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The Colebrook Chronicle
Friday, November 4, 2016
Around The Region
Last Monday night, the town of Sawyerville, Que., was overtaken with witches, zombies, princesses, superheroes, and all sorts of crazy creatures for Halloween. Left photo: Minnie
Campagna the Friendly Witch and Caleb the Lumberjack. Middle photo: Sawyerville firefighters Brandon Ward, Joey Ruel, and Mike Campagna pose with Spiderman and
another friendly witch. Right photo: This gang stopped for only a moment to take this photo before returning to prowling the streets. Corey Bellam photos.
Left photo: Jean Huppe of Coaticook had his honey products on sale at the Bulwer Community Center’s Fall Craft show. Right photo: This little honeybee and her beekepers were
spotted in Sawyerville on Halloween. Corey Bellam photos.
Obituaries
John Arthur McCormack
JOHN ARTHUR
MCCORMACK
GROVETON–John Arthur
McCormack, 93, formally of Rich
Street in Groveton, died peacefully on Oct. 26, 2016, at the
Coos County Nursing Hospital
in West Stewartstown where he
had been a resident since 2012.
He was born on May 20,
1923, in Lancaster, to James
and Irene (Miller) McCormack.
John grew up in Groveton and
graduated from Groveton High
School in 1941. He joined the US
Navy; served from 1943-1946
and traveled the world on the
USS Core. He was a proud veteran of WWII. He was a member
of the Groveton American
Legion, Post 17. John returned
to Groveton after the Navy and
he married Marjorie A. Driscoll
on April 18, 1949; they raised six
children together; they were
married for 64 years before Marjorie’s passing on Aug. 1, 2013.
John worked at the paper
mill in Groveton in the print
shop, and then went to Stinehour Press as the head pressman where he was known as
“Mr. Letterman” and retired
September 15, 1985.
He had many interests, golfing, fishing, basketball and
baseball. He was a great golfer
and was one of the North Country’s famous basketball referee
duo of McCormack and Emery.
John was a lifelong Red Sox fan.
John is survived by his six
children, Karen and Dennis
Maguire of Stratford; Kevin and
Vicki McCormack of Sequim,
Washington; Ann and Kim
McCormack-Getty of Englewood, Fla.; Judi and Ivan Shannon of Groveton; Beth Styles of
Lancaster; and Christine and
Robert Perras of Groveton; 13
grandchildren, Tina Maguire
Deblois, Lisa Maguire Wheelock, Jason McCormack, Christopher
McCormack,
Kate
Shannon Hickey, Luke Shannon, Matt Shannon, Erik Styles,
Sarah Styles, Patricia Perras
James, Nick Perras, Bobby Perras, and Josh Perras; 20 greatgrandchildren; two sisters, Maxine Byrne and Myrle and Harry
Brown of Texas; one brother-inlaw, Eddie Driscoll of Lancaster,
and numerous nieces and nephews.
He was predeceased by his
parents; his wife, Marjorie
(Driscoll) McCormack; an infant
son and a great-granddaughter,
Jewelya Perras.
Calling hours were held on
Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016 from
5-8 p.m. at the Armstrong-Charron Funeral Home in Groveton.
The funeral service was held on
Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016 at 11
a.m. at the funeral home with
Fr. Daniel Deveau, pastor of the
St. Francis Xavier Church,
Groveton, officiating. Burial of
cremains will be May 20, 2017,
at 1 p.m. in the Northumberland
Cemetery.
At the family’s request,
memorial donations may be
made to either the Coos County
Nursing Hospital Memorial
Fund; PO Box; West Stewartstown, NH 03597 or the American Legion Post 17; 207 State
St.; Groveton, NH 03582.
For directions to the services
or to send the family condolences via the online register
book,
please
visit
www.armstrongcharronfuneral
home.com.
Michael Curtis
MICHAEL CURTIS
NORTH STRATFORD–Michael “Curty” V. Curtis, 61, of
North Stratford, passed away on
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