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.

Maurice P. Champoux Jr., 82, of Gorham, died May 17, 2026. He served in the National Guard and later owned and operated Moe’s Variety and Sampson Supermarket. He was chairman of the finance committee at Holy Family Church and a trustee for the Androscoggin Valley Chamber of Commerce. He was a fourth-degree member of the Knights of Columbus and a member the American Legion. (Bryant Funeral Home)

Kenneth Poole Colby Jr., 79, of North Swanzey, died May 14, 2026. He served for 40 years as a selectman in Swanzey. He was a member of the Lions club, served on the board of the First Congregational Church of Swanzey, and was a member of the Monadnock School Board. He was a trustee for the Carpenter Home and was instrumental in establishing the The West Swanzey Athletic Association Park. He worked as a salesman for Honda of Keene for more than 27 years. (Cheshire Family Funeral Home)

Frances “Jeanne” Eastman, 99, of Center Barnstead, died May 17, 2026. She was Barnstead’s town clerk and tax collector and later was a rural mail carrier for more than 20 years. (Roan Family Funeral Home – Still Oaks Chapel)

John Thomas Hynes, 84,of Easton, died May 14, 2026. He and his wife, Maria, were founding members of Adaptive Sports Partners of the North Country and were active in RSVP (Retired Seniors Volunteer Program), Chore Corps, and Habitat for Humanity. He also served on the Lafayette Tri-Town Recreation Committee, the Easton Zoning Board of Adjustment, and as a Trustee of the Trust Funds. (Legacy.com)

Richard Howell Showalter Jr., 88, of New London, died May 13, 2026. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy and served finance roles before becoming chief financial officer with Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital, which became Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center. He served DHMC for 25 years, retiring in 2010 as senior vice president for finance of Dartmouth Medical Center and chief financial officer of Dartmouth-Hitchcock Alliance. (Chadwick Funeral and Cremation Service)

Lewis “Chewy” Sweatt, 69, of Millsfield, died May 19, 2026. He was a master electrician who worked at the Balsams Grand Resort Hotel in Dixville Notch. While there, he was the sole technician for Dixville Telephone Co., assisted with elevator maintenance under Pine State Elevator Co., and he became certified to keep the computer systems up and running. He retired after 32 years. He was from a long line of farmers who farmed Clear Stream Farm in Millsfield, his family’s legacy farm since 1836. He maintained a Hereford freezer beef operation until branching out to a split herd of Belted Galloway and Hereford. He was a lifetime 4-H member, a Future Farmers of America member, and later a N.H. Farm Bureau officer. (Jenkins & Newman Funeral Home)

WORDS OF WISDOM: “You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” — A.A. Milne, English humorist and originator of Winnie-the-Pooh, Jan. 18, 1882, to Jan. 31, 1956