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.
George Avard Edmunds, 90, of Deerfield, died Oct. 5, 2024. A U.S. Navy veteran, he and his wife Lorraine started The InterTown Record, a paid-circulation, weekly newspaper serving 10 towns in the Kearsarge-Sunapee area, from 1992 to 2007. Earlier in his career, he was a staff reporter for the Bennington Daily Banner in Bennington, Vt., then a reporter-photographer for Fosters Daily Democrat in Dover and eight years at the Manchester Union Leader, where he was a reporter, photo editor, assistant night editor, and night editor. He also served 10 years as a public affairs technician with the 157th Air Refueling Group, New Hampshire Air National Guard, retiring in 1987 with the rank of master sergeant. He worked at Digital Equipment Corp. as a publications manager and communications consultant. (Chadwick Funeral and Cremation Service)
Levi D. Frye, 30, of Stark, died Oct. 2, 2024. He was a conservation officer for N.H. Fish & Game and well-known to viewers of Animal Planet’s “North Woods Law.” While a student at UMaine, he completed a professional hunter internship in Botswana and South Africa. He graduated from the 175th N.H. Police Academy and was sworn in as a conservation officer in 2018, patrolling Hillsborough County, then Coos County. He was a member of the Advanced Search and Rescue and Honor Guard Teams, a firearms instructor, a field training officer, and physical agility test administrator. (Bryant Funeral Homes & Crematory)
June C. Goulson, 95, of Candia, died Oct. 9, 2024. She and her sister Beverly tap-danced in USO shows during World War II. She was the director of senate research for the N.H. State Senate for more than three decades, retiring in 2007. (Connor-Healy Funeral Home and Cremation Center)
Vesta Ann (Davison) Hornbeck, 82, of Marlborough, died Oct. 2, 2024. She taught writing at Keene State College for 30 years as an adjunct faculty member, while also teaching for several years at Franklin Pierce College. She worked evenings at Mason Library for several years and for two years at Frost Free Library. She was commissioned by Keene State to write “Achieving,” sequel to James G. Smart’s “Striving,” both histories of the college. She was a member and president of the Keene branch of the American Association of University Women. (Cheshire Family Funeral Chapel and Crematories)
Richard A. Janelle, 82, of Bedford, died Oct. 7, 2024. He was an eighth-grade science teacher with the Bedford School System for 38 years, retiring in 2002. He co-founded the McKelvie School Mt. Cardigan Outdoor Experience and started and coached the first coed school volleyball team and Olympics of the Mind team for Bedford. He sold real estate with Coldwell Banker and The Norwood Group during the summer. He wrote a novel titled “Salmon Falls 1956: A Coming of Age Story.” (Lambert Funeral Home & Crematory)
Greg Landry, 77, of Detroit, Mich., and described as one of Nashua’s finest athletes, died Oct. 4, 2024. He was a standout football player at UMass who went on to become a Detroit Lions quarterback and assistant coach. Many considered him one of the greatest players in Massachusetts football history and with his golden arm UMass won two Yankee Conference Championships in three years. He was selected by the Lions as the 11th pick in the 1968 NFL draft and spent 14 years in the NFL with the Lions and the Baltimore Colts from 1968 to 1981. He then spent two seasons in the USFL before returning to the NFL to play one game for the Chicago Bears. He totaled 16,052 passing yards in his NFL career with 98 touchdowns and 103 interceptions. He also gained more than 2,600 yards on the ground with 21 touchdowns. He was assistant coach for his former team, the Detroit Lions, after spending several years on the coaching staff at the University of Illinois. He was the offensive coordinator for the Chicago Bears when they won Super Bowl XX. (A.J. Desmond & Sons Funeral Home, Troy, Mich.)
Jean (Beaudoin) Lemieux, 83, of Berlin, died Oct. 6, 2024. She worked for the USDA Forest Service Androscoggin Ranger District for 30 years as an administrative ranger and forest fire dispatcher. She volunteered annually at the Forest Service Fishing Derby at Wildcat and portrayed Smokey Bear, Woodsy Owl and Dolly Copp in educational programs for the public. She volunteered for the Berlin Food Pantry, The Red Cross, Androscoggin Valley Hospital, and the City of Berlin as Supervisor of the Checklist. (Bryant Funeral Home)
Philip Wadleigh Lord, 98, or Warner, died Oct. 2, 2024. A U.S. Army veteran, he had a 35-year career with Agway and served as Warner Village Precinct water commissioner for more than 20 years. He helped run the Warner Ski Tow each winter and planned and installed skating rinks for the town on the playgrounds of two local schools. He also volunteered each year for the Warner Fall Foliage Festival. (Chadwick Funeral and Cremation Service)
Dr. Philip Maiorano, 68, of Laconia, died Oct. 8, 2024. He was critical care director at the Lakes Region General Hospital and opened a private practice in Gilford. Earlier in his career, he was a respiratory therapist at St. Vincent’s Hospital and Gaylord Rehabilitation in Connecticut. He started his internship/residency program at Norwalk Hospital/Yale and was a pulmonologist in Maine.
(Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home & Cremation Services)
Joseph Martel, 87, of Merrimack, died Oct. 7, 2024. A U.S. Air Force veteran, he operated Reeds Ferry Motors and J&J Carpet Cleaning and Painting. He was a member of the American Legion Post 98 and also contributed significantly to Merrimack’s Parks and Recreation Department. An avid softball player, he played a vital role in the construction of Martel Field. (Rivet Funeral Home and Crematorium)
Stanley Marshall Rinehart III, 89, of Hanover, died Oct. 4, 2024. A U.S. Army veteran, he worked in the book publishing industry, first at Rinehart and Co., then as head of the college textbook department at Thomas Y. Crowell Co. He was executive vice president at Boston Institutional Services, which later merged with the Bank of NY Mellon. He sang with the Harvard Glee Club and the Boston Symphony. (Ricker Funeral Homes & Crematory)
Lorin Stanley Rydstrom, 74, of Hollis, died Sept. 30, 2024. He served on the town and school cooperative budget committees and was a founding shareholder and board member of the Nashua Bank in 2007 and the Millyard Bank in 2019. He founded Seaboard International Forest Products in Nashua in 1983, serving as president for three decades. He was a past board member of the Beaver Brook Association in Hollis and donated a conservation easement to the N.H. Forest Society to protect a 347-acre woodlot in Northfield. (McGaffigan Family Funeral Home)
Peregrine Warfield (Barclay) Spiegel, 89, of Hanover, died Oct. 3, 2024. Earlier in her career, she was a social worker at Massachusetts General Hospital. She was a photojournalist, clinical social worker, adjunct instructor at Dartmouth Medical School, newspaper columnist discussing family dynamics and emotional issues, and volunteer counselor for incarcerated women. Her civic activities included serving as chairman of the Responsible Community Board of Hanover, where she was active in the establishment of the Community Counseling Services and the Hanover Community Center. (Rand-Wilson Funeral Home)
Robert Douglas Steele, 84, of Dover, died Oct. 6, 2024. He was Dover City Manager from 1978 to 1985 and also served on the board of trustees for Wentworth Douglas Hospital. He was appointed by the governor to serve on the state Public Employees Labor Relations Board. He received the Public Administrator of the Year award in 1983, presented by the N.H. American Society for Public Administration. Earlier in his career, he was town manager in Rockport, Maine, while still a student at the University of Maine. He was town manager in Scarborough, Maine, from 1975 to 1978. In 1985 he went to work for Waste Management Inc., as general manager for the Londonderry Division and then president for the Northern New England Division. He also had a degree in culinary arts, obtained when he was 61, and volunteered his chef skills at church events and Elk gatherings. He returned to municipal management to serve as interim city manager in Rochester on three occasions. (Tasker Funeral Home)
Frank S. Ulcickas, 81, of Nashua, died Oct. 3, 2024. At Nashua High School, he played football, basketball and baseball, and along with his teammates, brought home state championships in all three sports. He played football and baseball at Harvard University. He studied at the University of Paris, Sorbonne, from 1965 to 1966 and then graduated from the U.S. Army Officer Candidate School. He helped bring the Holiday Basketball Festival Tournament to Nashua and served on the NHIAA Executive Council and the N.H. Softball Association Executive Committee. He was a founder of the Friends of Nashua High Athletics and a two-time inductee in the Nashua’s Legends of Holman Hall of Fame. In addition, he was a member of the American Legion Baseball Committee and helped bring the New Hampshire Senior Legion Baseball Tournament to Nashua’s Holman Stadium, serving as tournament chairman for more than a decade. He was a member of the Nashua Board of Education for six years and served on the board of directors of the Boys Club of Nashua, in addition to many other civics honors and volunteer positions. He worked as a financial adviser for several firms for 44 years. (Farwell Funeral Home)
WORDS OF WISDOM: “I cannot endure to waste anything so precious as autumnal sunshine by staying in the house.” – Nathaniel Hawthorne, American author, July 4, 1804, to May 19, 1864 (He died in Plymouth, N.H.)
