Asa Bartlett Goddard, 77, of West Cornwall, CT, passed at his home on July 17, 2016. Predeceased by his parents, Lucy (Bartlett) Goddard and George W. Goddard, Asa is survived by his wife, Olive (Haskell) Goddard; a son, Andrew B. Goddard and his wife, Polly (Tobin) Goddard; a grandson, Jackson A. Goddard; his sister, Georgia…
Rebecca Ann Boothman, 69, of Randolph NH passed away in the early morning hours Sunday April 10, 2016 surrounded by close friends and family. She was born to the late John H. (Jack) and Gwen (Shorey) Boothman October 10, 1946 in Berlin, NH. Becky was a cook at the Appalachian Mountain Club in Pinkham Notch…
RICHARDSON, Peter Hughes Of Exeter, New Hampshire, formerly of Weston, Massachusetts, passed suddenly on March 12, 2016. Born on May 28, 1924 in Boston, Richardson grew up in Concord, Massachusetts and graduated from MIT in 1948 after service in the paratroopers in France in 1945. He taught science and math in high school (and built…
Allen Cheston Starkey, age 80, Wayzata MN, passed away peacefully on February 15, 2016. Born on September 4, 1935 in Philadelphia. , Allen was preceded in death by parents Laird and Dorothy Starkey and brother, William P. Starkey. Survived by his loving wife of 59, years Judith Corfield Starkey, brother Robert L. Starkey (Nancy); daughters…
Charlie Kellogg passed away Monday, September 21 2015. Charlie has a long history in the White Mountains, and undoubtedly many friends still reside in the valley. Charlie started working in the AMC huts as a young teenager. He was the hut master when chief Justice Douglas visited the Lakes of the Clouds Hut. Thereafter National…
Lucas Ryan Richardson, 25, of Hailey, Idaho, passed away on Saturday, Sept. 12 2015, after sustaining an injury in a climbing accident in the rugged Pioneer Mountains of Idaho. Luke was born February 10, 1990 to Peter and Stephanie Richardson in Berlin, Vt. He attended Spaulding High School in Barre, Vt., and graduated from the University of…
Alfred Lubaugh Bernier diZerega III (Buddy) died at home on June 24, 2015. He was 88 years old. He was born at Rock Spring Farm on Loudoun Street in Leesburg Virginia on July 8 1926, the son of Alfred L.B. diZerega II of Aldie and Lucy Harrison diZerega of Leesburg. After graduation from Fishburne Military…
Bruce Borsum Blake, 80, passed away on Monday June 15, 2015 in Bar Harbor Maine. He was born on September 9, 1934 in Queens, New York, the son of Winchester and Elsa (Borsum) Blake. He was married to the former Margaret Stebbins of Schenectady for 55 years prior to her passing in 2013. Bruce grew…
Clare O’Connell, 51 of Newton, died June 1, 2015. She is survived by her husband Michael A. Collora of Newton, and two stepchildren, Rebecca Collora Buckman, New York City and Nicholas A. Collora of Brighton. Clare was one of seven children of Laurence and Frances O’Connell of Worcester who predeceased her. She is also survived…
Constance Emerson “Connie” Crooker, 68, author of Melanoma Mama and co-author of Doc Jackson’s Letters Home: A Combat Medic’s 1968 Letters from Vietnam, died Friday morning, April 10, 2015 at her home. Born July 23, 1946 in Portland, Maine, the daughter of the late Rev. Charles W. Crooker and Elizabeth (MacGregor) Crooker Bates. She received…
William Lowell Putnam, III (“Bill”) died December 20, 2014 in Flagstaff AZ at the age of 90. Putnam was a prominent alpinist, broadcaster, and, for 26 years, Sole Trustee of the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, AZ founded by his great uncle Percival Lowell. Bill Putnam was born in Springfield, Massachusetts on October 25, 1924, the…
Harry Adams, of Wichita KS was born on Jan. 19, 1932, son of Norman I. Adams II and Genevieve Sloan Adams . He died peacefully in the early morning of Dec. 18, 2014. Harry is survived by nieces, Pam Adams and Sarah Adams Hayden; nephews, Norman Adams IV, and Daniel Adams. At the time of…
Harry S. Stephenson, 100, of Cape Elizabeth, passed away at his home on Saturday, Nov. 1, 2014, surrounded by his family. Mr. Stephenson was born in Derby, Vt., on Nov. 8, 1913, the son of Joseph and Alice (Errington) Stephenson. His family moved to Gorham, N.H., when he was two. Harry worked for many summer’s…
Eleanor (Petie) Van Everen, 79, of Lafayette, CO died peacefully on October 20, 2014. Petie was born February 28 (1935) in Beverley, MA and raised with two older sisters (Ruthie and Elizabeth) by her wonderful parents Eleanor and Maurice Goodridge. She worked at the Appalachian Mountain Club in New Hampshire where she met the love…
Fred Preston died on Friday, Oct 3, 2014, at age 84 surrounded by the love of his children and his wife of 48 years. Fred was a selfless, deliberate, and generous father and husband as well as an avid outdoors-man, innovative educator and an accomplished conservationist. He passed peacefully on a crisp sunny “mountain day”…
Barbara (Polk) Washburn of Lexington, formerly of Cambridge and Belmont died Sept 25, 2014. Beloved wife of 66 years to the late H. Bradford Washburn Jr. Loving mother of Dorothy Dundas of Newton, Edward Washburn of Lexington and Elizabeth Cabot of Belmont. Also survived by 9 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren. Donations may be made…
William D. “Mack” Beal, Jr. of Jackson, N.H. died at his home on August 26, 2014. He was 90 years old. Mack was born in Boston, Massachusetts, April 20, 1924, the eldest son of Beatrice Starr and William D. Beal. He attended The Brooks School and Harvard University. He later trained at Columbia University’s Officer…
Catherine Brentani Stallard of Lexington, Mass, formerly of Arlington and Concord, died July 4th, 2014, age 47. Beloved wife of 9 years of Mark R. Stallard. Loving daughter of Patricia Brodie of Concord and the late Giampiero Brentani. Sister of Christine, William and Deborah Brentani. Also survived by several nieces and nephews. Cathy worked at…
Dr. Brooks Van Everen, 80, of Lafayette, CO died in his home May 7, 2014 surrounded by loved ones. Born April 15, 1934 in Boston, MA to Louise Brooks Van Everen and Frank Hansen; he worked at the Application Mountain Club in New Hampshire before serving in the Army during the Korean War. He married…
Ludwig Schiessl, 76, of Baldwinsville, NY and formerly of Kearsarge NH, died March 18, 2014 after a long illness. He and his wife Dorothy had vast knowledge of the White Mountains and amassed an important collection of White Mountain memorabilia. Born in Cham, Bavaria the son of Johann and Antonie Schiessl. Ludwig emigrated from Germany…