Page 16 The Colebrook Chronicle Friday, March 17, 2017
Obituaries
Marie E. Pelletier
MARIE E. PELLETIER
ELIZABETH CITY, N. C.– On the afternoon of Jan. 20, 2017, at the age of 94, Marie Evangeline Pelletier departed this world to be with her Lord and her beloved family.
Marie was born in Saint- Ephrem De Fitch Bay, Que., on Dec. 22, 1922. She was predeceased by her Father Pierre Pelletier, Mother Marie-Anne Rioux-Pelletier and 12 other brothers and sisters: Marie Anne, Zephirin, Edouard, Valeria, Aurore, Robert, Augustine Joseph, Joseph Victor, Andre Joseph, Adrien, Marie Louise and Theresa.
Marie, or“ Be” as she was fondly called, moved with her family to the United States as a young girl speaking only French at the time. They ultimately settled in Lancaster where the family farmed the land, and raised numerous milking cows. Her calling in life was not to marry and have children of her own; she chose to dedicate her life to lovingly care for her parents, immediate family members, and others she held dear to her heart.
Along her family’ s side she worked hard on the farm. In the early 1950 ' s she worked at a nursing home in Lancaster and then later in the 1950s and early 1960s, she worked at Weeks Memorial Hospital in Lancaster as a dietitian. She also spent many years helping others through Home Health Care. Marie also lived and worked in Chicopee, Mass., for a short time to be with her sister Aurore " Pelletier " Morin and niece Pauline Morin. In 1979 she moved to Littleton with her sister Aurora and a grand-niece. Within the first few years in Littleton she worked at home for the Littleton Shoe company lacing shoes at home. In 1982 she was asked to help an elderly friend at home during this friend’ s illness. Marie was a loyal friend, confidant and employee and as such she never refused helping her friends like Ms. Bobbie Pollard and her husband, Lyle in their retail store, " The Hideaway Shop," in Lancaster.
In the pursuing years from 1983 to 2003 she along with her sister Aurora retired in Littleton enjoying their time with her great-grandnephew Nathan Lloyd and great-grandniece Nicole Lloyd Whipple as well as
helping and caring for anyone in need.
In the fall of 2004 at the age of 83, just prior being diagnosed with dementia, she moved to Elizabeth City, N. C. where she lived for the last ten years of her life in the home with her greatniece and spouse Rita and David Cornelius, and their children, Justin, Brianna, and Aunt Be’ s " little doll," Kayla. She enjoyed the warm climate and her family there for as long as her memory allowed.
When her health severely declined, she was then taken care of by the caring staff of The Kindred Care Nursing Home in Elizabeth City, N. C. until her passing.
She leaves behind a trail of many fond memories by nieces and nephews and others she touched with her kind heart and caring hands.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Friday, May 12, at 11 a. m. at All Saints Church in Lancaster. Burial will follow in Calvary Cemetery, Lancaster.
Arrangements are under the direction of Bailey Funeral Home in Lancaster. Please go to www. baileyfh. net for more information or to send an online condolence.
Carol A. Hallee
CAROL A. HALLEE
COLEBROOK – Carol Anne( King) Hallee passed away on March 5, 2017 at the Dartmouth- Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, after a brief illness.
Carol was born on March 10, 1949, in Waterville, Maine, the first of five children of Donald J. and Frances( Billiard) King. Carol graduated from Waterville High School in 1967. She received her Bachelor’ s degree in Psychology from the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC, in 1971.
Carol married Peter Hallee in 1971 in Waterville, and settled in Colebrook, where they raised their two children. She was close to her extended family; enjoying family gatherings and long conversations.
Carol loved raising and caring for her children; she was at one with their lives. They were blessed with her love, enthusiasm, and tenderness. Her family will always be inspired by her bravery throughout her life. Carol enjoyed the songs of her canaries and the happy sounds of her other birds, crunching through the fall leaves, standing on top of Mt. Washington or listening to the ocean’ s waves smashing into shore. She enjoyed life at their home on South Hill and trips to the Washington, DC area, especially to visit her granddaughter.
Carol was preceded in death by her parents and is survived by her husband Peter, son Daniel and wife Elizabeth and their daughter Lillian of Montclair, Va., daughter Kristin and her guide dog Lola of Nashua, brother David King and wife Nancy of Daytona Beach, Fla., and Milbridge, Maine, sister Mary Levesque and husband Carl of Wilmington, Del., sister Suzanne King of Waterville, Maine, sister Linda Webster of Ipswich, Mass. and many nieces and nephews.
Interment will be at St. Francis Cemetery in Waterville, Maine, 10 a. m. on June 3, 2017.
Around The Region
CORNED BEEF CHALLENGE
Back around 2010, a tradition started at the Lennoxville Curling rink –“ The Corned Beef Challenge,” held in memory of Cliff Beaudreau. Now, every year about this time, a group of local curlers along with some from a distance away get together to form teams Red and Yellow. The two teams compete for points and hope their color wins in the end.
The Chronicle visited the curling rink on Saturday and found the two teams in fierce play, but at times all sharing a big grin, too. Both sheets at the Lennoxville Curling Club were full of action all morning with a warm up and liquid refreshments being taken after the 5th end. It was then time to play the final five ends. In the end, the Yellow team won with 57 points and Red had 42 points.
In this Bonspiel, the losers have to pay the winners’ dinner. A lovely corned beef with all the fixings was served to all. The past two years, Red has won, so it was a welcome change for Yellow not to have to pay for dinner. All certainly had fun competing Saturday, and we’ re sure they will be talking about this for weeks.
– Corey Bellam
In memory of Carol, the family asks that people give someone a kind word or a helping hand.
Condolences may be offered to the family online by going to www. jenkinsnewman. com.
Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Jenkins and Newman Funeral Home in Colebrook.
There was plenty of action to be found at the Cliff Beaudreau Memorial Bonspiel on March 11 at the Lennoxville Curling Rink. Corey Bellam photo.
Sheet # 1, from left: Wes Mason, Ralph McCully, Jarrod Sharman, Claude Charron, Glen Buck, Jim Thompson, John Tomasik, Denis Oakley. Corey Bellam photo.
Sheet 2, from left: Bob Fitzsimmons, Garth Smith, Derek Heatherington, Arnold Bell, Dave McCormack, Rollie Dionne, Jeff Bailes, Bob Davidson. Corey Bellam photo.