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.

Patricia Day Aichele, 95, of Portsmouth, diedApril 3, 2025. After raising five children, she earned two master’s degrees and worked as a lifeguard, swimming instructor, and synchronized swimming coach, including at the Wentworth Hotel in New Castle and Portsmouth YMCA. She taught English and physical education at Odyssey House in Hampton, Kensington Elementary School, the Strafford Learning Center at Somersworth High School, and the New School in Kennebunk, Maine. She was director of special education at Newington Elementary School. She founded “Reach for the Stars,” a science-based camp for girls ages 10-12. (J.S. Pelkey Funeral Home)

Adrian Antonio Beaulieu, 88, of Rochester, died April 5, 2025. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy.  He was a master carver known for his detailed and realistic bird carvings who over 30 years crafted and donated more than 3,300 comfort birds for the Oncology Department at Wentworth Douglas Hospital. He was a health physicist at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, retiring in 1993. He was a member of the Somersworth Rotary Club and the Knights of Columbus (Grondin Funeral Home)

Donald Robert Denning, 96, of Hampton, died April 8, 2025. He was a U.S. Army veteran and was an aide to General Douglas MacArthur at the Supreme Command of the Allied Powers, General Headquarters. He became an electrical contractor and joined the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 103 in Boston. When he lived in Arlington, Mass., he was chief of the town’s Auxiliary Fire Department and an original member of Arlington’s Civil Defense Force. He and his wife were longtime members of the Skating Club of Boston and prominent figures in the regional figure skating and roller-skating communities. Together, they judged figure skating competitions. (Remick & Gendron Funeral Home-Crematory)

David F. Downs, 82, of Seabrook, died April 3, 2025. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and an officer with the Seabrook Police Department. He transitioned to the Seabrook Fire Department, where he served as a firefighter and EMT for many years, retiring as a captain in 2002. He was a member of the St. James’s Masonic Lodge in Hampton and the Raymond E. Walton American Legion Post 70. (Remick & Gendron Funeral Home-Crematory)

Peter J. Flood, 91, of Merrimack, died April 3, 2025. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and worked as a pharmaceutical salesman in Boston, He and his family moved to Merrimack, where he was a real estate developer whose projects included Jasper Valley in Amherst and Sky Meadow in Nashua. (Rivet Funeral Home & Crematorium)

Thomas Joseph Hammond, 83, of Osprey, Fla., and formerly of Manchester, died April 1, 2025. He was a special agent with the FBI and an instructor at Saint Anselm College, where he was founding chair of the Criminal Justice Department. He was president of the Faculty Senate and retired after 36 years. He had a private law practice for more than 40 years. He was director of the New England Arson Seminar and an active member of the Manchester and New Hampshire Bar Associations. He chaired the Manchester Police Commission and served on the Adult Parole Board. (Connor-Healy Funeral Home and Cremation Center)

Albert Joseph Harrington, 83, of Nashua, died April 2, 2025. He was a beloved figure in the Nashua athletic community. He was assistant athletic director at Bentley College (now Bentley University), where he also served as an assistant basketball coach and was inducted into the Bentley University Hall of Fame in 1992. He became athletic director for the Nashua School District, retiring in 2001. He established the school’s first weight room, founded the Friends of NHS Athletics, and developed a summer program with Parks and Recreation. He was a teacher and coach at Fairgrounds Junior High. He was inducted into the Boston Latin School Hall of Fame and the Holman Stadium Sports Legends Hall of Fame in 2022. He was inducted into the Nashua Athletics Hall of Fame in the spring of 2025. (Dumont-Sullivan Funeral Home)

Samuel A. Marston, 76, of Pittsfield, died April 4, 2025. He was the 8th generation owner of Marston Farm in Pittsfield. He was a dairy farmer and maple syrup producer who also owned H.A. Marston Inc. in Pittsfield, a transportation and school bus company started by his grandfather in 1937. He drove a school bus for 55 years. (Roan Family Funeral Home – Still Oaks Chapel)

William John McCarthy, 88, of Manchester, died April 7, 2025. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy Reserve and served aboard the U.S.S. Salem and U.S.S. Intrepid. He was a Soviet naval analyst at the National Security Agency and volunteered for intelligence collection in the Pacific. He retired from the Navy in 1968. He served on the Manchester School Board and in both chambers of the New Hampshire Legislature. In 1971, he ran in the Democratic Primary for mayor of Manchester. He was fiscal agent for U.S. Sen. George McGovern’s 1972 New Hampshire presidential campaign and worked  in the insurance industry for 25 years. (Connor-Healy Funeral Home and Cremation Center)

John J. “Mac” McKelvey, 95. of Berlin, died April 8, 2025. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and was involved with St. Kieran Church (now Good Shepherd Parish) serving as Eucharistic minister, director of St. Kieran Guest House, chairman of the St. Kieran centennial committee, and a member of the first parish council. He was a 4th Degree member of the Msgr. Patrick E. Walsh Assembly of the Knights of Columbus and served as membership director. He was involved in the formation of St. Kieran Community Center for the Arts and a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, He was a ward clerk for the City of Berlin and had worked for Brown Company for 40 years. (Bryant Funeral Home)

Laura C. (Wyman) Pantelakos, 89, of Portsmouth, died April 7, 2025. She was a state representative for 44 years and also served on the Portsmouth Fire Commission and  Portsmouth City Council. (J. Verne Wood Funeral Home – Buckminster Chapel)

E. Helene Pierce, 94, of Wolfeboro, died April 2, 2025. She lived in Amherst from 1970 to 1991 and was a noted watercolorist who showed her work in prestigious exhibitions including the Audubon Artists Annual Exhibition in New York, Currier Gallery of Art, the Copley Society of Boston, the Academic Artists Association, the Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, and the Knickerbocker Artists, all of New York, the Manchester Institute of Arts, the New Hampshire Art Association and the Reading Art Association. (Lord Funeral Home)

Joseph A. Rodonis, 83, of Litchfield, died April 4, 2025. From the age of 6, he was a farmer at Rodonis Farm Stand until retirement. (Dumont- Sullivan Funeral Home)

WORDS OF WISDOM:  “We are told to let our light shine, and if it does, we won’t need to tell anybody it does. Lighthouses don’t fire cannons to call attention to their shining — they just shine.” – Dwight L. Moody, American evangelist and publisher (Feb. 5, 1837, to Dec. 22, 1899)