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Notable New Hampshire Deaths: Dartmouth Researcher; Radio Station Owner

By Staff Report | October 25, 2024

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The view from New Boston Cemetery, located outside New Boston Village on Cemetery Road. The hilltop cemetery has been the town’s primary burial ground since 1756, and the gravestones are made of slate, marble, granite and even cast iron. According to the website of the New Boston Historical Society, the oldest gravestone in the cemetery is that of New Boston's first town clerk, Alexander McCollum, who died in 1768. One of the more notorious stones is that of Sevilla Jones, who was murdered in 1854, the victim of a love triangle. Her gravestone includes the name of her murderer, and an epitaph that was purportedly written by the murderer’s mother. The man took his own life the day he shot Sevilla and is buried not far away in the same cemetery.

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Allen John Dietrich, 77, of Hanover, died Oct. 18, 2024. He began a long career at Dartmouth Medical School in 1982, combining medical student education, research, and primary care. He focused on cancer prevention and depression screening and treatment in both primary care and military settings. He held appointments to the National Academy of Sciences, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, and served as president of the North American Primary Care Research Group. (Knight Funeral Homes & Crematory, White River Junction, Vt.)

Gregory Lee Frizzell, 54, of North Conway, died Oct. 13, 2024. He and his father owned radio stations 93.5 WMWV and 104.5 WVMJ-Magic104. H took over the stations as president and owner in 2010 and added Easy 95.3FM. He created and sponsored the Mount Washington Valley Community Food Drive and served as a board member of the Mt Washington Valley Chamber of Commerce. He was president of Starting Point and served on the board of directors of the Ham Foundation, N.H. Association of Broadcasters, Memorial Hospital and several other nonprofit organizations. (Furber Funeral home and Cremation Services)

Selma R. Harris Gould, 88, of Kingston, died Oct. 15, 2024. She served two terms in the N.H. Legislature from 1979 to 1982. She worked as a mental health counselor and was PTA president at Bakie Elementary School in Kingston, where she implemented the volunteer aides program. (Stockbridge Funeral Home)

Nancy L. MacKenzie, 89, of Manchester, died Oct. 18, 2024. She was an accomplished painter whose works are in both private and corporate collections nationwide as well as in Europe. Her work is sought for her abstract landscape skills with oil and a method called Renaissance glazing. She was represented by several New England galleries, including Surroundings (Sandwich, N.H.), The Churchill Gallery (Newburyport, Mass.), and JW Reilly of Boston. She graduated from the University of New Hampshire majoring in art. She later studied at The Scottsdale School of Art in Arizona and the N.H. Institute of Art in Manchester. (Lambert Funeral Home & Crematory)

Peter S. Meigs, 96, of Danville, died Oct. 19, 2024. A U.S. Army veteran, he was a computer programmer and systems analyst at AT&T Bell Labs. He was a volunteer firefighter in Danville and served as a trustee of the town trust funds. He was a member of the Hawke Historical Society and creator of the Reminiscences newsletter, writing town news stories, past and present. (Brewitt Funeral Home)

Jayne Ann Galley Reilley, 84, of Londonderry, died Oct. 16, 2024. A London native, she was a midwife who traveled the world with the World Health Organization, serving throughout Africa, delivering more than 2,000 babies. She came to America in 1976 and worked at Massachusetts General Hospital on the organ transplant unit. In retirement, she volunteered at Habitat for Humanity. (Peabody Funeral Homes and Crematorium)

Joseph Schanda, 94, of Newmarket, died Oct. 17, 2024. A U.S. Navy veteran, he served two terms in the N.H. House of Representatives and was appointed to the Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee to the Fish & Game Commission, where he served for 16 years. He worked in the planning department at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. He was a member of the Robert G. Durgin American Legion Post 67 in Newmarket, where he had served as commander and chaplain. He served as the district level as a department commander and judge advocate. He was a member of Rising Star Lodge 47 F&AM, Fraternal Order of Eagles 1934 in Newmarket, the Dover Lodge of Elks 186, and the Moose Lodge 2276 in Zephyrhills, Fla. (Kent & Pelczar Funeral Home & Crematory)

Dale Gates Winslow, 76, of Kingston, died Oct. 21, 2024. He was a Kingston firefighter for 30 years and served as a fire ward. He was a supervisor of the checklist and a member of the municipal budget committee. He worked at East Coast Lumber for 35 years before retiring in 2020. (Stockbridge Funeral Home)

WORDS OF WISDOM: “There is something haunting in the light of the moon; it has all the dispassionateness of a disembodied soul, and something of its inconceivable mystery.” – Joseph Conrad, author of the novella ”The Heart of Darkness,” Dec. 3, 1857, to Aug. 3, 1924