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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