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Baby “Grace” Doe, who was found only hours after her birth in Manchester’s Pine Island Park on March 27, 2025, will be remembered in a funeral service Monday, May 12. Police are still investigating the circumstances of her death and have offered a reward for information through Manchester Crimeline. The service will be held at Connor-Healy Funeral Home and Cremation Center, 537 Union St., Manchester, at 4 p.m. All are welcome to attend and pay their respects. “This baby deserves to be recognized,” said Manchester Police Chief Peter Marr in a press release. “The way she was discarded is heartbreaking, and it is important that we give her a proper farewell.” (Connor-Healy Funeral Home)

Gary Clayton Bedell, 88, of Pittsburg, died April 29, 2025. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy and was owner of Spruce Cone Cabins and Campground in Pittsburg for more than 40 years. (Roan Family Funeral Home – Still Oaks Chapel)

Duncan Thayer Cullman, 77, of Groveton, died May 2, 2025. He was a competitive skier who won the Junior National Championships in Oregon in 1965, swept the eastern events in Vermont in 1966, and skied for the U.S. Team in 1967. He was a ski Instructor at Jay Peak Resort, a professional ski racer and ski coach. He authored five books including “Chairlift Philosopher” and “Infernomeister.” (Armstrong-Charron Funeral Home)

The Rev. Dr. Louis A. George, 89, of Hillsborough, died April 30, 2025. He was pastor of churches in New England and Pennsylvania from 1957 until 1980 and finished his career working with the American Baptist Churches denomination across New England. He was an area minister in Maine from 1980 until 1992 and then executive minister for the American Baptist Churches of Vermont and New Hampshire until he retired in 2000 and then again as the interim executive minister in 2010-2011. (Bennett Funeral Home)

Burton David Hersh, 91,of St. Petersburg, Fla., and Bradford, died April 25, 2025. He served in the U.S. Army and had a long writing career that began with a Fulbright grant. In the early sixties he wrote long pieces for magazines such as Esquire and Holiday. He was a feature writer for Ski Magazine, and his first novel, “The Ski People,” was published by McGraw Hill in 1968. He wrote a long feature for Esquire on U.S. Sen. Edward “Ted” Kennedy and then a biography, “The Education of Edward Kennedy,” published in 1970. Scribner published his “The Old Boys,” about the foundation of the CIA. In 1978 William Morrow published a comprehensive book titled “The Mellon Family.” In 2007 Carroll and Graf published “Bobby and J. Edgar” and in 2010 Counterpoint Press published “Edward Kennedy: An Intimate Biography.” He also wrote novels including the Landau trilogy. (Chadwick Funeral and Cremation Service)

Eleanor Smith Kelly, 98, of Manchester, died May 3, 2025. She was an accomplished portrait colorist and award-winning photographer who owned Frank Kelly Studios in Manchester with her husband, Frank, for more than 49 years. (Lambert Funeral Home & Crematory)

Gene “Mickey” Trebor Meier, 91, of Thornton, died April 28, 2025. A U.S. Army veteran, he was a star pitcher in the Army and drove the baseball team around Europe on a goodwill tour. He was recruited by the Milwaukee Braves (now the Atlanta Braves), but his baseball career was cut short due to a severe elbow injury. He worked with the New Hampshire State Police raising and training bloodhounds for the K9 unit. He retired in 1979 as lieutenant. (Dupuis Funeral Home)

Walter D. Nordstrom, 88, of North Hampton, died April 29, 2025. He was a member of the U.S. Navy Reserve training on submarines. He owned and operated a Texaco station in Newton, Mass., and was a mechanic and assembled snowmobiles at McFarland Ford. He owned and operated New England Marine and was a marine superintendent for Morrison-Knudsen Company, managing several large projects including a harbor in Columbia. He built the North Hampton Recycling Center and ran it for many years, earning the title of Man of the Year. He was the president and CEO of Nordstrom Enterprises and the Little River Tree Farm in North Hampton, which now serves as a public park called Nordstrom Eltzroth Woods. (Remick & Gendron Funeral Home-Crematory)

Gay Lee (Singer) Palazzo, 76, of Lebanon, died May 1, 2025. In the Upper Valley she worked as an assistant editor for New Hampshire Profiles magazine and was an editor for the Journal of Neurosurgery, where she edited research articles and knew many of the world’s top neurosurgeons. She was a resource coordinator for Casey Family Services in White River Junction, Vt., and was a foster parent. (Ricker Funeral Home)

Joseph H. Sack, M.D., 78, if Laconia, died April 30, 2025. A veteran of the U.S. Army in World War II, he was a psychiatrist at Ft. Richardson, Alaska, and then medical director at the Lakes Region Mental Health Center. He was also a staff psychiatrist at Lakes Region General Hospital and co-director of the hospital’s inpatient psychiatric unit. He was on the visiting faculty of the Department of Psychiatry, Dartmouth Medical School. He served as president of the N.H. Psychiatric Society and chaired its ethics committee. He was appointed by Gov. John Sununu to his Citizen Advisory Board in the Department of Corrections. (Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home & Cremation Services)

Joel Craig Tremblay Jr., 47, of Claremont, died May 3, 2025. He was district facilities manager for  Vermont Building and General Services for 12 years, then Vermont State Fire Marshal before moving to the City of Claremont as the chief building official and health officer. He volunteered as police commissioner for nine years, until 2023, and was a Claremont city councilor. (Stringer Funeral Home)

Raymond Francis Truncellito, 96, of Manchester, died April 29, 2025. While at Dartmouth College, he  played in the 1948 Blue/Grey Game, the 1949 Eastern All-Stars game vs. the New York Giants, and received invitations to try out for NFL teams. He was an assistant football coach on the Dartmouth Football staff under Tuss McLaughry and Bob Blackman. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War and founded the N.H. Pop Warner football organization and the N.H. Chapter of the College Football Hall of Fame. He was a registered insurance agent for more than 70 years and was president and trustee of the Manchester Boys and Girls Club, president of the N.H. Chapter for Children with Learning Disabilities, president and board member of the Manchester Exchange Club, and chairman of the board of Easter Seals NH. He also served on the board of Catholic Charities NH and led fundraising campaigns for United Way. He was Citizen of the Year in 1988 by the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce. He was also a trustee and former chairman of the board at Southern New Hampshire University for more than 50 years. (Lambert Funeral Home & Crematory)

WORDS OF WISDOM: “The best place to cry is on a mother’s arms.” – Jodi Lynn Picoult, who turns 59 on May 19, a resident of Hanover and author of 28 novels and short stories