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.

Ramon “Ray” F. DeMaio, 83, of Clarksville, died June 5, 2025. He was a police officer in Franklin, Mass., and in 1988, moved to the north country and worked as a hunting guide for Rudy Shatney. He worked at Brooks Chevrolet and at the Bose Manufacturing plant in Colebrook. He and his wife bought the Redwood Store and Motel in East Colebrook, renamed it Diamond Peaks and operated it until he retired. He was a selectman in Clarksville for 14 years. (Jenkins & Newman Funeral Home)

Myra Edna Emerson, 91, of Lancaster, died June 8, 2025. She ran the Lancaster Food Pantry and Soup Kitchen, receiving two governor’s volunteerism awards for her efforts. She was also a Girl Scout Leader, member of Christ United Methodist Church for more than 73 years, and an incorporating member of Caleb Caregivers. She created hundreds of quilts for the Veteran’s Home as part of the Caring Quilters of Lancaster. She also sent quilts to Japan for those affected by a tsunami. She served for many years on the board of the Lancaster Historical Society and worked at the Lancaster Fair. (Bailey Funeral Home)

Hamilton R. Krans Jr., 81, of Dover, died June 8, 2025. A U.S. Army veteran, he also served in the N.H. Army National Guard. He practiced law in Dover for more than 50 years and served multiple terms as Strafford County Attorney, He held leadership positions in the Strafford County Bar Association and the Charles C. Doe American Inn of Court. He served on the N.H. Department of Labor’s Worker’s Compensation Appeals Board for more than 20 years and spent two years in the New Hampshire House of Representatives (2016-2018). This coming September, he will be inducted into the Newport Athletic Hall of Fame in recognition of his outstanding high school basketball career. (Wiggin-Purdy-McCooey-Dion Funeral Home)

Salvatore Paul Magnano, 91, of Nashua, died June 3, 2025. A U.S. Navy veteran, he served in many roles at the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Nashua over the last 40-plus years, including as a member and former president of the board of directors, man of the year award winner, Heritage Club founding member, and charitable foundation trustee. He was also a trustee of Daniel Webster College in Nashua and a trustee of the Hollis Congregational Church and resident trustee of the Huntington. He was chief financial officer for Lockheed-Sanders from 1982 to 1996. (Davis Funeral Home)

Paul V. Meninno, 60, of Derry, diedJune 8, 2025. A master electrician, he worked with his stepfather, Earl Thompson, for many years and also taught electrical wiring for 20 years at Whittier Regional Vocational Technical High School in Haverhill, Mass. He and his wife Laurie organized food drives for End 68 Hours of Hunger and volunteered with the Diversion program at The Upper Room in Derry. (Legacy.com)

B.J. “Doc” Noel, 87, of Seabrook, died June 6, 2025. He owned and operated Prescott Farms Supermarkets from 1962 until 1997, as well as the Cascades Inn and Restaurant in Saco, Maine, from 1964 until 1972. He also purchased and managed the Toll House Restaurant in Whitman, Mass., from 1965 until 1972. He was a charter member and past president of the Hampton Rotary Club. He was incorporator of Atlantic Trust in Newington. He was a member of the Food Marketing Institute, past chairman and director of N.H. Retail Grocer’s Association, Seacoast “Man of the Year” in 1988, director of New Hampshire the Beautiful, director of Associated Grocers of New England, director of N.H. Food Industry Scholarship Program, and director of Crime Line of the Hamptons. He was the president of the Hampton Area Chamber of Commerce from 2000 to 2017. (Remick & Gendron Funeral Home & Crematory)

Ellen B. Peters, 71, of Laconia, died June 8, 2025. She taught third and fourth grade at Gilford Elementary School for 46 years. She was a founding member of the Belknap Quilt Guild and led many quilting trips to Hawaii and Lancaster, Pa. (Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home & Cremation Services)

Robert Stiles, 90, of Whitefield, died June 7, 2025. A U.S. Army veteran, he started Stiles Fuel with one oil truck and grew the business with his brother Fred. He was a lifelong member of Community Baptist Church, and a 50-plus year member of North Star Chapter No. 8 Masonic Lodge, and a 40-year member of the Whitefield Fire Department. He also served two terms as a Whitefield selectman. (Bailey Funeral Home)

Ann C. Wiggett, 87, of Littleton, died June 7, 2025. She was a nurse at the Elliot Hospital in Manchester and then held various roles at Littleton Regional Hospital for more than 51 years, the last 26 years in oncology. She served on the Littleton School Board for 31 years, eleven years as chairperson and five years as vice-chairperson. (Legacy.com)

WORDS OF WISDOM: “She did not stand alone, but what stood behind her, the most potent moral force in her life, was the love of her father.” — Harper Lee, author, from her novel “Go Set a Watchman,” a sequel to “To Kill A Mockingbird,” April 28, 1926, to Feb. 19, 2016