InDepthNH.org scans the websites of New Hampshire funeral homes each week and selects at random some of our friends, relatives and neighbors to feature in this column. The people listed here passed away during the previous weeks and have some public or charitable connection to their community. InDepthNH.org is now offering obituaries through the Legacy.com service. We view this as part of our public service mission. Click here or on the Obituaries tab at the top of our home page to learn more. And if you know of someone from New Hampshire who should be featured in this column, please send your suggestions to NancyWestNews@gmail.com.

Marylou (Foy) Alther, 63,of Sullivan, died Feb. 29, 2024. She was a teacher at Chesterfield Elementary School and a special educator at Keene Middle School, retiring in 2022. (DiLuzio Foley And Fletcher Funeral Homes)

Normand Robert Beaudry, 88, Of Charlestown, died Feb. 28, 2024. He operated Normand R. Beaudry Real Estate & Construction, serving as the president of the N.H. Home Builders Association for two years. He was named New Hampshire Realtor of the Year in 1992. (Charlestown Memorial Chapel)

Kenneth H. Chadwick, 86, of Dover, died Feb. 29, 2024. A U.S. Air Force veteran, he had a 50-year career as a real estate agent in the Dover area, working for the Donald A. Prescott Agency, taking over the business from Don and Claire Prescott. He owned apartment buildings, rehabilitated run-down properties, managed properties, and offered appraisal services. He was a member of the Garrison Players and the Dover High School Band Booster Club. (Tasker Funeral Home)

Alton A. Chamberlain, 91, of Harrisville, died Feb. 27, 2024. He was a part-time Harrisville and Dublin police officer for 20 years, member of the Harrisville Fire Department for over 50 years, serving as fire chief for 14 years. He was also a forest fire warden, special deputy warden, school board chairman, and selectman.  He worked at American Optical Co. in Keene, then opened his own handyman business. He worked for Yankee Publishing in Dublin as head of maintenance. (DiLuzio Foley And Fletcher Funeral Homes)

Patricia E. (Kulas) Clark, 93, of Nashua, died Feb. 29, 2024. He worked for the Federal Aviation Administration and as an administrative assistant at the Boston Air Route Traffic Control Center Nashua facility. She was honored for 50 years of service in 2013 when the Northeastern Boulevard facility in Nashua was named in her honor as the Patricia Clark Boston Air Traffic Control Center. (Farwell Funeral Home)

Nancy Sutton (Brown) Cummings, 90, of Hanover, died March 3, 2024. She was a member of the Hanover Choral Society, Colby-Sawyer Alumnae Council, and chair of the Christmas Mystery.  She volunteered at the Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital gift shop for more than 20 years. (Rand-Wilson Funeral Home)

Ingrid Maria Dinter, 58, of Hopkinton, died Feb. 20, 2024. She was a certified Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) master trainer and accredited holistic healing techniques. She travelled the country as a professional speaker and co-authored the book “EFT for PTSD,” as well as peer reviewed research studies about EFT for war trauma in veterans. She volunteered as a team leader for the New Hampshire Disaster Behavioral Health Response Team (DBHRT) and as communications director for AAMET International. (Legacy.com)

Salvatore Farina, 98, of Dover, died Feb. 28, 2024. A U.S. Navy veteran, he attended the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and owned Lightbody Drug in Rochester from 1969 to 2011. (Edgerly Funeral Home)

Donald O. Folsom, 90, of Keene, died March 2, 2024. A U.S. Army veteran, he was a funeral director in Dedham, Mass., then moved to Keene in 1988 and was affiliated with the Fletcher Funeral Home and later the Cournoyer Funeral Home.  He was a member of the Keene Pops Choir, serving on the board of directors. (Cournoyer Funeral Home and Cremation Center)

Donald C. Ford, 94, of Danbury, diedMarch 2, 2024. A U.S. Marine Corps veteran, he served six years in the Marine Reserves. He owned and operated Donald C. Ford Trucking from 1954 until 2018, building roads, working on highway projects and building home foundations, septic systems and drainage systems. He was a plow contractor for the state for 43 years. He was a member of the Danbury Planning Board and Danbury Volunteer Fire Department. (Chadwick Funeral and Cremation Service)

Kathy Ann Huard, 74, of Salem, diedMarch 4, 2024. She sang on a USO tour in early 1970 and was an elementary school teacher in Hudson, Windham, and in Salem, retiring from North Salem Elementary School. She sang at the St. Joseph’s Parish mass every Sunday for 20 years. (Carrier Family Funeral Home)

Michael P. Kalil, 68, of Salem, died March 4, 2024. He owned and operated Rockingham Trading Post in Plaistow and Salem for more than 30 years. He was also a successful business entrepreneur, real estate investor and auto wholesaler. (Douglas & Johnson Funeral Home)

Joseph P. McCue, 99, of Hampton, died March 3, 2024. A U.S. Navy veteran, he was a Certified Public Accountant who specialized in health care finance. He worked at Massachusetts General Hospital, retiring as the CFO and treasurer. He was national president of the National Healthcare Financial Management Association in 1982. He served on the board of directors of the Pine Street Inn and was chairman of its finance committee. (Remick & Gendron Funeral Home-Crematory)

Richard McLeod, 77, of Franconia, died Feb. 29, 2024. A U.S. Army veteran, he spent winters as a member of the ski patrol at Cannon Mountain and summers atop Mount Washington as assistant manager, mountain guide, and as a member of the search and rescue team. He was first regional supervisor for N.H. State Parks assisting to develop the Seacoast Science Center. He was director of N.H. State Parks in Concord until his retirement in 2005.  He worked as the governor’s North Country liaison, studied addiction counseling at NHTI, served as a CASA guardian ad litem, and as a Franconia selectman  from 2006-2012. (Legacy.com)

Robert William Moore Jr., 93, of Westmoreland, died March 2, 2024. He was a farmer and livestock dealer and for more than three decades, he served as a Westmoreland selectman, school board member, overseer of public welfare, county commissioner, and New Hampshire state representative. He was a member and vice president of the N.H. Farm Bureau. (DiLuzio Foley And Fletcher Funeral Homes)

Martha “Marti” Mortenson, 90, of Keene and formerly of Charlestown, died March 3, 2024. Her parents, Clyde and Mabel Clark, died when she was 8 years old in 1942 in the Cocoanut Grove fire that killed 492 people in Boston. She played the piano, sang in an acapella group and participated in summer theater, touring throughout New England. She was a teacher at Charlestown Primary School, then founded a real estate business, Mortenson Real Estate. She was a founder of the Charlestown Woman’s Club and its first president.  She hosted a radio show on WCFR out of Springfield, Vt. (Stringer Funeral Home)

David H. Palmer Sr., 90, of Litchfield, died March 1, 2024. A U.S. Army veteran, he established Palmer’s Country Plaza, his own family run grocery store in Freedom. He later purchased and operated Grey Shingles Vacation Retreat in Wolfeboro. (Peabody Funeral Homes & Crematorium)

Robert N. Robie, 87, of Concord, died March 4, 2024. He worked for N.H. Air National Guard as a civil technician and retired as a master sergeant from the U.S. Air Force and Air Guard. He became a certified court reporter in New Hampshire and had his own court reporting agency in Londonderry and Concord for more than 35 years. He was president of the Men’s League at Plausawa Valley Golf Course for many years. He was a master mason of St. Mark’s Lodge in Derry, a Shriner at Bektash Temple in Concord, a York Rite member of St. George Consistory in Nashua and past secretary of the Nashua Shrine Club. He was also a member of the American Legion Post 9 in Derry and Post 21 in Concord.  (Bennett Funeral Home)

Charles A. Setaro, 91, of Milford, died Feb. 29, 2024. He taught at Newfields Elementary School for 30 years and taught adult education in the evenings. (Smith & Heald Funeral Home)

Manindra “Moni” N. Sharma, 85, of Manchester, died March 3, 2024. A native of India, he was executive director with Southern New Hampshire Planning Commission and also served as town administrator for the town of Hooksett from 2004 to 2005. (Connor-Healy Funeral Home and Cremation Center)

William Blanchard Spencer, 71, of Littleton, died Feb. 24, 2024. He worked in the family pharmacy, Spencer Drug Co., opened in 1921 by his great-grandfather. He was a registered pharmacist, the 4th generation in his family to do so. He operated Spencer Drug Co. until its closing in 2008, then worked for Walgreens for 10 years and North Country Pharmacy until he retired in 2022. He was a member of the Whitefield Town Band and the Berlin Jazz Band. (Legacy.com)

Patricia Ann Wood, 80, of Northwood, died Feb. 29, 2024. She was Epping town clerk and tax collector before joining the Epping Police Department, where she served for 10 years as a police officer and administrator. She later worked at Ben Franklin in Raymond. She and her husband retired to Colebrook, working at The Balsams, Clarkies and Solomon’s. (Brewitt Funeral Home)

WORDS OF WISDOM: “By being yourself, you put something wonderful in the world that was not there before.” – Edwin Bailey Elliot, English mathematician, June 1, 1851, to July 21, 1937