Local Obituaries
Roy B. Newton
Sep 9, 2013
GORHAM, NH - Roy Burton Newton, 70, passed away Monday Sept. 9, 2013 at Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine. Mr. Newton was born on Dec. 20, 1942 at home on the Flat Rd., in West Bethel, ME, a son of Burton Newton and Ida (Card) Newton. He was raised in West Bethel and was a 1962 graduate of Gould...
Elsie Brochu
Sep 4, 2013
Elsie Brochu, 93, passed away on Wednesday September 4, 2013 at St. Vincent de Paul Nursing Home. She was born in Berlin on May 23, 1920 the daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Provencher) Brochu. Elsie was a lifelong resident of Berlin. She attended St. Regis Academy and graduated from Berlin High School in 1938 and in 1947 she graduated from...
Doris Sinibaldi
Sep 4, 2013
Doris (La Branche) Sinibaldi, 83, of New Port Richey, FL, entered into eternal rest on September 4, 2013. Doris passed away at the Hudson Hospice with her son Michael and brother Paul LaBranche and his wife Grace at her side. She attended schools in Berlin, Hew Hampshire where she was born on June14, 1930. Doris was a 1949 graduate of...
Robert A. Marshall
Sep 2, 2013
BERLIN, NH - Robert Arthur Marshall, 81, passed away on Monday evening September 2, 2013 at the St. Vincent de Paul Rehab and Nursing Center. Mr. Marshall was born in Berlin on May 4, 1932 the son of Arthur Treamer and Mary Fisette. He was a graduate of Morse High School in Bath, ME. He moved back to Berlin many...

Maurice James Bourassa
Sep 1, 2013
Gorham, NH Maurice James "Moe" Bourassa of Western Avenue died Sunday (September 1, 2013) at his home following a period of declining health. He was 91. Born on April 27, 1922 in Cascade, he was the son of Peter E. and Delphine (Lebel) Bourassa. A lifelong resident of Gorham, he was a 1940 graduate of Gorham High School. He served...
Roger Norman Rousseau
Aug 31, 2013
Shelburne, NH Roger Norman Rousseau of North Road passed away Friday evening August 31, 2013 at his home following a 1 A year battle with ALS. He was 59. Born on May 5, 1954 in Berlin, NH, he was the son of Norman and Rita (Belanger) Rousseau. Roger grew up in Berlin, attended St. Joseph Grammar School, and was a...
Dorothy M Carbonneau
Aug 29, 2013
Dorothy M. (Roussel) Theriault Carbonneau, 90, of Berlin, NH passed away on Thursday August 29, 2013 at the St. Vincent de Paul Rehab and Nursing Center in Berlin. She was born in Augusta, ME on May 26, 1923 the daughter of the late Simon and Barbe (Gotreau) Roussel. Dorothy had been employed by the State of Maine Dept. of Transportation...
Claire Rita Fournier
Aug 29, 2013
Exeter, NH Claire Rita Fournier, 86, died on August 29, 2013, at Riverwoods in Exeter. Born on November 27, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Marie Rose (Lavoie) Rheaume. A graduate of Notre Dame High School class of 1943 in Berlin, she was employed in the main office of the Brown Paper Company before her marriage...
Della Ann Hanson
Aug 28, 2013
Della Ann (Lavernoich) Hanson, 86, of Nashua, NH and former long time resident of Berlin, NH, passed away peacefully on Wednesday evening August 28, 2013 at Langdon Place in Nashua, after a period of declining health. She was born in Berlin, NH on June 1, 1927 to the late Joseph and Julia (Romiel) Lavernoich and was among the youngest of...
Lawrence S. (Red) Donaldson
Aug 24, 2013
Lawrence S. (Red) Donaldson, 77, passed away on August 24, 2013 at the Lahey Hospital and Medical Center in Burlington, MA. He was born on January 21, 1936 in his parents home on Hutchins Street in Berlin, NH, the son of Marguerite (Thompson) Donaldson and Reginald Donaldson. As a boy, Red loved sports. After graduating from St. Patricks High School,...
Mona R. Douglass
Aug 23, 2013
Mona R. Douglass, 75, of Errol and Zolfo Springs, FL died on August 11, 2013 in Bradenton, FL. She was born in Berlin on April 3, 1938 the daughter of the late Wallace Robert and Fannie Elizabeth (Hayes) Mullins and was a lifelong resident of the north country. Mona was very active in the Rebekahs, both locally and at state...
Robert W Douglass
Aug 23, 2013
Robert W. Douglass, 75, of Errol, NH and Wauchula, FL, passed away on June 9, 2013 in Wauchula. He was born in Berlin, NH on September 7, 1937 the son of the late Kenneth and Marion (York) Douglass and was a lifelong resident of Milan and Errol. He had been employed for many years by the State of NH-DOT, retiring...
Sandra A. Gagne
Aug 19, 2013
Sandra A. Gagne, 76, of Berlin, NH passed away on Monday August 19, 2013 at the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon. She was born in Milan, NH on June 2, 1937 the daughter of Joseph and Roma (Potter) Labrecque and was a lifelong resident of the area. Sandra had been employed by Brown Company, was self-employed as a dressmaker...
Alice Mary Howland
Aug 18, 2013
Berlin, NH Our mother (Mary) Alice Howland (91) closed her eyes for the last time early Sunday morning, August 18th at the Coos County Nursing Home where she had been a resident for the last six years. She was born in Gorham on February 19, 1922 to Jacqueline Desrocher and John Provencher and spent the majority of her life in...
Nancy P. Welsh
Aug 17, 2013
Nancy P. Welsh, 75, of Gorham, NH passed away on Saturday, August 17, 2013 at the Androscoggin Valley Hospital in Berlin. She was born in Berlin, NH on Dec. 24, 1937 the daughter of Earl Caird and Bella Renaud. Nancy was a graduate of Berlin High School. She moved to Gorham after her marriage to David Welsh and has since...
Katherine R. Gauthier
Aug 16, 2013
BERLIN....Katherine Rose (Wheelock) Gauthier, 84, long-time resident of Berlin and Summer resident of Jefferson, NH, died August 16, 2013 at RIVERSIDE REST HOME, Dover, NH, where she resided and was well cared for by the gentle and loving staff of in the Homes very dedicated Alzheimers Care Unit since November 2009. She was formerly a member of Saint Kieran Parish,...
Marguerite Leblanc
Aug 15, 2013
Putnam, CT Marguerite LeBlanc, 102, died Thursday, August 15, 2013 at Matulaitis Nursing Home in Putnam, CT. She was born on February 16, 1911 in Berlin, NH. The daughter of Jean B. and Valantine (Gagnon) Coulombe. She was one of twelve, seven brothers and four sisters. At the age of 16 she went to work for Brown Co. making paper...
Jeannette B Legere
Aug 13, 2013
Berlin, NH Jeannette B Legere, 80, formerly of Norway Street and presently of Coos Country Nursing Home passed away, Tuesday, August 13, 2013 surrounded by family. Jeannette was born in Berlin, September 28, 1932, the daughter of the late Arthur and Rose Anna (Filteau) Boulanger. She attended St Regis School in Berlin and graduated from Notre Dame High School in...

Ella G Blais
Aug 13, 2013
Burlington, VT Ella G. Blais, 95, formerly of Berlin, NH passed away Tuesday, August 13, 2013 at Burlington Health and Rehabilitation Center following a period of declining health. Born on October 29, 1917 in Berlin, NH, she was the daughter of the late William and Henriette (Landry) Gauvin. She attended Berlin Schools and married Leo A. Blais. Together, they raised...
John C. Martin
Aug 5, 2013
John C. Martin, 71, of Berlin passed away on Monday August 5, 2013 at the Androscoggin Valley Hospital in Berlin. He was born in New London, NH on January 25, 1942 the son of Harry B. and Loretta (Sordiff) Martin and resided in Berlin for many years. He had been employed at Malden Mills in Massachusetts. He loved being the...