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Elizabeth G. Goss, 92 LACONIA — Elizabeth G. Goss, 92, of 58 Rowe Court died at the Lakes Region General Hospital on Thursday, July 7, 2011. She was the widow of Morris Goss who died in 1972. Elizabeth was born May 30, 1919 in Meredith, NH, the daughter of Harold and Jessie (Tillotson) Weeks. She was a lifelong resident of the Lakes Region. Elizabeth was a member of the Meredith Congregational Church. She loved to travel and enjoyed playing Bingo at Funspot, reading, the outdoors and gardening. Survivors include six sons, Michael Goss and his wife, Debbie, of Littleton, Dennis Goss and his wife, Carol, of Laconia, Larry Goss and his wife, Jane, of Sanbornton, Darrell Goss and his wife, Cheryl, of Laconia, Ricky Goss and his wife, Donna, of Sanbornton and Tony Pietrantonio, of Louisiana; four daughters, Carol Anderson and her husband, David, of Arizona, Janice Meyer of Florida, Jean Pietrantonio of Louisiana and Terry Aldrich, of Laconia; many grandchildren, great grandchildren, great, great, grandchildren and great, great, great grandchildren; a sister, Irene Weeks, of Lebanon and many nephews and nieces. In addition to her husband and her parents, Elizabeth was predeceased by two sons, Edward Goss and Morris Goss, Jr., by a daughter, Geraldine Goss, by five brothers, Kenneth Weeks, Leslie Weeks, Harold Weeks, Herbert Weeks and Sylvester Weeks, and by three sisters, Pauline Copp, Helen Fisher and Bertha Dearborn. There will be no calling hours. A Graveside Service will be held on Saturday, July 9, 2011 at 2:00 PM at the family lot in the Meredith Village Cemetery, Meredith, NH. For those who wish, the family suggests that memorial donations be made to the American Cancer Society, Two Commerce Drive, Suite 110, Bedford, NH 03110 or to the American Heart Association, 2 Wall Street, Manchester, NH 03101. Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, NH is assisting the family. For more information and to view an online memorial go to www. wilkinsonbeane.com.
June H. Main, 82 TILTON — June H. (Sequin) Main, 82, a longtime resident of Tilton died Wednesday, July 06, 2011 at the Franklin Regional Hospital in Franklin following a short period of failing health. June was born in Plymouth, NH, May 27, 1929, daughter of Henry and Jeannette (Langill) Sequin. June lived in Franklin until moving to Tilton in 1995. June was a homemaker. She attended the Tilton-Northfield United Methodist Church in Tilton. She was predeceased by her husband, Herbert Main who died in 1995 and son Robert Smith. Her family includes a daughter, Harriet E. Sims and her husband John of Sebring, FL; two sons, Roger P. Main and his wife Donna of Tilton and Carl E. Smith and his wife Kathy of Sutton; daughter in law Maja Smith of Canterbury; seven grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; two sisters, Alberta of Dover and Maxine of Arizona and two nephews. A calling hour will be held Monday (July 11th) from 10:00 to 11:00 AM at the William F. Smart Sr. Memorial Home in Tilton with a service following immediately at 11:00. Burial will follow in Franklin Cemetery. Those wishing may make memorial contributions in June’s name to the T-N United Methodist Church Memorial Fund, P. O. Box 119, Tilton, NH 032760119. For more information go to www.smartfuneralhome.com
OBITUARIES
Pauline M. Rudzinski, 86
LACONIA — Mrs. Pauline Marie (Hebert) Rudzinski of Elm Street passed away on Tuesday, July 5, 2011 at the St. Francis Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Laconia with her family at her side. She was 86 years old. Mrs. Rudzinski was born February 10, 1925 in Franklin, N.H. to Leda Fugere Hebert. Due to her mother’s chronic illness, she went to live at St. Patrick’s Orphanage in Manchester, N.H. at the age of 7. She was very happy there and made life-long sister- like friends. She left the orphanage at the age of 16 and returned to Laconia to live with her sister, Frances. She worked for a time as a nanny and housekeeper for the Clyde Cantin family. She worked at Laconia Shoe Company for a brief time. In 1943, she met the love of her life, William “Bill” Rudzinski, Jr. and they married in 1945. She worked with her husband in his vending machine business until he retired in 1996. People may remember her from Bill’s Playland on the Boardwalk at Weirs Beach, working alongside her husband for 33 years (a family business). She spent the first 25 years of her marriage on the lake on Union Avenue where she and her husband raised their five children. She was a great mom and precious human being and loved dearly by most who met her. She enjoyed playing cards, trips to Las Vegas, bingo, puzzles, gardening, crocheting, tatting, the ocean, sitting on her back deck and most of all family gatherings and being a mom, gram and nani. She was a caring and sharing person who sent approximately two hundred Christmas cards with personal messages to family and friends each year and receiving as many. She was a parishioner of Our Lady of the Lakes Parish, a lifelong member of The Catholic Daughters of America and Emblem Club 80 of Laconia. She will be sadly missed but never forgotten by her very devoted family. She leaves behind her
beloved husband, Vincent William “Bill” Rudzinski, Jr, of 66 years; daughters, Sylvia Batchelder of Lakeport, Leda Rudzinski of Gilford, Stacia Larivee of Gilford, Paula DuBois and her husband, Bert, of Gilford; daughter-in-law, Veronica Rudzinski, of Belmont; granddaughters, Christina Batchelder, Danielle Minery, Pauline Doucette and her husband, Timothy, and Brandi DeGroot and her husband, Bill; grandsons, Jack Batchelder and his wife, Shelly, Victor Larivee Jr. and his wife, Jill, Vincent Rudzinski IV and Damien Rudzinski and his wife, Elizabeth; great granddaughters, Olivia Doucette, Autumn Minery, Samantha Batchelder and Cordelia Larivee-Ambrose; great grandsons, River Minery, Nathan Batchelder, Matthew Doucette, Colby Batchelder and William Rudzinski; her brother, Raymond Foster, and his wife, Claire, of Vermont and sister, Ruth Cormier, of Laconia and several nieces, nephews and cousins. She was predeceased by her son, Vincent “Bud” Rudzinski III, in 2010, grandson, Rodney Colby, in 1996, son-inlaw, Edward Batchelder in 2003, her sisters, Helen Labrie, Frances Binette, Lillian Ducharme and Rita Barton and brothers, Leon Foster and Eddy Hebert. Calling hours will be held on Friday, July 8, 2011 from 4:00-6:30 PM in the Carriage House of the Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, N.H. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Saturday, July 9, 2011 at Noon at St. Andre Bessette Parish, St. Joseph Church, 30 Church Street, Laconia, N.H. Burial will follow in the family lot in Bayside Cemetery, Laconia, NH. Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, N. H. is assisting the family. For more information and to view an online memorial go to www. wilkinsonbeane.com.
Norman F. Brown, 83 BELMONT — Norman F. Brown, 83, of 316 Ladd Hill Road, died at the New Hampshire Veterans Home, Tilton on Wednesday, July 6, 2011. Mr. Brown was the widower of Shirley Mae (Silver) Brown who died in 1999. Mr. Brown was born October 4, 1927 in Keene, N.H., the son of Harry Brown and Jennie Duquette. Mr. Brown served in the USMC during WWII. He was owner and operator of Brown Machine Company in Alexandria, N.H. for several years and later was the senior manufacturing engineer at N.H. Ball Bearings in Laconia for thirty-five years. He was a volunteer firefighter in Alexandria, serving as lieutenant. He was an active member of the American Legion, Wilkins-Smith Post #l and the Veterans of Foreign Wars Laconia Post #1670. Mr. Brown raised pigeons and pigs and loved camping in New York, hunting in Maine, fishing and golf. Survivors include two sons, Norman A. Brown and his wife, Patricia, of Jefferson, NH and David J.. Brown of Laconia; three daughters, Linda Lynn and her husband, Jeffrey, of Wolfeboro, Susan J. Rogers-Laazouzi of Manchester and Sally A. Blais
and her husband, Dennis E. Blais, Sr. of Evans, Georgia; several grandchildren and great grandchildren and many nephews and nieces. In addition to his parents and his wife, Mr. Brown was predeceased by a brother, Robert E. Duquette, of West Swanzey, N.H. Calling hours will be held from 2:00-4:00 PM and 7:00-9:00 PM on Sunday, July 10, 2011 in the Carriage House of the Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, N.H. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Monday, July 11, 2011 at 10:00AM at St. Joseph Parish, 96 Main Street, Belmont, N.H. Private burial will be in the family lot in South Road Cemetery, Belmont, N.H. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society, 875 North Randolph Street, suite 225, Arlington, VA 22203. Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, N. H. is assisting the family. For more information and to view an online memorial go to www. wilkinsonbeane.com.
Free showing of documentary film ‘PRICELE$$’ to be screened by Belknap County Democrats July 13 LACONIA — The Belknap County Democrats will sponsor a free showing of the documentary film “PRICELE$$,” along with a Q&A with the filmmaker, at the Middle School at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 13. The cost of running for office has grown so large that politicians must go to large donors and the
very companies they’re supposed to be regulating. In other words, America’s electoral system forces elected representatives to rely on special interests for their job security. Directed by Steve Cowan, “PRICELE$$” tackles the question, “How much does it cost to run for a see next page