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Mill( James River) for nearly 40 years, retiring in 1987.

Belle loved gatherings and reunions of family members and friends and seasonal camping at their cottage on Maidstone Lake in Vermont where she, husband Ted, family and friends had 30 years of joyful living. She had been an avid reader and a lover of music which was instilled in her by her mother at an early age. Belvah and Ted were great lovers of snow machining. She and Ted enjoyed some traveling, cruising in the Caribbean on several occasions and visiting their son in Texas and McGuire family members in Ireland.

Belle was a most amiable person, warm and easy going and nonjudgmental. All who knew her will remember her unassuming cordial demeanor.

She was predeceased by her husband, Theodore“ Ted” King in

1999; three brothers, Forrest " Mickey "

Maguire,

John

McGuire, and Gary McGuire, and one sister, Betty Gould.

She is survived by her son

Michael“ Mick” King of West

Stewartstown; daughter Sheri and

Armand

Girouard of

Groveton; two grandchildren

Vicki

Girouard and fiancée

Butch Germain of Littleton;

Peter and Amanda Girouard of

Gorham; two Great-granddaughters Madiso Girouard and Felicia

Voisine both of Gorham; four siblings

Deane

Maguire of

Groveton / Rhode Island; Barbara

Huber of Gowanda, N. Y.; Gloria

Nugent of Dublin, Ireland; and

James McGuire of North Stratford; many nieces and nephews.

There will be no funeral parlor visiting hours or church service at her request. A graveside service will be held at St. Francis

Cemetery on the Brown Road in

Groveton on Saturday, Nov. 12,

2016 at 11 a. m. with Reverend

Brendan Whittaker officiating.

In lieu of flowers donations may be made to one’ s preferred charity.

Arrangements are entrusted to the care of the Armstrong-Charron Funeral Home in

Groveton. For directions to the service or to send the family condolences via the online register book, please visit www. armstrongcharronfuneralh ome. com.

William D. Crooks, Jr.

WILLIAM D. CROOKS, JR. PITTSBURG – William Donald

Crooks, Jr., 87, of Pittsburg,

passed away on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016, at the St. Johnsbury Health and Rehabilitation Center with family by his side after a period of declining health.

Bill was born on Aug. 18, 1929, and grew up in Ponca City, Oklahoma, the son of Elva( Leathers) and William D. Crooks, Sr. He was a U. S. Navy transport pilot serving during the Korean War and stationed in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. After active duty, he served in the Navy Reserve until 1960, retiring as a lieutenant commander. He earned a degree in electrical engineering from the University of Colorado, Boulder, and moved to Connecticut with his wife, Catherine Mary( Tetzlaff) Crooks, where they raised their family. He worked in electrical engineering at Pratt & Whitney Aircraft and General Dynamics and in electronic systems sales until 1970.

Bill and his family enjoyed vacations in Vermont during the

1960s and relocated to West Burke in 1970. He owned Stony’ s, a clothing and sporting goods store in Lyndonville, and was later employed as a production manager by Mardon Industries and Vermont Aerospace Manufacturing in Lyndonville. Bill always looked forward to annual trips to Florida with his partner

Jane Paquette, gardening in his yard, woodworking, helping neighbors with their landscaping, and celebrations with family and friends.

He is survived by his loving extended family, including his partner Jane Paquette of Pittsburg; his three children: Charles

Crooks and his wife Kathleen

Brown of Jamaica Plain, Mass.,

Mark Crooks and his wife Linda of Lyndonville, Vt., and Anne

Amadon and her husband Timothy of Skowhegan, Maine; grandchildren Jamie Crooks, Jessica

Williams and her husband Justin, Jennifer Ward and her husband Preston, Katy Crooks,

Christopher Davis, Stephanie

Kenny and her husband John, and Lucas Davis; great-grandchildren Kain and Kara Crooks,

Charlotte, Emma, and Maddelyn

Williams, and Tenley Davis. He is also survived by his sister,

Charlene Crooks of Houston,

Texas, several nieces and nephews, and the family of Jane

Paquette, who loved their Uncle

Bill. He is predeceased by his parents, his sisters Patricia

Goode and Nina Brattain, and the mother of his children, Catherine Crooks.

Visiting hours will be held at

Jenkins and Newman Funeral

Home in Colebrook, NH, on Saturday, Nov. 5, 2016, from 10 a. m. to 12 p. m., immediately followed by a memorial service. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Beecher Falls Vermont Fire and Rescue, Beecher Falls, VT

05902, and Two Rivers Ride for

Cancer.

Expressions of sympathy in memory of Crooks may be made to the Beecher Falls Fire and Rescue, c / o J. Charest, Factory St., Beecher Falls, VT 05902; or

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.

Irving R. Covell

IRVING R. COVELL

GROVETON – Irving R. Covell, 98, of Covell Heights, died

Monday morning Oct. 31, 2016, at Country Village Genesis

Eldercare Center.

Covell was born in West

Stewartstown on Jan. 19, 1918 the son of Arthur J. and Cora

( Knapp) Covell.

Irving was raised in West

Stewartstown and moved to

Groveton in 1936. He was self employed his entire life. He first operated a dairy farm for several years and later a construction company that he owned for

40 years. He also raised horses that he showed at the fair and he was regularly seen riding in local parades. He was a 50 year member of the Loyal Order of

Moose.

Surviving family members include his son, Thomas Covell of Groveton; four grandchildren; many great-grandchildren; many great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his wife

Pauline M.( Carpovich) Covell; two daughters, Coral“ Candy”

Covell in 1997, Elizabeth Bean in 2016; three brothers, Almon,

Warren, Curtis; three sisters,

Naomi Heath, Esther Wood,

Idalyn Ellingwood.

At Irving’ s request there are no visiting hours. A funeral service will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 p. m. at the

United Methodist Church in

Groveton. Burial will follow in

Northumberland Cemetery.

Donations in lieu of flowers may be made in his memory to

Riverside Animal 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.