Friday, November 4, 2016
The Colebrook Chronicle
Obituaries
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Friday morning, Oct. 28, 2016,
at the St. Johnsbury Health and
Rehabilitation Center after a
months-long battle with cancer.
He was born on June 22,
1955, in Lancaster, a son to the
late Raymond Curtis, Sr., and
Sheila (McAuliffe) Hartford. He
was a life-long resident of North
Stratford, a 1974 graduate of
Stratford High School, and a
veteran of the U.S. Army. After
his military service, Michael
worked at the Washburn Lumber Mill for a period of time, and
later at the Groveton paper mill
for more than twenty years. At
the time of his passing, he was
employed at the Beecher Falls
Division of Ethan Allen.
Michael’s family was his friends
who will all miss him dearly. He
enjoyed being with them all the
time, kayaking and canoeing,
riding ATVs, hunting, or whatever it might be.
He leaves behind one daughter,
Karen
Lefebvre
of
Colchester, Vt.; a sister, Sharlyn
Jordan and husband James of
Morgan, Vt.; a brother, Bradley
Curtis of Bloomfield; and three
grandchildren. Michael is predeceased by a brother, Raymond
“Sonny” Curtis, Jr., and an
infant sister, Priscilla.
Calling hours were on Tues.,
Nov. 1, 2016, from 6 to 8 p.m. at
the Jenkins and Newman
Funeral Home in Colebrook. A
funeral service was held the
next morning, Wed., Nov. 2, at
11 a.m. at the First Baptist
Church in North Stratford with
Pastor Cindy Grassi officiating.
Burial with military honors will
immediately follow in the Center Cemetery in Stratford.
Expressions of sympathy in
memory of Curtis may be made
to the Two Rivers Ride for Cancer, c/o R. Mulliken, 53 Spring
St., Colebrook, NH 03576.
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.
years, surrounded by many of her
children and grandchildren.
She was born on Feb. 20, 1924,
in Alburg, Vt. to Stanley and
Almira (Valley) Paquette. She was
a graduate of Alburg High School
in 1943. She has been a resident
of North Stratford since 1977
coming from Milford, Conn.
Lorraine was a member of the
Sacred Heart Church in North
Stratford. She enjoyed playing
Yahtzee and Bingo, but the thing
she loved most was spending time
with her family.
Lorraine is survived by 10 children, Linda Sparapani of Jupiter,
Fla., Jeanne and Richard Havrda
of Stratford, Deborah and Mark
Frank of Lancaster, Cheryl and
Ernie Black of Rochester, Karen
Langley of Campton, Judy and
Paul McGinnis of Oxford, Conn.,
Anita and Ron Pelchat of Lancaster, Gale and Sue Soule of
Trumbull, Conn., William and
Linda Soule of Milford, Conn.,
Robert Soule Jr. and Sandra of
Fitzwilliam; one daughter-in-law,
Marge Soule of West Haven,
Conn.; 36 grandchildren; 61 greatgrandchildren; four siblings,
Philip
Paquette,
Gertrude
Paquette, and Donalda Paquette,
all of Milford, Conn., and Anita
Robinson of Titusville, N.J. and
numerous nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased by her
parents, her husband Robert
Soule, Sr. on Sept. 19, 1991; son
Gary Soule on October 26, 2009;
four sisters, Margaret Paquette,
Pauline
Paquette,
Shirley
Paquette and Marion Lauzon, two
brothers, George Paquette and
Paul Paquette.
Calling hours were held on
Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016 from 5-8
p.m. at the Armstrong-Charron
Funeral Home in Groveton. Mass
will be held on Friday, Nov. 4,
2016 at 10 a.m. at the Sacred
Heart Church in North Stratford
with Fr. Daniel Deveau, pastor,
officiating. Burial will follow in
the St. Amadeus Cemetery in
Alburg, Vt. with Fr. Tom Nadeau
of the St. Amadeus Church.
For directions to the services
or to send the family condolences
via the online register book,
please
visit
www.armstrongcharronfuneralho
me.com.
Lorraine P. Soule
LORRAINE P. SOULE
NORTH STRATFORD–Lorraine P. Soule, 92, formally of
North Stratford and most
recently Lancaster, died peacefully on Oct. 28, 2016 at Country
Village-Genesis Elder Care Center in Lancaster were she had
been a resident for the past two
Vyron D. Lowe
VYRON D. LOWE
JEFFERSON–Vyron
D.
Lowe, 78, of Cow Path Lane,
died Saturday morning, Oct. 29,
2016, at the Country Village
Genesis Health Care Center
after a period of failing health.
Lowe was born in Whitefield
on Sept. 19, 1938 the son of
Gordon Alan and Norah (Daley)
Lowe. He was raised in Randolph
and graduated from Gorham
High School and has been a longtime resident of Jefferson.
Vyron is best known as the
former owner of the Old Corner
Store and Lowe Distributors in
Jefferson. He also served the
town of Jefferson as town clerk
and for over 40 years as a Jefferson firefighter. Ten of those years
he was Fire Chief of the Jefferson
Fire Dept. He was also a N.H.
Fire Warden and member of the
N.H. Fire Wardens Association
and he served for a time with the
National Guard. He was a member of the Jefferson Grange and
served as master for several
years beginning in his late teens.
He was also a member of the Odd
Fellows.
Vyron was an avid hunter and
fisherman and made numerous
fishing trips to the Miramichi
River in New Brunswick with his
father, sons and friends. For
many parades and local events
he provided music with his self
made music trailer. He also
enjoyed making maple syrup.
Family members include his
wife of 57 years Ruth (Campbell)
Lowe of Jefferson; three children,
Donald Lowe of Bow, Diana
Lowe of Whitefield, Daniel Lowe
of Berlin; a brother Gordon Alan
Lowe, Jr. of Randolph; a sister
Joyce Chaffee of Southington,
Ohio; seven grandchildren; six
great-grandchildren; and many
nieces and nephews. He was
predeceased by his parents and
two sisters, Carolyn Conway and
Marion Horne.
A memorial service will be
held Saturday, Nov. 5 at 1 p.m.,
in St. Johns Methodist Highland
Chapel, Jefferson. Reverend
Richard Boyden, pastor, will officiate. Burial in the Durand Road
Cemetery, Randolph, will be held
at the convenience of the family.
In lieu of flowers donations may
be made in his memory to the
Jefferson Festival Committee,
care of Cheryl Meehan, 20 Cedric
Road, Jefferson, NH 03583
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.
BELVAH KING
GROVETON–Belvah “Belle”
King of Groveton passed away on
Nov. 1, 2016 at Weeks Medical
Center Hospital in Lancaster
following a brief illness just four
days before her 92nd birthday.
Belle was born in Groveton on
Nov. 5, 1924, the daughter of
Harry and Rilma (Prince)
McGuire, the third oldest of nine
children. Belvah and her husband Ted were married in
Groveton on Oct.12, 1943 by the
Reverend Father Rodolphe Heon.
She had been a long time
employee at the Groveton Paper
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