Vaughn and the late James F. Vaughn.
She attended Scituate High School, Thayer Academy, Georgian Court College, and received her MFA from Leslie College.
She loved her family, friends and dogs. She was a traveler, adventurer, an avid beachwalker and seaglass collector. She studied astrology and metaphysics and for many years worked as a family therapist.
In addition to her mother, Viva Stevenson, survivors include her brother, James Vaughn; her five children, Mark, Lisa, Eric, Kris and Stacy; and her two grandchildren, Erica and Kyle.
LIMONT - Dorothy R. (Vaughn) Limont, 72, of 346 Pleasant St., Portsmouth, died Sept. 14, 2001. A memorial visitation will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 18, from 6 to 7 p.m. at the J. Verne Wood Funeral Home-Buckminster Chapel, 84 Broad St., Portsmouth. A memorial service will follow at 7 p.m. In lieu of flowers, please send a donation to the Mark Wentworth Home, 346 Pleasant St., Portsmouth, NH 03801; or to Seacoast Hospice, 10 Hampton Road, Exeter, NH 03833.
Sharon A. Archie
WELLS, Maine - Sharon A. Archie, 54, a resident of Charlie Loop Road, died Sunday, Sept. 16, 2001, at her home.
Born Jan. 18, 1947, in Exeter, N.H., she was a daughter of George E. and Angelia H. (Dunn) Hunter. She graduated from Eliot High School in Eliot, Maine, with the Class of 1965 and received a nursing degree from New Hampshire Technical College in Portsmouth.
In 1978 she moved with her husband from Rye, N.H., to Wells.
She was employed as an L.P.N. at Interim Health Care of South Portland for 12 years.
In her younger years she was active in the 4H. She enjoyed doing various types of crafts and also enjoyed camping with her husband in Mount Blue State Park in Maine.
She is survived by her husband of 32 years, Stanley P. Archie of Wells; two sons, Jason P. Archie of Gunnison, Colo., and David S. Archie of Brighton, Mass.; one daughter, Angela M. LoCicero of Lexington, Ky.; her mother, Angelia H. Hunter of Eliot; one brother, Gary M. Hunter of Rochester, N.H.; and a sister, Diane C. Archie of North Berwick, Maine; and several nieces and nephews.
ARCHIE - Sharon A. Archie, 54, of Wells, Maine, died Sunday, Sept. 16, 2001. Visiting hours will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2001, at the Bibber Memorial Chapel, 111 Chapel Road, Wells, Maine, where a funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday with the Rev. David Avery officiating. Should friends desire, memorials may be made in her memory to the American Heart Association, Maine Affiliate, P.O. Box 346, Augusta, ME 04330-0346, or to the Marlee Animal Shelter, Boyd Road, Wells, ME 04090.
Russell E. Bennett
OSSIPEE - Russell Elden Bennett, 92, of 10 Walker Hill Road, formerly of Hampton, Exeter and Portsmouth, died Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, at the Lakes Region General Hospital in Laconia.
Born in Ossipee on Aug. 14, 1909, he was the son of the late Sumner L. and Rose A. (Wood) Bennett. He attended Ossipee schools and graduated cum laude from Madison High School with the Class of 1927.
He was a well-known self-employed carpenter and cabinet maker in Ossipee, Portsmouth, Rye and Hampton, retiring in 1968.
He was a former member of the Sherburne P.T.A. and the Sherburne Civic Association in Portsmouth, having served as secretary, treasurer and president. He was also a member of Rivermouth Chapter #54, O.E.S., of Portsmouth and was a more-than-60-year member and past master of Ossipee Valley Lodge #74 F&AM.
He attended the First Congregational Church in Hampton and the Second Congregational Church in Ossipee. He also served as a Boy Scout leader for several years.
He was the husband of Gretchen E. (Goldsmith) Bennett for 63 years.
In addition to this wife, family members include one son, Bruce Earl Bennett of Ossipee; one daughter, Lois Anne Hammell Sweeney of Ossipee; and two grandsons, Scott Howard Hammell and Jeffrey Bennett Hammell.
BENNETT - Russell Elden Bennett, of Ossipee, formerly of Hampton, died Sept. 11, 2001. Services will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 22, 2001, in the Ossipee Cemetery, Route 171, Ossipee. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited. The family requests that flowers please be omitted. If desired, donations may be made to either the Second Congregational Church, P.O. Box 2, Ossipee, NH 03864, or Ossipee Valley Lodge #74 F&AM, P.O. Box 1, Ossipee, NH 03864. Assistance with the arrangements is by the Remick & Gendron Funeral Home-Crematory, Hampton.
