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.
David J. Albert, 70, of Groton, died March 12, 2024. He was chief of police in Groton, a patrolman with the Bristol Police Department during the 1980s and 90s, and sheriff for Grafton County. He worked at Hannaford for 33 years. (Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette/Emmons Funeral Home)
Arthur “Skip” Barrett Jr., 91, died March 11, 2024. A U.S. Navy veteran, he served Nashua’s Ward 3 as selectman and moderator in the 1960s before being elected to two terms as Ward 3 alderman. He introduced a city ordinance that required dog owners to leash or otherwise restrain their dogs, earning him the nickname of “Bow Wow Barrett, the father of Nashua’s leash law.” He helped in efforts to build a new Nashua Public Library and served on the library’s board of trustees, serving for 45 years until 2018. He was on the boards of the Hunt Home (now Hunt Community), United Way of Greater Nashua, and American Red Cross. He was a ward moderator for several years and president of the UNH Alumni Association. He worked for the former Indian Head National Bank (later Fleet Bank), promoted to senior vice president. He chaired the New Hampshire Municipal Bond Bank for several years in the 1980s. (Davis Funeral Home)
Joan Marie (Menale) Collipi, 91, of Salem, died March 6, 2024. She was an executive secretary for Western Electric and AT&T Technologies in North Andover, Mass., retiring in 1989 to join her husband in a full-time career teaching ballroom dance. They served as directors for national dance organizations and won several awards, including the New England 2002 Yankee Clipper Award, Maestro Award and Silver Circle Award from Roundalab. They were named to the National Hall of Fame in Albuquerque, N.M., and the New England Hall of Fame at UNH. They and another couple in 1992 formed a Leaders College that graduated 230 teachers. (Goundrey Dewhirst Funeral Home)
Anthony J. Consentino Jr., 85, of New London, died March 10, 2024. He was a lifetime member of the International Society of Logistics Engineers and served on the board of directors. He was a certified emergency medical technician and a National Ski Patrolman. He worked for the Department of the Army Lockheed Electronics and the Department of Defense and after retiring was a consultant to the Department of Defense and a professional ski patroller in his retirement to New London. He and his wife were facilitators of the Parkinson’s Disease support group in New London for 10 years. They volunteered with the Winter Special Olympics. (Chadwick Funeral Service)
Linda Frawley, 74, of Belmont, died March 8, 2024. She held senior communication and public affairs roles in education, health care and corporate enterprises, including at Lowell Technological Institute/University of Lowell, Mass., California State University & Colleges, Joslin Diabetes Center, Mass., a major Chubb Corporation subsidiary in New Hampshire and the Nackey S. Loeb School of Communications. She was principal of Cotton Hill Consulting Group and was active in politics and worked on campaigns at the local, state and national levels. She was a founder of the Heritage Commission in her local community, an incorporator of the Belknap Economic Development Council and served on the board of the Belknap Mill. (Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home & Cremation Services)
Roberta Evelyn Gauron, 77, of Seabrook, died March 7, 2024. She was a registered nurse at Anna Jaques Hospital in Newburyport, Mass., and later at hospitals in the Florida Keys. She was a Rockingham Superior Court bailiff for eight years, was a licensed real estate broker with Fortin Realtors and helped to run the family party boat business, Atlantic Fishing Fleet, out of Rye Harbor. (Remick & Gendron Funeral Home-Crematory)
William H. Manley, 93, of Nashua, died March 9, 2024. A U.S. Army veteran, he was an elementary and junior high school teacher in Wilton, followed by 31 years as an educator in the Nashua School System. He was an elementary school supervisor and a principal at Temple Street School and Ledge Street School. (Farwell Funeral Home)
Mary Martin, 70, of Weare, died March 7, 2024. She was a hospital corpsman in the U.S. Navy and retired from Elliot Hospital laboratory in 2020 after serving as a medical technologist, supervisor, and marketing specialist. She was a volunteer CASA guardian ad litem. (French & Rising Funeral Home)
Robert William Moore Jr., 93, of Westmoreland, died March 2, 2024. He worked on the family dairy farm then worked as a livestock dealer. For more than three decades, he served as a Westmoreland selectman, school board member, overseer of public welfare, county commissioner, and New Hampshire state legislator. He was a member of the Farm Bureau and served as vice president. (DiLuzio Foley And Fletcher Funeral Homes)
Edward M. Mottau, 55, of Manchester, died March 4, 2024. He toured the West Coast in the 90s as a drummer for a progressive rock ensemble called Cairo Stand, which was signed with Capitol Records. He toured and recorded with several bands, including Noel Paul Stookey’s FAZ, Now and Then, and Facets albums, Mottau Drew and Clark’s Revelation Revolution and Dance for Life albums, and Wendy Keith’s Conversations album. He was also a sculptor who created abstract wood compositions. He built a successful contracting company focusing on historic restorations in Boston’s Back Bay and Beacon Hill. (Jellison Funeral Home)
Marc R. Perron, 65, of Dover, died March 6, 2024. He was a coach for several Dover basketball, baseball, soccer, football and golf teams and was recognized as New Hampshire state National Youth Sports Coaches Association “Coach of the year” in 1996 and as Dover’s Citizen of the Year. He worked at General Electric in Somersworth and Lowe’s in Rochester. (Tasker Funeral Home)
Virginia Ceriello Seymour, 95, of Concord, died March 7, 2024. She taught in local schools including N.H. Technical Institute, Parker Academy, and Bishop Brady High School, where she chaired the world languages department. (Waters Funeral Home)
The Rev. Lloyd Sanborn “Sandy” Van Norden, 84, of Grantham, died March 6, 2024. A U.S. Air Force veteran, he was a chaplain in the Air Force Reserve, retiring as a lieutenant colonel in 1991. He began his ministry at the Three Steeples United Methodist Church in Champlain, N.Y.m and served at several churches in New England and New York, retiring in 2002. He was co-pastor with his wife Lory at White River Junction United Methodist Church. He was president of the Rotary Club. (Knight Funeral Home, White River Jct., Vt.)
WORDS OF WISDOM: “There is no grief like the grief that does not speak.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American poet, Feb. 27, 1807, to March 24, 1882