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.

David Hammond Bradley, 89, of Hanover, died May 21, 2025. He earned a Naval ROTC scholarship to Dartmouth College and was commissioned as a naval officer in 1958. He served three years as a naval officer on destroyers and the became an admissions officer at Dartmouth. He joined the Hanover law firm now known as Stebbins Bradley, where he remained for his entire legal career, retiring in 2017. He served on the Hanover and Dresden school boards, was a trustee of Cardigan Mountain School for several decades, and  a longtime member of the Hanover Rotary Club and Hanover Improvement Society. He was elected a state representative in 1970 and state senator in 1972, serving three terms. In 1980, he ran for U.S. Senate, ultimately losing to Warren Rudman. (Rand-Wilson Funeral Home)

John DeWitt Colony, 76, of Sugar Hill, died May 25, 2025. For many years he held positions on the zoning board and was supervisor of the checklist in Sugar Hill.  (Ross Funeral Home)

Brian Flanders Kullgren, 76, of Temple, died May 19, 2025. He was a sergeant in the U.S. Army and was a master electrician and master plumber. He served on the Temple Planning Board, Budget Committee, and was deputy building inspector. He was also a three-term selectman. (Michaud Funeral Home & Crematorium)

Charles Joseph Lemay, 75, of Manchester, died May 22, 2025. He began Lemay Design & Photography, a private graphic design and photography business, and his work was visible around the city of Manchester, in bank lobbies, grocery stores, ski shops, brochures and magazines. He taught part time at the former Notre Dame College in Manchester. He became a full-time faculty member at St. Paul’s School in Concord in 2000, retiring in 2019. (Legacy.com)

Richard F. Neroni, 84, of Hanover, died May 16, 2025. He was president of Timberpeg Homes since 1976 and started managing companies at American Barn and Saw Mill River Post and Beam. Timberpeg is a top manufacturer of commercial and residential custom post and beam structures. (Rand-Wilson Funeral Home)

Alexander William Saltmarsh, 79, of Bow, died May 19, 2025. He served in the U.S. Coast Guard and co-founded Fitness Resources, which specializes in road race management, health and fitness testing, and wellness education. He taught science and math in the Winnisquam Regional School District and coached championship basketball and track and field teams in the Bow school system. (Bennett Funeral Home)

The Rev. David E. Svenson, 84, of Nashua, died May 28, 2025. A U.S. Army veteran, he served many parishes in the United Methodist Church, in Maine and New Hampshire. Among his assignments were  Mont Vernon, Sunapee, Georges Mills, Springfield, Bethlehem, Whitefield, Moultonborough, Nashua, and Salem. He also was a volunteer firefighter on the Mont Vernon, Sunapee, Bethlehem, and Moultonborough fire departments. (Farwell Funeral Service)

WORDS OF WISDOM: “Do not the bright June roses blow to meet thy kiss at morning hours?” – William Cullen Bryant, (Nov. 3, 1794, to June 12, 1878), American poet and editor of the New York Evening Post