Friday, May 20, 2016 The Colebrook Chronicle Page 15
Obituaries
Joyce Ann Fournier
JOYCE ANN FOURNIER
LUNENBURG, Vt.– Joyce Ann( Monahan) Fournier, 89, of Lunenburg, Vt., ended her fierce battle against the ravages of age and illness and went to meet her Lord on Saturday, May 14, 2016, at Weeks Medical Center in Lancaster after a brief final illness.
Joyce was born at the old hospital on Main Street in Lancaster on April 30, 1927, daughter of Ernest and Hazel( Davis) Monahan. She was raised on the Monahan farm, overlooking Neal Pond in Lunenburg. Her fondest memories of growing up on the family farm at the edge of“ North Star Country” were of tramping through the woods with her big sister Barbara, poking around the old lumber camps and enjoying the wildflowers. This bred in her a great love of being outdoors in the fresh air that she carried with her throughout life.
Joyce attended the one-room school in the Pierce District through 8th grade, then went one year to Lancaster Academy before going out into the working world. She was employed at Gilman Paper Company in Gilman for a time during World War II, then trained as a telephone operator and worked for New England Telephone and Telegraph in Lancaster until she married.
On August 5, 1946, Joyce married Eugene Raymond Fournier of Lunenburg, and they set about making a life together and raising their three sons. In the early 1950s, they built the camp at Neal Pond, where they spent many happy times with children and extended family. In 1955, they moved into the first home they ever owned, converted from the West Neighborhood school where Gene had been a pupil. During these years, Joyce could often be found with ax or“ spud” in hand, working in the woods at her husband’ s side.
In 1965, the family moved to the farm on Fournier Road in West Neighborhood, the place where Joyce would spend the rest of her days. Over the next 20 years, she and Gene worked impossibly hard, wresting a farm from the rocky hillside and gaining a reputation as excellent farmers. With Joyce as chief herdswoman, they built one of the finest and most awarded small dairy herds in the area.
After the dairy herd was sold in 1987, she maintained the farm and raised replacement heifers as long as she was able, and could often be seen riding the tractor, tedding or raking hay.
In addition to being a tough but loving mother, Joyce was a wonderful dessert cook – a gift she had from her mother and her sister Margaret. She also loved reading, gardening, bird-watching, and Irish, Scottish, and oldtime fiddle music.
She is survived by three sons: Michael and wife Rosalene, of Lunenburg; Alan and wife Jeannine, of Loganville, Wisconsin; and Gary, of Lunenburg. She is also survived by two beloved grandchildren: Jacob, of Lunenburg; and Lydia, of Kittery, Maine.
She was predeceased by her husband, Gene, in 1986; by two sisters, Margaret Jane Colby and Barbara Mary Wolfe; and by her big brother, Kenneth Monahan, whom she adored. A brother, Donald, died in infancy.
There will be no calling hours. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on Thursday, May 19, at 11 a. m., at St. Leo’ s Catholic Church in Lunenburg with Rev. Matthew Mason, pastor of the Gate of Heaven Parish officiating.
Donations in Joyce’ s memory may be made to Top of the Common Committee, PO Box 195, Lunenburg, VT 05906; or to Riverside Rescue, 236 Riverside Ave., Lunenburg, VT 05906.
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.
Gordon Guy Hawes
GORDON GUY HAWES
GROVETON – Gordon Guy“ Gordy” Hawes, 68, of Eames St., Groveton, died peacefully Thursday, May 12, 2016 at Dartmouth- Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon with his family by his side.
Gordy was born on Feb. 12, 1947 in Lancaster, a son of Guy Gordon and Bertina Mauve( Collins) Hawes.
Gordy was raised in Groveton and attended school there. He was a veteran of the United States Marine Corp and served during the Vietnam War. After serving his country he worked for 35 years at Dexter Paper Company in Windsor Locks, Conn. and returned to Groveton in 2004.
Gordy was a member of the National Rifle Association and the American Legion, Post # 17 in Groveton. He loved to visit with people; he enjoyed drawing and working on genealogy.
Gordy is survived by his son Bryan Hawes of East Hartford, Conn.; two brothers Winston Hawes and wife Neva of Groveton and Bobby Hawes and wife Theresa of the Philippines and Groveton.
He was predeceased by his parents and one sister Linda Anderson Smulski on May 24, 2011.
Memorial graveside service with military honors will be held on Friday, May 27, 2016 at 9 a. m. in Northumberland Cemetery with Pastor Danielle Joy Rodrigues of the Groveton United Methodist Church officiating. Arrangements are entrusted to the care of the Armstrong-Charron Funeral Home in Groveton.
To send the family condolences via the online guest book, please visit www. armstrongcharronfuneralh ome. com.
Michael Berry
MICHAEL BERRY
EAST MEREDITH, N. Y.– Michael C. Berry, 58, died suddenly and unexpectedly on Monday evening, May 16, 2016, in Oneonta, N. Y.
He was born in West Stewartstown on Nov. 8, 1957, the first son of Robert and Colleen( Bunnell) Berry. He was raised and educated in Stewartstown.
Michael’ s career was as a woodsman and logger, and he worked in Alaska and New York. He had resided in New York for the past 16 years. He lived life to its fullest, and he never met a stranger. He also enjoyed going hunting.
He is survived by his two children, Emma Berry of Glens Falls, N. Y., and Coulter Berry of W. Cortright, N. Y.; his mother, Colleen Carney and step-father, Howard, of West Stewartstown; three brothers, David Berry and Peter Carney of West Stewart-
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