Dec 30, 2023

Rita A. Pinard, 96, of Manchester, passed away peacefully with her family by her side on December 30, 2023. She is the loving wife of the late Marcel Pinard with whom she would have shared 70 years of marriage.

Rita was born in Manchester but spent most of her childhood in Canada. She returned to Manchester in her early 20s,...

Dec 29, 2023

Wilbur L. Ashworth, 81, of Hooksett, passed away peacefully in his home on December 29, 2023. He is the loving husband of Barbara L. (Brazier) Ashworth with whom he shared 56 years of marriage.

Will was born on April 28, 1942 in Newark, New Jersey to Robert and Ruth (Isherwood) Ashworth. A graduate of Keene (NH) High School, he obtained...

Dec 28, 2023

Diane L. (Therrien) Haley, 63, of Manchester, passed away on December 28, 2023, at Catholic Medical Center.

She was born in Manchester on September 26, 1960, the daughter of Roger and Jeannine (Gingras) Therrien and had been a lifelong resident of the city.  She was passionate about her family, cleaning, gardening, feeding her birds and squirrels, and collecting snowmen. She...

Dec 27, 2023

Linda F. (MacArthur) Chenette, 75, died on Wednesday, December 27, 2023 at Granite VNA Hospice House in Concord. She was born on July 10, 1948 in Concord, daughter of Arthur and Jeanette MacArthur.

She was the wife of the late Robert F. Chenette who passed in 2008.

She worked as a factory worker for Beede Electric and then Hoyt Electric,...

Dec 26, 2023

Dec 25, 2023

Cynthia (Cindy) Allard Houston, nee Brunel, 95, formerly of North Water Street in Boscawen, died Monday, December 25, 2023 at Bedford Falls Assisted Living Facility after a long period of declining health.  She was born in Concord, NH January 28, 1928, the youngest of six children of Harry C. and Alene Wilson Brunel.  Raised initially in Concord, she moved with...

Dec 25, 2023

Carol Ann (Vagasky) Plichta, 65, of Bellevue, Nebraska, died on December 25, 2023. Born in Bridgeport, CT on November 22, 1958, Carol was the daughter of George and Elizabeth Vagasky of Stratford, CT.

Carol went to school in Stratford, then studied Education, specializing in Childhood Special Education at Southern Connecticut State University.  She was a very dedicated special education teacher...

Dec 24, 2023

Ruth L. Higgins, 89, of Manchester, passed away on Sunday, December 24, 2023. Born on April 10, 1934, in Brooklyn, New York, she was the daughter of the late Rev. Lars J. Heggem and Dagny F. (Nordby) Heggem.

She is predeceased by her beloved husband Malcolm W. Higgins with whom she shared 68 years of marriage; along with her siblings...

Dec 24, 2023

Joann M. Diola passed away after a long period of declining health on December 25, 2023 at Pleasant Valley Nursing in Derry, NH. She was born on October 27, 1966 in Boston, MA.

Burial will be private. She will be laid to rest at Pine Grove Cemetery, 765 Brown Ave, Manchester, NH.

Dec 23, 2023

Lawrence Allen Metzger passed away after a short illness on December 23, 2023. He was born February 2, 1945 in LaGrange, Texas to Lawrence August Metzger and Dorothy Ester Schaefer-Metzger. Early in his childhood the family moved to Harper, Texas where Lawrence would call home. He graduated from Harper high school class of 1963 and after studying at South West...