Lewis Prouty Bissell, 82, of Jackson, NH died December 10, 2000. Born in Medford, MA, he was a graduate of UNH where he met and later married Priscilla Emery who worked for Joe Dodge. He then received a master s degree in forestry at Yale and served in the Army Air Corps during WWII. He was employed by UNH as extension forester for the state of Maine and was instrumental in the formation of the Maine Tree Farmers Association. He was a member of the AMC, Jackson Historical Society, the Obs, White Mountain Interpretive Association, Kiwanis, UNH Alumni Association, Girl Scouts and the Tree Farm Association. He had two daughters, Nancy Rancourt of Bartlett and Susan Beechum of Orlando who was hutmaster at Pinkham 67- 68.

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