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In Memoriam
Those who know me may recall that my brother, Jay, died in 1977 when he was 5 and I was 8. I've always known that death was part of life, and feel that we should "not let people truly die" by remembering them. I want this page to be very special, and am looking for ideas and suggestions. Please email me with comments, suggestions, or additions for this page. If you have someone you'd like me to add, please send me their full name, birth date if known (just the year is fine), when they did or would have graduated, and the date of their death (again, just the year is fine).
Marty
Feuerstein, Former Principal of Boscawen Elementary School,
Died October 3, 2002. In addition to being the
Principal at Boscawen Elementary School, Marty was also close
friends with my parents, and it was great having him and his wife, Pauline, around during my
childhood. Marty was very active in the community, and
was mayor of Franklin as well as a state rep. Marty always had a way
of making you feel good about yourself. He lived a long and
productive life, and for more details you can view his obituary from
the Concord Monitor. Tammy Ashley, Former Teacher at MVHS, Died January 5, 2003. Rose Rafferty, who graduated with me, told me about Tammy's passing. I didn't know her well, but it was clear she was committed to education. Here is her obituary.
Jason attended MV until
he finished 8th grade. He was born in 1977 and graduated in 96 from
Pittsfield High School. This is a link to his obituary:
http://www.cmonitor.com/stories/news/record/obits2003/obits061103_copy_200310.shtml
Joshua Bowe, Class of 1994, December 24,1975 to June 27,1993. Joshua was the second of three children born to bill and Arbie Jones Bowe ('64). He attended schools in Penacook and Webster and completed his junior year at Merrimack valley high school. His sense of humor and his fat belly were his trademarks. When he was about four he watched the leader of a shriners parade do a "belly roll". When josh got home he announced that he was sure he could do a belly roll too. After an hour of contracting and contorting his then thin little midriff he did manage to ripple the muscles up and down his body. When he was initiated into MV high school he proudly stood alone in the middle of the gym floor in front of 700 people and rolled his giant belly till the crowd was nearly in tears with laughter. From then on no pep rally was over "until the fat kid did the belly roll". Josh had more serious accomplishments he was the state of NH Jr. Olympics champion with a .22 rifle in 1993. He competed nationally for three years and hoped to make the US Olympic team for the year 1996. He hoped to attend the University of Alaska and compete on their shooting team. He loved going to parties and riding around in his 1979 Chevy truck with its squeaky little aoooga horn. He laughed a lot. He was in the Explorer Scouts with the Hopkinton Fire Dept where he made a lot of friends from another whole school district. One sunny Sunday afternoon when Josh was driving his mom's brand new car Josh fell asleep behind the wheel, hit a tree and died instantly. Over 700 people attended his funeral because he touched so many people's lives. He was survived by his parents, his sister Jessica and his brother Jeffrey. He is missed every day.
Tony Byrne, Class of 91, May 3, 1973 to September 2, 1993 This was written by Tony's sister. There may be few people who remember my brother as he was not a real go-getter, however many people in our town of Loudon remember him for a number of different reasons. He was a funny kid and grew into an even funnier adult with a very dry sense of humor. He was very active in the Boy Scouts as well as other community projects in Loudon. Those who knew him also knew he loved practical jokes. Tony died on September 2, 1993 at too early of an age and to the shock of friends and family. He is missed daily by those same people and remembered with smiles and tears alike.
Brian Auprey, Graduated in the Late 80's, Died August 2003 http://www.cmonitor.com/stories/news/record/obits2003/obits081903_20031.shtml
Bobbi Jo Arsenault, Class of 86, Died January 9, 1988 This was submitted by
Jared Harbour, Bobbi's nephew. Douglas J. Macneil, Class of 83, August 5, 1964, died January 6, 1998
Brian Robinson, Class of 80, Died December 2002. Brian was the captain of the soccer, basketball, and baseball teams his senior year.
Steve Westgate, Class of 71, 1952-2001 This is an excerpt of his eulogy. Thanks to Barbara Corliss for sending it in. ...Son, brother,
husband, father, grandfather and friend to all. Leader, follower,
team member, savior. Adventurous, humorous, industrious. A cartoon, a
documentary and a love story. He got pleasure from doing for others.
He was a guy who would give you the last 3 bucks in his pocket,
a guy who would change a flat tire for a stranger, or give you his
car if he thought you needed it more than he did. He didn't ask for
anything. He earned everything he ever got. He believed
in working hard and living fully. He'd give up his front row
seat or back row seat if he thought it was better than your view from
the parking lot. Through his battle with
cancer he never complained. He never asked "why me?"
He took every pill, every treatment, every needle and
said "thank you" each time. He said that "if I don't
win this battle, it's not from lack of trying". He didn't want anyone to be sad or feel sorry for him. He
explained "I'm like an old rusty schwinn with a loose chain and
a broken pedal". He said he was ready to lean his bike up
against a fence and hop on a plane.
This was written by Billy's friend Steve Littlefield. In 1972, Billy Pearson, from the class of 68 or 69 was serving in the Air Force in Southeast Asia. He was a crewman aboard a helicopter that was trying to pick up a downed aviator (a book was written about it and made into the move BAT 21 with Gene Hackman). Billy and several other aviators died when his copter was shot down. And just so you know, the motto of the Aerospace Rescue Service, to which he was assigned is ... SO THAT OTHERS MAY LIVE. Billy didn't live, but Iceal Hambleton, the downed aviator, did.
Jan Davis, Class of 64, died March 2003 Jan D. Davis ( appleknocker) died of heart failure on 3-14-03. He was living in Oregon at the time. He leaves behind 2 daughters and one son.
Donald J. Stone, Class of 1960, Died March 2003. Donald died at home after a short illness. He lived in Penacook for the past 39, years. He graduated from Penacook High School in 1960. Stone served in the Army Corps of Engineers for three years, worked for the New Hampshire Department of Transportation for 32 years and at the Beaver Meadow Golf Course in Concord. He leaves his wife Janet (Chase) Stone, of Penacook; two sons, Donald, Jr.; of Boscawen, and Mark Stone of Penacook; a daughter, Martha Stone of Penacook; two brothers, Philip Stone Jr, of Canterbury and Douglas Stone of Contoocook; a sister, Brenda Lakin of Warren; four grandchildren, Benjamin and Molly Stone, of Boscawen and Daniel and Kacey Stone of Penacook. Here is his obituary.
Henrietta Kenney provided me with this information about members of the Class of '48. Leon Miller, Class of 1948, died October 2, 1949. Bill Doubleday, Class of 1948, died November 23, 1972. Pauline Fall Bushey, Class of 1948, died September 23, 1976. Norma Hale Keller, Class of 1948, died October 19,1976. Bernie Egounis, Class of 1948, died August 13, 1983, Helen Bagge Coviello, Class of 1948, died November 26, 1992,
Phillip Cochrane, Class of 1948, died March 1, 1997. Donald Knight, Class of 1948, died March 5, 2000.
Verne Santas, Class of '41 Verne died in July 2003. His wife, Juanita Santas, also graduated from PHS in 1941. She is, obviously, devastated by this loss. Here is the link to his obituary: http://concordmonitor.com/stories/news/record/obits2003/obits071703%5F20033.shtml
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