Local Obituaries
Lahiila-Lai Maharriyum
Dec 8, 2021
Lahiila-lai Maharriyum passed away peacefully in her home in Gorham on December 8, 2021, at the age of 92. She will always be remembered by her family as a loving sister, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. By the people of Gorham, where she spent the last 4 years of her life, she may be remembered as the little old lady who...
Gerard H. Ouellette
Dec 7, 2021
Gerard H. (Gerry) Ouellette, 75 of Berlin passed away unexpectedly at his home on Tuesday December 7th, 2021. Born on August 5th,1946 to the late Gerard J. Ouellette and Juliette (Demers) Ouellette and resided in the Berlin area his whole life. Gerard married his teenage sweetheart in 1966 and worked at the Cascade paper mill #1 paper machine until his...
George N. Houle
Dec 6, 2021
George Norman Houle, 91, of Lehigh Acres, FL, passed away on Monday, December 6, 2021 at Gulf Coast Medical Center in Ft. Myers, FL after a brief period of failing health. George was born in Berlin, NH on July 20, 1930 the son of the late Edward and Alice (Dion) Houle and resided in Berlin for most of his life....
Katherine (Kat) M. Crabtree
Dec 6, 2021
Katherine (Kat) Maria Crabtree, 58, of Berlin, NH passed away on December 6, 2021 at AVH, Berlin, NH. She was born in Brighton, Massachusetts on May 15, 1963. She was the daughter of Thomas R. Stanley Sr. and Anna B. Stanley (DiMare). Kat worked for Honeywell in Nashua, NH for many years until she retired. In her early retirement, she...
Pearl M. Legere
Dec 4, 2021
Pearl M. Legere, 94, of Berlin, passed away on Saturday December 4, 2021 at her home. She was born in Berlin on January 30, 1927 the daughter of Aime and Irene (Perry) Moreau and was a lifelong resident. She graduated from Berlin High School and had been employed in the towel room at Brown Company. Pearl was a member of...
Ferne A. Young
Dec 3, 2021
Ferne Young, 93, of Berlin, NH and most recently as a resident of the St. Vincent de Paul Rehab and Nursing Center, passed away on December 3, 2021. Ferne was born in St. Johnsbury, VT on November 16, 1927, the daughter of Andrew and Glenn Arthur. She grew up in Barnet, Vt and graduated from McIndoes Academy in 1945. She...
Richard R. Perry
Dec 3, 2021
In Loving Memory Richard Robert Perry-Rusinski Richard age 34, lived in Berlin, NH for all of his adult life. He loved living in the north country, he enjoyed hiking the trails and riding his toys. He was always either on his wheeler or snow machine. When he couldn’t be outside, he was at home in his chair listening to his...
Irene T. Strout
Dec 2, 2021
Irene T. Strout, 94, of Gorham, passed away on Thursday December 2, 2021 at the Androscoggin Valley Hospital. She was born in Berlin on February 19, 1927 the daughter of Charles and Rose (Leclerc) Belanger and lived most of her life in the Berlin-Gorham area. She had lived for a time in Massachusetts. Irene graduated from Berlin High School and...
Donald M. Pepin
Dec 2, 2021
Donald M. Pepin, 68, of West Milan, NH, passed away on December 2, 2021 at Androscoggin Valley Hospital after a period of failing health. He was born in Berlin, NH on October 9, 1953 the son of the late Maurice and Doris (Lafrance) Pepin and resided in Berlin and West Milan all of his life. For many years he worked...
Laura J. Chabot
Dec 1, 2021
Laura (Bilodeau) Chabot, 93, of Berlin, passed away on Wednesday December 1, 2021 at the Androscoggin Valley Hospital in Berlin. She was born in Berlin, NH on May 10, 1928, the daughter of Emile and Vedela Bilodeau, and was a lifelong resident. She was a member of Good Shepherd Parish. She was employed at the Converse Shoe Factory for a...
Rita A. St. Hilaire
Dec 1, 2021
Rita A. (Fortier) St.Hilaire, 77, of Berlin, passed away on Wednesday December 1, 2021 at the Portsmouth Regional Hospital. She was born in Lewiston, ME on December 19, 1943 the daughter of Wilfred and Evelyn (Baillargeon) Fortier. Rita loved spending time with her children, 14 grandchildren, and her 6 great grandchildren. She enjoyed traveling, especially her trips to Hawaii, Nashville...
Bart M. Bergquist
Nov 29, 2021
Bart M. Bergquist, 55, of Berlin, passed away unexpectedly at the Androscoggin Valley Hospital. He was born in Lancaster, NH on January 15, 1966 the son of Jack Bergquist and Mona (Merrow) Lauzon and was raised in the North Country. He graduated from Berlin High School with the Class of 1984. A lifetime carpenter, he had been employed as a...
Walter "Chris" Hansen
Nov 28, 2021
Walter “Chris” Hansen, 72, of Berlin, NH, passed away on Sunday, November 28, 2021 at his home surrounded by his family. He was born in Berlin on March 20, 1949, the son of Gustave A. and Shirley (Christianson) Hansen and lived in Berlin until his early teens. He then lived in Connecticut where he married the love of his life...
Deborah L. Bryant
Nov 27, 2021
Deborah Lee Bryant, 71, of Berlin, passed away on Saturday, November 27, 2021 at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH from complications of COVID-19. She was born in Berlin, NH on November 2, 1950, the daughter of the late Earnest and Anita (Bouchard) Carpenter and lived in the Androscoggin Valley all of her life. For many years she was employed...
James "Jim" T. Cavagnaro
Nov 27, 2021
James “Jim” Thomas Cavagnaro, 83, of Milan, passed away at his home on Saturday November 27, 2021, after a period of failing health. He was born in Berlin on December 29, 1937, the son of Reynold and Eliza (Nadeau) Cavagnaro. Jim was a lifelong resident of Berlin and Milan and he was a 1956 graduate of Berlin High School. For...
John A. Hodgdon
Nov 25, 2021
John A. Hodgdon, 78, of Berlin, passed away on Thursday November 25, 2021 at his home. He was born in Lebanon, NH on January 30, 1943 the son of Joseph Earl Wayne and Katherine Mary (Stevens) Hodgdon and was raised there. He moved to Berlin in his late teen years and had been employed as a truck driver for Gamm,...
Dan W. Thibeault
Nov 25, 2021
Dan William Thibeault, 62, of Berlin, NH, passed away at Androscoggin Valley Hospital in Berlin with family at his side on November 25, 2021. He was born in Berlin, NH on February 26, 1959, the son of Gerald and Claire (Tremblay) Thibeault, and resided in New Hampshire most of his life. Dan worked many different jobs throughout his lifetime including...
Shirley A. Jackson
Nov 25, 2021
It is with sadness in our hearts that we report the passing of Shirley Ann Jackson, 81, of Berlin, on Thursday, November 25, 2021 at Androscoggin Valley Hospital in Berlin. Shirley was born in Peru, NY on October 17, 1940 the daughter of the late Allen and Elsie (Burke) Fountain. She was raised in Peru, NY and was educated there,...
Cindy Lou Shaver
Nov 23, 2021
Cindy Lou Shaver, 62, of Berlin, NH, passed away at home on November 23, 2021. She was born in Concord, NH on December 25, 1958, the daughter of Frank and Winifred (Driscoll) Beck. Cindy was raised in Concord and was a lifelong resident of New Hampshire. She moved to Berlin fifteen years ago. Cindy loved music, crafts, and her grandchildren....
Adrienne "Susie" R. Beaudoin
Nov 23, 2021
Adrienne R. “Susie” Beaudoin, 83, of Berlin, passed away on Tuesday November 23, 2021. She was born in Berlin on May 15, 1938 the daughter of Adrien and Lois (Beaulac) Beaudoin and graduated from UNH with High Honors in Mathematics. She had worked in Washington as well as at Granite State, and most recently for the Department of Education in...
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