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.

Dona Chiappe Bacco, 80, of Concord, died Dec. 18, 2024. She was an elementary school teacher and then director of the Quinnipiac University Children’s Center in Hamden, Conn. She was a Eucharistic minister at Christ the King Parish in Concord and volunteered at the Granite VNA Hospice. She received the Cheverus award from Cardinal Sean O’Malley in 2014 for service and dedication to the church. (Waters Funeral Home)

James E. Coffey Jr., 85, of New Ipswich, died Dec. 18, 2024. A U.S. Army veteran, he was an operations supervisor and manager for AT&T and served as a New Ipswich selectman for 22 years. He served on the board of assessors and planning board, and was a trustee of the New Ipswich Trust Fund. He also served three terms as state representative. (Jellison Funeral Home & Cremation Service)

Victor W. Dahar Sr., 94, of Manchester, died Dec. 16, 2024. He was an attorney who served as a Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Panel Trustee for the District of New Hampshire. He joined the New Hampshire Bar Association in 1958, opening his law practice in Manchester, where he practiced for 66 years and was joined by three of his children in the practice. He was a member of the Optimist Club and the Knights of Columbus and was active with the March of Dimes and Easter Seals. (Lambert Funeral Home & Crematory)

Morris C. Dodge III, 77, of Franklin and Pittsburg, died Dec. 15, 2024. A U.S. Navy veteran, he owned and operated the Lakes Region Trading Post in New Hampton and Winnisquam. He owned the River Road Butcher Shop in Pittsburg, and he volunteered with the NHIAA, ASA, and the American Legion for many years. (Smart Memorial Home)

Lucille Jordan, who served as president of Nashua Community College for more than 27 years, died Dec. 17, 2024. She served on many education and community boards including as vice chair of Greater Nashua United Way, chair of Greater Nashua United Way Youth Venture Partnership, chair of New England Advisory Council of College Board, and as chair of New England Community College Council. She also served on the New Hampshire College and University Council, board of N.H. Scholars, executive board and immediate past board chair of the Greater Nashua Chamber of Commerce and 10 years on the N.H. Postsecondary Commission. She was also a board member of N.H. Women’s Leadership Institute.

Wallace Ellsworth Keniston, 83, of Wolfeboro, died Dec. 18, 2024. A veteran of the U.S. Army, he was Wolfeboro fire chief after serving as both a volunteer and full-time firefighter. He founded The Frankfurt Express food truck, owned My Mother’s Woodstove store, and was the smiling face behind the counter at The Corner Store. (Lord Funeral Home)

Douglas H. Starr, 70, of Merrimack, died Dec. 16, 2024. He was a volunteer firefighter in his native Mamaroneck, N.Y., and moved to Merrimack in 1986, where he was environmental permits and program coordinator for the City of Nashua and  former public works director for the town of Merrimack. He was town engineer for Jaffrey and was a member of the Merrimack Conservation Commission. (Rivet Funeral Home & Crematorium)

John Shaw Terrill, 90, of Concord and formerly of Durham, died Dec. 15, 2024. He attended Navy Officer Candidate School and was commissioned an ensign in the U.S. Navy in 1957. He was a loan officer with two New Hampshire banks, and in 1972 he was elected president of the Granite State Savings Bank and subsequently served as chairman of the board and president of that bank and its successors, Southeast Bank and Great Bay Bankshares. He was a past president of the N.H. Association of Savings Banks and a director of the national association. He retired in 1990. (Kent & Pelczar Funeral Home & Crematory)

Mary E. Turner, 100, of Franklin, died Dec. 17, 2024. One of the women who personified Rosie the Riveter during World War II, at age 17 she worked in a Connecticut airplane factory straddling the outside fuselage of the Vought F4U Corsair fighters, with rivet gun in hand. Later, her husband served with the Air Corps stationed at the airbase in Key West, Fla., and the couple would often sit with author Ernest Hemingway in the local bar, where, according to family lore, she said he drank an awful lot. (Smart Memorial Home)

Arthur J. Walsh, M.D., 96, of Concord, died Dec. 13, 2024. He served in the U.S. Navy on the U.S.S. Massachusetts during World War II and became a medical doctor at the Portsmouth Naval Hospital. He was a general surgeon in Detroit before moving back to New Hampshire, working at the Elliot Hospital in Manchester and maintaining a private practice. He and his family in 1978 relocated to an island in Micronesia and helped open a hospital. In 1979, they moved back to New Hampshire, and he again worked at the Elliot. After relocating to Michigan in 1983, where he was VA Hospital chief of staff, he once again returned to New Hampshire and retired in 1997 from the N.H. Department of Health and Human Services in Concord. (Roan Family Funeral Home)

Madelyn F. Williamson, 90, of Epping, died Dec. 16, 2024. She was chair of the Epping Historic District Commission and the building committee for the Safety Complex. She helped to acquire a new ambulance and restore the town hall and preserve Watson Academy. She also helped revive Epping Old Home Day and was president of the garden club. She was a justice of the peace who performed 200 weddings. In 2005, the annual town report was dedicated to her. (Brewitt Funeral Home)

Jacob C. Wolterbeek IX, 41, of Portsmouth, died Dec. 12, 2024, as a result of a car accident on the Interstate 95 bridge over the Piscataqua River. He was a sergeant for the Biddeford, Maine, Police Department, where he worked for 18 years. (Remick & Gendron Funeral Home-Crematory)

WORDS OF WISDOM: “Remembrance, like a candle, burns brightest at Christmastime.” — Charles Dickens, English novelist, Feb. 7, 1812, to June 9, 1870