Local Obituaries
Gladys M Murphy
Jan 26, 2016
Gladys M. (Dugas) Murphy, 91, of Berlin, passed away on Tuesday January 26, 2016 at the St. Vincent de Paul Rehab and Nursing Center in Berlin. She was born in Berlin on September 2, 1924 the daughter of Majorique and Emma (Brooks) Dugas and was a lifelong resident. She graduated from Berlin High and was a member of Good Shepherd...
Raoul J. Gagnon
Jan 26, 2016
Raoul J. Gagnon, 87, of Dummer, NH passed away on Tuesday January 26, 2016 at the Coos County Nursing Home. He was born in Berlin on September 27, 1928 the son of Euclide and Amelia (LaFrance) Gagnon and lived in Stark in the 1930s. He has resided in Dummer since 1941 and was a self-employed farmer, logger and landscaper. Raoul...
Carline M. Murphy
Jan 25, 2016
CARLINE M. MURPHY SHELBURNE, NH Carline M. (Rayner) Murphy, 71, of Shelburne, passed away on Sunday January 10, 2016 at the Androscoggin Valley Hospital surrounded by family and friends. She was born in Berlin on August 9, 1944 the daughter of the late Carlton and Madeline (Reardon) Rayner and was a lifelong resident of the area. She graduated from Berlin...
Nicholas Dalphonse
Jan 23, 2016
Nicholas Dalphonse, 93, of Cascade-Gorham, passed away on Saturday January 23, 2016 at the Androscoggin Valley Hospital in Berlin. He was born on September 20, 1922 the son of Camille and Mary (Dimattio) Dalphonse and was a lifelong resident. After High School, he served with the US Marine Corps during World War II and had been at the Battles of...
Gloria E. Sweatt
Jan 22, 2016
Gloria E. (Porter) Sweatt, 83, of Errol, NH passed away on Friday, January 22, 2016 at the Country Village Healthcare in Lancaster, NH. She was born in Colebrook, on May 18, 1932 the daughter of Alton and Arvilla (Sweatt) Porter and lived in Errol most of her life. She liked to travel with her sisters and her brother, enjoyed knitting,...

Gabrielle Mary Langlois
Jan 22, 2016
Gabrielle Mary Langlois passed away at Coos Country Nursing Home on Friday, January 22, 2016. She was97. A graveside service will be held in the spring at St. Anne Cemetery.
Charles T. "Chick" Macdonald
Jan 21, 2016
Charles T. Chick MacDonald, 79, of Berlin, passed away on Thursday January 21, 2016 at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center with his family by his side. He was born in Rumford, ME on December 17, 1936 the son of the late James and Elizabeth (Eldridge) MacDonald and graduated from Stephens High School. He moved to Berlin in 1970 and had been employed...
Edna Gagne
Jan 16, 2016
Edna (Ouellette) Gagne, 88, of Berlin, passed away on Saturday January 16, 2016 at the Coos County Nursing Home. She was born in Gorham on May 21, 1927 the daughter of George and Rose (Lavigne) Ouellette and was a lifelong resident of the area. She was a member of Good Shepherd Parish. Family includes sisters Florence Blanchfield of West Milford,...
Eveline Theriault
Jan 15, 2016
Eveline (Fleurquin) Theriault, 85, of Berlin, passed away on Friday January 15, 2016 at her home. She was born in Montreal, PQ, Canada on February 23, 1930 the daughter of Eugene and Yvonne (Morin) Fleurquin and moved to Berlin in her 20s. She was a member of Good Shepherd Parish and had been employed by Brown Company, James River Corp...
Beverly Joyce (Haynes) Desilets
Jan 13, 2016
Berlin, NH Beverly (Haynes) Desilets of Highland Park Avenue passed away peacefully at her home on Wednesday, January 13, 2016 after a six year courageous battle with cancer. She was 83. Born on May 28, 1932 she was the daughter of Robert and Helena (Connery) Haynes. She was born and raised in Lincoln, NH. She attended Lincoln Grammer School and...
Barbara (Akers) Barnett
Jan 13, 2016
Barbara (Akers) Barnett, 98, of Gorham, NH passed away on Wednesday January 13, 2016 at the Maine Medical Center in Portland. She was born in Errol, NH on May 26, 1917 the daughter of Charles and Estella (Mills) Akers and lived most of her life there. She moved to Gorham after her husbands death to be near her family. She...
Gerard J Lessard
Jan 13, 2016
Hooksett, NH Gerard J. Lessard formerly of Second Avenue, passed away on Wednesday, January 13, 2016 at Catholic Medical Center in Manchester. He was 82. Born and raised in Berlin he was the son of Wilfred and Bertha (Bisson) Lessard. Gerard served in the U.S. Air Force from 1952 to 1956. He was married to Irene Beaudoin and together they...
Florence M. Vashaw
Jan 12, 2016
Florence M. (Mayo) Vashaw, 85, of Berlin passed away on Tuesday January 12, 2016 at the Androscoggin Valley Hospital. She was born in Berlin on January 26, 1930 the daughter of the late Roland W. and Antoinette M. (Berube) Mayo and was a lifelong resident of the area. She was a member of T.O.P.S. Club for over 38 years and...
Joseph V. Desmarais, Sr.
Jan 12, 2016
Joseph V. Desmarais, Sr., 82, of Gorham and formerly of Dummer, NH, passed away on January 12, 2016 at the Country Village Nursing Home. He was born in Fall River, MA on December 30, 1933 the son of Andre A. and Ellen (Lyons) Desmarais and was raised there. He served in the US Navy during the Korean Conflict on the...
Jean L. Bean
Jan 11, 2016
Jean L. Bean, 90, of Bath, ME passed away on Monday January 11, 2016 at the Hill House Nursing Home. She was born in Natick, MA on January 16, 1925 the daughter of Walter and Lina (Hemenway) Readio and moved to Errol for the ninth grade, where she was a longtime resident. She graduated from Berlin High School, UNH and...
Alta P Campbell
Jan 11, 2016
Alta (Gould) Campbell, 92, went to be with the Lord on January 11, 2016, at the Androscoggin Valley Hospital in Berlin. She was born March 8, 1923, in Danforth, Maine, the daughter of the late Archie and Myrtle (Harris) Gould. She graduated from Danforth High School and was a member of the Baptist Church. Alta married Leland Campbell in 1940,...
Marilyn L. St. Pierre
Jan 9, 2016
Marilyn L (Andrews) St. Pierre of Dover, NH passed away on Wednesday January 6, 2016 after a brief illness. She was born in Berlin, NH on September 16, 1940 the only daughter of Lucy (Cushman) Andrews and Robert Andrews. She grew up in Shelburne, NH, but lived most of her life in Gorham, NH till moving to Dover, NH in...
Frank A. Oleson
Jan 8, 2016
Frank A. Oleson, 91, of Berlin, passed away on Friday January 8, 2016 at the St. Vincent de Paul Nursing and Rehab Center in Berlin. He was born in Berlin on August 3, 1924 the son of Frank A. Oleson, Sr. and Beatrice E. (Derry) Oleson and was a lifelong resident. He graduated from Berlin High School with the Class...
Leo "Paul" Poulin
Jan 7, 2016
Leo Paul Poulin, 88, of Gorham, NH, passed away on Thursday January 7, 2016 at the Coos County Nursing Home in Berlin. He was born in Berlin on November 25, 1927 the son of Edmond and Marianne (Robert) Poulin. He had resided in Berlin until 1978 when he moved to Port Orange, FL where he lived for 27 years. He...

Robert Bob Buteau
Jan 5, 2016
Robert "Bob" Buteau of Lincoln Avenue, Berlin died peacefully Tuesday, January 5 in his home after suffering with a long illness. He was 61. Born on March 4, 1954 in Berlin, NH, he was the son of Gerard and Lillian (Lafeuille) Buteau. Besides his parents, he is pre-deceased by a brother George Buteau and sisters Louise Provencher and Annette Bisson....