All Obituaries

    Linda A. (Gilbert) Sargent, 62, of Tilton, passed away August 16, 2022, of an acute complication of a chronic illness. Raised in Laconia NH, the daughter of Armand "Peewee" J. Gilbert and Julia K. (Sliva) Gilbert, Linda graduated Laconia High School in 1979.  She resided in Tilton with her husband of 42 years, Kevin R. Sargent, who passed on June 14, 2022.  She worked at Wilcom and Aavid for a number of years.  She proudly obtained her LNA license...

    Elaine (Dargie) Pellegrini, 84, of Ashburn, VA, passed away peacefully on August 12, 2022, after an illness that she courageously and gracefully endured for many years.  Elaine was born on New Years Eve in 1937, to Daniel and Elizabeth (Tessier) Dargie, in Franklin, NH.  Her beautiful life was filled with love, laughter, a close-knit family, and enduring friendships.       Elaine married Charles Pellegrini, of Barre, VT, in 1961 and together...

   Margaret Ada Bucklin, age 92 of Alexandria, New Hampshire, passed away peacefully on July 14, 2022, lovingly surrounded by her family, after a brief period of failing health. She was born on October 29, 1929 in Sanbornton New Hampshire to Fred L Hooper Sr. and Ida (Woodard) Hooper.        She graduated from Franklin High School class of 1949 and stayed in touch with her remaining classmates until Covid struck.    In 1945 she met her...

    Mary Louise Hurd (58) passed away surrounded by loving family on July 6,2022 at Laconia Hospital.       Mary was born on July 31 1963 in Middleboro, Massachusetts to the late Barbra Peirce and Kenneth Cook.    She did most of her schooling in Massachusetts. She moved to New Hampshire when she was about 12 years old and finished school here. She has resided in New Hampshire since.     Mary was not able to work a lot due...

Franklin, NH      Robert “Bob” James Benwell, Sr. died suddenly at his home on Saturday, July 9th, 2022.   He was born on December 16th, 1948 in Franklin and was a lifelong resident.    In a time before cell phones, if you couldn’t find Bob on a roof or painting, one had to look no further than the local lunch counter where he always in conversation with someone.  He was known as a storyteller and was not afraid to say things as he...

    Margaret Ann (Laplante) Shibles passed away peacefully with family by her side on July 12, 2022.    Margaret was born March 31, 1939 to Napolean and Marcella (Ambrose) Laplante in Franklin, NH.    She was raised in Franklin, NH and graduated from Franklin High School in 1957. She married her high school sweetheart, Ken, in August 1957, and began a beautiful life together. They began building their own home (out of an old, torn down chicken coop) in...

   Cheryl Marie (Dame) Kipreotis, 67, passed away at home, on Sunday December 5th, 2021, after a brief illness.  She was born February 26th ,1954 in Laconia NH, to the late Archie and Marion Dame.  Cheryl was a   1972 graduate of Laconia High School.  She went on to pursue her artistic abilities at Huron University, Plymouth State and Southeastern Academy.  Her love for the northeast brought her back home where she enjoyed spending time at the ocean...

William (Kip) Robert Kipreotis, 67, of West Franklin passed away after a brief illness on December 28, 2021.  Kip was born in Franklin, NH. on September 9, 1954, to the late William and Jean Kipreotis (Simoneau).  Kip was a graduate of Laconia High School.  His passions were playing guitar, singing in a band, motorcycles and Corvettes. He worked at NHBB for 37 years.  He loved his family very much especially his granddaughters who meant everything to him.  William...

     Thalia M. Coulter, 89, of Northfield, passed away at Mtn. Ridge Genesis Healthcare on the Fourth of July, 2022.      Born in Hillsborough, NH, the daughter of Leopold and Agnes (Rumack) Kulbacki,  Thalia was raised in Hillsboro and Northfield. She attended Tilton-Northfield High School before returning to graduate from Hillsborough-Deering High School in 1951.     She attended commercial college and worked at the Guernsey...

  OBITUARY       Joanne M. Blodgett, 80, of Franklin, formerly of Boscawen, died peacefully on June 27, 2022.     She was born in Revere, MA and eventually moved to Boscawen where she lived for more than 30 years.   As a communicant of Immaculate Conception Church in Penacook and later at St. Joseph Church in Belmont, she assisted with many church activities including the food pantry and cleaning the church and rectory. She taught CCD classes...